“I seem to remember the management were clueless and wouldn't let us in...we had to queue and pay...and we rewarded them with a three page feature in the most fashionable organ in Britain.”
“That's right. Rhesus was run by a guy who used to work for a major...A and M or CBS? He was based in Manchester and was attempting to sign The Thompson Twins, from Chesterfield. He also had The Donkeys, a great little band from Yorkshire.”
“PS...there had been a big argument in the Sounds office about this. The general feeling was that nothing of note ever happened in Manchester. Strangely it was Garry Bushell who stood up for the article, gaining it DPS status. The headline, Truth, Justice and the Mancunian Way was the title of an ep by, I think, The Tunes...or maybe Spherical Objects! The Distractions also featured. Not the most lasting collection of bands...but that was the scene at that precise moment and it did help to make the music press look north for a change.”
“Matt, the photoshoot was for a Sounds article I had written featuring Factory and a number of non Fac bands..Ludus, the Passage, Alien Tint among them.”
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