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Thee Exploding Clocks and The Sniffs

I first met Wade at a Rock bar in Pompano beach, South Florida, in the summer of ‘89. He had a kind of cowpunk look about him, very modern post punk, post Hanoi Rocks – cowboy style but definitely punk rock.

For the most part his guitar sound sucked, but his playing was real good. He had a strange old Fender combo. It was cream coloured, just like Jed’s Band Master amp that I used with the Accidents.

Wade had two guitars, a Gibson Les Paul and a cranky old Fender Jaguar – which he’d drag out to play this whacked-out surf instrumental. [Read more →]

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David Bowie at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1973 – part 2

(This is part two of a three-part story. Part one is here.)

There was a very important thread running through my life in those days, and that was Veronica Peyton. Veronica was my second girlfriend, and pretty much the hippest person on the planet at that time. At least I thought so.

We met at school. It was 1972, the autumn term. Her parents were great, they’d drive us back to their fabulous abode,and let us listen to our music quite loud, on an original early 60’s Dansette record player!

I’d heard of Roxy Music through “Virginia Plain”, but never heard their album, which Veronica had. [Read more →]

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Emerson Lake and Palmer at the Oval – 1972

The first big gig I remember going to was at the Oval cricket ground, on the 30th of September, 1972.

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The main attraction for me was Emerson Lake and Palmer (ELP). My dear old mate Barn was fanatical about them and I’d bought “Pictures at an exhibition” myself, which I thought was rather dark, and rocked in an odd kind of manner.

The cover images of the “Tarkus” were all it took to convince me I should attend. When we walked into the Oval, either side of the stage there were what initially looked like huge images of the tarkus. But they were actually full sized models of tarkuses. They were almost as big as the p.a. stacks – which were about the size of a house! It seemed like a comic book prog rock wet dream!

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