Re-inventing yourself

Herr Tubthumper · Sep 14, 2013

Just been reading about "outsider house" music and specifically an artist called Huerco S who is the rather unexciting Brian Leeds in real-life. I've always been amused and impressed by such transformations; Stuart Price from Reading became Jaques Le Cont to good effect and a girl from Bolton called Janine moved to Berlin, stuck some plasticine on her face and became the rather cool PlanningToRock. And obviously there is that David Jones fella who became a Martian. I know Buzzer has a great story, and in some respects it's my favourite. I shall let him tell the tale though.

Any other good 'uns out there?

Shy Talk · Sep 14, 2013

My wife knew a lad called Quentin Cook who changed his name to Norman. He did alright in the music industry.

CorgiRegisteredFriend · Sep 14, 2013

Reginald Dwight- Elton John.

vegster · Sep 14, 2013

You mean like this ?

Questions · Sep 14, 2013

vegster said:
You mean like this ?
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Haha... That first pic is you Veg.

vegster · Sep 14, 2013

Questions said:
Haha... That first pic is you Veg.

Well spotted, that was my favourite grey 2 piece suit I'm wearing there.

Norman Potting · Sep 14, 2013

Mark Vincent = Vin Diesel

Stat Brother · Sep 14, 2013

Knowing my luck, I'd reinvent myself into someone else I don't like.

Herr Tubthumper · Sep 14, 2013

Stat Brother said:
Knowing my luck, I'd reinvent myself into someone else I don't like.

This sounds like a Morrissey lyric :smile:

Buzzer · Sep 14, 2013

My mate works in IT in London and has a colleague called Geoff. They provide level 3 IT support. By night bald, overweight Geoff becomes Cobalt Stargazer, one half of legendary 80s rockers Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction.

Czechmate · Sep 14, 2013

Herr Tubthumper said:
Just been reading about "outsider house" music and specifically an artist called Huerco S who is the rather unexciting Brian Leeds in real-life. I've always been amused and impressed by such transformations; Stuart Price from Reading became Jaques Le Cont to good effect and a girl from Bolton called Janine moved to Berlin, stuck some plasticine on her face and became the rather cool PlanningToRock. And obviously there is that David Jones fella who became a Martian. I know Buzzer has a great story, and in some respects it's my favourite. I shall let him tell the tale though.

Any other good 'uns out there?

By the unnecessary response about some of your 1901 threads on NSC I would re-invent yourself as a North Stander !

Kumquat · Sep 14, 2013

Buzzer said:
My mate works in IT in London and has a colleague called Geoff. They provide level 3 IT support. By night bald, overweight Geoff becomes Cobalt Stargazer, one half of legendary 80s rockers Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction.

Are they still going and is Mark Manning still involved? Know more about him for his work with Bill Drummond.

Buzzer · Sep 14, 2013

Kumquat said:
Are they still going and is Mark Manning still involved? Know more about him for his work with Bill Drummond.

Yes. Cobalt and Zodiac still do one-off gigs around London. They did one a few years back and Adam Ant turned up completely unannounced in the audience. As they started Prime Mover he got up on stage and joined in. Fair play, he knew all the words too. Bearing in mind this was around the time he'd been sectioned for carrying a gun or handgrenade (?) into a pub the band decided to let him carry on...just in case!

Kumquat · Sep 14, 2013

Buzzer said:
Yes. Cobalt and Zodiac still do one-off gigs around London. They did one a few years back and Adam Ant turned up completely unannounced in the audience. As they started Prime Mover he got up on stage and joined in. Fair play, he knew all the words too. Bearing in mind this was around the time he'd been sectioned for carrying a gun or handgrenade (?) into a pub the band decided to let him carry on...just in case!

Nice one. Remember well when Prime Mover came out. If you haven't read any of Drummond and Manning's books, worth doing so. Humour of the very darkest kind.

Buzzer · Sep 14, 2013

Kumquat said:
Nice one. Remember well when Prime Mover came out. If you haven't read any of Drummond and Manning's books, worth doing so. Humour of the very darkest kind.

Drummond is a genius but definitely a master in the dark arts. I believe he is one of the few to be able to prove his appearance in the crowd at the Sex Pistols gig in Manchester too. I'm undecided if he actually likes music or whether it's a useful vehicle for him to weave his magic.

Buzzer · Sep 14, 2013

Sub-Sub reinvented themselves as the Doves. That was pretty cool. Not so cool was what Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer did.

Pogue Mahone · Sep 14, 2013

In the early days of punk, in Cambridge, I knew a guy who worked in some boring office job - can't remember his real name, but he wore a suit to work. By night he was Nigel ****-Off, a hell-raising punk. When his employers found out, they sacked him. He became a bit of a cause celebre - front page of the local paper and everything.

fat old seagull · Sep 14, 2013

Stat Brother said:
Knowing my luck, I'd reinvent myself into someone else I don't like.

My wife's done that already.

Herr Tubthumper · Sep 14, 2013

Czechmate said:
By the unnecessary response about some of your 1901 threads on NSC I would re-invent yourself as a North Stander !

Funny. I've done all that before at the Goldstone though.

Czechmate · Sep 14, 2013

Herr Tubthumper said:
Funny. I've done all that before at the Goldstone though.

Yeh me too , some seem to have a sad problem though about us 1901er's .

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