Really loved The Adverts
Still remember Tim Smith doing a solo acoustic set at The Evening Star not all that many years ago. He wanted to play his new stuff. Us gentlemen of a certain age were only interested in tapping our collective foot to his old stuff. Turned into an astoundingly good Adverts Unplugged session
No. Lots of rumours, though. I remember the young lad in The Depressions (Eric?) cycling round the venues one night because he'd heard (etc etc)
Indeed. It didn't happen. Summer of 77....I probably went to 4 or 5 gigs a week at the Buccaneer, Vault, Poly, Alhambra, Black Rock or Top Rank. If there was anything on anywhere I'd know about it. Saw the Jam at the Embassy, though (discussed several times in here previously)
https://www.punkbrighton.co.uk/vaultn.html
Bought it the day it came out from the record shop just round the corner from McLaren's shop.
Big fan of The Professionals, too.
What about the New Regent ??
Blighted by the night of the Banshees shambles....20 minute drum solo when the PA went tits up
Kudos to you there , missed that one
was rest of it any good ?
It was a mess, really. Susan got very irritable. Such a shame as the original line up with Kenny and John was the best, for me. I think they completed about 3 songs, but each had crackles and vo.... tha. ..t out
The support band, XTC, had no such problems and were rather entertaining!
, and a big cartwheel on the wall and seeing wreckless eric larry wallis x ray spex and the Fall there ,...
Blighted by the night of the Banshees shambles....20 minute drum solo when the PA went tits up
