[Music] The Specials on Saturday night, Roll call....

[Garage_Doors]

Always a bad sign, when once there were scooters parked outside and now there are mobility scooters inside….

This is a feature of the rebellion festival , minority granted but a number of old school punks with no teeth or hair on mobility scooters

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

You're correct about Suicide.

They lasted two songs before the skins got on stage and wrapped the microphone lead round the singer's neck!

The skins were there courtesy of Jimmy Pursey who was on stage for the encore to do the vocals for White Riot i

I lived in Creepy from March 1980 till June 1981. I worked in what appears now to be called the 'Brewery Shades'. Some of the clientele (and the senior 'barmaid') were all openly racist, and little skinheads would harrass the asian mums on the square (which, according to google maps, is now filled with a massive Iceland ). Couldn't wait to see te back of it.

 

[Official Old Man]

Not a specials fan, but how great it was walking to the car park and seeing trucks and tour buses instead of Covid jab queues at the centre.

 

[zefarelly]

This is a feature of the rebellion festival , minority granted but a number of old school punks with no teeth or hair on mobility scooters

So Speed kills is a myth. 'Speed buggers you up and makes you look ridiculous but still hanging in there' doesn't have the same ring to it though.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Always a bad sign, when once there were scooters parked outside and now there are mobility scooters inside….

 

[carlzeiss]

I saw them 3* times as far as I recall in the 70s. This was 1979:

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*Hallucinating. It was 79 and 80.

I see that Suicide were on the bill when you saw them. Spooky duo. Probably didn't go down well. Their album is a classic though

The support when I first saw them was Selektor (didn't like) and Madness. I seem to recall mayhem.

Would loved to have seen Suicide but was at the Top Rank for the Specials , Selector , Madness line up , The Bognor NF Skins on the train made for an intimidating trip back afterwards .

Also saw the Specials at the Worthing Assembly hall later on which was a much better night as far as I can recall in my twilight days