Down his leg. Rat pissed in a glass and threw it at me and some mates in about '82. On balance, I think we probably deserved it.
A couple of pics 'featuring' Mr Dreadful...(well, he's in them anyway) please log in to view this image please log in to view this image He joined the band after Rat left/got kicked out by Dave and Captain was invited to form a new version with Patricia Morrison, so about '96 to '99. It wasn't a fabulous line up and I doubt that even he'd say that he was in the top 3 best drummers to play for the band. As with Monty and latterly Paul, he was playing in Captain's solo band and just got co-opted into The Damned. 20+ years on, and we're still waiting to hear who the next man behind the kit is going to be. Mrs B tells me that the guy is a previously unknown musician by the name of Will...but it could be ****ing anyone...but gigs are being booked for after the Original Line-up Reunion shows, so somebody's going to have to do it.
Yeah, the lot of them died pretty early, along with Richard Hell, Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan Stiv Bators, etc. That New York scene was pretty bloody attritional. There's something to be said for the British drinking culture...it normally takes a lot longer to kill you/**** you right up..
The Monkees got a bad coverage in the UK but if you look back at their output it is pretty good , it would be interesting to see the TV shows again as from what I remember as a kid they were pretty psychedelic
I heard this on the radio this morning and I think there is a law that this must be shared at least every 6 months on any SM platform
I love The Monkees. Those TV shows were my childhood and the songs and playing (thanks to The Wrecking Crew) we're great. All of the four could also sing really well and 3 Od then had distinctive voices. Mrs B cries at Shades of Grey, pretty much every time.
Pleasant Vally Sunday, Daydream Believer, I'm a Believer are all great pop songs, great call on Shades of Grey , one of their lesser known songs but still stands out I saw Mike Nesmith playing with Linda Ronstadt, he wrote Different Drum and he was a producer on a weird sci fi film Repro Man , I think he is still around
Not sure they played much on the original recordings, but I like a lot of the output. Several years ago there was a new album. Very good.
It's a bit early for Christmas...but for certain items, there's the quick and the disappointed. Mrs B's prezzie is now available and like the gravestone, is going to have to make its way to her from Hong Kong...but what craftsmanship! please log in to view this image Each plaque is numbered and comes in specially created packaging... please log in to view this image The production photographs show the work that's gone into it. A real thing of beauty... please log in to view this image I'm geeking out here!
The Monkees were great; dismissed as a manufactured group, but actually very talented and influential. Who hasn't covered (I'm Not Your) Your Stepping Stone Not Your Stepping Stone Not Your Stepping Stone Not Your Stepping Stone Not a patch on Mr, Crispy, of course
I haven't spent much time here recently, obviously there is not much excitement around the team, and i am little bit out of love with the game in general at the moment. This is not entirely football related as I lost my father on the day of NLD rendering the match and football in its entirety somewhat meaningless. Dad didn't like football, it's the one great interest that i didn't get from him, music on the other hand was one of his great loves, and whilst I found my own music which he didn't always 'like', I was lucky enough to be able assimilate his love of Jazz into my own eclectic taste. When I was growing up we always had music playing, dads Jazz or Mums Sinatra I grew with both and still enjoy many of the recordings that we listened too. I have no doubt that my Dad was a 'Mod' not a parka wearing mods & rockers fighting on Brighton beach mod, but one of the originals, a well dressed east end lad who frequented Jazz clubs in Soho and the west end listening to British jazz groups; quartets and quintets featuring people like Johnny Dankworth and Tubby Hayes. He loved big band Jazz too orchestras like those led by Stan Kenton and Count Basie. Kenton was rather an acquired taste, but Basies band was brilliant and I saw them with Dad a few times. But it's the small groups that I still listen too and that I am going to inflict on you here today because its all I have listened too for the last week. I will start with this tune that should be familiar to most of you!
