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THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-78186167576125612412014-12-02T17:09:00.001-08:002014-12-02T17:15:02.123-08:00GNARWOLVES - LIVE AT THE CAVERNWatching West Country Skate punk band GNARWOLVES play at THE CAVERN last night got me thinking how healthy the Exeter punk scene is getting at the moment with bands like THE MUNCIE GIRLS, BANGERS, THE HEAVY HEARTED, THE COMPUTERS, GREAT CYNICS, THE FAIR-WEATHER BAND all releasing new CDs and vinyl this year. Anyway here's a photo from last night's show (Mon 1 Dec)
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I've always been a big fan of post-apocalypse fiction since reading Roger Zelazny's <i>Damnation Alley</i> (1967) when I was a kid. In that book a prisoner, Hell Tanner, is offered a full pardon if he agrees to drive a plague vaccine across the radioactive wasteland between Los Angeles and Boston. He is terrorized by various gangs of bikers and marauders in his attempt to deliver the vaccine, and picks up a girl, Cordelia on the way. Things don't turn out well for Hell Tanner.<br />
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In many ways <i>The Last Of Us</i> revisits this plot, via contemporary influences such as <i>The Road, The Walking Dead</i> and <i>Children Of Men.</i> Our hero, Joel, embarks on a journey through a devastated United States, charged with delivering a young girl, Ellie, to a medical unit in Salt Lake City. Ellie, we find out, is immune to a fungal plague that has transformed the infected into flesh eating zombies and can provide a vaccine that will save millions of lives.<br />
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For me, <i>The Last Of Us</i> is the perfect game, with incredible graphics, the most brutal combat sequences since <i>Manhunt</i>, and most of all an incredibly well thought-out story arc that show the characters really developing throughout the 15 or so hours of gameplay. <i>Naughty Dog</i> have created a masterpiece in <i>The Last Of Us</i>, and it really is the most immersive and emotional game I've ever played.<br />
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<br />THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-3507065100749633292013-05-11T16:19:00.000-07:002013-05-11T16:19:09.809-07:00SIRENS - EXETER INDIE (C.1986)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Going through my office I found some videos and photos of my first band <a href="http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=947" target="_blank">SIRENS</a>, who formed in Exeter in 1986. The indie scene was pretty sparse in those days, with the only other band I can remember being THE VISITORS who put out a flexi disc for the brilliant Bristol fanzine of the time <a href="https://www.facebook.com/scaredtogethappy" target="_blank">Are you Scared To Get Happy?</a> We had our on single out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf_XgfZUHrM" target="_blank">The End, My Dear</a> which was financed by Dave Henderson who ran Henderson's Records in an arcade called Mr Bumblebees Bazaar, on Fore Street (later he moved the shop to the Real McCoy Arcade).<br />
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Sirens first guitarist was Emma Mitchell (in the photo). The guitarist in the <a href="http://youtu.be/IbDrPwRb9zw" target="_blank">video below</a> is Lisa Cole who also played in her own band Southside.<br />
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A few promoters were doing indie nights in Exeter at the time; The Big Chill put on bands like The Wolfhounds and Mighty Mighty, who we supported, and there were other notable shows such as Primal Scream, Loop, the Charlatans, The Flatmates and Spacemen 3. Our first show was actually supporting The Shamen in a club on Union Street in Plymouth, called Aliens!<br />
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James from Timepiece did a night called Aural Hexen and Ben Ballin put on the Wedding Present in Boxes (posters below)<br />
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Here's video of Sirens live at <a href="http://youtu.be/IbDrPwRb9zw" target="_blank">The Exeter Arts Centre</a> in 1987 or 1988...<br />
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I did an interview for an Indie Fanzine called Cloudberry about the Exeter scene a couple of years ago. You can find it here...<br />
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<br />THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-34992846330941221132013-05-07T14:14:00.002-07:002013-05-07T14:14:46.533-07:00HOMETOWN ATROCITIES - EXETER PUNK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before we opened the <a href="http://www.exetercavern.com/">Cavern</a> - around 1988/89 - a group of us formed a collective called Hometown Atrocities, with the loose aim of bringing a load of punk and hardcore bands to Exeter.<br />
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I was in a band at the time with Martin Edmunds called Mad At The Sun, and we put on a bunch of shows including, Fugazi, Verbal Assault, Sink, Victim's Family, Cowboy Killers and Senseless Things. The first hometown Atrocities show was at The Art College, with skate ramps put up in the bar (it was before the days of health & safety!)<br />
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There were no real venues so we set up in various pubs around town, usually for only one show, sometimes only half a show if the pub landlord managed to pull the plug on it, like they did at The Printers Pie (now called The Monkey Suit) when the irate landlady walked in halfway through a Cowboy Killers set. One show that did go ahead there featured a band called Headless Chickens who had Thom Yorke from Radiohead on guitar. (Thom was at the art college and was also part of the Hometown Atrocities collective). You can see a photo of that show below - the other guys in the pic are John Matthias and Shack who now DJs under the name Elite Force.<br />
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We went on to put out a couple of EPs with Exeter bands including The Hometown Atrocities EP which now fetches a high price amongst collectors due to the fact it is the first recording with Thom Yorke on it.<br />
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Recently, <a href="http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/music/interviews-2/ian-glasper-trapped-in-a-scene-interview1/">IAN GLASPER</a> featured Mad At The Sun, Wordbug and Annalise in his quadrilogy of books about the Eighties/Nineties Uk Punk Scene - Burning Britain, The Day The Country Died, Trapped In A Scene and Armed With Anger. Those books contain everything you need to know about the underground scene from 1980-1999.<br />
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In December 2012 we drove over to Berlin to film a video for THE COMPUTER's single DISCO SUCKS. What an amazing place Berlin is. Filming there was hassle free... the band set up along the Berlin wall, on the Tube, and even managed to do a shoot in front of the Brandenburg Gate, without once being told to move on. (Imagine how quickly you'd be shut down if you started filming in Princesshay!)<br />
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Carl Shanahan shot the video on a Canon 7D with a crew of just one - me! It was bitterly cold and the poor bastard forgot his gloves. I think he did a pretty good job though....<br />
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There were a few shots that didn't make the cut including some in the amazing Ramones Museum which is situated on Krausnickstrase 23. You've got to pay the place a visit if you ever go there -it was set up by a guy called Flo Hayler in 2005. <a href="http://www.ramonesmuseum.com/">www.ramonesmuseum.com</a><br />
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<br />THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-85626897134020264922011-02-06T16:33:00.000-08:002011-02-06T16:33:31.043-08:00GOOD TIMES IN BELGIUM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TU89ErBg51I/AAAAAAAAANw/rYxHnMEIn3E/s1600/BELGIUM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="137" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TU89ErBg51I/AAAAAAAAANw/rYxHnMEIn3E/s400/BELGIUM.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I found this video of my old band WORDBUG playing live in someone's back garden in Belgium back in the early 90's (around the time the Cavern first started). It was a weird gig - I don't now much about Belgian licensing laws but it appeared as if some kid had turned his terraced house into a pub, with bands on in the back garden! It was a proper bar with ale on draught, bar staff, spirits on optics etc.<br />
We were touring Europe with a Belgian band called BYETAIL, playing squats and anti fascist benefits and generally having a great time. The photos are when Craigy was still in the band, the vid is around the time we were changing into ANNALISE, with Tripey on guitar....<br />
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Been busy doing a load of work for Exeter punk and roll band THE COMPUTERS this month. Their new single (released on 7" White vinyl) is out on the Cavern's 20th Anniversary MON FEB 14th and looks like its going to do very well indeed! The band have just signed to One Little Indian (home of Bjork and Dan Sartain among others).<br />
Just before Christmas we filmed a video for GROUP IDENTITY down in Kingsbridge at Aiden's Nan's house! The video was shot and edited by CARL SHANAHAN on a bitterly snowy day. It was that week when Devon ground to a halt with snow blocking all but the main roads, and it was so cold that the batteries to my camera drained in about 5 minutes when we went outside to take some stills.<br />
Fair play to Aiden's Nan for letting us use the house though - the footage is actually of a real gig and a number of shelves came down with ornaments everywhere!<br />
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We've just filmed a new video at the Phoenix for MUSIC IS DEAD which Carl is editing this week for a very tight deadline! I'll post it in this Blog as soona s its ready to go....THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-3692368295831096242010-08-16T10:10:00.000-07:002010-08-16T10:37:16.624-07:00TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TGl1uoKEi6I/AAAAAAAAANE/n8YEy4biTds/s1600/ronnie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TGl1uoKEi6I/AAAAAAAAANE/n8YEy4biTds/s320/ronnie.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I met Ronnie, the original Cavern manager, through her band FRANTIC SPIDERS, Exeter's first and best 'Riot Grrl" band.<br />
They had been making a name for themselves supporting the likes of Huggy Bear and The Voodoo Queens around the UK, and were on this occasion playing with us at Exeter Art College.<br />
I was at the bar when Ronnie walked past carrying a ridiculously tall tower of glasses.<br />
“Can you drink up please mate!” she barked at a frightened looking student in John Lennon glasses and a Doctor Who scarf, snatching his half-finished drink and adding it to to the top of her large stack.<br />
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When I got back to our van it was so full of empties you couldn’t fit in the amps.<br />
“Somebody said you were opening a pub.” Ronnie explained. “I thought you could do with some glasses!”<br />
They had collected about 400 of them.<br />
“Hey, do you want to be bar manager?” I asked her, while the hapless Art College dudes walked around scratching their heads, looking for something to put in the dishwasher.<br />
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The Frantic Spiders had been played on the John Peel Show, and got ‘Single of The Week’ in Melody Maker for their “You’re dead” 7” single. They were on the verge of being signed to Elastica’s label before they went their separate ways.<br />
Singer Charlie went on to playing in Spy 51 and Gay Dad, and Ronnie started here ultraviolent industrial noise band TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME.<br />
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TSS were a band that really tapped into the raw emotions of life, with Ronnie’s onstage personas, such as the bloodsplattered Psycho Surgeon, really acting as a protective buffer between band and audience. By that I mean the Personas protected the audience from the true content of Ronnie’s songs!<br />
She is a great writer, and went on from TSS to become reviews editor for Rocksound.<br />
I found this battered, never-before-seen, video we made for Toxic Shock Syndrome in the early 90s.<br />
We filmed it in that Pet cemetery down by the bridge to the Double Locks.THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-77588030431194503982010-08-06T16:29:00.000-07:002010-08-06T16:29:50.651-07:00SUSPECT DEVICE IN KING LUDD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TFyYkPc0UaI/AAAAAAAAAM0/nNXgALLxKz4/s1600/STEWARTHOME.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TFyYkPc0UaI/AAAAAAAAAM0/nNXgALLxKz4/s320/STEWARTHOME.jpg" /></a></div><br />
KING LUDD on Fore Street was a great bookshop. For a couple of years it was THE place to go for rarities and books by Burroughs, Kerouac all that sort of stuff. It was killed off when Oxfam opened it's South Street bookstore - how could you cope with a shop that survived on donations when you had to buy all your stock in. Day in, day out John must have heard the 'I get all my stuff from Amazon' mantra from people sitting there bugging him on that chair by the counter with a free cup of tea!<br />
One day we went in there to make a little film with writer Stewart Home (author of Cranked Up really High, Suspect Device and 1001 Things To Do With A Dead Princess).<br />
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I've got some videos somewhere of Stewart doing a mad spoken word performance at the Cavern. He'd been invited down by artist Fiona Symes to do a reading at the Art College. The photo at the top was taken at The Cube in Bristol where he was showing his 'film' Screams In Favour Of Desade.THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-1808866477382787922010-08-05T15:51:00.000-07:002010-08-05T15:51:56.725-07:00ROCK ON TOMMY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TFs4Tng4OaI/AAAAAAAAAMs/YgjsRyH33Yg/s1600/canon%26ball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TFs4Tng4OaI/AAAAAAAAAMs/YgjsRyH33Yg/s320/canon%26ball.jpg" /></a></div><br />
(N/B this true story won't mean anything to those under the age of 25)<br />
Walking round the corner toward my house I heard a strangely familiar voice shout "Eh Tommy, I can't get this piggin' thing out of the car on me own can I?" <br />
I'd come home to get a couple of spare cables from my house for the show we had on that night (Lapsus Linguae and Kids Near Water), and in my drive, no word of a lie were 70's comedy duo CANON AND BALL unloading some boxes!<br />
I gave Bobby Ball a chin up nod and went into my house where Clare was watching TV.<br />
"You'll never guess who Ally (our dog) just attacked outside on the road." She said.<br />
"Yeah I saw them - Canon and Ball."<br />
"No - it was Little and Large." She replied.<br />
"No its definitely Canon and Ball." I contested.<br />
"But I saw Lttle". She said<br />
I grabbed the cables and went back to the club : outside, Syd Little was standing by the car, late afternoon sun glinting off his thick glasses.<br />
Dunno where Large was. <br />
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For people who were born in the 90s here's Little and Large with Adam Ant on their show. <br />
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Malaysian kids are really into street punk and hardcore and we played some mental shows there. This one was in a restaurant that Joe Kidd had somehow managed to book out. Crowd surfers were getting seriously close to those massive ceiling fans!<br />
More about this tour on my website http://www.artefiction.co.ukTHE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-71149587741958141592010-08-04T07:57:00.000-07:002010-08-04T08:36:23.417-07:00THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND WITH SILVER APPLES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TFlvzho8lSI/AAAAAAAAAME/6CSJjkBb3Qs/s1600/SIMEONCOXEsm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TFlvzho8lSI/AAAAAAAAAME/6CSJjkBb3Qs/s320/SIMEONCOXEsm.jpg" /></a></div>I took this picture of Simeon Coxe having a cup of strong black coffee this morning after one of those 'late ones' you invariably have when running a bar. We'd been drinking mini bottles of Oliver And Greg's Sauvignon Blanc*, and eventually got around to the profound idea that 'The Governments don't run the world, The Banks do!'<br />
Dave Myers was on double Vodka and Red Bull, and was well up for fucking the system. Simeon was bent over thumping the bartop with the heel of his fist at the outrage of it all. "Obama, Hilary Clinton - I don't give a shit who's in the White House - they're all puppets of the Multinational Corporations!" Ever had this conversation at 2.30 in the morning, three sheets to the wind - I bet you have!<br />
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The Silver Apples show tonight was an important one ... if you know your rock and roll history. <br />
Formed in 1967 the music of Simeon Coxe and drummer Danny Taylor not only pre-dated and informed Krautrock bands like NEU, but also directly influenced punkrock and hip hop. "Sid Vicious told me" Simeon said "that the Sex Pistols always played Silver Apples in the dressing room before going onstage."<br />
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We got lucky tonight actually, because all Simeon's gear is powered off a 110 supply and needs a step-down converter to fit The Cavern's 240v plug sockets.<br />
I got one for £14.99 in Maplins, but the kid said "It should be fine so long as you're not running musical equipment off it."<br />
It lasted exactly 52 minutes before burning out - but that was alright - Simeon didn't want to do an encore anyway!<br />
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*People don't seem to like this as much as the Zinfandel Rose, which is why I've got fridgefuls of it!THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-90426432894405492282010-08-03T11:27:00.000-07:002010-08-03T11:27:57.784-07:00DECAYED - PUNK PHOTOS 2000-2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TFhd67Rv2EI/AAAAAAAAAL0/KpXAT25LSuY/s1600/HOPE9SEPsm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TFhd67Rv2EI/AAAAAAAAAL0/KpXAT25LSuY/s320/HOPE9SEPsm.jpg" /></a></div>I'm putting a new set of exhibition prints together for an idea called 'Decayed - Ten Years of Punk Photos. I'm going to make it part of the LIKE MUSIC event on Oct 29. These pictures are of HOPE CONSPIRACY and CLUTCH. I got the idea for DECAYED from Bill Morrison's 2002 film DECASIA, a brilliant piece of work made from damaged found footage. http://www.decasia.com<br />
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TESCO METRO are selling the new CLASH OF THE TITANS DVD for £10, but I'm not sure it will be better than the 1981 original... and it definitely will not be better than the 1963 epic JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, which contains that unforgettable battle between skeletons and argonauts. (After Jason kills the many headed HYDRA and steals the Golden Fleece, evil Aeëtes scatters the Hydra's teeth into the soil and prays to the godddes Hacate, whereby the army of dead warriors arise.) That scene looks cool even by today's standards, and was the work of special effects genius RAY HARRYHAUSEN, who integrated stop motion effects with live action, in a technique he termed 'Dynamation'.<br />
When Annalise were touring Asia in 2000 I met Harryhausen in the coolest ever video store, TRASH VIDEO in Brisbane, where he was doing a Q&A and signing photos. It was a big deal to me because his films had been a major part of my childhood (I opted to be Harryhausen in a school debate about the most significant characters in history - beating Louis Pasteur in the final!) <br />
Today Harryhausen is in his 90's and lives in the UK.<br />
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Incidentally, THE HOOSIERS, who played a the cavern a couple of years ago are also fans of Harryhausen. Their hit single 'Worried About Ray' is dedicated to him.THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-6337394366137608672010-07-23T14:52:00.000-07:002010-07-23T16:38:08.573-07:00THE TOURS - MY FIRST GIG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TEoHvsa6U4I/AAAAAAAAAK0/kXAdXeM71Kg/s1600/TOURS+SINGLE2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TEoHvsa6U4I/AAAAAAAAAK0/kXAdXeM71Kg/s320/TOURS+SINGLE2.jpg" /></a></div>The first show I ever 'promoted' was in 1978/9 - with a mod punk band called THE TOURS, who's 7" single TOURIST INFORMATION is pictured above. I was 14 years old and the show was an end of term party at Aylesbury Grammar School, with support from The Pirhanas. I can't remember the full details but we were raising money to buy a TV for Stoke Mandeville Hospital.<br />
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Robin Pike also taught KRIS NEEDS (singer of the Vice Creams and established punk writer) and TED COCKLE, MD of Island Records.<br />
Here, Rob Stringer cites Mr Pike (pictured far right with me and some other kids) as a major influence in an Independent article from a few years back <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #777777; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/rob-stringer-one-of-the-most-powerful-figures-in-the-music-business-468755.html" style="color: #3385d6; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Rob Stringer: One of the most powerful figures in the music business</a></span><br />
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FOOTNOTE: BLACK MOSES's former singer Jim Jones is playing at the Cavern in Sept with his awesome band THE JIM JONES REVUETHE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-53860299535056897362010-07-22T05:30:00.000-07:002010-07-22T05:30:32.246-07:00HOLE IN EXETER- 1991<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TEg4xbeNZSI/AAAAAAAAAKk/6UtbtofMlKo/s1600/holeposter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TEg4xbeNZSI/AAAAAAAAAKk/6UtbtofMlKo/s320/holeposter.jpg" /></a></div>I found a battered VHS tape of HOLE when they played at the Lemongrove in 1991. The supports THERAPY? and DAISY CHAINSAW were great that night. I got a kiss off Courtney Love because she liked the poster I did for the show.<br />
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There's an amusing stagedive from Courtney three and a half minutes in. The sweater she talks about wanting back was a present from her recent boyfriend... Kurt Cobain.THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-73799296180830272572010-07-21T11:44:00.000-07:002010-07-22T04:48:27.111-07:00LA ROUX - FIRST EVER LIVE SHOW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TEc-6PBdZBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/6ey3BVnldo4/s1600/LAROUXBANNER2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TEc-6PBdZBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/6ey3BVnldo4/s320/LAROUXBANNER2.jpg" /></a></div>La Roux supported COLDPLAY at the Castle in Exeter at Christmas, but what people don't know is that her first live show ever was at the Cavern in Jan 09. Understandably, she was extremely nervous! Anyway, I guess that makes this shot the first ever live photo of La Roux as well....<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TEXdGL8hVWI/AAAAAAAAAKM/YQL-sPJznUQ/s1600/KAISERCHIEFS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TEXdGL8hVWI/AAAAAAAAAKM/YQL-sPJznUQ/s320/KAISERCHIEFS2.jpg" /></a></div>THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-60018880905219080822010-07-19T09:13:00.000-07:002010-07-19T15:16:34.769-07:00TOYAH AT THE CAVERN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TER1aRURvvI/AAAAAAAAAJk/14zjdyz36jA/s1600/TOYAH2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TER1aRURvvI/AAAAAAAAAJk/14zjdyz36jA/s320/TOYAH2.jpg" /></a></div>1993<br />
"I was waiting outside the other night and I heard the Toyah covers act you had on." The guy from Call Cars said, as his meter ticked over. "She sounded quite like her."<br />
"No that WAS Toyah!" I replied, getting into the car.<br />
"What THE Toyah, the taxi driver scoffed. "In the Cavern?"<br />
I think he thought it was the Australian Toyah or something, because the Toyah Willcox he knew was a massive star, the LADY GAGA of the 80's, with a bunch of international hit singles like Be Proud, Be Loud (Be Heard) and Brave new World.<br />
There's no way she'd play in a 200 capacity place like this. <br />
Well he was wrong, because she in fact played two dates at the Cavern: 25/10/93 and 10/11/93.<br />
She brought a bunch of young lads from her home town of Salisbury as a backing band.<br />
Check ot the proto-GaGa at www.toyahwillcox.com<br />
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Its funny how you stumble upon a book that changes the way you think about things. In 1982 I had a dream in which I was reading a book called Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson. I didn't have that book, but I guess I must have seen the cover somewhere, because it was really vivid in my dream. <br />
At the time I was studying Foundation Art at North Devon College in Barnstaple, and I used to catch an early bus into town before my lectures started at 10am. I was killing some time in Barnstaple Pannier Market flicking through some piles of books, when I spotted a copy of Cosmic Trigger, the book from my dream. Seeing it was actually quite shocking, and I immediately bought it.<br />
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Cosmic Trigger introduced me to many things that tied in with the sort of music I was into at the time, like Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV. It got me reading further books by the likes of Crowley, Jack Parsons, Gurdjieff, William Burroughs, Wilhelm Reich and Timothy Leary. I was saddened when Wilson died in difficult circumstances in 2007, because his books had molded my reality.<br />
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Today I found that book walking back from Sidwell Cycles where I was getting the horizontal dropout fixed on my Santa Cruz. It was in the charity shop opposite Poundland, and weirdly enough I'd just been thinking about Robert Anton Wilson and the influence his work had on me.<br />
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Incidentally, someone had written 6 lottery numbers on the inside cover ; 3, 5 11 16 21 26. If they ever come up it will be the ultimate reinforcement of Wilson's notion 'that "reality" is always plural and mutable'...THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-62461652004899341422010-07-14T17:03:00.000-07:002010-07-14T17:08:49.628-07:00DIETER MUH - EXETER INDUSTRIALISTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TD5QBYdxgoI/AAAAAAAAAIw/VF2Z84igScY/s1600/DIETERBOOK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TD5QBYdxgoI/AAAAAAAAAIw/VF2Z84igScY/s320/DIETERBOOK.jpg" /></a></div>Exeter experimental duo DIETER MUH recently turned into a solo project for Steve Cammack.... he's supporting the seminal SILVER APPLES at the Cavern on Tuesday 3rd August. Last time they played here was over a year ago - they were supported by SIMON EGAN who's set comprised putting the sound of himself ironing bacon through the PA! I vaguely remember DIETER MUH being none to pleased (they were vegetarians.) DJ Bacon's Nan was also none too pleased - the ironing board was hers and he took it back smelling like Dewhurst's wheely bin.<br />
Follow the link to find a short interview with Steve: <a href="http://cavernlive.blogspot.com/">DIETER MUH INTERVIEW</a>THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-83325615205712779632010-07-14T09:59:00.000-07:002010-07-14T10:00:38.174-07:00COLDPLAY AT THE CAVERN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TD3q29rWWFI/AAAAAAAAAIE/rmWsWEju9nM/s1600/COLDPLAYSM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TD3q29rWWFI/AAAAAAAAAIE/rmWsWEju9nM/s320/COLDPLAYSM.jpg" /></a></div>Just to prove that COLDPLAY didn't play in front of about 15 people every time they were at the Cavern, here's a photo from 22/6/2000. It was a sell out show, that's for sure. I think they were supporting TERRIS on this one....THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826744809443675074.post-65651060014965534442010-07-14T05:33:00.000-07:002010-07-14T05:35:30.891-07:00THOM YORKE - EARLY YEARS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TD2soQ6RqEI/AAAAAAAAAHs/Ck31Gx-p6wk/s1600/HEADLESSCHICKENSM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TD2soQ6RqEI/AAAAAAAAAHs/Ck31Gx-p6wk/s320/HEADLESSCHICKENSM.jpg" /></a></div>Before moving to Oxford with Radiohead, Thom Yorke did a Combined Honours BA at Exeter Art College. He DJ'd at the Lemongrove, and was involved with gigs we were putting on under the banner of Hometown Atrocities. The photo shows Thom, John Matthias and Shack in their 80's incarnation Headless Chickens.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TD2teTQXq_I/AAAAAAAAAH8/nrqx2HLAaxk/s1600/HOMETOWNEP3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BqOg5k-3uKg/TD2teTQXq_I/AAAAAAAAAH8/nrqx2HLAaxk/s320/HOMETOWNEP3.jpg" /></a></div> We put out an EP with Mad At The Sun, Beaver Patrol, Jackson Penis ... and Headless Chickens doing a song called I Don't Want To Go To Woodstock. It now sells for over £100 on collector's sites, with the 'rare Kylie sleeve' going for even more.<br />
Incidentally, the rare sleeve came about when we lost a batch of the proper ones and made do with some overprinted back pages from The Exeter Flying Post, which was advertising the Ep. I can't remember why I called it "Disgrace To The Corpse Of Kylie".THE CAVERNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720722299644502028noreply@blogger.com1