No Hit Wonders - Still Unsigned...

Sometimes this forum really blows my mind like a cyber - Intreprid Fox or something!?! I keep recognising familar names from the old days & wonder who was part of the old toilet circuit of the late 80s / early to mid 90s?

I recognise Lee from the fabulous Assasination Bureau but it looks like Hud from Kiss The Bride (never met but liked what I heard) & some guy from Rich Rags (ditto) are lurking too. Not to mention Paradise Alley's very own Stan Laurel (I assume Adam was Hardy?) Darryl Wilks...

I played bass with SkinTrade & went on to form (less glammy, more pop-punky) Ex-Boyfriends with Andy Town (ex-Dogsbody). I quit playing in '99 before getting back into it these days now that I have sensible job / mortgage / marriage...

Who else is hiding away on this forum? What band(s) were you in / 'zine did you run & what you up to now? (I thought it'd save hi-jacking another bands forum!) Also do we know where any others are who haven't ventured onto this forum?

Think what Tim's really asking is this: do Blue Blud ever visit the site? Robodave in particular.

Whereas I can't help you with that, I have seen posts from Steve Vincent deep in the bowels of the board but they're all pretty old. Mark from Love Like Us has been known to pass through but I'll need to give him a nudge as he hasn't posted in ages. Messages on behalf of Drugdealer Cheerleader and their ex-Waterbratz contingent go up occasionally but I don't think either Ringo or Hilda are behind them. Buttz & Paul Blittz are regulars, but they're practically royalty in these parts.

Robodave? I hear he's mostly machine these days! Oh wait, that was Darth Vader....

Hey Tim
Welcome to the board!
Get yourself on the map. Check it out at the top of the board.

Marshy from Tattoed Love Boys drops in here although he is busy currently.
Rocky from Wrathchild drops by to read stuff but has yet to post anything. There are various Rich Rags guys who post also. And a couple of Teenage Idols (Danielz I think) who used to post.

Darren. Ratpack, bass.

D.

Darren, Ratarsed on bass more like.

Ja ja. You're just jealous because we were better
than you, that's all. Although, the last time we
supported Tigertailz at Rioz was a bit of a
'let's just stumble on and get this over with
ASAP' affair. (We stopped off at Aldi's en route
and bought a gallon of scotch for 30p, or something.)

And then there was the time (Bogiez) we were so
pissed pre-gig we didn't even recognise our intro
tape playing. And that other time, in Boston ---

Alright, ratarsed on bass.

Happy days.

D.

<font color="#FF0099" size="1">[ November 30, 2005 05:18 AM: Message edited by: Deviant D ]</font>

I reckon there is more than enough material for a "tails from the road" thread. The IH lawnmower incident belongs in folklore! [img]smile.gif[/img]

I just don't know how much of it I would believe! [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font color="#FF0099" size="1">[ November 30, 2005 05:22 AM: Message edited by: SJ_Skyline ]</font>

I assure you that the lawnmower story was completely true.. and it was edited somewhat for the sake of decency.

I've mowed a few lawns in my time, nothing like a freshly mowed lawn

We (Kiss the Bride) did a split cd with Love like us. We always wanted to get together with those guys to gig but it never happened. Over the years I've met and played in bands/gigged with various members of Indian angel, paradise alley/neon bomb.
All me mates reliably inform me Steve don't like me. No idea why? But If he still reads this and fancies commenting, great.
H

Hey, let's not forget dear ol' Paul Blittz from Soho Roses hangs here from time to time. Though he seems to be stuck in the Fruity thread...

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<font size="4" face="Arial">DUDE PLEASE CHECK PRIVATE MESSAGE!!!

NOW THAT LOVE LIKE US WAS MENTIONED I CAN'T TAKE OFF MY MIND THEIR FABULOUS "TELEPHONE TEASZE"!!! MORE OF THE STUFF I NEED AND I'D LOVE TO GET WITH PERFECT QUALITY!!!

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Originally posted by Hud McG:
We (Kiss the Bride) did a split cd with Love like us. We always wanted to get together with those guys to gig but it never happened. Over the years I've met and played in bands/gigged with various members of Indian angel, paradise alley/neon bomb.
All me mates reliably inform me Steve don't like me. No idea why? But If he still reads this and fancies commenting, great.
H

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<font size="4" face="Arial">I'll have to get Mark from Love Like Us back on here. We were in a band together pre-LLU (and also post-LLU on occasion, with a version of their song 'You've Got No Friends Cos You Piss Em All Of' in the set). I recently spotted a copy of that split CD on Ebay that had gone all the way to Italy and Mark ended up buying it as he didn't have a copy anymore!

Didn't someone from Kiss The Bride go on to play guitar in Neon Bomb?

I know Rikki(Roxx) and Minnz help out Steve with Neon Bomb on occasion, and were part of The X-iDolls with him a couple of years back. They both play with Men & Gods now, and Rik looks in from time to time.

Is that Rick/Rikki that used to be in - amongst others - Monterey, Troubleshooters and various others that I can't remember the names of?

I watched the Teenage Idols video recently for the first time in about 15 years and I'm sure he's in that, sucking on an ice-cream (I didn't now him when I last saw it).

morning all, Mark from Love Like Us here.
Hi Hud, it would have been good to have done that gig with Kiss the Bride. Shame it never came off.
Marky Glam, email me your addres and I will burn you a copy of all the Love Like Us tracks (I say all as if theres a huge amount!! There isnt, I think I have 7 or 8 on CD).
Gunstone was right, I did have to buy the CD off ebay (it was Spain not Italy) as I didnt have a copy! Someone had obviously ran away to Spain to escape there past and binning their Love Like Us CD was part of the cleansing process!

I was in a load of Birmingham glam punk bands that never quite got anywhere, Damaged Roses * Passion Victimz to name 2.

I still play a bit, did a New York Dollz tribute band a few times last year, but I promote arena tours accross the UK now as it makes a shitload more money, even though the artists are mainly shite!!

Played in 2 Texas bands that got nowhere...due to SINGER-EGO SYNDROME and DRUNKS.

Hope & Glory and Candy Gunn

Yeah so did I.

and me!!

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Originally posted by Gunstone:
Is that Rick/Rikki that used to be in - amongst others - Monterey, Troubleshooters and various others that I can't remember the names of?

I watched the Teenage Idols video recently for the first time in about 15 years and I'm sure he's in that, sucking on an ice-cream (I didn't now him when I last saw it).

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<font size="4" face="Arial">If you can pic him out of this picture, then yes;

http://uk.geocities.com/menandgods2005/bandshot.jpg

Rik and Jas have been sharing rhythm guitar duties in Alike Cooper too.

<font color="#FF0099" size="1">[ December 01, 2005 09:47 AM: Message edited by: Stacey. ]</font>

Yep, second right ...... I actually once played in a band with him for a whole 3 rehearsals! I run into him once in a while, usually at a gig and usually in Camden.

"Usually at a gig, and usually in Camden"

Yup, same here. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Usually in the Constitution.

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Didn't someone from Kiss The Bride go on to play guitar in Neon Bomb?[/QB]

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<font size="4" face="Arial">Yeah, Kenny Reid I'm still in contact with him. The rest of the Neon bomb are all still in a band they just got rid of Steve, Kenny sings as well as playing guitar now.
H

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Originally posted by mark4130:
morning all, Mark from Love Like Us here.
Hi Hud, it would have been good to have done that gig with Kiss the Bride. Shame it never came off.
Marky Glam, email me your addres and I will burn you a copy of all the Love Like Us tracks (I say all as if theres a huge amount!! There isnt, I think I have 7 or 8 on CD).
Gunstone was right, I did have to buy the CD off ebay (it was Spain not Italy) as I didnt have a copy! Someone had obviously ran away to Spain to escape there past and binning their Love Like Us CD was part of the cleansing process!

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<font size="4" face="Arial">Hi Mark, hope your doin well you old telephone teaser. Our old cd on ebay now theres a thing. What was the smokin troll guys name and what happened to him?
H

Hud - That Smokin' Troll guy was Pete Troll (I'm guessing that only the first part was his real name). A top man who was really into the toilet circuit bands & full of fantastic stories of useless info (pushing Henry Rollins over whilst Brita photographed it!!!?!) I once got him off the phone in under an hour... A definate legend!!

THANXXX MARK!!! PLEASE CHECK PRIVATE MESSAGE!!!

MARK, THANXXX A MILLION FOR THE TUNES!!! YA'RE A STAR!!! AND THE STUFF SMOKES!!! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/music.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/party.gif[/img]

No worries Marky, glad you liked them. Thanks for remixing them, sounds a lot ballsier now!

Never spoke to the Smoking Troll bloke myself, Bobby (Love Like Us bassist) did all the organising of stuff. I was too lazy to do it (it was ok for him, he didnt have to spend all his time doing his hair and eyeliner!)