I remember seeing Modern English in ('81? '82?) and was pretty underwhelmed by them I'm afraid (although admittedly they were up against some pretty tough competition on a bill with Theatre Of Hate and The Birthday Party!).
They did some pretty good singles 'though (I Melt With You, Mesh & Lace, Life In The Gladhouse, Swans On Glass and of course Sixteen Days and Gathering Dust which were subsequently re-recorded to great effect on the first This Mortal Coil 12").
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 July 2003 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)