Amber and Alice do Frank and Don.

Even ignoring the absence of face-fuzz for a moment: Amber isn't wearing brown shoes; Alice isn't wearing a scarf or holding a large cardboard cup; and if I didn't know any better I'd swear she'd got socks on too!

I could easily believe that Alice has been drawing nasty cartoons of Amber and holding them up to the audience behind Alice's back 'though.

Sorry, behind Amber's back, obv.

btw Mark, are you aware that Pressgang are reforming for a one-off special at the After Dark on 26th April to celebrate Damian's 50th?

Guest appearances are expected to include Johnny Kirby (ex Bullseye, Pressgang, Diatribe, The Cabal and heaven knows who else), Sprogg (ex K9's, Zerox, Geisha Girls, ICU, Pressgang and heaven knows who else) and with support from Darrell Mitchell (who, before forming Home & Abroad, was briefly in a band called 3 Second Touch with me!).

It's looking as if I may well be coming back up for the occasion (although if I am, I anticipate getting very, very drunk, this being the best way I can think of to help to recreate the atmosphere of a 1980's Pressgang gig as authentically as possible).

Stewart, wanna copy of Chou Pahrot's album? Can send you a link.

Yes please Tom!

OK, let me know if that worked, when you can.

haha - that list of Reading bands is evocative. I can't remember what Press Gang sounded like though I must have seen them. Diatribe were fantastic - Johnny was the drummer, wasn't he, or was that his brother?

If you can't remember Pressgang, you weren't there!

Basically

"Ho Ho, said the captain!"

etc...

Even ignoring the absence of face-fuzz for a moment: Amber isn't wearing brown shoes;

-- Stewart Osborne, Friday, 4 April 2008 10:50 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

I thought brown shoes didn't make it?

Amber at school: "Sit down and be quiet... everyone in this room is wearing a uniform, don't kid yourself..."

btw Mark, are you aware that Pressgang are reforming for a one-off special at the After Dark on 26th April to celebrate Damian's 50th?

Guest appearances are expected to include Johnny Kirby (ex Bullseye, Pressgang, Diatribe, The Cabal and heaven knows who else), Sprogg (ex K9's, Zerox, Geisha Girls, ICU, Pressgang and heaven knows who else) and with support from Darrell Mitchell (who, before forming Home & Abroad, was briefly in a band called 3 Second Touch with me!).

It's looking as if I may well be coming back up for the occasion (although if I am, I anticipate getting very, very drunk, this being the best way I can think of to help to recreate the atmosphere of a 1980's Pressgang gig as authentically as possible).

-- Stewart Osborne, Friday, 4 April 2008 11:05 (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

Darn guys! I'm away for this!

"Johnny was the drummer [of Pressgang] wasn't he, or was that his brother?"

Johnny was indeed the drummer, as well as attempting to be my French teacher for a while(!) and his brother Tim was bassist and vocalist.

"If you can't remember Pressgang, you weren't there!"

I was there quite frequently but most of the memories are decidedly hazy!

"Basically

"Ho Ho, said the captain!"

etc..."

Or to put it another way: imagine an English version of The Pogues....

Tom - can't remember if I thanked you for that Chou Pahrot, but if I haven't done so already: many thanks!

Nae bother

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/dafties.jpg

Um, this one I can't place, so I've put it here.

http://www.waiting4louise.de/cover/Cover-RLThompson-PourDown.jpg

http://bp1.blogger.com/_GOCurTG7M60/RYUYytIosYI/AAAAAAAAAAM/sJtxU4kUQzw/s400/Sex-Pistols- http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/dafties.jpg

Or maybe even....

http://a591.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/85/l_caee17ed67b175908356eb3f3b13e696.jpg

You know, for some time I've considered getting them to recreate this picture...

OK, I can't find it. Sid on the left plays bass, John leans forward and smiles for the camera, b&w live photo. Can't find it on GoogImg.

Are you planning to do a series of 'em Mark? You could post a picture of Amber & Alice recreating a different famous album sleeve or promo shot on here every week, and see how long it takes us to work it out!

Heh, you know, i'm not actually doing this, that pic uptop is pure coincidence.

Ha! This has popped up again! Thanks for the info about Diatribe, Stew. I thought Johnny was the drummer - he was absolutely amazing. I'd love to find a copy of that EP again "Ha! Fucking Ha!" it was called, wasn't it? That spoken-word + drums track 'The Wrong Thing' was jawdroppingly funny and frightening the first time I heard it live. Actually... every time I heard it live.

Doc, I've actually got a CDR full of all of Diatribe's stuff which I got from Johnny a few months back - e-mail my your snail mail address and I can copy if for you if you like?

You should also investigate The Cabal, which was a later sort-of reincarnation of Diatribe (again based around Tim & Johnny) who actually recorded an album.

Fwiw Johnny's now part of some Taiko (traditional Japanese drumming) troupe based somewhere down in Exeter....

You know, there are some darn good pics of A&A, that last one being one of my favs.

Don't mind me, working away from home 2 weeks (admittedly, weekend off between at home)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28983245@N03/5930291306/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5930291306_f686ab9c99.jpg
TheAliceBand by mark.grout, on Flickr

Don't mind me....

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8389747948_ffa33b4416_z_d.jpg

.. And that is where we shall leave it, you guys. Now, they are able to do their own internet presence, I dunno, see them again when they rich and famous, maybe..

Oh man, is that them? You must be feeling ancient.

Younger than ever, actually.

This was at the O2 "British Music experience" last week, all good fun...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8388693681_2375e9059f_z_d.jpg

Graham from Blur turned up

School awards night. Amber getting an award for achievement in Eng Lit, Alice up for the Music award.

Amber's on gap year, Alice just started 6th form.

Al's kicking off the show with 'Snap out of it'

don't time fly?

Stories about Photobucket charging for 3rd party photo hosting on eBay.

Not affecting these pics, anyway.

Thought you might like to know.

We celebrated Alice's eighteenth last night, Amber came up from uni. Amber is 20 on Saturday..

Time flies, etc.

There's a fashion thing launching on 1st October.

this is a good thread.

Thanks. As I say, something coming up...

,, I'll put it on an ILE thread, it's not exactly music-related...

OK, Now something music related coming right up....

https://www.amazon.com/Godforsaken-Watching-Alice/dp/B08CBP7BX7

I guess in this modern day and age, this counts as her first single (any references to "Monster Mash" have been withdrawn from the internet in general, let's just say..)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62nEhxaAHHk