Member Since: 9/5/2006
Band Members: The Republic of Music r: gig organiser and scapegoat - Tony Macaroni; designer - Becks; gig organiser and bigmooth - Alan 'Hindu' Hinnrichs; photographer and cameraman - Graham 'Moshii' Reid; compere, musical advisor and pin-up boy - Franky 'Begoy' Duffy; soundman - Dek.
Photos of 'Boxing Day Massacre' Alan (aka photoman)Thanks to Moshii for photos of 'TOTH' gig
^^AUDIO FEVER PHOTOSHOOT^^photos by dylan drummond
Influences: John Peel, the Pillars Bar (a bad influence), The Militant Tendency (join once, never work again), Archie MacPherson, Dudley D Watkins (genius), Arbroath Football Club (favourite terrace rants - 'smokies an wine', 'tomato soup an lentil, we're a f##kin mental', 'ya can stick yer Farfar bridies up yer erse', 'we only sing when wir fishin'), the Dundee Chartist poets, Wullie Thom, James Myles and John Mitchell (known as the Republic of Letters), the Buzzcocks, Mary Brooksbank (a bonny fechter), the Clash, Karl Marx (the Daddy), John Lydon, Bach and Beethoven (the Lydon and Strummer of classical music), Tennents lager, Joy Division, Throbbing Gristle (we'll never hear their likes again), Rabbie Burns, Dr Marten, Doll By Doll, Rough Trade records circa 1978-9, Subway Sect, did I mention the Clash?, Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Tom Leonard, James Kelman, Hugh MacDiarmid (made Trainspotting possible), Mark E Smith, John Cale, George Orwell, Jock Stein, Gil Scott Heron, Gang of Four, Jackie Leven, John MacLean, James Hogg, Marriane Faithful, Leon Trotsky, did I mention Joe Strummer?, Robert Wyatt, and my ma and my Auntie Liz.
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