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MyGen Profile Generatorhmmm....... well its all a little blurry but............it all started with Penny, Susan & Ditch (he was still Richard then) who met up with a Marc & a Paul (possibly Paul's brother on drums). Anyways we swapped Pauls brother for a drum machine and Marc for Andrew I think, and pootled on like that for a bit, there was Niall on drums for a while and then a ?Kev???? - played the George Robey, Lady Owen Arms that sorta thing (got snuff a gig once - haha - blew us out the building - marvellous). ..... met Little Richard & Laura there - aaahh. Anyways - pretty sure I'm missing some stuff out but it all stopped for a bit... then it started again with Arthur (Arturo Bassick - Lurkers / 999 / Blubbery Hellbellies) joining on gee-tar along with Olivier on bass. Very sadly, Olivier died. Nik joined on bass and around this time we met up with Snog who got us some gigs in Shetland. Arturo backed out at this point so we took Jerry to help out in the guitar department. And Gianfranco was on drums - oh lord i'm getting a bit confused now. Anyways - when we got back Tom joined on guitar proper-like and then I guess Bladder replaced GF on drums.........and Susan got a job working fulltime with booze..... so that left the final proper top tomato type line up.......................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................PENNY / DITCH / TOM / NIK / BLADDER ......................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................. ... TBC.......... I'll add abit more here later............I 'm pretty sure I've made a right mess of all that so can somebody help me out???Heres some bands we played with here and there................ Toy Dolls, Sloppy Seconds, Cropdusters, UK Subs, Vibrators, Mega City Four, John Cooper Clarke, Gallon Drunk, New Model Army, Snuff, Die Toten Hosen, Stiff Little Fingers, Sham 69, Meteors, Fuck All Else To Do, Phobia, Pretty Green, Half Man Half Biscuit, Tenpole Tudor, BUM, John Otway, Backlash, Kinky Machine,Jayne County, Manufactured Romance............/div

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Member Since: 26/01/2007
Band Members: Penny: Vocals, Susan: Vocals, Ditch: Guitar, Tom : Guitar, Nik : Bass, Bladder : Drums................Those who also served : Billy-Joe 90, Arturo Bassick, Olivier, GianFranco, Simon Cohen guestie fiddle.... etc etcThose we love: Richard & Laura, Snog, Micky D, Dave Blitzo (Paul Talling), Damaged Goods, Dyler Plummer, Dave Mac, BlueFire Records, Clumps, Stumps, Kerry Wine, Silky Scotty Moore, etcReally need to put a bit more work into this don't i??Here's some more pix..............
Influences: Vodka, The Gymslips, Marlboro (Red), Motorhead, Sharing the House with Mother, the Undertones, Toy Dolls, 70's knitting patterns, Xray Spex, Die Toten Hosen, Blondie, Divine, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Dramarama................ etc etc... oh yes... and the Damned.. ;-)I suppose at some point I should mention that various members are now off making worthy noises with Some Dogs, KMFDM, Fastlane Roogalator, Plan A, The Loyalties, etc etc and were previously in Sugarsnatch, the Yo-Yos, PIG, Serious Drinking etc etc
Sounds Like: Don't know if you still can, but you used to be able to get a live video here: http://members.aol.com/BarnVid/vidlstp1.htm (Barn End Videos - Thanks Johnny Parker!)
Record Label: Bluefire Records, Damaged Goods, UpDown (Dojo)

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BBT at Camden Underworld, 15th August..............

Just a quickie........... Here's a date for your diaries...... We will be playing a one off gig this summer at the Underworld in Camden, on Friday 15th August. We're playing with Manufactured Romance...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:30:00 GMT