BACK AWAY FROM THE MOUSE!!... and read on.... Excuse the sound quality of the tracks - they were recorded live!, nearly 30 years ago, on a cassette-tape recorder placed waaay too close to the drumkit - so the vocal isn't always audible - but it gives you a sense of that DIY punk ethic that ANYONE can get out and play, and you didn't have to win some stupid reality TV show to be in a 'band'!... If that's asking too much, then we'll look forward to watching you making a fool of yourself on this year's Shit Idle auditions - (or worse still, buying the winners/losers CDs) - you get what you deserve my friends!So let us take you back to a time when this shit meant something!!.... it's rough as a bear's arse, but who cares... we were having a ball... IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL....!!The Jelly Helicopters - Warrington's loudest, shittiest band from those halcyon days when any loud shitty band could get on stage and play live! in your local pub... BUT everyone was there to see us... 6th formers, but we thought we were gods!... Turn it up 'cos "this goes to Eleven"....WATCH THIS VIDEO... it's bloody brilliant!! (trust me)
Apocalypse Now
We don't have any footage of the original 'Helicopters' to show you - these videos are from the early '80s... the Jellies were no more, and everyone had moved on to 'better' things (job, mortgage, wife, kids, long pants etc) BUT original guitarist David was still in there with 2 mates, Dave and Gary (who were brothers) on bass/vocals and drums... "Apocalypse Now" was one of their own songs.... (too much time on their hands if you ask me!?).... I'd gone along to see this latest incarnation of the band and was co-ersed into sitting in on drums... I am visibly uncomfortable sat behind someone else's kit, and this was our attempt at an old crowd favourite.... By the way, this is a rehearsal - not a gig - the audience of one cheering at the end is my ex-wife (bless 'er!)... Mark
Another Girl, Another Planet
And this is surely the work of the Devil... hopefully my 'stylish' '80s fashion sense, and 'bum-fluff' moustache will distract you sufficiently as to not notice how rubbish I've become... (maybe vacating the drum-stool to rescue cats from trees was a wise career choice) - "Re-mem-ber...... The Hor-ror...!!"
Brickfield Nights
If you want to know what happened to our rubbish drummer, he's 'THE FIRE CIRCUS' on our top friends' list so go see, if your curiosity is getting the better of you....Chris is the guitar slinger/singer with 'THE MONEY SHOT' - have a look at their page - David is still playing with 'BIG BOOT BAND', and Dave the bass player is 'TRUANT' on our friends' list.
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