Looking for some photos to put up on Myspace and found this old photo by Ian Mackay - (Dave's brother) of the Bad Detectives circa 1978 with me on the right with dyed black hair when I used to sing and play harp for them. This was for a Battle of the Bands thing at the Hexagon suite in Frome. I remember Ivan's home-made bass amp which resembled a washing machine catching fire and Henry breaking about 4 strings. I don't think anyone there 'got it' at all.... Great days... I think we were ahead of our time - I don't suppose many people would agree but we were doing stuff in rural Somerset in 77-78 that Billy Childish gets massive praise for doing in London nowadays - but maybe that's the point? I know we were ahead of our time... we did get some mixed reactions though ... anyone got any tapes out there?
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Bad Detectives vintage pic
Looking for some photos to put up on Myspace and found this old photo by Ian Mackay - (Dave's brother) of the Bad Detectives circa 1978 with me on the right with dyed black hair when I used to sing and play harp for them. This was for a Battle of the Bands thing at the Hexagon suite in Frome. I remember Ivan's home-made bass amp which resembled a washing machine catching fire and Henry breaking about 4 strings. I don't think anyone there 'got it' at all.... Great days... I think we were ahead of our time - I don't suppose many people would agree but we were doing stuff in rural Somerset in 77-78 that Billy Childish gets massive praise for doing in London nowadays - but maybe that's the point? I know we were ahead of our time... we did get some mixed reactions though ... anyone got any tapes out there?
