What a day, loved every minute of it. Driving up to ULU I started developing flu like symptoms, by the time we got on stage my head was pounding and I was feverish, still I put it to the back of my mind and got on with the job in hand (what a geezer).
There wasn’t one defining moment, more like a series of defining moments (if that makes sense) that I’ll treasure…the camaraderie between the bands (helping with each others’ gear etc), chatting to Paul (ex Monaco drummer) from Pottsy’s band about the Monaco days, sitting in the dressing room (which was an old squash court) talking to Pottsy about his Revenge days and him telling me one of my fave Revenge gigs that I was at was filmed!!!!! (Can’t rest till I get a copy… bugger, wish he hadn’t told me now). Jim ‘he’s aving a laugh’ Reilly’s Karate Kid story, one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a long while jeezzz, Jim actually buying a bass amp, Will’s ‘Faketory’ logo sheer brilliance in my book, realising three tracks in that Hooky was standing in the wings watching us a real brown trouser moment/movement. Later Warren, who had a clear view, told me that Hooky had been there from the start of our set!!! Shugs bollocking me for not doing the high pitched ‘TIGHT’ during Subculture which I usually do at rehearsals,
seeing all the NOOLer’s there, some of whom had made a huge effort to get there… here’s to the next one