erasmus, alan

How, when, and why did Alan Erasmus join up with Factory Records? He had been managing Fast Breeder, and then I think he managed Durutti Column, as it had several members of Fast Breeder initially. Or maybe Tony Wilson was managing Durutti Column at the time when Vini Reilly joined (Jan. 1978). I can't keep the facts straight. Can anyone help me out? Mr. Erasmus seems a fairly shadowy and elusive figure as far as specifics go. When was he doing what?

I'm not sure whether this helps (from http://www.soundcontrol.co.uk/mod_1/pages/mod_1.8/pages/index.php?request=39&issue_no=31):

"In 1976 and '77, TV-presenter Tony Wilson had been hosting So It Goes, an alternative music show on Manchester's Granada Television. By bringing bands like Sex Pistols, Magazine and Buzzcocks on TV, Wilson had become a local personality. The story goes, that on January the 24th 1978 he decided to diversify his interests, and teamed up with his friend Alan Erasmus, an unemployed actor, to form The Movement of the 24th January (a name taken from the Situationist International Movement Of March 22nd). The same day he phoned an another old friend, Vini Reilly, to ask him whether he wanted to join a band Erasmus and himself were managing, called The Durutti Column…"

l8rs,

Nick ;)

I prefer Erasmo Carlos and Roberto Carlos

Ah, good stuff. Thanks!