Hooky and the Simmons pads

Does anyone happen to know all of the songs Hooky played his Simmons "suitcase" pads on? I know he used them regularly for tracks like "Blue Monday" and "Perfect Kiss." Any others?

Subculture I think. Though it's late and my brain is fried so don't take that one to the bank.

Only Blue Monday and Perfect Kiss from what little I can recall.

oldmonkey wrote: Only Blue Monday and Perfect Kiss from what little I can recall.

IALP as well, no?

And in latter days they've been Rolands.

IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

kel wrote: IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

There's some big thundery noises in there too, could be Steve of Course.

Could just be the Manchester weather...

Snorri xxx

Doctor? wrote:

kel wrote: IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

There's some big thundery noises in there too, could be Steve of Course.

Just cymbals from Hooky.

Did they ever work to satisfaction? Always seem to remember Hooky spending most of a song trying to get the volume up or the things working full stop and then the song finished.

Just checked the video footage, and yep he does do something on them during subculture during Steve's more cowbell break.

Not sure what though.

oldmonkey wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

kel wrote: IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

There's some big thundery noises in there too, could be Steve of Course.

Just cymbals from Hooky.

And the thunder is Bernard banging on the sampler (or whatever they used before 1983)?

BTW, Hooky is hitting his pads at least in this performance of Hurt (at 3:20 on)

No more f'ing saudade wrote: BTW, Hooky is hitting his pads at least in this performance of Hurt (at 3:20 on)

God they were good in those days!!Off to the cellar to dig out the tape deck and whack in L'Ancienne Belgique bootleg!

Thanks for that.

And 586 in the early days i seem to recall

No more f'ing saudade wrote:

oldmonkey wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

kel wrote: IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

There's some big thundery noises in there too, could be Steve of Course.

Just cymbals from Hooky.

And the thunder is Bernard banging on the sampler (or whatever they used before 1983)?

That would be a Sequential Prophet 5.

No more f'ing saudade wrote:

oldmonkey wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

kel wrote: IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

There's some big thundery noises in there too, could be Steve of Course.

Just cymbals from Hooky.

And the thunder is Bernard banging on the sampler (or whatever they used before 1983)?

Ahh, yes, this is the infamous "Faster Stephen!" session. God, if I were Steve, I would have thrown my sticks at the prick.

me neither

No more f'ing saudade wrote:

oldmonkey wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

kel wrote: IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

There's some big thundery noises in there too, could be Steve of Course.

Just cymbals from Hooky.

And the thunder is Bernard banging on the sampler (or whatever they used before 1983)?

Gaius! Cheers for the YouTube link.I've not seen that since it was televised,still got a shitty audio cassette of the simultaneous radio broadcast.Didn't they break into a few bars of MY GIRL at the end?

poor steve...

didn't Hooky use a J Arthur Rank gong in one performance of IALP?

oldmonkey wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

kel wrote: IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

There's some big thundery noises in there too, could be Steve of Course.

Just cymbals from Hooky.

I meant just from Hooky,cheers Tim

No more f'ing saudade wrote:

oldmonkey wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

kel wrote: IALP was just cymbals wasn't it?

There's some big thundery noises in there too, could be Steve of Course.

Just cymbals from Hooky.

And the thunder is Bernard banging on the sampler (or whatever they used before 1983)?

Barney's shorts...

Snorri xxx

Around that time I had shorts just like it. The girls loved em.