April – June 1987

Just as the single was released, Rudy decided to leave the band and head off around Europe busking. We had a few gigs set…

January – March 1987

I had been getting into Blue Note and Verve jazz from the ’50s and ’60s for a while, increasing my vinyl collection via my…

My band Bluetrain had recorded our new e.p. for Dreamworld Records and now we waited for Dan Treacy to give us a release date. We rehearsed…

Danny bought our drummer, Kevin’s Mini 1275GT for £750. It was black had a little sun roof. He bought a…

Along with Mark Perry’s ‘Sniffin’ Glue’, ’48 Thrills’ was one of the original punk fanzines, it was written and put…

April 2nd – Our chance to play The Clarendon! I was very pleased with this one, although did look longingly up from…

Woking was famous for being the home of The Jam. I had sped through the station on the way to Waterloo on many occasions…

The last Buzz Club of a very busy year. Bleach were from Ipswich and part of the shoegazing scene. They formed in 1989 by brothers Neil…

Inspired by the fact that Dan Treacy was in a band along with putting on gigs, I thought it would be a…

Extract taken from 1991 October – December There were also English indie bands like 1,000 Yard Stare and this lot, who we…