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…

October – December 1986

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…

The Go! Service single, ‘It Makes Me Realise’ was now out on Dreamworld Records, and we had lined up as many gigs as we…