theclarkness

Aye - check out my stuff for Iggy The Damned etc on www.easyaction.co.uk

The Mary Chain was sold out and it was a Friday that i can remember as the following night Erasure played to an empty-ish venue, I probably did the poster for both nights, i think it was a VENUE HOUSE poster . Bobby Gillespie's Primal Scream played at the Flesh Exchange (thats upstairs in the Hotel Metro, this was pre Peli -) "Best in Aiberdeen no Scotland" quote the previous club owner.

No it's dated really badly listen to the drum machine and the live synth drums - the best part is Eddie the Reids live one take improvised sax (wonderful sax player from the now defunkt Jazz club/Gloucster Hotel). No need for the "ali" - just listen to the lyric, as for the goth tag . More of that rubbish is posted on last.fm

The 62 Club was rattling with punk sounds as far back as '76, Stevie Booth (Biker) had the first import Ramones Lp. Punk tracks were spun inbetween Northern Soul tracks, "i'd painted a few "Rock stars" directly onto the walls downstairs in the disco bit, as my Dad had painted directly on the walls (a cracking Jimi Hendrix) in the 60's. The 62 Club was a "Youth Club" run by Harry???, then a different lot came into run it Christine???? and the whole dynamics of the 62 Club changed. Out went the look and it became more "drop -in " friendly. Names from the early days were Gary Clark, Kenny Bowie and Dave King. The City had already been visited by The Stranglers, Subway Sect, The Clash in 76 and 77, but not at the 62. Its was mentioned on this forum the Angelic upstart at Fusion, but they'd played the McRobert Hall with Girlschool, where Mensi came on with a frozen pigs head, for who killed Liddel (this was 79?). The next night there was an incident at the 62 involving the said pigs head.