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The Move play at The Marquee in London, England, UK, for the first time, as support to Gary Farr and the T-Bones.Full article:
Carl Wayne (vocalist, The Move) : Tony Secunda, our manager, was a very skillful businessman. He was also creative and had an artistic mind. He was the best manager I ever knew and did his job not just for the money but was the kind of guy who let the band make their dreams come true.
Bev Bevan (The Move) : At the time Secunda was involved with a band called The Action and ran a company with Denny Cordell, called New Movement. He had such incredible self-confidence we were swept off our feet and signed a management contract. We were green lads from Birmingham and he took us shopping in Carnaby Street and immediately changed our image.
Carl Wayne : He tried to give The Move the same sort of reputation The Rolling Stones had - not The Beatles - a band with a dangerous image. Tony was really a rebellious guy and he hated 'the Establishment' and all it stood for. It might be why he suggested promotional ideas such as demolishing TV sets on stage. He also saw in me a performer that would do the stunts and promotional gimmicks he invented.
Bev Bevan : A stunt with a fake H-bomb was very funny. We went through the streets of Manchester hoping to get arrested. We were tramping up and down for two hours with this wretched bomb and nobody took a blind bit of notice. Eventually a copper told us to move on. A photographer took a picture and the papers said we had been arrested making an anti-Vietnam protest.
Carl Wayne : It's a miracle that nobody was ever hurt badly, because when you put an axe through a TV set it implodes. Bev was very often covered in blood from flying glass. You'd never get away with it now!
(Interview in Shindig! Magazine, issue 5)
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Bev Bevan (The Move) : At the time Secunda was involved with a band called The Action and ran a company with Denny Cordell, called New Movement. He had such incredible self-confidence we were swept off our feet and signed a management contract. We were green lads from Birmingham and he took us shopping in Carnaby Street and immediately changed our image.
Carl Wayne : He tried to give The Move the same sort of reputation The Rolling Stones had - not The Beatles - a band with a dangerous image. Tony was really a rebellious guy and he hated 'the Establishment' and all it stood for. It might be why he suggested promotional ideas such as demolishing TV sets on stage. He also saw in me a performer that would do the stunts and promotional gimmicks he invented.
Bev Bevan : A stunt with a fake H-bomb was very funny. We went through the streets of Manchester hoping to get arrested. We were tramping up and down for two hours with this wretched bomb and nobody took a blind bit of notice. Eventually a copper told us to move on. A photographer took a picture and the papers said we had been arrested making an anti-Vietnam protest.
Carl Wayne : It's a miracle that nobody was ever hurt badly, because when you put an axe through a TV set it implodes. Bev was very often covered in blood from flying glass. You'd never get away with it now!
(Interview in Shindig! Magazine, issue 5)