Fact #172695
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Amazing Blondel, The Sutherland Brothers and Claire Hamill play at the Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. During The Sutherland Brothers set, Gavin Sutherland is accidentally eloctrocuted and performs a spectacular involuntary backflip, which sends him crashing into the drum kit.
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Gavin Sutherland (Sutherland Brothers) : My greatest falling-over moment came back in the days of the Sutherland Brothers Band when I was publicly electrocuted in Birmingham City Hall. It was there, with a little help from a dodgy plug board, that I treated the audience to a high-voltage backward flip with twist and pike, ending with a spectacular crash landing in the middle of Neil's drums. Bash, clatter, smack, thud. Follow that! I was taken in an ambulance to the accident unit where they treated me for shock, burns on my hands and "voltage exit burns" on my feet. I'd never heard of voltage exit burns before. Education is a wonderful thing. A band called Amazing Blondel were topping the bill, but I think it's safe to say that it was our night. We sold a lot of records in Birmingham that week.
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