Fact #195562

One-Off (Fanzine) : They came on about 10.45 – a 4 piece comprising: blonde bassist in specs (good looking): lead guitarist in paint-stained jeans: drummer with earring: vocalist in leather with mass of hair. They play a very powerful set with few bad numbers. When they play fast and loud they’re excellent – hard hitting drums, powerful multi-style guitar breaks, solid bass and eccentric vocalist obviously enjoying himself. But the slower numbers dragged on a bit. Much of the vocals were inaudible but the lead singer’s antics and enjoyment did a lot towards nullifying that complaint. They were on for an hour and did two encores. The national music press says they’ll be the next big thing and for once they could be right.

Sharon Elkington-Hayles (audience) : I saw them play in 1980 in a gigging pub (The General Wolfe) in Coventry during the height of 2-tone. They were introduced as a band from Ireland playing their first gig in England! Bono walked through the audience, jumped off speaker stacks etc, it was a very energetic performance in a little pub that wasn’t even in the city centre!
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