


|
year |
Band name |
My age |
My name |
My role |
Other members |
Best song |
Best gig |
Claim to fame |
Did you know |
|
1979 |
System Changes (Cardiff) |
11 |
Bonzo |
Piano/ composer |
Marcus Huggit, Anthony Moore, Lee Morgan |
(none written) |
(none played) |
I went on to support Sham 69! |
We practiced once but the piano stool broke! |
|
1981 |
John Ding Band (Southampton) |
13 |
Peter Jones |
Keyboards/ composer |
Sam Butterfield, Jamie Gould, Justin Roux |
Tip Top Tulip |
(none played) |
Sam starred in a film called Seaside Story in 1986 |
We practiced in Hampton Park School music room |
|
1982 |
Cornflake Revolution (Southampton) |
14 |
Peter Jones |
Keyboards/ composer |
Justin Roux, Fawaad Moied |
Isabelle |
School assemblies |
Justins dad Paul Roux played in Hamburg on the same bill as the Beatles! |
We played live on B.B.C. Radio Solent! |
|
1983 |
Four Minute Warning (Southampton) |
15 |
Peter Jones |
Keyboards/ composer |
Fawaad Moied, Steve Rush |
Tip Top Tulip instrumental |
School assembly |
Steve Rush had his letter in the paper! |
We were crap! |
|
1983 |
What if (Southampton) |
15 |
Peter Jones |
Keyboards/ composer |
Sammi Timimi, Jamie Gould, Darren |
Time To Go |
Some pub in town |
Jamie Gould became a T.V. floor manager! |
Sammi Timimi was from Iraq! |
|
1985 |
What Next (Southampton) |
17 |
Peter Jones |
Keyboards/ composer |
Colin Spivey, Sammi Timimi, Darren, Jamie Gould |
Desert Boogie |
live on Nick Girdler show, Radio Solent |
I knew Nick Girdler! |
We practiced in Tauntons college drama hut |
|
year |
Band |
My age |
my name |
my role |
other members |
best song |
best gig |
Claim to fame |
did you know |
|
1986 |
Fuck City Shitters (Sheffield) |
18 |
Pete Fuck |
Drums, co-writing |
Ziggy Starlust, Mik Diggin, Lou Gobshite |
In Your Life |
Scunthorpe Baths |
Lou went on to record with Dee Dee Ramone |
Nick Reynolds loved us! He became John Peels producer |
|
1987 |
Nihilistics (Sheffield) |
19 |
Pete Fuck |
drums |
Matty K, Paul Mills, Tim Jones, Terry |
Targets |
Leadmill |
We knew Pulp and supported Inspiral Carpets |
Tim Jones was a teacher! |
|
1987 |
Rough Mix (Sheffield) |
19 |
Peter Jones |
Keyboards, co-writer |
Omith Mukherjee |
3 Note Piss |
Hallamshire with F.C.S. |
Omith worked with Lionel Richie, Lulu, Last Poets etc |
We used to be called thrapper |
|
1987 |
Dean Mens Suits (Liverpool) |
19 |
Pete Cosmic |
drums |
Mik Suit, Smed, Goff, manager: Joe McCoy Jones |
Dodgy Redhead |
none |
We rehearsed at Mike Keanes flat! |
I was mentioned as their drummer in the scouse phenomenon book, but left and rejoined on bass |
|
1987 |
Royal Family and the Poor (Liverpool) |
19 |
Pic Meter |
Keyboards, co-writer |
Mike Keane |
In Your Eyes |
none |
Mike was signed to Factory and toured with New Order! |
We only recorded one song! |
|
1988 |
Sonic Death Attack (Liverpool) |
20 |
Pete Fuck |
drums |
Duncan Dregs, Glynn |
(cannot remember any) |
(we did none) |
We rehearsed a few times in The Las practice room, Bones cellar in Toxteth |
We split up after a few rehearsals! Duncan went on to produce Dregs magazine |
|
1988 |
Jegsy Dodd and the Sons of Harry Cross (Birkenhead) |
20 |
Pete Flip |
drums |
Jegsy Dodd, Ken Hancock, Darren |
Wine Bar Man |
none |
They were signed to Probe and toured with Half Man Half Biscuit! Ken later joined them! |
I was sacked after two rehearsals! |
|
1988 |
Dead Mens Suits (Liverpool) |
20 |
Pete Cosmic |
Bass, co-writer |
Mik Suit, Smed, Moz, manager: Kaney |
Rocks Off |
Milos |
Miks girlfriend Diane knew the girl who took the photo for The Las single cover! |
Previous manager Joe McCoy Jones knew Jamie Reid! |
|
1988 |
Loop Garu (Liverpool) |
20 |
Street Beat Pete |
Keyboards, co-writer |
Adrian Jackson, Dave Kennedy |
Even Soldiers Cry |
Hardman House |
Adrian was friends with Will Sergeant, and also used to be in Royal Family and the Poor; guest drummer Ian Templeton had played for The Las |
Loop Garu signed for 25,000 pounds in 1990s, but had to change name to guru |
|
year |
Band name |
My age |
My name |
My role |
Other members |
Best song |
Best gig |
Claim to fame |
Did you know |
|
1988 |
G.G.F. (Sheffield) |
21 |
Pete Fuck |
drums |
John Pullin, Ben, Arnold |
Not Just a Child |
Lower Refectory |
John was from the famous Pullin fairground family! |
G.G.F. stood for Go Get F**ked! |
|
1989 |
Fuck City Shitters (Sheffield) |
21 |
Pete Fuck |
Drums, backing vocals |
Mik Diggin, Tom Mayblin, Ziggy Starlust |
One Fuck and Youre Dead |
Ruskin Park |
Ziggy was once asked to audition for Pulp |
Tom was an F.C.S. fan who had written songs about us! |
|
1989 |
Loony Tunes (Sheffield) |
21 |
Pete Fuck |
Keyboards, co-writer |
Ziggy |
Wheres Yer Mic, Mik |
None, we were a recording project |
Our When Ahm Cleanin Winders idea was used on a commercial |
We had three tracks out on vinyl |
|
1990 |
Ci5 (Sheffield) |
22 |
Pete Fuck |
drums |
Paul Jinks, Jimmi, Matty K |
All good |
Hallamshire |
Matty later auditioned for Longpigs! |
We only did one gig, and THEN started rehearsing! |
|
1991 |
All New Clean Fuck City Shitters (Sheffield) |
23 |
Pete fuck |
drums |
Mozaz Deep, Matty K, Ziggy Starlust |
Porno Man |
Maze Bar |
Mozaz ia a well known minor local celeb/ poet! |
We only did one gig and THEN started rehearsing, and then we split up! |
|
1991 |
Exit (Sheffield) |
23 |
Pete Fuck |
bass |
Andy Assle (a.k.a. Andrew Stavely), Dave Chaos, Johnny Gleadless |
Between the Walls |
Psalter Lane Art College |
We supported Splodgenessabounds twice! |
Dave and John had a punch up over the band name! |
|
1992 |
Bear Cage (Sheffield) |
24 |
Pete Fuck |
Drums, lyrics |
Andy Assle, Ziggy Starlust, Johnny Gleadless |
Mr. Sensible |
Nelson Mandela Building |
Jarvis Cocker wanted to go out with Andys girlfriends sister! |
We nearly got beaten up when Splodgenessabounds failed to turn up! |
|
1992 |
Media Premonition (Sheffield) |
24 |
Street Beat Pete |
keyboards |
Matty K, Paul Mills, Richard Edwards |
New Rules |
Hunter House Hotel |
Paul knew Jarvis Cocker! |
We rehearsed at Dig Vis Drills house! |
|
year |
Band name |
My age |
My name |
My role |
Other members |
Best song |
Best gig |
Claim to fame |
Did you know |
|
1992 |
Psychoterrorists (Sheffield) |
24 |
Street Beat Pete |
keyboards |
Richard Edwards, Paul Mills, Glenroy, Noel |
Anything Glenroy toasted to |
Hallamshire |
Glenroy recorded with Dean Honer, later of All Seeing I |
Noel played the flute! |
|
1993 |
Omith and Friends (Sheffield) |
25 |
Peter Jones |
keyboards |
John Ball, Omith |
Orion |
Rotherham Arts Centre |
Omith still appears occasionally on repeats of Top of the Pops as a session musician! |
A member of the audience once drew our portrait! |
|
1993 |
S.L.B.C. (Sheffield) |
25 |
Street Beat Pete |
Keyboards, co-writer, backing vocals |
Paul Mills, Paul Bower, Jelly, Andy Assle, Richard Edwards |
Wasteage |
The Grapes |
We appeared on B.B.C.2 with a video for our E.P! |
Everybody left the band, one by one! |
|
1994 |
P.a.S.c . (Sheffield) |
26 |
Street Beat Pete |
Keyboards, co-writer |
Paul Mills, Paul Bower, Andy Assle |
Corporate Love Number |
The Grapes |
We were signed to an obscure Dutch label! |
I left over a row about lack of credits on the sleeve! |
|
1994 |
Charlies Angels (Sheffield) |
26 |
Street Beat Pete |
Keyboards, arranger |
Charlie Rocker, Robert Overdrive, Matty K, Kate Rocker |
Everyones Gone to the Moon |
Northern General Hospital Old Folks Home |
Matty walked out of an audition for Longpigs! |
We played Christmas gigs in the hospital where I was born, two years running! |
|
1995 |
Coal Brothers (Sheffield) |
27 |
Pete Fuck |
Keyboards, co-writer |
Robert Overdrive |
That One |
Outside Cole Brothers store |
Robs old band was asked to be Dee Dee Ramones backing group! |
We busked Eidelweiss in the snow regularly, and also recorded improvisations |
|
1999 |
Sound Affect |
31 |
Pete Fuck |
Drums |
Guy Williams, Julian Davis, John Riley, Paul Yates |
Yellow |
George IV |
Guy almost had a relationship with a newsreader off Calendar! |
Julian was a psychiatric nurse, and the rest of us were all nuts! |
|
year |
Band name |
My age |
My name |
My role |
Other members |
Best song |
Best gig |
Claim to fame |
Did you know |
|
2000 |
Agartha (Sheffield) |
32 |
Pete Fuck |
bass |
Bonner, Chris, John, Kevin |
Killing Machine |
Hillsborough Arena |
John was a published poet! |
Bonner used to be a nurse! |
|
2001 |
Rookie (Sheffield) |
33 |
Pete Fuck |
drums |
Spike, Chris, Mik |
Breakdown |
The Deep End |
I was in them! |
They all had jobs! |
|
2001 |
Carpainters (Sheffield) |
34 |
Maul da Doxy |
drums |
Mixmiff, Bobby Dazzler, Dr Poorly Fingers |
Cheeky Monkey |
(did none) |
Mixmiff used to co-present a show on Radio Sheffield with me! |
I left! |
|
2001 |
Fret (Sheffield) |
34 |
Pete Fuck |
drums |
Craig, Jamie Cullie, Alan, Ian Lyndsey |
Maniac |
Slug and Fiddle |
Alan was a stuntman! |
Craig was pub manager of The Slug and Fiddle! |
|
2002 |
Maniac (Sheffield) |
34 |
Pete fuck |
Drums, backing vocals |
Shaun, Alan, Ian Lyndsey, Jamie Cullie |
Suicide Bomber |
Corporation |
We supported Sham 69! |
There were fights at most gigs! |
|
2003 |
Tarana (Sheffield) |
35 |
Pete Fuck |
Keyboards, co-writer |
Rob Overdrive, Tim, Richard Carpetman |
All improvised |
Brokowskis |
Dee Dee Ramone came to see Robs old band! |
Tarana recorded 46 albums and sold none! |
|
2005 |
The Failures |
37 |
Pete Fuck |
Bass/ backing vocals |
Mixmiff, Ian Lindsey |
Brenda |
(none yet) |
Me and Mixmiff used to present R.O.T.T. on Radio Sheffield! |
Mixmiff formed two bands in the eighties, Slopdosh Bobbar and Ivan Crump, and also Doobrie firkin and the Battered Fur Burgers |