pete fuck

35 bands and all failures

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sheffield:

the henry purcell project

year: 2007
my age: 39
my name: peter jones
my role: harpsicord
other members: mr henry purcell (in spirit)
best song: suite number five, prelude
best gig: at home to alan, julie and melissa
claim to fame: henry purcell knew the king
did you know: i've memorised all eight keyboard suites, which i can now play blindfold. (this isn't really a band. those are listed underneath....)

the failures

year: 2005
my age: 37
my name: pete fuck
my role: bass/ backing vocals
other members: mixmif, ian lindsey
best song: brenda
best gig: none done
claim to fame: me and mixmif used to present r.o.t.t. on bbc radio sheffield!
did you know: Mixmiff formed two bands in the eighties, Slopdosh Bobbar and Ivan Crump, and also Doobrie firkin and the Battered Fur Burgers

tarana

year: 2003
my age: 35
my name: pete fuck
my role: keyboards, co-writer
other mebers: tim crosby, richard carpetman, robert overdrive
best song: all imrovised
best gig: brokowskis
claim to fame: dee dee ramone came to see rob's old band!
did you know: tarana recored 46 albums and sold none!

link: http://www.tarana.org.uk/

maniac

year: 2002
my age: 34
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums, backing vocals, stopping fights
other members: shaun, ian lindsey, steve, jamie cully, alan snell
best song: fucked up in my head
best gig: corporation
claim to fame: we supported sham 69!
did you know: there were fights at most gigs!

link:  http://freewebs.com/maniacsheffield

fret

year: 2002
my age: 34
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums
other members: craig, ian lyndsey, jamie cully, alan snell
best song: maniac (cover of peter and the test tube babies song)
best gig: slug and fiddle
claim to fame:alan was a stuntman!
did you know: craig the singer was also the manager of the slug and fiddle!

the carpainters

year: 2001
my age: 33
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums
other members: mixmif, bobby dazzler, mr poorly fingers
best song: cheeky monkey
best gig: did none
claim to fame: mixmif used to co-present a radio show with me!
did you know: i left!

link to mixmif: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=117354247

rookie

year: 2001
my age: 33
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums
other members: spike, chris, mik, stu
best song: breakdown
best gig: the deep end
claim to fame: i was in them!
did you know: they all had jobs!

rookie website: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rookie/

agartha

year: 2000
my age: 32
my name: pete fuck
my role: bass
other members: bonner, chris, john ripley, kevin
best song: killing machine
best gig: hillsborough arena
claim to fame: john was a published poet!
did you know: bonner used to be a nurse!

sound affect

year: 1999
my age: 31
my name: pete fuck
i played: drums
other members: guy williams, julian davies, john ripley, paul yates
best song: yellow (cover)
best gig: george iv
claim to fame: guy almost had a relationship with a newsreader off calendar!
did you know: julian was a psychiatric nurse, and the rest of us were all nuts!

coal brothers

year: 1997
my age: 29
my name: pete fuck
i played: piano, keyboards, co-writer
other members: robert overdrive a.k.a. rob cowen
best song: that one
best gig: outside cole bros store
claim to fame: rob's old band was asked to be dee dee ramone's backing group!
did you know: we busked eidelweiss in the snow regularly, and also recorded imrovisations

charlies angels

year: 1994
my age: 27
my name: pete fuck
my role: keyboards, song arranger, backing vocals
other members: charlie rocker, kate rocker, robert overdrive, matty k
best song: everyone's gone to the moon
best gig: northern general hospital old people's home
claim to fame: matty walked out of an oudition for the longpigs!
did you know: we played christmas gigs in the hospital where i was born, two years running!

p.a.s.c.

year: 1994
my age: 26
my name: street beat pete/ pete fuck
my role: keyboards, co-writing
other members: paul mills, paul bower, andy assle
best song: corporate love number
best gig: the grapes
claim to fame: we were signed to an obscure dutch label!
did you know: i left over a row about lack of credits on the cd sleeve!

link: http://www.pasc.co.uk/

s.l.b.c.

year: 1993
my age: 25
my name: street beat pete
my role: keyboards, co-writer, backing vocals, drums
other members: richard edwards, paul mills, andy assle, jelly, paul bower
best song: wastage
best gig: the grapes
claim to fame: we appeared on bbc2 with a video for our e.p.!
did you know: everyone left the band, one by one!

link:
http://www.unrecordings.co.uk/page2/page2.html

omith and friends

year: 1993
my age: 25
my name: peter jones
my role: keyboards, co-writer
other members: john ball, omith mukherjee
best song: orion
best gig: rotherham arts centre
claim to fame: omith still appears on t.v. on repeats of top of the pops as a session musician!
did you know: a member of the audience once drew our portrait!

psychoterrorists

year: 1992
my age: 24
my name: sreet beat pete
my role: keyboards
other members: noel, glenroy, paul mills, richard edwards
best song: anything glenroy toasted to
best gig: hallamshire
claim to fame: glenroy regularly recorded with dean honer, later of all seeing i
did you know: noel played the flute!

media premonition

year: 1992
my age: 24
my name: street beat pete
my role: keyboards
other members: richard edwards, paul mills, matty k
best song: new rules
best gig: hunter house hotel
claim to fame: paul knew jarvis cocker and is mentioned in mark sturdy's pulp book!
did you know: we rehearsed at dig vis drill's house!

listen here: click the link to download. written by media premonition in 1991 i think, with richard edwards, paul mills et al, probably engineered by nort

NEW RULES.wma

another track, even better:

ITS YOUR TRIP BABY.wma






bear cage

year: 1992
my age: 24
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums, backing vocals, songwriting
other members: ziggy starlust, andy assle, johnny gleadless
best song: mr sensible
best gig: nelson mandela building
claim to fame: jarvis cocker asked out andy's girlfriend's sister!
did you know: we nearly got beaten up when splodgenessabounds failed to turn up!

exit

year: 1991
my age: 23
my name: pete fuck
my role: bass
other members: dave chaos, andy assle, johnny gleadless
best song: between the walls
best gig: psalter lane art college
claim to fame: we supported splodgenessabounds twice!
did you know: dave and john had a punch-up over the name!

link to exit: http://www.freewebs.com/sheffieldexit/index.htm

ci5

year: 1990
my age: 22
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums
other members: jimi, paul jinks, matty k
best song: all good, and all kind of imrovised
best gig: the hallamshire
claim to fame: matty later auditioned for longpigs on THEIR request!
did you know: we only did one gig, then started rehearsing!

all new clean fuck city shitters

year: 1991
my age: 23
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums, backing vocals, co-writer
other members: mozaz deep, ziggy starlust, matty k
best song: porno man
best gig: maze bar
claim to fame: mozaz is a minor well-known local celeb/ poet!
did you know: we only did one gig, then we started rehearsing....and then we split up!

loony tunes

year: 1989
my age: 21
my name: street beat pete
my role: keyboards, engineer, co-writer
other members: ziggy starlust
best song: when i'm cleanin' winders
best gig: none, we were a recording project
claim to fame: our when i'm cleanin' winders idea was used on an advert for orange pop!
did you know: we had three seperate tracks out on vinyl

http://www.freewebs.com/loonytunessheffield/index.htm

click above to go to the loony tunes site with tracks to listen to at your leisure

the fuck city shitters mk.2

year: 1989
my age: 21
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums, backing vocals
other members: tom mayblin, mik diggin, ziggy starlust
best song: one fuck and you're dead
best gig: ruskin park
claim to fame: ziggy was once asked to audition for pulp!
did you know: tom had been an f.c.s. fan who'd even written songs about us!
link: http://www.freewebs.com/fuckcityshitters/

g.g.f.

year: 1988
my age: 20
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums
other members: john pullin, ben, arnold
best song: not just a child
best gig: lower refectory
claim to fame: richard hawley knows john pullin! john is from the famous sheffield fairground family!
did you know: g.g.f. stands for go get fucked!

liverpool:

royal family and the poor

year: 1987
my age: 19
my name: pic meter/ peter jones
my role: keyboards, co-writer
other members: mike keane
best song: in your eyes
best gig: did none
claim to fame: mike keane toured with new order; an earlier line-up were signed to factory records
did you know: i wrote one song, and that was it!

jegsy dodd and the sons of harry cross

year: 1988
my age: 20
my name: pete flip
my role: drums
other members: ken hancock, jegsy dodd, darren
best song: winebar man
best gig: none
claim to fame: they were signed to probe and toured with half man half biscuit, who ken later joined!
did you know: i was sacked after two rehearsals!

loop garu

year: 1988
my age: 20
my name: street beat pete
my role: keyboards, songwriting
other members: dave kennedy, adrian jackson
best song: even soldiers cry
best gig: hardman house
claim to fame: adrian was friends with will sargeant and had played with royal family and the poor; one-time drummer iain templeton played for six months in the la's! a later drummer joined space!
did you know: loop garu eventually got signed up for £25,000, but had to change the name to garu

link to loop garu website:
http://www.freewebs.com/loopgaru/index.htm
link to adrian's new band: http://www.gigwise.com/Bands_BandCard.asp?BandID=506

sonic death attack

year: 1988
my age: 20
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums, co-writer
other members: duncam dregs etc
best song: none completed
best gig: did none
claim to fame: duncan dregs founded dregs magazine, which can be seen in john peel's biography near page 47 on top of a pile of records in his house!
did you know: we rehearsed in bone's cellar, the same room as used later by the la's, and years before by an early line up of frankie goes to hollywood

dead men's suits




year: 1987
my age: 19
my name: pete cosmic
my role: drummer and re-joined in 1988 on bass
other members: mik suit, smed, goff, moz, managers joe mcoy jones then kaney
best song: rocks off
best gig: milo's
claim to fame: dead mens suits are mentioned in peter frame's book rock around britain! mik's girlfriend diane was friends with the girl who did an early la's photoshoot! joe mcoy jones had a thankyou note on his wall from jamie reid!
did you know: goff toured with gary glitter's suport band!

sheffield

nihilistics

year: 1987
my age: 19
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums, spraypainting name around town
other members: paul mills, matty k, tim jones, terry morgan
best song: targets
best gig: leadmill
claim to fame: we knew pulp and supported inspiral carpets!
did you know: tim jones was a teacher!

link: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bingo.master/page%202.htm

the fuck city shitters

year: 1986
my age: 18
my name: pete fuck
my role: drums, spraypainting the name all round sheffield
other members: mik slick, lou gobshite, ziggy sarlust
best song: in your life
best gig: scunthorpe baths
claim to fame: lou went on to record with dee dee ramone
did you know: nick reynolds loved us! he became john peel's producer
link: http://www.freewebs.com/fuckcityshitters/

rough mix

year: 1986
my age: 18
my name: peter jones
my role: keyboards, co-writer
other members: omith mukherjee
best song: war on want
best gig: hallamshire with the fuck city shitters
claim to fame: omith went on to work with lulu, michael ball and lionel richie
did you know: we used to be called thrapper!
link to the track war on want with photographs by peter jones:
http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/sheffieldarchives/videos%20of%20sheffield/?action=view&current=sheffieldintheeightiesfreesample.flv

listen to red taxi written by rough mix and recorded at darnall music factory on their first ever eight-track:
http://www.freewebs.com/petefuck/26 Track 26.wma

engineers: steve and isiah

new! rough mix website:
http://www.freewebs.com/roughmix/index.htm

southampton

what next

year: 1985
my age: 17
my name: peter jones
my role: keyboards, co-writer
other members: colin spivey, jamie gould, sammi timimi, darren
best song: time to go
best gig: 'live' on bbc radio solent
claim to fame: i knew bbc's nick girdler!
did you know: we practiced in taunton's school dramam hut!

what if

year: 1983
my age: 15
my name: peter jones
my role: keyboards, co-writer
other members: sammi timimi, jamie gould, darren
best song: desert boogie
best gig: queens head
claim to fame: jamie became a television floor manager!
did you know: sammi timimi was from iraq!

four minute warning

year: 1983
my age: 15
my name: peter jones
my role: keyboards, songwriter
other members: steve rush, fawaad moied
best song: tip top tulip instrumental
best gig: hampton park schol assembly
claim to fame: steve rush had his letter in the paper!
did you know: we were crap!

cornflake revolution

year: 1982
my age: 14
my name: peter jones
my role: keyboards, backing vocals, song writing
other members: justin roux, fawaad moied
best song: isabelle
best gig: school assembly
claim to fame: justin's dad paul roux played in hamburg on the same bill as the beatles!
did you know: we played 'live' on bbc radio solent!

link: http://www.freewebs.com/cornflakerevolution/

john ding band

year: 1981
my age: 13
my name: peter jones
my role: keyboards, songwriting
other members: jamie gould, sam butterfield, justin roux
best song: john ding
best gig: did none
claim to fame: sam starred in a uk film in 1986 called seaside story
did you know: we practiced at break time in the music room at hampton park school

cardiff

system changes

year: 1979
my age: 11
my name: bonzo
my role: piano/ arranger
other members: marcus huggitt, anthony moore, lee morgan
best song: some or other sex pistols cover
best gig: did none
claim to fame: i went on to support sham 69!
did you know: we had one rehearsal and then split up 'cos the piano stool broke!
two of the band members are in this pic by pete:


all my bands

 

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