Re: Photography at Dingwalls Nov 12th

[Chris Sharp <chris.sharp4@vi...net>]

There is a video of the band starting with Broken & Mended at a gig  
in 1994 behind a polythene sheet. They did it as a one-off. This  
video is planned to be released on a video compilation DVD some time  
next year. Don't ask me when,as these things seem to change every  
week (As I've been learning over the past few months!)
On 2 Nov 2008, at 16:47, Neville Street wrote:

> I was there Rocker - right at the front. It was a fantastic gig. I  
> believe Wojtek used a Stanley knife to slice the plastic. I tried  
> the same thing with my band a few years later, with a razor blade  
> attached to a bamboo cane. The razor blade pinged out after the  
> first 'slash' so we had to hang off the (industrial) plastic until  
> it eventually started to rip. The audience weren't too impressed  
> but we were laughing so much we buggered up the opening song -  
> Hangin' Round by Lou Reed.
> "You keep hangin' round me
> and I'm not...... so glad you found me
> You're still doing things that I gave up years ago"
>
> Aaaah yes, sigh.... the rock 'n roll years... :-)
>
> Neville
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rockerq@ao...com
> To: blueplanes@bl...org
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Photography at Dingwalls Nov 12th
>
> > <<my first BA gig at  the Hope Centre in Bristol in the 80’s  
> > (starting their set behind a backlit polythene sheet and cutting  
> > it to pieces with guitars )>>
> I remember the band came on and played their first number behind  
> the polythene - Wojtek held a blade of some sort, and as he danced  
> in his usual maniacal / balletic way he would occasionally slash  
> out at the polythene, which became cut to ribbons, and eventually  
> when the bulk of it was shredded, the band joined in and pulled the  
> remainder down - the NME reviewed it with the strapline "Exploding!  
> Plastic! In Bristol!"
> I wonder how many on this list were there? Or if it was videod?  
> (Possibly a bit early for that sort of technology at a gig - but am  
> sure Gerard would have wanted the work of art preserved for  
> posterity - or maybe its very transience was part of its appeal)
> Rocker (pretentious, moi?)
>
>
>
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