[kj] Local bands

[ade]

Nah, not Jaz Coleman, but Jas Mann (I spelt it wrong), the bloke who did that Spaceman single under the name Babylon Zoo in the 90's. You know the twat - he wore shiney stuff & looked awkward on Top of The Plops. They all looked a bit sci-fi...
 
Here he is, looking extremely humble:
 
http://www.virginmedia.com/music/pictures/toptens/popdropouts.php?ssid=10
 
Funny, they seem to agree with my version of events!
 
And here, replete with sci-fi silver guitar & erm, a mask:
 
http://old.roxybar.it/immagini/babylon.jpg
 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of melinda grant
Sent: 20 June 2008 15:45
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Local bands


cool that  jaz met robert plant,what they must of talked about ;D
 
never knew that -the beat-were from those parts,great band btw ;)



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From: mike at coopersurf.fsnet.co.uk
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:59:29 +0100
Subject: Re: [kj] Local bands


Joan A is from Handsworth.
 
Rankin Roger lives in Bearwood and is often seen whizzing around on his roller blades
 
Jaz that's the one.  I used to drive for a friends band called Onionhead and he was in the Sandkings (all coming back now) who played with Onionhead alot.  I remember him being in the van a lot and seemed okay, talked about his band all the time who were pretty dour I seemed to remember.  Drove Onionhead to dudley jbs for a show and met Robert Plant at the gig.  He was really friendly and happy to talk for ages about music.  Wasn't mad on Onionhead.

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From: ade <mailto:ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk>  
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Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:40 AM
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Man, how could I miss out the Beat??!! Didn't know about Joan A - wow!
 
Pass the dutchie will you?
 
That twat who did spaceman, he was in the mock turtles or sandhoppers - something like that.
His name is Jaz Mann (funny that). He came in our shop (Modern Music, Dudley) one day, pissed
a load of record company money away (I didn't mind!) & told me he was going to be a star & I'd be
seeing lots of him. Bear in mind I didn't actually know the guy. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Smug prick.
 
Next time I saw him, he was on Brass Eye, having the piss ripped out of him by Chris Morris, who
asked him if he thought his music could be circular & whether he could learn to become a genius.
He totally agreed with Morris, including becoming a genius. Morris managed to keep a straight face.
 
MUHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
A far cry from the days when you'd get members of Zeppelin in our shop.

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Mike Cooper
Sent: 20 June 2008 00:28
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Local bands


The Twang - Bearwood boys
Ausgang
The Beat (now)
The guy who did Spaaaaacceman
Skimmer
Joan Armatrading
Musical Youth 
 
Black country rocks

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From: ade <mailto:ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk>  
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Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:30 PM
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They come from the Black Cuntry! Not far from me, really. And Glen Tipton, amazingly, comes
from Tipton! Met KK Downing in the guitar shop I used to work in. And Dave Hill - what a twat!
 
And yes, I *do* sound a bit loike Rob Halford, bosting ar! :)  Did Raven have a local accent? Never
heard him speak up close.
 
A few local Bands:
 
Sabbath
Priest
Napalm Death
Band of Joy / half of Led Zeppelin
Diamond Head
The Move / Wizzard / ELO / Slade
Steel Pulse
UB40 (ahem, sorry)
Final
Godflesh
Jesu
Moody Blues
Spencer Davis Group
Traffic
Dexy's
Durannies
Poppies (PWEI) / Stuffies / Neds Atomic Dustbin / Bentley Rhythm Ace
The Streets (talk about a Mockney accent!)
Charlatans (Jesus H Christ)
Ocean Colour Scene
Broadcast
Magnetophone
Lots of dance nights, such as CREAM, Atomic Jam, Gods Kitchen, etc, etc.
 
The mighty Mellotron came out of Bham too. Would love one of those!
 
We were also well into our electro/hip-hop/graffitti & that bad loser Goldie is local.
 
Oh & The Editors. Sorry again.
 
 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of sade1
Sent: 19 June 2008 23:00
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: gaylords and lasses



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