davepb24

For the majority of the 16 years or so I had my own place before getting married I didn't have a TV, I only bought one in the end as I was tired of watching DVDs on a 14-inch PC monitor. When the analogue signal was switched off I cancelled the TV licence. Now I hardly ever watch anything as it's being broadcast, usually recordings of reruns of old stuff (currently working through The Bill from 2000). If TVs were outlawed tomorrow I personally wouldn't miss it.

Always thought the Sisters Of Mercy's version of " Emma" blew the original away

The only one I'm sure about is the bits of Fields Of The Nephilim's "Earth Inferno" from Wolverhampton (some more of that gig ended up on b-sides as well).. was at the NEC for Quo the day before/after the Prime Charles gig lol

If I had to choose a handful of songs... "Transmission" - Joy Division, "Sunrise" - New Order, "Celebrate" - Fields Of The Nephilim, "Alice" - Sisters Of Mercy. One day I might be able to play some of them properly...

A mate once accused me of looking like Jim Morrison...

On the subject of mismatches I often wonder how Motley Crue's tour with Killing Joke as support went some years back

Having taken the plunge and bought myself a bass last year almost entirely because I love what Hooky used to do with one it finally clicked why I was so drawn to "post-punk".. or even some of what was " actual" punk at the time... all about that bass lol

Caught them on the last night of the Iron Fist tour...Eddie never played with them in the UK again. RIP

B*gger ordered a Peter Hook CD last night :-0

Mother I've tried please believe me... Just for one moment I heard somebody call... looked beyond the day in hand.... there's no.one there at all... That whole album scared the hell out of me...

Saw the original Fields Of The Nephilim four times in their heyday...absolutely zero audience interaction, half the time you couldn't even see them for smoke...yet rarely have I seen a band hold an audience so captivated

Probably completely different if you ask me again next week but right now I'd go for: LowLife - New Order Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol Replicas - Tubeway Army

In the modern day, Mike Oldfield?

Always loved The Bill original theme, never so keen on the jazzed-up version when it went weekly. Barry Gray's UFO theme as well.

53%...some pure guesses, recognised more hands/clothes than guitars...!

With no guitar in sight I think my favourite intros are (Don't shoot me) both by OMD... " Messages" (the single/live way not the album")and "Electricity" Last time I saw OMD was one of the very first gigs at Symphony Hall in Brum in 1991, ok wasn't the "proper" OMD .. started with a new song nobody knew, everybody sat and listened and applauded politely... Andy McLuskey looks all around the hall, says " Just because it's a posh venue doesn't mean you have to behave".. keyboard player starts plinking out "Messages" and nobody sat down for the rest of the night

37 years back I was watching TOTP and they introduced this band I'd heard of at school but didn't know...a little ditty called "Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution".. I started to think maybe this metal stuff is worth investigating..RIP sir

Joy Division's "Closer"

Have never seen the appeal of Guns 'n Roses

The only remotely famous person I've ever appeared in a photo with is Mike Visceglia of Suzanne Vega's band, when a number of people spotted him in the car park after a gig at the NEC about 30 years ago. Very friendly guy, happily put a personalized autograph on a spare programme I'd bought for a friend. (I'd also met Ms Vega herself earlier on the tour, waited in the queue for ages and then totally lost my tongue when I reached the front, she must have thought I was a right spanner!)

All About Eve doing Cliff's "Devil Woman" as a straight down the line rocker

I'm using an Android tablet, Full Version box is greyed out at the bottom of the screen...I hit it anyway and it seemed to work☺

"Celebrate" is one of the songs that made me want to get a bass...saw the original Nephilim 4 times back in the day, awesome on stage

Possibly stretching it to call it a hit but I'm sure it did chart... "Is This The Life" by the Cardiacs has the most demented piece of guitar I've ever heard

We work with a few Chinese lawyers who've adopted western first names... one is Unique, haven't worked out whether the one calling themselves Fairy is male or female...