Nail Soup

Great story... I was at the London Rainbow gig myself .... it was a great gig as you say. Plus the bonus that I have seen Joy Division!

And there is Eartha Kitt of course!

Yes, indeed...... I (and probably most others) am waaaaay more likely to check it out if there is a link. Great video (and song) BTW!

Or does it simply prove the existence of time travelling men in black?

Not sure if it's a gig in my normal sense.... but it's Unkle Funks' Disco Inferno (UK's leading live disco band) on Saturday. Going with Mrs Soup (who won't come to most of the music I listen to) and my sister and her partner ... so it will be a bit of a social and bit of dancing I expect. Will be pretty good if the website is anything to go by : unclefunksdiscoinferno.com

Another interesting thing about the RN front cover... The band later went on to have a song and album about the men-in-black, only to realise that there is a man-in-black in the RN album cover...... it's pretty much in the centre of the pic, against the window above Jet's head.

Not sure if it's a pun as such, but I really liked this one: grebo band "Gaye Bikers on Acid" used to play under the alias "Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds"

Not an original one - in fact the Stones themselves use it, and not very punny... but it's true and all I've got right now: I managed to convince the rest of my team in the company "10K steps challenge" to have the name The Strolling Bones.

That was my second thought…. How can she sing at the same time!

Stranglers are still sounding great despite JJ getting on, and having the new guys in. See the recent TV gig on the second page of this current thread.

But why on earth?

Wow almost missed this in the thread. Amazing stuff. Quite an interesting tone on that guitar, thought it was a bass at first... Same… was impressed at how she played a kind of hybrid bass/guitar line on the six string. But it was good all round though.

Often wondered that myself, never seen a decent explanation.

Just discovered this lot:

Didn't think I'd make it his month.... but inspiration and a bit of time came, and here it is. blurb Picture is someone sliding, so I (eventually) thought of slide guitar. I only really use a slide on my cigar box guitar, made with my on fair hands a few years ago. So Cigar box slide it is. Technical details: DAW: Studio One, Drums: mix of Studio one and MT-Power drums, Bass: Vantage Avenger, Guitar: homemade Cigar box guitar - 3 string fretless - Pic below

The Raven was the first LP I bought 'new' too. I'd bought the back catalogue of 3 LPs plus the live LP and loved them as a punk band. The fact that teen-punk me really liked the new album when it was a bit (spit) prog speaks volumes for their talent.

A lot of their early songs, including hit singles, had both a guitar solo and a keys solo (take it Hugh, go Dave 😉)... but I put that down to their pub-rock roots more than prog.

Ok, understood.

The front is one of my all time favourites. The back is great too of course!

Yes, I understood what you meant... just wondering why you used the word 'Unicorn' to say it?

Fleetwood Mac - back As in "that bass cab was heavy, nearly put my fleetwood out"

Los Bitchos, Bedford. Whole band were great, but especially bass player- great lines and sound.

Question to OP: Is ‘unicorn’ a term in your native youngest for something universal? Or was it a typo or something else?

Apparently when the filmmakers approached the family about the biopic his son (Baxter I presume) said ‘OK but you have got to show what a c*** he could be’ or similar.

Absolutely, while his rhythm guitar did not feature high in the mix his solo and lead work was always really we thought out and mostly avoided pentatonic noodling and the like. In any other band it would have got a lot more attention. Not many could do sardonic and deadpan better than Hugh either.