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Post by zeopold on Nov 20, 2020 22:41:51 GMT
See below for OP...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2020 22:48:14 GMT
Made a James Hunt of the OP.
So here it is again.
Subhumans crowning glory👍
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2020 22:51:25 GMT
Dick Lucas is a top bloke. My band played some shows with his original band The Mental back in the day, and we borrowed their drummer from time to time. Trotsky? Still in the band but lives in Germany I believe. |
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Post by zeopold on Nov 20, 2020 22:55:46 GMT
Dick Lucas is a top bloke. My band played some shows with his original band The Mental back in the day, and we borrowed their drummer from time to time. Trotsky? Still in the band but lives in Germany I believe. The drummer of The Mental was called Tony, lived in my home town, Winchester... lives in France now, quit playing around 1980. When the Mental split Dick joined forces with a West Country (Warminster?) band called the Stupid Humans. Andy LS will prolly know more details cos they were from round his way. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2020 23:07:43 GMT
Trotsky? Still in the band but lives in Germany I believe. The drummer of The Mental was called Tony, lived in my home town, Winchester... lives in France now, quit playing around 1980. When the Mental split Dick joined forces with a West Country (Warminster?) band called the Stupid Humans. Andy LS will prolly know more details cos they were from round his way. Aye thats probably right. The Mental were around 1979 if I remember rightly. I bought my first EP from Bluurg in 1980 and I inerviewed them for my fanzine back in the 80's too. Saw them quite a few times back then too(and Culture Shock)and also with Toxic Reasons who blew the off the stage in 83..no mean feat. |
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Post by zeopold on Nov 21, 2020 10:54:15 GMT
The drummer of The Mental was called Tony, lived in my home town, Winchester... lives in France now, quit playing around 1980. When the Mental split Dick joined forces with a West Country (Warminster?) band called the Stupid Humans. Andy LS will prolly know more details cos they were from round his way. The Mental were around 1979 if I remember rightly. Yes, they formed around 78-79. They all attended the same private school (!) The headmaster's son was the guitarist IIRC. Their self-pressed 45 changes hands for good money these days, apparently. I recall their drummer had a pile of unsold copies under his bed back in the day.... another missed investment opportunity  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2020 7:59:59 GMT
Dick was a public school boy?
Didn't know that. Not that it matters if he was. He's a really clever lyricist.
Their bass player Grant is one helluva musician and I saw them quite a few times back in the day and as I said firstly with Toxic Reasons who aptly played a song called 'Destroyer'which fucking blew me away.
What an experience!
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Post by zeopold on Nov 22, 2020 10:38:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2020 11:27:55 GMT
Aye, no luck.
Look what happens to people who go to these boarding schools?
You either end up like Dick or Boris Johnston.
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Post by minx on Dec 12, 2020 8:38:18 GMT
The school was Lord Wandsworth College.
Dick and Tony both very clever guys, Tony got four As in his A levels despite getting booted out of our 6th form college in The Great Punk Purge of 1981, four months before exams...I only just scraped through. Zeo fared a bit better than me!
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Post by minx on Dec 12, 2020 8:43:24 GMT
Trotsky? Still in the band but lives in Germany I believe. The drummer of The Mental was called Tony, lived in my home town, Winchester... lives in France now, quit playing around 1980. When the Mental split Dick joined forces with a West Country (Warminster?) band called the Stupid Humans. Andy LS will prolly know more details cos they were from round his way. Was that when you were in The Iritations? |
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Post by minx on Dec 12, 2020 8:57:02 GMT
![]() I had the joy of being the promoter and TM of their Australian tour in 2012. None of us had really changed since the Mental days of underage drinking at The Fighting Cocks in Winchester and the famous episode running away from hells angels at Stonehenge. The stories I could tell..but what happens on tour stays on tour!  |
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Post by zeopold on Dec 12, 2020 9:58:24 GMT
Tony got four As in his A levels despite getting booted out of our 6th form college in The Great Punk Purge of 1981, four months before exams...I only just scraped through. Zeo fared a bit better than me! I got booted out in the final term but I was allowed to sit my A levels. Fothergill (deputy head) told me it was a waste of time cos I'd fail. I got 4, and waved my results in his stupid face  Minx said: "Was that when you were in The Iritations?"Yep... we occasionally practised in Tony's garage. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 10:31:01 GMT
So you were a public schoolboy?👍😎😂
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Post by zeopold on Dec 12, 2020 19:25:39 GMT
So you were a public schoolboy?👍😎😂 No, comprehensive. Went to the same 6th form college as Minx. |
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