My first band? Rosemere high school.

Shorty the Shab and the right-on Rubber Band .. 1974 1st pro band (not garage band ) had horn section too alot of fun claim to fame was we opened for War on an outdoor concert

"Meat on the Hoof"

Our first band never had a name - just as well probably

My first ever paying gig was with a band called Scavenger - we used to write our own heavy metal stuff, and do a load of covers - Freebird, Smoke On The Water, I Don't Know (Ozzy), that sort of thing.

We got payed in beer at a Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) in a field near Chipping Sodbury. It rained torrentially throughout the night. At one point, I went to make an adjustment to my amp and noticed rain water coming through the roof of the tent and dripping onto my stack

It's surprising so many of us are still alive.

"Chimaera". 1972.

Though we didn't have a hope in hell of playing anything progressive as we only knew 2 chords.*


*Later on we had another guitarist join who knew a different two chords and we went from strength to strength.

I think we were going to call ourselves Blue Flint of all things, in a cheap ripoff of Pink Floyd I guess, but it never really got off the ground. My toes still curl up when I think about that.

OTOH, I did have a part in the name of a reasonably well known *album* later on, by the Dutch late 80's band Urban Dance Squad. 'Mental Floss' (make suggestive gesture as if flossing between the ears) was my private joke with DNA (Arjen), their scratcher. The album was named Mental Floss for the Globe, and became pretty huge at the time.

"Skull in a Blue Haze"

Enough Said.

Todd, Dimitre and Sloane - School band guitar / vocals circa 1975 - 77 - Our nicknames, any guess which one I was?

Leyton Desire (Latent desire - geddit !!) first paid gigs Guitar / Keyboard / Vocals circa 1978 - 79 - We weren't from Leyton and definitely not desirable

Mono and Kiosk - Electro pop bid at stardom and the charts (failed) Keyboards / Programming / Vocals 1979 - 1982 - Depeche Mode meets Tiny Tim

The Kiosk Project - just me, now - playing everything !!!

The Ace Hides - rock / pop / soul covers band me on drums / percussion

next gig- The Crematorium

next gig- The Crematorium

Let us know when it is mate - I'll come along and do a good version of "Going Underground"

ORIGINAL: Bristol_Jonesey

next gig- The Crematorium

Let us know when it is mate - I'll come along and do a good version of "Going Underground"

Thanks Jonesey, very kind of you, any chance of a nice version of "Light My Fire" too?