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Jul 23, 2022Liked by Frank Owen

Life is full of coincidences: yesterday at Buxton Fringe I saw an ex member of Manicured Noise perform

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Jul 25, 2022Liked by Frank Owen

great article, are you sure about the pistols at the electric circus? I must have missed that...

saw the ramones, stranglers, souxie etc there, but my all time fave was at the last night - steel pulse, my first live reggae band - epic

regarding the PSV/russell club/factory, as well as wilson and co, don't forget possibly the worlds only philanthropist promoter = the late alan wise. on any week you could see s laughter and the dogs, the drones, human league, a dominoes comp, sound system clashes ( jah baron hi-fi v blakkabullit )

and dj tunes ranging from mighty real, money in my pocket, ghetto heaven (hardly smooth soul...)

we lost that place -the brewery kicked us out cos we couldn't pay for the drinks, bar money went to the bands. the only night we made a profit was...iggy pop! moved to the osbourne club on rochdale road, but that's another story.....

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Jul 23, 2022Liked by Jack Dulhanty, Dani Cole

Yes, too many jobs and not enough decrepitude are always going to hamper the impoverished artists amongst us. The price of progress?

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Jul 23, 2022Liked by Frank Owen

I was lucky enough to meet Peter backstage at the recent Hacienda Classic event and he was a true gentleman and still making that bass guitar buzz

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Jul 23, 2022Liked by Frank Owen

Great article. I really enjoyed reading it and have been searching out some joy Division songs on YouTube 👍🙂

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Your report mentions Joy Division at the Bowdon Vale Youth Club, where was this club? I live in Bowdon Vale and I’m curious to know if it was in the building which now houses the Coop?

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