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Post by jill on Jul 20, 2011 19:41:10 GMT
Jilted John brings back happy memories. Do you remember the summer of '78 Clifton? It was the one after we won the League Championship and League Cup (beating Liverpool at Old Trafford in the replay) and before we won the European Cup....yeah, yeah, it's not fair  Edit: Good choice on those two Clash tracks though. That remains my favourite Clash album. Love their version of Police and Thieves. |
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Post by cliftonestate on Jul 21, 2011 15:53:37 GMT
Great list too cliftonestate Yep got to love Jilted John ;D Love Graham Fellows later incarnation John Shuttleworth too, ;D Wish i'd have seen The clash Joe Strummer gone too young. Did you ever make the trek down to the Topper? If you could find Jacksdale that is? Like Liverpool demolishing The Cavern how could Manchester pull down the Hacienda  Should have been a museum of Manchester music at least. Yes i was lucky enough to catch The Members Gig at The Topper we went in a Mini Bus from Nottingham not knowing how rough the area was well we'd been told it was rough but choose to ignore that info "Bad mistake" we were attacked after the gig by locals it was a kind of Eastwood/Jacksdale v Nottingham thing. The Locals didn't take to kindly to us so called City Boys riding into town ha ha ha You were more than likely leading the mob that attacked us. Scary times but it was the norm at most gigs. The same thing happend up and down the country when strangers turned up for a Gig the locals would be on the war path weather it be Derby Manchester or London you were there to be smacked. But The Topper was amoung the scariest gigs i went to crazy gig and even crazier locals. Oh how i miss those Punk days partying and gigging nearly every night. By the way yes i love The John Shuttlworth stuff (500 bus stops is class) I've been in The Cavern Club well the new Cavern Club it still sent a shiver down my spine but i wish i'd made it to the original. Joe Strummers autobiography is an interesting read and if you like the Clash "Passion is a Fashion" by Pat Gilbert could be the book for you. Read The Hacienda book i'm sure you'd love it. I'll defo read you book while i'm away on my jollies so i'll let you know what i think when i come back. |
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Post by arclight on Jul 21, 2011 17:45:13 GMT
If it was the first of the 2 Members gigs you went to at the Topper - about a month after ‘Sound Of The Suburbs’ was in the charts when it was rammed - then lead singer Nick Tesco gives a brilliant description of the gig in the book. But he does say it was the one of the best gigs they ever played. But The Topper was amoung the scariest gigs i went to crazy gig and even crazier locals. ;D I was just too young a punk too get in the club, but later became good mates with the small band of punks that started the movement there. It’s weird, growing up in Jacksdale was great for me and I always felt safe, but that’s probably because I knew all the ‘crazier locals.’ ;D  I knew it had a bad reputation to outsiders but didn’t realise just how far a field that reached until researching the book. Doing a google search for any mention of the Grey Topper I came across a discussion in a Middlesbrough music forum about clubs with bad reputations. When someone suggests one, the reply is ‘what as rough as the Grey Topper, Jacksdale?’ If even people from Middlesbrough are using the club and Jacksdale as a bench mark of how rough something is that says it all!  |
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Post by ramaway on Jul 21, 2011 18:29:28 GMT
I saw The Sweet play there.
Derbybhad some great punk giggs at the Kings Hall
Hey Clifton can we have more of your funny stories i love um there the best thing on here.
At first i thought you weere actually Shane himself.
Give us back our laughs
You should blog you'd be a star.
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Post by cliftonestate on Aug 24, 2011 17:39:40 GMT
If it was the first of the 2 Members gigs you went to at the Topper - about a month after ‘Sound Of The Suburbs’ was in the charts when it was rammed - then lead singer Nick Tesco gives a brilliant description of the gig in the book. But he does say it was the one of the best gigs they ever played. But The Topper was amoung the scariest gigs i went to crazy gig and even crazier locals. ;D I was just too young a punk too get in the club, but later became good mates with the small band of punks that started the movement there. It’s weird, growing up in Jacksdale was great for me and I always felt safe, but that’s probably because I knew all the ‘crazier locals.’ ;D I knew it had a bad reputation to outsiders but didn’t realise just how far a field that reached until researching the book. Doing a google search for any mention of the Grey Topper I came across a discussion in a Middlesbrough music forum about clubs with bad reputations. When someone suggests one, the reply is ‘what as rough as the Grey Topper, Jacksdale?’ If even people from Middlesbrough are using the club and Jacksdale as a bench mark of how rough something is that says it all! Well i read your book while on holiday loved it it brought those punk memories flooding back. I never knew that so many big name bands played at the Topper. Being from Nott'm i had my head buried in the Sand---Piper.ha ha All the way through the book i had a feeling Charlie wasn't going to turn up. When he did and you finally got the gig on i was all chocked up touching stuff............I wish i'd been there. Also brought a copy of the book for a friend who also went there with me to see The Members,. Great read mate cheers |
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Post by cliftonestate on Aug 24, 2011 17:44:21 GMT
I saw The Sweet play there. Derbybhad some great punk giggs at the Kings Hall Hey Clifton can we have more of your funny stories i love um there the best thing on here. At first i thought you weere actually Shane himself. Give us back our laughs You should blog you'd be a star. Are you trying to wind me up? A couple of times you've been on these boards with the same kind of comments not sure what your game is. By the way i don't believe you saw The Sweet at the Topper i think you were just taking the piss because i'd seen The Members there. Just checked your profile posts and i'm still not sure weather your friend or foe? |
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Post by arclight on Aug 25, 2011 8:27:49 GMT
Great to get your seal of approval Cliftonestate  the feedback's been great! It was in the Derby Telegraph last week and went up in the amazon sales rank after that, knew a lot of Derby lads were down there too. Me and three of the main Topper Punk character's in the book have tickets for Adam Ant's gig at Rock City in December, he best not a leave his jacket hanging about Cheers again |
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Post by cliftonestate on Aug 25, 2011 16:12:43 GMT
Great to get your seal of approval Cliftonestate the feedback's been great! It was in the Derby Telegraph last week and went up in the amazon sales rank after that, knew a lot of Derby lads were down there too. Me and three of the main Topper Punk character's in the book have tickets for Adam Ant's gig at Rock City in December, he best not a leave his jacket hanging about Cheers again If i were you i'd take your book with you get there a couple of hours early and go to the back door and show Adam your book. The back door is just 25 yards up the hill past the main door. I used to go back stage and see lots of bands it just involves a lot of hanging around but worth it. |
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Post by arclight on Aug 26, 2011 11:04:44 GMT
If i were you i'd take your book with you get there a couple of hours early and go to the back door and show Adam your book. Best not, he's back on top form at the moment, memories of the Grey Topper, Jacksdale might unhinge him again  I used to go back stage and see lots of bands it just involves a lot of hanging around but worth it. I once ended up on Killing Joke's tour bus at the back of Rock City (whilst they were on stage) with one of er let me say female fans, but that's another story, must use it in a book some time |
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Post by cliftonestate on Aug 26, 2011 16:46:11 GMT
U2 Got me in free using the backdoor same with Iggy Pop
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Post by arclight on Aug 27, 2011 10:22:07 GMT
Iggy and The Stooges, now you're talking, punk before punk  You get to meet the great man? |
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Post by cliftonestate on Aug 29, 2011 17:32:04 GMT
Yeah i met him but only to say Hi as he was well "High"
Happy memories.
Had a beer and a chat with Sir Bob of the Rats believe it or not he was a half decent man back in 78 not the twat he is today.
We wern't feeding the world just filling our bellies with ale.
There may not have been snow in Africa that Christmas but there was in Nottingham ;D
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Post by arclight on Nov 12, 2011 11:30:05 GMT
Anyone off to see The Damned at Rock City next Tuesday (Nov15th)? This still sounds feckin awesome 'Is she really going out with him?' Boom! Great review of The Palace and the Punks in the latest Left Lion magazine, see here - www.angelfire.com/indie/united11/greytopper.htmlGreat Christmas stocking filler for erm grandad punks and 70's rockers  |
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Post by Bill Edwards on Apr 14, 2013 19:58:40 GMT
I didn't fully appreciate Punk music until I was in my twenties, born 1970, but I enjoy the music now.
Proper punks should definitely check out Good Vibrations. It's an enjoyable and uplifting biopic about Terri Hooley and his personal discovery of punk in Belfast during the height of the troubles. Richard Dormer gives an amazing performance as Hooley and his epiphany is fantastically moving. The live music scenes are amazing too and capture the raw enthusiasm of everything in the moment. The scene where Hooey and is misses listen to John Peel play Teenage Kicks - twice - is worth the ticket price alone.
This is a British film that's definitely worth supporting.
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Post by cliftonestate on Apr 18, 2013 15:14:53 GMT
I'm going to check that film out..........Cheers Bill
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Should have been a museum of Manchester music at least.
I knew it had a bad reputation to outsiders but didn’t realise just how far a field that reached until researching the book. Doing a google search for any mention of the Grey Topper I came across a discussion in a Middlesbrough music forum about clubs with bad reputations. When someone suggests one, the reply is ‘what as rough as the Grey Topper, Jacksdale?’ If even people from Middlesbrough are using the club and Jacksdale as a bench mark of how rough something is that says it all! 
the feedback's been great!
