Martin Fry of ABC (and Shaky)

[editor]

I used to be managed by Shaky's manager back in Cardiff and apparently he wasn't averse to a-mixin' and a-mashin' tings when people got heated.

 

[Sadken]

That pic says 'Shakin' and Julie' 'Shakin' ffs She was some shit fan imo.

That, admittedly, is bang outers.

 

[clandestino]

Yeah. That's a real nasty interview and it looks like he saw straight through the unpleasant woman and treated her accordingly.

Even so, some of his quotes are pretty bitter. Even if you have moved on as an artist, I think you have to respect the love that fans had for you and your work in the past. He obviously thinks she's taking the piss and he's probably right, but he could have dealt with it better, with a little humour and not being so up himself.

 

[Sadken]

Does the bloke think he's playing Glastonbury for straight up musical reasons? He's there to be Shaky and sing all the old hits and that's it. He's mental if he's planning a set of new stuff or anything like that.

 

[Sadken]

That's me speaking as somebody who's first ever record purchase was his version of "What do you wanna make those eyes at me for?" as well, so ahhhhhhhhh.

 

[Sweet FA]

How about the thread diverts to a sort of "encounters with idols in low rent circumstances" type of idea?

OK, I can tell my Lemmy story again.

At The Rainbow on Sunset Strip about 10 years ago, I was ver' ver' drunk and saw Lemmy.

"Oi Lemmy mate, Lem, how you doing? You got any speed?" I slurred.
"Fuck off son", he replied.

I still look back with fondness on those happy moments we spent together.

(Earlier in the evening in The Coach & Horses, my brother spied Tim Roth, lurched over to him and shouted "You're Made In Britain!". We were asked to leave soon after)

 

[Sadken]

Haha, I went on MTV once when they did an outside broadcast. Me and about 6 mates made up the tiny audience and Lemmy and Kula Shaker were on. I was sat right behind Lemmy, who was playing an acoustic number very weirdly. I started waving a plastic parrott about behind his head and then a mate of mine said "who the fuck is this bloke?" Lemmy stopped, turned round and, seeing me with parrott in hand, stared me down for a second thinking it was me who said it, before going back to finish the song.

 

[Sweet FA]

We should really be in General on the 4th rate Celeb Encounters thread. These stories would be gold there I'm telling you.

 

[Sadken]

Alright, cut and paste on.........1..................2..............3................GO!

 

[butchersapron]

I used to be managed by Shaky's manager back in Cardiff and apparently he wasn't averse to a-mixin' and a-mashin' tings when people got heated.

His band were filthy communists too.

 

[clandestino]

I used to be managed by Shaky's manager back in Cardiff and apparently he wasn't averse to a-mixin' and a-mashin' tings when people got heated.

He was a DJ too?

 

[*Miss Daisy*]

hey sadken - is your name ken and are you sad???

 

[Sadken]

No on both counts. More like Malcontent Matt.

 

[Rollem]

no malcolm then

 

[sheothebudworths]

He was a DJ too?

That's what I thought!


Potentially a good way of stopping an argument from an escalating I suppose....

 

[editor]

He was a DJ too?

I meant mixin' and a-mashin' it up in a physical sense. Get with it daddy-o!

 

[clandestino]

Lucky he didn't a-mash tings (is that right?) with that Mirror writer! He could have made the front page!

 

[chico enrico]

martin Fry's brother used to play drums for The Gun Club, and i think Jesus and Mary Chain too. He replaced me as the drummer for a crap band I left. He's a nice guy. Looks a bit like Michael Hesseltine actually.

 

[clandestino]

martin Fry's brother used to play drums for The Gun Club, and i think Jesus and Mary Chain too. He replaced me as the drummer for a crap band I left. He's a nice guy. Looks a bit like Michael Hesseltine actually.

He was in Earl Brutus, wasn't he?

 

[chico enrico]

He was in Earl Brutus, wasn't he?

yes. forgot about that. he sung for them along with the crazy japanese guy. earl Brutus were great.

 

[Sadken]

Weirdly, without thinking about it I must have always presumed his relations would look like Heseltine because I took that revelation right in my stride...

 

[chico enrico]

I used to be managed by Shaky's manager back in Cardiff and apparently he wasn't averse to a-mixin' and a-mashin' tings when people got heated.

I'm really pissed off Shakin Stevens is making some sort of come-back and playing festivals as there's this guy I know who looks really like him. he's now grown a big beard and i think he's kind of bi-polar so I told lots of folk he IS shakin stevens and they all believed me cos he kinda looks like how you'd imagine Shakey to look if he'd gone a bit nutty and hermit-like.

 

[clandestino]

yes. forgot about that. he sung for them along with the crazy japanese guy. earl Brutus were great.

I approved of them heartily. They weren't entirely my thing, but they seemed like good guys and they were clearly a great band.