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Splash One Happening - Glasgow 1985/86
OK, this is firmly in the "you had to be there" category, but I do know that at least a couple of the Massive will be familiar with this excellent club night.
I came across this YouTube clip, possibly the only known film of the club, and it fair brought back memories to this forty-something: check out the anoraks, a Pastel and a BMX Bandit, at least. There's also something enormously appealing watching a bunch of youngsters happily bopping to the joyous sounds of "Let's Submerge".
(Before anyone asks, no I am not in this anywhere).
There's also a blogspot with a few interesting comments:
http://splashonehappening.blogspot.com/
from which I started this Spottylist:
http://open.spotify.com/user/douglasgreen43/playlist/6juqnpyKc2pRXw61QLI...
Fellow veterans, feel free to add to this & any of your own memories!
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Remind me
Where did Splash One happen? Glasgow being my stamping ground and 85/86 being my heyday. I spent most of my time between Nicos and the Sub Club.
46 West/Daddy Warbucks
just round from Queens Street station. I'm not in the clip either nor are any folks I knew back then, mind you we were up Nightmoves/Rooftops more. I do remember a very elegant young Asian lady being at a lot of the gigs with a video camera, maybe there's more footage out there. Saw quite a few bands: 23 Skidoo, Sonic Youth, World Domination Enterprises, Bogshed, Wire, TV Personalities and a great wee band frae Embra called The Fizzbombs.
Happy Days
@ Douglas I think the unnamed Julian Cope track might be 'Sunshine Playroom' and they def. should've included this
I recall it being played everytime I was there
Thanks James!
Yup, it burned down a few years ago, and now it's Waxy O'Connors. We had our works Christmas lunch there last year, and I fascinated the kids I work with with tales of how we were eating turkey surrounded by the ghosts of Bobby Gillespie and Duglas Stewart. Or maybe not.
We must have crossed paths about a quarter of a century ago without realising it? Gigs I remember there:
Marychain
Shop Assistants
Wire
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Also (but possibly as support acts) Meat Whiplash, The Pastels, BMX Bandits and the Famous Monsters (Eugene Kelly's old band before the Vaselines).
Nightmoves - now there was another great venue - could we have spilled our pints over each other's toes at any of: Psychic TV, SPK, Sex Gang Children, or the cancelled Swans gig (where they refused to play because the venue insisted on them playing at a volume which wouldn't cause mass vomiting among the audience).
We should get a room man!
Nightmoves: PTV, SPK, GBOA, PWEI, Six Grown Children, The Birthday Party, Tones On Tail (Oh yes!), Big Country, Armory Show, The Stupids/The Cataran, Fields of the Nephilim, Crazyheid, The Delemontes, Hey Elastica!, Endgames, The Woodentops, The Primitives, Manic fuckin' Noises (every fuckin' Friday when there wasn't a decent band touring), three bands from Cumbernauld... eh I'll leave it there before I ruin it's reputation.
Remind me
Where did Splash One happen? Glasgow being my stamping ground and 85/86 being my heyday. I spent most of my time between Nicos and the Sub Club.
Remind me
Where did Splash One happen? Glasgow being my stamping ground and 85/86 being my heyday. I spent most of my time between Nicos and the Sub Club.
Remind me
Where did Splash One happen? Glasgow being my stamping ground and 85/86 being my heyday. I spent most of my time between Nicos and the Sub Club.
Oops forgive the multiple posts
Shaky hands thinking about Glasgow nights out
Bandits...
This clip reminded me that there's a film coming out about BMX bandits later this year.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=lk6G44uRcdk
Looks good
Is that Bobby Gillespie in the stripey top?
Interesting! Great playlist...not a million miles from what I was playing on Friday night in MCR and those clothes wouldn't look out of place on an indie dancefloor now!
probably
I remember creaking up to the paybooth one night in my new leather strides:
Blast - "Two?"
BG - "Four poun' pls"
Blast - "Whit!? It's usually only two quid?"
BG - "Sorry man, thought you meant two people".
there was much staring at the floor and brushing of fringe from the future Rawk Gawd, me:
Cool as Fuck! - leather strides, leather jaikit, homemade* PTV t-shirt (it had a big skull on it), studded belt, aviator shades, biker boots
*homemade as in, I was a designer and had friends who used our darkroom in return they'd print quality white on black t-shirts for us, like this
yes, the print was that big