In “honour of“ Sex Pistols bio flick directed by Danny Boyle coming out on Disney+ (without the “blessing” of Johnny Rotten), may I present:
Me [R] in 1984 at a Surrey, BC, Canada church air band contest performing Sex Pistols’ Anarchy & God Save the Q with:
- Kamel Gill, rip (vox) – later singer for AOT
- Brad Rees (guitar) – best pal, irl multi-instrumentalist
- Frank Baker (drums) – who went on to be a professional drummer and pilot
{C/Would’ve actually been a really good band ha ha}
We had a strobe light, some real drums & mic, cut guitars with a jigsaw out of real estate sign plywood >> spray painted and then smashed, kicked in the bass drum (made from a laundry basket obv), wore Vans & cut up jackets + tiger prints – did take the time to edit out a couple of the curse words #goodboy.
We did not win/
PS became a Clash fan
PPS Used this photo in an issue of VOM fanzine as a concert review calling the band the “Ultimate Trendies”
Brother Dan notes: I thought the guitars you smashed were styrofoam. Like you had a 2nd set you swapped to at the end. I was there but didn’t make the photo…
Reply: You might be correct brother… If that’s the case, I wish I still had those plywood guitars, they were pretty sweet
