And The Band Played On...............................

Here is a picture of Hutch and our manager Stuart "Rocky" Ribbons goofing around before we went on stage at the North Devon disabled surfers festival held at Woolacombe in 2002. I will remember that festival not just for the music but also because we all got a chance to get some waves. The last night will also be remembered as it was not without incident. During the first act, local surf-punk band, "The Tube Nazi's", were heckled and bottled as disabled surfers showed their contempt for the lack of wheel-chair access. This set the trend for the rest of the evening as the crowd evolved into an angry mob, Hutch was unimpressed, "If one of those fuckers gets egg on my cape I will insert a crotch lengthways in their arse". Our set started with the first track off Gardens Of Telos, "Sigmus Major 778", things were going well until we we ordered to leave by members of the North Devon fire service. A member of the crowd had managed to set fire to the curtains but we all thought the smoke eminated from the dry ice machine, in the ensuing chaos, we manged to lose not only my Binson echo unit but various items of percussion including the tubular bells and 2 large gongs.