SERIOUS DRINKING, FARMERS BOYS, THE HIGSONS, POPULAR VOICE

[Frenchoid]

@nuttyboy101 - yes, great excitement, one of my first gigs and a trip to that London too. I got the 'Live at the Jacquard Club' tape for my birthday in 1982, that's what started the love affair off... must dig it out...!

[nuttyboy101]

Saw all four of these bands play the Hammersmith Palais in 1982 (Year may be wrong). Brilliant night

[HughDW]

Fab vid. How young does Charlie "Switch" Higson look?

Massive Serious Drinking fan at the time. Still got my copy of TRSACT, must try and dig out the free beer mat that came with it!

[thehouseofrock]

Crikey, I've just seen the house that I lived in on Argyle Street in1981 or 82; we had a turkey that had been liberated from Bernard Matthews' farm living in the next garden! I never thought that I'd see that place again as the whole street was demolished years ago.

[safcjohnny]

Found some footage a while back I'd taped off Look East/About Anglia when the bulldozers moved in. Sad day.

[safcjohnny]

Found some footage a while back I'd taped off Look East/About Anglia when the bulldozers moved in. Sad day.

[MrStackpool]

Love it, takes me right back to my youth.

Saw The Farmers Boys & Serious Drinking a few times but The Higsons maybe eight times or so. Does anyone remember a band called "The Larks" playing with Higson people such as Terry Jones?

[moonknight1985]

thats ya man of the fast show

[LisaHurley]

I disagree, we saw the Higsons every week at the Half Moon in Herne Hill, they were very popular and I think even got into the top 40, a mean feat in those days

[bobgreen623]

Nothing for miles around... apart from Swaffham hahahah

[Frenchoid]

Ah, wonderful! In 1983 I was absolutely obsessed with the 'Norwich Scene' despite living in Hertfordshire. A whole bunch of us went to see these 4 bands (at the Hammy Palais I think) in December '83. Thanks for this Safcjohnny!

[nuttyboy101]

@Frenchoid I was there too, still got the ticket somewhere

[newsgraphics]

This was the first time i heard Muck It Out by the Farmers Boys - Channel Four were simply the business when it came to music shows. Serious Drinking did relatively well but The Higsons were never going to be a big hit. As for Charlie however; he's still a fucking star.

[Anopholes1]

Popular Voice by far had the most talent- Although i had seen the Higsons about 10 times, i was blown away by P.V.

[growguyuk]

wasnt that charle higson from the fast show??

[Anopholes1]

yes, as you have already figure out by now. He was as much a comedian on stage with his band the Higsons as he was on the Fast Show- Once he listed a fictious gig in the NME under his alias Jacques

[CalliopeCarina]

Yeah Jacques Hughes, (J'accuse) the french crooner who supposedly sang their cover of Music to Watch Girls By.

[PadSpin]

@growguyuk Still is!!

[trollope14]

Is the Brown Derby Pub still there ?

Made me reaaaaly nostalgic. Thanks

[trollope14]

Popular Voice seemed quite good didn't they ? But surely it was the Vital Disorders who lived in King Street. Is the Brown Derby pub still there ?

[fremlinskent]

I liked Serious Drinking. Country girl became drugs and sex punk!

I must stop drinking.

[punkjazznow]

ha!..

how good is this???

cheers!!

[dagga36]

thank you thank you thankyou!!