What a fantastic band this lot were! How about a re-union. Slim is doing one with The Boothill Foot Tappers 28th Jan at The 100 Club & really looking forward to that one!
thanks for putting this up, fantastic! went to france three times with them as well as silkscreening their posters for the albany, tunnel club, lewisham labour club and the green man, that's my three week old daughter matt's holding there and the lady in the rebel in deptford t shirt , jill, is her mum!
I first came across the band while walking up the main drag at Glasto'84 I think. In between some stalls - Tea chest bass, trumpet, guitar/harmonica if my memory serves me well. They were learning thier instruments and songs and they seemed almost shy hiding between the market stalls. I was hooked there and then. We went to many gigs and struck up a friendship. It was great when my mate Johnny T and Slim joined. We played a few gigs together. They should have been huge.
Ah yes, the Amersham, The Crcketers, Paradise Bar, Albany Empire, Greyhound, Lewisham Labour Club, CAST New Variety, T&C, Brixton Academy, Gaz's Rockin Blues... not to mention France, Belgium.. Happy dayz!
Yeah, would've seen them in their latter days at the Amersham Arms, they'd 2 female singers at the time and a trumpet player who'd been with Bad Manners. They released a great ska verion of the Munsters theme before going through a dodgy period under the guise of 'The Billies'
Yeah great track, I'm pretty sure I have it on flexi disc (remember those?!). Very good live band too, they came up with quite a unique and an interesting take on ska
Hello Billies.... you popped into my head yesterday when I was in Forest Hill.... great bunch of lovely people....
3232siobhan 7 months ago
What a fantastic band this lot were! How about a re-union. Slim is doing one with The Boothill Foot Tappers 28th Jan at The 100 Club & really looking forward to that one!
SkiffScat 1 year ago
Memories or what! Fangs for 'em! ;-)
tinatinos 2 years ago
i had a ska compiation tape with these guys on it.. the song was jumpstart or jumper cable or something...it was awesome...
zacker001 2 years ago
Yeah, I had a compilation with that same song. It was so good, I never managed to find anything else by them though...
grantfaceclaw 2 years ago
Hi everybody, Do you remember your the great tour in Belgieum at the end of the eighties, after a few gigs (6), there was already a fan club ...
Bernard (their agent in belgium at the time)
etphonehome1000 2 years ago
thanks for putting this up, fantastic! went to france three times with them as well as silkscreening their posters for the albany, tunnel club, lewisham labour club and the green man, that's my three week old daughter matt's holding there and the lady in the rebel in deptford t shirt , jill, is her mum!
00BO00BO 3 years ago
I first came across the band while walking up the main drag at Glasto'84 I think. In between some stalls - Tea chest bass, trumpet, guitar/harmonica if my memory serves me well. They were learning thier instruments and songs and they seemed almost shy hiding between the market stalls. I was hooked there and then. We went to many gigs and struck up a friendship. It was great when my mate Johnny T and Slim joined. We played a few gigs together. They should have been huge.
Andy P - Passion Puppets
Andyp3103 3 years ago
Ah yes, the Amersham, The Crcketers, Paradise Bar, Albany Empire, Greyhound, Lewisham Labour Club, CAST New Variety, T&C, Brixton Academy, Gaz's Rockin Blues... not to mention France, Belgium.. Happy dayz!
chabbers55 3 years ago
Yeah, would've seen them in their latter days at the Amersham Arms, they'd 2 female singers at the time and a trumpet player who'd been with Bad Manners. They released a great ska verion of the Munsters theme before going through a dodgy period under the guise of 'The Billies'
mangeire 3 years ago
At last!! How many times have I searched for a Forest Hill Billie video?
Many a good night on the pish spent dancing to this lot. There must be a video of one of the gigs kicking about? Anyone?!?
HaggieHaggler 3 years ago
Yeah great track, I'm pretty sure I have it on flexi disc (remember those?!). Very good live band too, they came up with quite a unique and an interesting take on ska
mangeire 3 years ago
Well that was fab, it takes me back to my Forest Hill days ... I still have my 7" vinyl copy of 'It's the Wolf'! xx
flimflamkitty 3 years ago
FANTASTIC!
XXX
999Pandora 3 years ago
Yay!
chabbers55 3 years ago
JUMP START!
eddieburns74 3 years ago