Heartland

I absolutely agree... but maybe some execs at Warner didn't?

This was kind of common-law in Leeds at the time, but I don't know if this is known outside town... The Warehouse in Leeds used to be home to the major "new wave/ punk" night in Leeds. Claire used to DJ and Andy would hang out next to the DJ booth, because he was dating her, couldn't dance...

I was surprised to hear Vision Thing could be considered a "bomb"... perhaps his expectations were higher? As for the "breasts" thing... maybe he felt Patty had helped the image of the band... perhaps he decided that after the all-male VT line up, it was time for a more varied li...

Met the man once, in a bar, about a year after Vision Thing... of course I had to say hello :lol: Two gems stick with me - - he said "Vision Thing" was a commercial failure and he wouldn't release a new album until "the time was right"... how prophetic... - he was looking for a n...

Geoff - now owner of The Phono in Leeds - once told me how he had booked the band to play a vanue in the early days (he was a Promoter back then). The time of the gig was nigh and the band had failed to show, so he tracked them down to a nearby pub, where they were completely intoxicated, threw them...

Re: Claire (sorry, going back a few pages here)

She looked (at least when I "kind of" knew her) like Debbie Harry. In fact... amazingly like Debbie Harry... She used to DJ around town alot in Leeds in the 90s, as well as doing Salvation's sound. Always known simply as "Claire".

I've read that "Marian" was a piece of music/ style of music played by the band on the deck of The Titanic as the ship went down. If you watch the (insert personal opinion) movie Titanic, somebody mentions this. The lyrics to Marian make an awful lot of sense if this is related... I believ...