claims to fame

05 Jul 2005, 14:10

i dated mark owen's (from "take that") sister for about 2 weeks.

and yes, it was after they were famous. would have been 94/95ish

but no, i didnt know who she was until the morning after...

aims · 05 Jul 2005, 16:32

Ah, here's a couple I'd forgotten. The Coral went to my school and as such I had the same geography teacher as one of them. Well before my time of course

And my drum teacher taught that twit from The Zutons in college. Incidentally, he doesn't think very highly of them, so direct the blame elsewhere

eastmidswhizzkid · 05 Jul 2005, 16:59

anyone remember creped'n'draped 70's rock'n'rollers Showaddywaddy?
didn't think so.anyhoo...
1.romeo challenger (one of the drummers,the black one)'s wife was head dinner lady at my school.
2.same bloke's son was good friends with every one of my mates (except me).so when we went to his mansion for an unsupervised birthday do guess who had nothing to lose by drinking half the contentsof the extensive drinks cabinet,before throwing-up in all five bathrooms and most of the bedrooms?

3.when i was pre-school age,my mum and dad ran showaddywaddy's hi-fi shops in leicester and coventry.
4.twenty years later and my best mate discovers he is the singer,dave bartam's nephew.

aims · 05 Jul 2005, 17:02

You couldn't make it up

Izzy HaveMercy · 05 Jul 2005, 18:14

I'm gonna skip this one SO very much

After all, I have close connections with EMI, so I've seen some big ones pass by and say 'hi' to me.

Nicest one was Peter Gabriel holding open the door for me and saying 'please'

IZ.

timsinister · 05 Jul 2005, 18:27

As mentioned in Heartland entries passim my only really famous relative was a squadron commander in the Navy at the Battle of Jutland. Hardly the glitzy life.

Chasing after celebs is more my mettle. Got smuggled into a hotel to see Julianne Regan and co. after they mistakenly gigged in Hull. Via a fair share of booze, I'm now Julianne's foster son. I also went for a dance with SWARF in an empty function room until a member of staff came and told us not to.

Quiffy wrote:but no, i didnt know who she was until the morning after...

I bet it took a lot to share that with us! Thank-you...

*puts safe distance 'twixt Administrator and self.*

canon docre · 05 Jul 2005, 18:30

Once on the MTV Music Awards I went for a pee right after Naomi Campbell. After I was dropping a few coins to the cleaning woman she said: "You're a true lady, darling. I recognize that immediatly. Unlike that black bitch before you, who was seeping on the toilet seat. "

Brideoffrankenstein · 05 Jul 2005, 19:03

I just thought of another one-
My flatmate has cut the hair of Terry Waite and Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet) and his brother has cut the hair of David Baddiel (

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The Pope · 05 Jul 2005, 19:33

I flashed Billy Idol...and licked his sweat off my hand after he held it. And talked to Steve Stevens briefly.

My dad's firm represents Joe Perry and Steven Tyler, but that doesn't get me anything so who cares.

Debaser · 05 Jul 2005, 20:29

If it's Royal and it's has anything to do with pony patting, I've either done up it's girth, made it sandwiches, poured it cups of tea, made it's bed, shined it's saddle, plaited it's horse, then cleaned it up after it's hurtled round the Leicestershire countryside (the horse that is not the Royal)

Oh Mr Rumbold from Are You Being Served, once bollocked me and my mates for cluttering up the Strait in Lincoln.

The Chameleons and attendees at the gig, sang me Happy Birthday

Killing Joke have insisted upon playing for me at my last two birthdays

Once had to 'cover up' for Ross Kemp when his wife rang, when I say cover up I mean I had to say he wasn't in, not pull the sheet up

I have cine film of Pam Ayers in a swim suit, circa 1965ish

Oh I could dig up a few more but I hate to brag

Oh apart from this one...

I allow our Lord and Master to look after a couple of drumsticks for me

lazarus corporation · 05 Jul 2005, 20:40

I went to the same school as Poet Laureate Phillip Larkin and Specials lyricist Jerry Dammers.

Larkin, in case anyone has forgotten, wrote the immortal lines:

'They f**k you up, your Mum and Dad,
They may not mean to, but they do'

He also insulted Coventry repeatedly and deservedly, whereas Dammers just moaned that there was "too much fighting on the dance floor". Wuss.

Black Alice · 05 Jul 2005, 20:40

Nope - not one solitary claim to fame.

Skivvied in a kitchen, served food and provided riders to various "artistes" at the Riverside in Newcastle but no-one who would remember me so who cares

Obviousman · 05 Jul 2005, 20:48

This is a hard one, let me think...

Err, I've been to the same school as the younger brother of Belgian princess Mathilde, the guy was as stupid as hell, and sat one bench behind me in study class (or whatever the right word for that one is)... Oh, and when our current king Albert was touring through Belgium right after he became king, I nearly poked out his eye waving my little Belgian flag

My dad keeps on saying, every time Golden Earring comes on the radio he has been to the house of their Drummer once...

I recently discovered I've been backstage at Pukkelpop, the very day the Sisters were on there

Got really angry with myself for a) not seeing them, b) not trying to spot von

Guess that's about it, of course some Famous Flemish folks in my list too, but then you won't know those

Planet Dave · 05 Jul 2005, 21:14

canon docre wrote:Once on the MTV Music Awards I went for a pee right after Naomi Campbell. After I was dropping a few coins to the cleaning woman she said: "You're a true lady, darling. I recognize that immediatly. Unlike that black bitch before you, who was seeping on the toilet seat. "

Trust you to present a truly inspired 'meeting'. Canon, as Satanic Priestess's go, there surely are none more black.

@ Izzy - I've often read what a fine upstanding gentleman Mr Gabriel is. Well and truly confirmed.

(when he's not shagging all and sundry, of course)

timsinister · 05 Jul 2005, 21:43

lazarus corporation wrote:I went to the same school as Poet Laureate Phillip Larkin...

One of Kingston-upon-'Ull's famous sons. Hated the place, like a sensible lad. Said it 'Smells of Death'.

He's not wrong.

smiscandlon · 05 Jul 2005, 21:50

Francis wrote:I have recently discovered that my Mum taught Will Young when he was in primary school.

Sorry, the title of this thread isn't CLAIM TO SHAME...

Karst · 05 Jul 2005, 21:51

Couldn't possibly tell you.

Although Duff from Guns & Roses was crossing me in town the other week. Forgot to ask him what he did in that Mish vid.

Brideoffrankenstein · 05 Jul 2005, 21:53

Did I mention my cousin was in the March Violets?

wintermute · 05 Jul 2005, 22:12

Karst wrote:Duff from Guns & Roses

velvet revolver, shurely ? GnR are so two decades ago

Nine Below Zero came to watch my band once. we played a shocker once we knew they were there, but it was going well up to that point.

06 Jul 2005, 10:01

I went to the same school as Andy Kershaw (who refused to book The Sisters at Leeds Uni while he was Ents secretary). He's a few years older than me so I don't remember him.

But I do remember Brian Cox from Dare who I think was in the same year. (Coxy's the one on the right on the album cover.)

06 Jul 2005, 10:07

markfiend wrote:I went to the same school as Andy Kershaw (who refused to book The Sisters at Leeds Uni while he was Ents secretary). He's a few years older than me so I don't remember him.

But I do remember Brian Cox from Dare who I think was in the same year. (Coxy's the one on the right on the album cover.)

dare!

oldham's finest, after the inspiral carpets

good work

Francis · 06 Jul 2005, 10:18

I went to the same University as Andrew Eldritch (who never played at Leeds Uni while Andy Kershaw was Ents secretary). He's a few years older than me so I don't remember him.

smiscandlon · 06 Jul 2005, 21:46

I went to the same Art School as Robbie Coltrane. He's a few years older than me so I don't remember him.

Next?

07 Jul 2005, 09:49

Damien Hirst went to the same art school as me. He says that I'm a few years younger than him so he doesn't remember me

culprit · 08 Jul 2005, 22:53

I used to go to the TUBE recordings at Tyne Tees studios.
Most of the stuff wasn't much to write home about, and my parents couldn't understand why their 17 year old trainee architect son wanted to go to such a place.
UNTIL...at one show I pogoed [?] around with a crowd diving Dave Vanian to 'smash it up' for a few minutes.
By the time I got home, I got the shake of the heads as they realised what I was in to [bloody punks!]
Whats more my Harvard trained boss had been forced to watch it by his daughter and saw their 'pet' trainee in all his glory, dm's, torn t-shirt and all...
NOT a claim to fame by any means but a true and major 'transition' period!!