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i sent the above link to gary, and he sent me this brief account of les' involvement with the sisters
Gary Marx wrote:Les was an interesting individual and had a brief but pivotal relationship with the band.
He was the Psychedelic Furs manager for quite a while (he certainly was when we met him). He became interested in the band on a number of levels, putting his hand in his pocket to help us record the pre-Alice demos (which included a version of Good Things).
He was very much in a win-win situation for a while - managing Jon Ashton of the Furs who was keen to get a few production credits and did a great job on the Alice/Floorshow single, offering us support slots on the Furs tour and using his connection with Howard Thompson at CBS (someone we all admired) to keep us interested in making a permanent commitment to him.
Can't quite recall what soured things - may have been his lengthy stays in the states or just his general commitment to the Furs above us... he did have a habit of turning up wearing Mickey Mouse sweat shirts and pastel slacks.
according to the biog page on les' site (clicky - then click the "commercial" tab) he's also managed the banshees, and zor gabor (i've got a 7" single of theirs - a john mckay banshees spin off )
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I must admit that I've never been as up on the early days when it gets to this sort of thing but that's genuinely interesting stuff and they are some fantastic pics that I hadn't seen before !
Titling one "Eldritch Pointing" quite made me chuckle......
i sent the above link to gary, and he sent me this brief account of les' involvement with the sisters
Gary Marx wrote:Les was an interesting individual and had a brief but pivotal relationship with the band.
He was the Psychedelic Furs manager for quite a while (he certainly was when we met him). He became interested in the band on a number of levels, putting his hand in his pocket to help us record the pre-Alice demos (which included a version of Good Things).
He was very much in a win-win situation for a while - managing Jon Ashton of the Furs who was keen to get a few production credits and did a great job on the Alice/Floorshow single, offering us support slots on the Furs tour and using his connection with Howard Thompson at CBS (someone we all admired) to keep us interested in making a permanent commitment to him.
Can't quite recall what soured things - may have been his lengthy stays in the states or just his general commitment to the Furs above us... he did have a habit of turning up wearing Mickey Mouse sweat shirts and pastel slacks.
according to the biog page on les' site (clicky - then click the "commercial" tab) he's also managed the banshees, and zor gabor (i've got a 7" single of theirs - a john mckay banshees spin off )
The site also says that Mills stopped working with the band after Eldritch's ego ran out of control...
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He looks like a 12 year old member of the Housemartins.