Tony James and...
Was curious about Tony James' recent assertion that in fact, he and Sputnik guitarist Neil X were brought in for the VT sessions, but Neil was quickly dropped from the project....
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Was Neil X a guitarist? All I remember is he had improbably high hair. 
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"Was Neil X a guitarist?"
yep, still is. he is (and was then) also a song-writer and producer.
i suspect its this cross-section of skills, coupled with (i imagine) a strong personality, that got him booted. a clash of personalities, i reckon.
also, from von's point of view its pushing it a bit to have TWO members of SSS in the band. 1 member you can dismiss with a few comments about rock and roll, but 2 are much harder to laugh away in the press...
"All I remember is he had improbably high hair"
oh yes!
yep, still is. he is (and was then) also a song-writer and producer.
i suspect its this cross-section of skills, coupled with (i imagine) a strong personality, that got him booted. a clash of personalities, i reckon.
also, from von's point of view its pushing it a bit to have TWO members of SSS in the band. 1 member you can dismiss with a few comments about rock and roll, but 2 are much harder to laugh away in the press...
"All I remember is he had improbably high hair"
oh yes!
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Thanks for clearing that up Q. 
I don't know why SSS didn't just sack Degville and recruit
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I'd love to see him with a fishnet over his head.
I don't know why SSS didn't just sack Degville and recruit
.I'd love to see him with a fishnet over his head.
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according tpo TJ's blog, they asked him when they were getting SSS together, back in about 83, but the sisters where just gaining momentum so von turned the offer down...Hom_Corleone wrote:Thanks for clearing that up Q.
I don't know why SSS didn't just sack Degville and recruit
I'd love to see him with a fishnet over his head.
von asking TJ was his way of reciprocating the original offer
can you imagine?
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What an image.
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He's being playing guitar in Marc Almond's band for what, the last 10 years?Quiff Boy wrote:"Was Neil X a guitarist?"
yep, still is. he is (and was then) also a song-writer and producer.
i suspect its this cross-section of skills, coupled with (i imagine) a strong personality, that got him booted. a clash of personalities, i reckon.
also, from von's point of view its pushing it a bit to have TWO members of SSS in the band. 1 member you can dismiss with a few comments about rock and roll, but 2 are much harder to laugh away in the press...
"All I remember is he had improbably high hair"
oh yes!
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more. i saw him playing guitar for marc in 1995 when he toured the 'fantastic star' albumslicepack wrote:He's being playing guitar in Marc Almond's band for what, the last 10 years?Quiff Boy wrote:"Was Neil X a guitarist?"
yep, still is. he is (and was then) also a song-writer and producer.
i suspect its this cross-section of skills, coupled with (i imagine) a strong personality, that got him booted. a clash of personalities, i reckon.
also, from von's point of view its pushing it a bit to have TWO members of SSS in the band. 1 member you can dismiss with a few comments about rock and roll, but 2 are much harder to laugh away in the press...
"All I remember is he had improbably high hair"
oh yes!
the single 'the idol' from the album has neil's name on the credits
http://www.discogs.com/release/162854
his real surname is whitmore.
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what's Degville's real name?
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Neal X is Neil Whitmore
Martin Degville is Martin Degville
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Quiff Boy wrote:according tpo TJ's blog, they asked him when they were getting SSS together, back in about 83, but the sisters where just gaining momentum so von turned the offer down...Hom_Corleone wrote:Thanks for clearing that up Q.
I don't know why SSS didn't just sack Degville and recruit
I'd love to see him with a fishnet over his head.
von asking TJ was his way of reciprocating the original offer
can you imagine?
:von: during an interview with Select magazine in 1990 wrote:Some people thought I worked with Tony James just to make press for six months. I don't really need that, cartoons of me with a pineapple on my head, thank you. I think they're going to have to eat their hats. Tony offered me a job in '82 - he's the only person who's ever offered me a job. I've returned the favour.
Tony James during the same interview wrote:It's so funny doing an interview and not talking to someone who says, "You're a pile of s**t, explain yourself!" I've known Andrew since an early Sisters gig in London. I felt he had the same influences as me at that time, the Stooges verging on Suicide. I thought he'd be a great singer to work with but he said no, and I got lumbered with degville instead, ha ha! Ever since I've known Andrew he's always sent me all his records through the post.
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