Heartland

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.

mh wrote:Nice snippet of info Quiffy, and should be of interest to rush who was looking for early photos a short while back.

Quiff Boy wrote:Les Mills

as in these old Sisters photos: http://www.lesmills.co.uk/GalleryPages/ ... white.html

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 )