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Added 5th June 2007 by sbilts

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Russell Club
1979

This is The B52s playing "Planet Claire" at the Russell Club in Hulme. It was sweaty but not as hectic as the punk gigs.. It was a risk taking your camera there as you had to traverse "bandit country" after dark. It was a hotbed of criminal activity around the crescents and someone staggering home at 2.30am with a largish camera was easy pickings. I only dared take it a few times. The B52s had just released the 1st album and the Rock Lobster single at the time. In later years I met a Stockport bloke who was married to one of the girls (dont know which one but his name was Brian Cockayne). It was way before The Flintstones and Love Shack whilst they were still relatively cool..
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“Great photo.
Does anybody know whether there is any photos or film of the Throbbing Gristle gig at the Factory in existence? Film of the gig they played at Rafters is included on the impending TGV dvd boxset release.”
Written by dave
14 Nov 2007
“Can't help you there Dave....Sorry. I was at the gig but did not take camera as it had been nicked by then and could not afford a replacement....”
Written by sbilts
14 Nov 2007
“...can you remember anyone at the gig filming it? The audio on the TG24 is crystal clear - would make an ace release if video existed of it.”
Written by dave
14 Nov 2007
“It did not look as if it was being filmed. but can't be certain....”
Written by sbilts
14 Nov 2007
“Vague B52s/New Order connection, there is a mashup knocking around of Love Shack with Crystal. By Go Home Productions who do some genius mixes. This is alright if you like Love Shack, but not a patch on Love Will tear Us Apart mixed with Missy Eliot, Get Yr Freak On.”
Written by Tony/Longfella
14 Nov 2007
“The Stockport bloke who was married to one of the girls it was (Kate Pierson she played organ/vocals) and I think he was a dentist in Heaton Norris .”
Written by orangepeel
01 Jul 2011
“Brian is my dad’s cousin. He was married to Kate Pierson in the early 70’s and was a busker when I knew him (I was only a child at the time) but my dad said he also worked on the railway as a signalman. He was a very interesting person. I used to see him quite a lot as a child when my dads Auntie was still alive. Kate used to take my dads Auntie out for a meal whenever she visited Manchester and picked her up in a limo.”
Written by Jayneyt
12 Nov 2023
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