Photograph
Born Idle
The Boardwalk
27th October 1994

“Are these the only photos of Al 'D' that excist? I certainly don't have anything with him on!”

“these are the only one's i have and i found these by accident as i did with the one's with simon at the banshee...i'd forgoten they existed...i also found a whole set from the roudhouse with darran but have'nt worked out the date yet. (next time i'm bored maybe)

what i dont have is any with brian....you must av a few ??”

“I wouldn't mind seeing them Roadhouse snaps, Foz..........I think we did 2 gigs there - a Johnny Thunders tribute night, and the Joey Ramone memorial gig, if I remember right.”

“i think the pics are from the first time we played there with you and may have been a monday ??
i'm guessing it's 2000...any thoughts on the date ??”

“They were both in 2001.......within a month or so of each other......April 2001 was the 10th anniversary of Thunders' death, then Ramone popped his clogs a couple of weeks later. We should've gotten a sponsorship with an undertakers!

I have a memory like an Elephant ;-)”

“ok..the year is noted, as for the month and day in said month i'll try and work it out later...as for the pics i will post em sometime this evening (moday).
watch this space you lucky people.”

“Darran...the Joey Ramone gig was at the Iron Door club in Birkenhead. Members of MDM, Instant Agony & Guitar Gangsters formed a very (1 gig) temporary Ramones tribute band for the day. I know we played, & so did 3CR but I'm buggered if I remember any other bands.
Memory of a tiny elephant?”

“Nah, Al, the Birkenhead one was the Dee Dee Ramone tribute gig (June 2002)......'Dry Wretch' were on the bill that day, I remember cos they were a top band......REAL punk, not a studded leather in sight! The singer spoke in an Australian accent (but turned out to be English!?), they spent most of their set ripping the piss out of the few macho, homophobic numpties at the front of the crowd who were giving him stick for being a little bit on the camp side of things. He kept shoving his finger up his bum, and then went into the crowd to 'skiff' the chief dickhead giving him stick - right up his nose......soon shut the clown up!
I remember him telling us we sounded like The Stooges - "That's alright, then. You can come again, mate!" I told him......talk about compliments!”

“cant help you there guys..i have the memory of a dead elephant.”