Exhibition

The World Of Twist Scrapbook

The World Of Twist Scrapbook was intially made by Ian Rainford as a prop for the video for their ‘Sweet’ single which featured Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne) as a W.O.T super fan. Bob had championed the band in his roll as music journalist and even name checking them in the Saint Etienne song ‘London Belongs To Me’ on their debut album ‘Foxbase Alpha’. He decided to continue adding clippings to the scrapbook, right up until the untimely deaths of both Tony Ogden and Nick Sanderson, turning it into a physical testament and snapshot of the band from its beginnings until its end. Ian became a band member through his friendship with Angela Reilly and Alan (Adge) Frost, who had taken the 17 year old Rainford under their wings after he had befriended them on a community video making course way back in 1985. Once they joined World of Twist (1987) Ian began working creatively with them as stage set-designer (giant clam shells, caves and volcanos), videographer ( promo videos inc. "The Storm" and "Sons of the Stage") and its touring audio visual artist ( slides and video projections). Ian was blessed as the youngest band member who now looks back on this period as his "insane Rock'n'Roll apprenticeship" which shaped him to become the creative talent and founding member of Mum and Dad (Twisted Nerve). The full story can be found in Gordon King’s excellent biography ‘ When does the Mind-Bending start’ (The Life and Times of The World of Twist)