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Post by alaninoz on Apr 12, 2006 13:45:33 GMT
Hi All,
Alan Symons here, ex bassist with the Idols. Now 48!!!!, living in Australia for some reason? Just found the site today. Great memories flooding back. I will post some stories on here soon and some pics hopefully. If anyone is in touch with Dave Crix, I would love a copy of the cassette we recorded(it was called'burnt offering'. BTW, if it ever goes on CD, I want writers credits for the lyrics of "Another song about johnny', my first and only song!
Great seeing your photos, Andi...have you got any of us, and how come there is no mention of you drumming for the Idols?. You were amazing.
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Post by alaninoz on Apr 12, 2006 13:49:34 GMT
And another thing. No mention of Paul Eves band(convicted?)....Who can forget their legendary version of Gingangoolie?
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Post by Planet Mondo on Apr 12, 2006 20:01:15 GMT
Hi does anyone have an Email address for Dave Crix ex Burning Idols.
I bumped into him on Friday at Club Riga, and we are gonna have a jam but i've lost his Email.
if you've got it can you email me at dave.collins@aon.co.uk
Ta
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Post by alaninoz on Apr 13, 2006 12:42:12 GMT
If you get his addy, ask if I can have it too, I would like to catch up and maybe apologise for getting up on stage at my son's birthday party and making a tit of myself, but maybe not...I had a real laugh
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Post by andiprey on Apr 13, 2006 13:00:06 GMT
Hi Alan! Think me on this site enough already. Got some pics of our line up and a live tape from roachway where the p a guy was as pissed as fart! i pass them to Steve and see if he sticks them on sometime. Your right that was a good line up. Regards, Andi.
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Post by andiprey on Apr 13, 2006 13:44:12 GMT
P.S A lan, Thanx for all the beers I used to nick off you at practices , and to let you know ive got a great copy of the demo and will send it to you if you leave your address on my personal message section. Andi. Oh and check out The Convicted and Decibels biogs for Paul Eves.
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Post by alaninoz on Apr 13, 2006 23:50:35 GMT
Story No. 1.
Although Andi was an excellent drummer he hated it. We used to finish our set with one of our best songs,'Forever'. At the climax to the song he would trash his kit, in the hope of permanent damage so he had an excuse not to drum any more. Our only solution was to not play the song until the encore, if we got one. So those of you who remember snares, cymbals and bass drums flying all over the stage, now you know. It wasn't rebellion, Anarchy, or a Keith Moon copy. Just a frustrated guitarist in a drummers body!
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Post by alaninoz on Apr 14, 2006 0:02:24 GMT
Story No.2
One night we played the 'famous' Blue Boar. It was a great night. Big crowd,loads of energy.The band was on fire. We debuted a new song,a cover of 'Up against the wall', by Tom Robinson. We all really went for it, my guitar strap broke, so I had to finish the song on one knee. In the heat of the moment Dave Crix must have forgot to breathe. If you listen to the song at the end, 'waaaaaalllllllll' is stretched out for ages,holding the same note. Dave ran out of oxygen and came very close to passing out. Or maybe he was just hoping for the kiss of life from a nurse in the crowd?
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Post by alaninoz on Apr 14, 2006 5:23:29 GMT
Story No.3
Gig at the Swag Club. F'ing disaster. They had one of those decibel sensor things that cut the power to the stage when you got too loud. After three stop/start songs, with the instruments cutting out every thirty seconds, Dave lost the plot and smashed the sensor with his guitar. Can't remember whether we walked off, or got thrown off the stage. Some geezer came up to us and says we were brlliant. We thought he was pissed, mad, or both. Turns out to be Ed Hollis(of 'Eddie and the Hot Rods' fame).
He came along to rehearsals at Trackside and said he was gonna make us stars. We soon found out that, due to overindulging in various chemicals, all the stars were in his head.
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Post by alaninoz on Apr 14, 2006 5:32:42 GMT
Story No. 4
We played The Roundacre in Basildon. Before, Dave had a moan at Tracy, my girlfriend(eventually wife and mother to my amazing, talented children, Charlie, Louie and Rosie), about not wearing her punk gear anymore.
You should have seen his face when she turned up with a peroxide blonde bob hairdo and a flowery print Laura Ashley dress.
Before I met her, she and her best mate Jane( who married Roman Jugg) used to waste their youth down Croc's. Tracy used to get dressed up in her punk gear, put 'normal' clothes on top, so she could get out past her dad, who was, and is, a fantastic bloke, but a bit on the strict side. I hear they did a wonderful rendition of 'Sheena is a punk rocker", changing the words to 'Sheena is a prawn cracker'.
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Post by alaninoz on Apr 16, 2006 9:00:12 GMT
Story No.5
Pink Toothbrush, supporting Tenpole Tudor. Selling tickets in Rayleigh high street before the soundcheck. Eddie Tudorpole comes along and asks what we are doing. We tell him we are the support band and get chatting. I ask him what songs they are playing tonight, and he sings a snatch of every song on the set list, top of his voice in the middle of the high street( much to the amazement of the local civilians!).
After a great set, and I'm sure, a trashed drumkit, he jumps on us in the dressingroom ' great stuff boys, f**king rock'n'roll, I love it!'
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Post by andiprey on Apr 16, 2006 9:14:16 GMT
Yeah I remember that gig, didnt they break my snare and eddie gave me a £5 from the stage while they were playing? Dave gad the hump because I wore my beat t shirt just to wind him up and John Dee accused me of ripping of all his drum styles. Doing you cd as we speak.
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Post by alaninoz on Apr 16, 2006 11:38:27 GMT
Can't remember the fiver, but that sounds right about Dave, Chief Constable of the fashion police. He used to dress me up like a doll!
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Post by daveidol on Apr 27, 2006 13:01:14 GMT
I'm considering putting together a Burning Idols/RockOla Crazy DVD. If anyone has photos, demos, videos I'd be very grateful. You can have them back, I just need copies. Naturally you'd get a copy and a mention if you can help.
Thanks.
Yours Sincerely,
Chief of Fashion Police
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Post by andiprey on Apr 27, 2006 20:50:23 GMT
Hey Dave! check your messages.
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