graham
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Post by graham on Jan 10, 2010 23:36:56 GMT
Was reminiscing on the Top Alex Facebook page today about Ric the Vic, the dope smoking priest who got left in charge of the church in Salisbury Ave while the main vicar went on holiday. He put on a punk gig by a band called Nigel and the Ripsnorters in the church at which there was much dancing in the aisles and drug taking - I remember this bloke called Keith who had long hair and glasses tripping on the church roof - somebody got busted and grassed Ric up, and the story made it into the national press. Ric then went to live in Teepee valley in Wales. I still bore my kids with that story whenever we walk past that church (its just round the corner from where I now live). You couldn't make it up!
This would have been in 1977 or 78 - I think the band were from Kent - no results at all when I googled them - does anybody else remember this event???
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Post by thedimlocator on Jan 15, 2010 0:31:48 GMT
In a perfect world it would have been an early foray by Wild Billy Childish...
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griff
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Post by griff on Jan 8, 2013 21:33:17 GMT
Yep you are right! as i remember a few of the ripsnorters went to my school (Borden Grammar, Sittingbourne). I roughly remember the story as the school was very snobby and as a result of the Ric the Vic thing there were some guys expelled from the school, Im trying to remember names but with little success! I never got to see them play but used to go and watch some other good local punk bands The Commited and Naked!
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griff
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Post by griff on Jan 8, 2013 21:35:42 GMT
PS The commited are still gigging now and well worth watching!
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Post by ashley on Mar 11, 2013 13:11:13 GMT
My brother Lester set up the band at Borden Grammar school with Drew Cullen and a few more pupils whose names escape me. Rick the Vic used to stay at our house in Faversham. I still have a tape of three of their tracks including the famous "slaughterhouse 5"
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Post by griffo on Mar 2, 2016 8:12:15 GMT
Ashley any chance of a copy of the tape? J
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