j***@hotmail.com
2006-03-27 11:37:14 UTC
Hi there,
I grew up in Basildon, and was an early DM fan. I remember my brother
bringing home a 'Dreaming of me' 7" and I liked it, although I thought
that 'Ice machine' was the better side. We used to see them in town a
bit, and my brother had loads of signed 12"s and albums - I had a 'New
life' 12" signed, that I gave to a freind in Austria many years ago. My
biggest moment was in '95 when I went to the local shop (I lived in a
part of Basildon called Langdon Hills - Dave Gahan lived there for a
while) and bumped into someone. He dropped his packet of 20 Marlboro
Lights and I trod on them. I looked up and it was Dave Gahan - I was
wearing my DM t-shirt at the time, and had a copy haircut. I said
"sorry Dave" and he said "that's alright". I felt a bit of a prat.
Anyway, he got into a rather nice porsche (I think it was metallic
gold) and drove off.
My older brother was involved with the Basildon music scene and managed
to go to the annual DM party for a couple of years - he said that they
were good (loads of drink, etc...), but I was too young for such
things, and then DM gave them up.
Other things I knew related to DM was Yazoo. My brother used to party
with Alison Moyet (called Silver at the time, due to her over-bleached
hair). She used to get on our school bus, and was rather over-weight.
She came to our house once or twice as well. We used to take the micky
out of her a bit. Her mother was our French teacher at school (Madame
Moyet). I remember the time when she gave me a 7" of the first Yazoo
release Only You. It was signed by both, and had little messages with
it to my brother. A great track.
I kind of went off DM after the brilliant 'Black Celebration' as I
really got into The Smiths. In England there is no real indication of
the world-wide success of DM - it amazes me that they have done it, but
I've only just found out... I'm stunned that the band I loved as a
child is still going on. We always thought of them as a local band, so
didn't think of them in the bigger picture.
Have you heard of the Double Six pub and the place that it played in
Basildon music in the early '80s? DM, The Cure, and others played
there. I knew it because it was down the road from school, and when we
were in the sixth form we used to bunk off school and drink there for
lunch. It was an absolute dump in a moderately rough area of town. They
tried to pull it down recently, but people made a noise about it -
don't know if it happened though.
Anyhow, it also amazes me that Basildon hasn't recognised DM. They are
as big as REM and U2, and they are massive. In town there is no single
reference to them. Shame.
Regards to you all,
JR
Favourite tracks:
Shake the disease
Blasphamous rumours
Here is the house
Somebody
plus many others - really like Lilian on new album
I grew up in Basildon, and was an early DM fan. I remember my brother
bringing home a 'Dreaming of me' 7" and I liked it, although I thought
that 'Ice machine' was the better side. We used to see them in town a
bit, and my brother had loads of signed 12"s and albums - I had a 'New
life' 12" signed, that I gave to a freind in Austria many years ago. My
biggest moment was in '95 when I went to the local shop (I lived in a
part of Basildon called Langdon Hills - Dave Gahan lived there for a
while) and bumped into someone. He dropped his packet of 20 Marlboro
Lights and I trod on them. I looked up and it was Dave Gahan - I was
wearing my DM t-shirt at the time, and had a copy haircut. I said
"sorry Dave" and he said "that's alright". I felt a bit of a prat.
Anyway, he got into a rather nice porsche (I think it was metallic
gold) and drove off.
My older brother was involved with the Basildon music scene and managed
to go to the annual DM party for a couple of years - he said that they
were good (loads of drink, etc...), but I was too young for such
things, and then DM gave them up.
Other things I knew related to DM was Yazoo. My brother used to party
with Alison Moyet (called Silver at the time, due to her over-bleached
hair). She used to get on our school bus, and was rather over-weight.
She came to our house once or twice as well. We used to take the micky
out of her a bit. Her mother was our French teacher at school (Madame
Moyet). I remember the time when she gave me a 7" of the first Yazoo
release Only You. It was signed by both, and had little messages with
it to my brother. A great track.
I kind of went off DM after the brilliant 'Black Celebration' as I
really got into The Smiths. In England there is no real indication of
the world-wide success of DM - it amazes me that they have done it, but
I've only just found out... I'm stunned that the band I loved as a
child is still going on. We always thought of them as a local band, so
didn't think of them in the bigger picture.
Have you heard of the Double Six pub and the place that it played in
Basildon music in the early '80s? DM, The Cure, and others played
there. I knew it because it was down the road from school, and when we
were in the sixth form we used to bunk off school and drink there for
lunch. It was an absolute dump in a moderately rough area of town. They
tried to pull it down recently, but people made a noise about it -
don't know if it happened though.
Anyhow, it also amazes me that Basildon hasn't recognised DM. They are
as big as REM and U2, and they are massive. In town there is no single
reference to them. Shame.
Regards to you all,
JR
Favourite tracks:
Shake the disease
Blasphamous rumours
Here is the house
Somebody
plus many others - really like Lilian on new album