tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009067879087757296.post6222722762604872859..comments2024-03-29T07:16:44.130+00:00Comments on Eight Miles Higher: Sheffield Music Interview: VICE VERSA & CLOCK DVAAndrew Darlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964525874288660998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009067879087757296.post-88634978587453509582019-03-18T12:47:31.037+00:002019-03-18T12:47:31.037+00:00Great writeup. I travelled up to Sheffield twice i...Great writeup. I travelled up to Sheffield twice in 1979/1980 to do an article about the Sheffield music scene. Martin Fry was kind enough to let me stay in his flat (Jud Turner had a room next door) and I spent a few days getting to know all the characters on the scene, including watching I'm So Hollow rehearse, hanging out at Clock DVA's rehearsal space, and having various meals at Stephen Singleton's and Jud Turner's mum's houses. I was also lucky enough on the first trip to see Vice Versa play at the George IV (the Screaming Abdabs had pulled out and they were asked to step in at the last moment). <br /><br />Sadly my article didn't get published (Zigzag magazine, who I initially pitched it to got cold feet and NME and MM didn't want to publish a feature from an unknown writer). By the second trip there was a suspicion that I was only really there for Clock DVA (I sense there was a lot of dope fuelled suspicion operating) and I was made to feel less welcome.Vice Versa were coming to the end of their road - I remember seeing them at the City Hall gig and Mark White ceremonially tore him raincoat in half. Stephen played me a few tapes of some stuff they'd be doing which sounded to me like a bad Clock DVA tribute band. But then I think on the last day I saw Martin Fry standing in front of a mirror, crooning into a hairbrush (true!) and it was fairly obvious what was going to happen next.Dark Eyes of Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751351780025620827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009067879087757296.post-77714460256945637692015-03-05T20:43:03.461+00:002015-03-05T20:43:03.461+00:00Accidentally bumped into this while searching for ...Accidentally bumped into this while searching for Clock DVA interviews online. Essential reading - brilliant scans!<br /><br />Thank you very much for sharing.Henrinoreply@blogger.com