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first musical outing was with schoolmates Tony Chins, Graeme Page and
Michael Cascade as the group Amalgamation in the late '80s. We wanted
to make music for ourselves instead of buying it. The groups name came
about because each of us wanted to bring different styles to the sound.
We played a few gigs around Worthing and made a pile of home cassette
recordings. Tony on guitar, myself on bass, Michael on vox and
keyboards and Graeme on percussion. But we never really pushed
ourselves and we let the group slip away. We all went to gigs,
festivals and went on holidays together - having some great, memorable
times.
Sadly in the summer of 2005 Michael passed away. In April this year I completed an Enhanced CD compiling Amalgamations recordings and photos as a tribute to Michael. After Amalgamation Tony and I founded another musical project with another like minded fellow, Sandy Peters. After one drunken afternoon in 1993 at the Crescent public house in Brighton we decided to start a band. Sandy had never played drums before but he was convinced, and so we started playing in various rehearsal rooms in Brighton. Tony was writing the songs-mostly rock and rock ballads-but soon Sandy found his writing quill and also came up with some cracking lyrics. Various names were thought of but Clownfish became the winner. This line up never gigged but, again, another drunken afternoon (how, where and when is lost) introduced us to Chris Brown who was a bass guitarist - he was interested so he joined as second guitarist - this line up gigged a few times in Brighton and also recorded some tracks for the only CD. It was was near the eve of the Millennium that the band last played together, finishing the night off with a curry in town. Sandy left for his new life in Russia and so the others played on. I have archived the whole of the Clownfish rehearsal recordings and am planning the issue of a full DVD.
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During the intermediate time of Sandy's leaving Ade started to fill in for him on drums in rehearsals - calling ourselves Blister we played a different feel of music. In fact one gig saw the Blister and Clownfish line-ups play the same evening at the Freebutt in Brighton (held in the archives for DVD release). Here are a couple of rare clips of the one gig where Clownfish and Blister played at the Freebutt in Brighton in 1996. Blister played first, then Ade's main band - Monkey Floss were on and finally Clownfish finished the night off (unfortunately after last orders so we couldn't get a drink!)
Blister - 'Hard Love'
Clownfish - 'Pictures of Matchstick Men'
This is a photomontage of Amalgamation - and the well-loved track 'Sundive'.
In May 2008 I hooked up with Rijeka's Beatles Revival Band and have created their new website. They are one of Croatia's best and most popular tribute bands. Here's a glimpse from their concert DVD recorded at the Stereo concert hall in Rijeka in December 2006.
The Beatles Revival Band - 'Strawberry Fields Forever'
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