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Hi Dizzy,
Wow, where did you get that photo???????
God we were cocky kids. Thought we were the business but in reality,
were rather shit, ha ha.
I remember the gig as it was the last gig Berlin did. Memory rather
hazy but we'd gigged for about a year and a half by the time of that
gig. We got a few really good reviews in Melody Maker and Sounds and
record companies were showing interest. Decca were showing the most
and they strung us along, spent 3 weeks recording in London with
Nick Tauber producing but they blew us out and signed Slaughter and
the Dogs as their token 'Punk' band. That gig was a day or so after
they told us and we were all quite depressed. Our roadie attempted
to pull Dave Ambrose's (A&R guy from EMI who was showing interest)
teeth out with a pair of pliers as we hated record companies at this
point. I believe he was actually successful at pissing on his head
from a balcony - such was our fury at being blown out by Decca. We
eventually decided to carry on but changed the band name to 'Fun'. A
track called 'I Heard You Call My Name' was included on the
Liverpool compilation album 'Street to Street. Basically the same
line up as Berlin. I left shortly after that album was released and
joined forces with Steve Torch. Berlin days were quite amusing
really. Joe Stummer once got up for a jam at a gig called Swinging
Apple. We actually caused a riot at Wigan Casino because our roadie
and a journalist from Sounds had sprayed 'Fuck You Pricks' across
the back of the stage, then trashed the dressing room while we were
on stage!! Even the bouncers wanted to kill us.
Anyway, thanks for igniting a long lost memory.
Cheers,
Roy |