The first gig was at The Woolpack in Doncaster in February 78 and had a good turn out, mainly because people were so curious about these ‘punk rockers’. It went pretty well, there were no major incidents although we were very nervous, especially as we were playing our own stuff and most people were used to bands doing covers. I had moved to just doing vocals now that we had two guitarists and we kept working on new material. Not long after, in March, I think, we played at the Outlook supporting Sham 69, it had been snowing and the van was playing up, I remember we had to push it quite a lot, sliding about in winkle pickers! The gig was packed to the roof and we were extremely nervous, I felt like I wanted to throw up, especially as I was the front man. Of course, everyone had come to see Sham 69; I think they had been on Top of the Pops with one of their famous tracks and we really felt like we were second class citizens. I remember Jimmy Pursey not being particularly friendly, I think he thought we were just hicks from the sticks. The gig itself didn’t seem too bad but it all went by in a blur, I remember we were gobbed on copiously, but that came with the territory really, all bands whoever they were got gobbed on in those days. Of course, we relied on friends to help hump the gear about, a bloke called Andy Fountain used to drive the van and roadie for us. People were always asking for freebie ties as we wore skinny ties sometimes as if they were some kind of sales gimmick. We did a 4 week residency at Lincoln AJ's which was also very strange but we needed the money, talk about the city of the dead!”

There was a constant threat of violence and when one venue had guard dogs roaming about, we were out of there quicker than you could say Johnny Rotten!

The Adam and the Ants gig we did was early on in 79 and Adam was conspicuous by his absence, we never saw him in the dressing room, I think we saw him once off stage, he was wearing a see through rain coat and national health glasses at that particular time, and of course the Ant followers used to have those angular lines drawn on their faces with eye liner. I don’t think we actually spoke to Adam at all, and he didn’t talk to us! Perhaps he stayed in a hotel; I remember it was really cold and snowy that night, more pushing the van in the snow!