Pete Prescott… The Hamsters were angry with us. We put them on last. We had a good set, there were about 600 there, when we finished the guitarist was livid. He said we are a three piece blues band and cant follow that ! He was right. As good as they were 300 people walked out after a few songs.it was near the end of The Lost Boys good years. Best fun band i was ever in.
Matt Thomas… Memories of Prince McBride upstairs in the cafe of White Rock Theatre playing his organ on a Sunday lunchtime when I was working the bar
Stephanie Blackledge… Could that be Ted Crouch on drums?
Mark Randall… 1983!
Andrew Bantock… The legend that was Prince McBride!
photos & cuttings Jonathan Middleton
poster supplied by Karen Sweatman
Ian Ellis……Oh god! Just had to check thru calendars with mon 27 July on them. Nineteen Ninety Two!!
Karen Sweatman….We were young!
Jonathan Middleton… We were rock God’s (well, for one night maybe) that rocked the Marina Pavilion. With all the years that have gone by, I still can’t play the guitar!
poster & cutting supplied by Pete Prescott
supplied by Alan McCleave
Pete Prescott….that was a fun night, jump the gun were very good, dave woods was amazing and the place was packed. Probably the best time for the lost boys.we were twenty four years younger and at least that many stones lighter ! The place was always packed. I have a few of those nights on video.
I tried to appreciate The Lost Boys and those gigs. I knew it was never gonna be as good again. It was like a great big social club. So many people going mad. Brilliant times.
At the time there were 5 bands in the u.k.called The Lost Boys, we found that out when we registered the songs on the first tape we put out (remember cassettes!?)
Alan McCleave… Hastings rock night. Dave wood, ernie Ballard, joe rytlewski, Peter Prescott, Jez Gillette, mick burt + a host of others.
Redstar Richter… eek – played on stage with most of that lot!
Ernest Ballard… Hey hey. What a memory. My old rock band JUMP THE GUN. On a fab night gigging with the other rockers in Hastings. It was a bloody great night as I remember. Happy days. And when we all had hair!! X
Pete Prescott… Who fancies identifying them left to right !
Martyn Baker… I think you’re there Pete.
Andy Knight… I remember that night!
Nigel Polley… i was there
Steve Simpson… How weird. The singer from another band I played in now has a band called Jump The Gun.
Roland Groves… Saw Jump The Gun at Berties Bar in the early nineties.
Ernest Ballard… Cassettes yes they worked well. Just used to chew up. Then they were totally trashed. The gig was awesome. Didn’t we have some great times Pete. Happy memories
Martin Richter… nice line up 🙂 some faces there 🙂
Joe Knight… Great!!!
poster supplied by Pete Prescott
Jim Breeds… The Hamsters were very good. Shame they packed it in – I went to one of their last gigs. Think it may have been their very last gig.
Pete Prescott… I remember that gig well. They were not happy with us. We went on first, it was our crowd. A few hundred walked out after a few songs. Shame as they were a great band.
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Pete Prescott… Remember this one well ! Beki sang with the Lost Boys. Mr Langton was on another planet and had to be forced off stage. The Lost Boys had a good night !
Karen Sweatman… Beki and the Bombshells were absolutely brilliant. I spent many a happy evening boogieing with those guys. Fabulous memories 🙂
Pete Prescott… They were a great band. Wonderful days.
Martin Richter… before the Lost Boys lost their hair !
Tony Court-holmes… still got mine and its getting longer
Tony Hughes… Yep Mr Prescott what an amazing front man
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Alan Esdaile… Not sure if you went to see The Bombshells at this one Karen?
Karen Sweatman… To be honest I can’t remember. Saw them so often around that time both locally and used to travel to some venues in Kent too. Most times I was a wee bit tipsy! Becky used to pass the microphone to me and my mates to help with the backing vocals. She gave the microphone to me when they were playing a cover of Deep Purple’s ‘Burn’ and I went to sing the really long ‘Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrnn’ and accidentally burped! Very embarrassing, but the Carlisle seemed to enjoy!
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Tich Turner… I’ve only just seen this poster. Pretty sure it wasn’t 1985. I was still in The Ya Yas then. I believe the MM Band started in 1989 and we played last night. Another year!
Alan Esdaile… Thanks for correction Tich. Have updated from 1985 as that was a Tuesday. 22nd Oct 1989 would have been a Sunday.
Ernest Ballard… Still good whatever year Tich ha ha. Perhapes getting confused in his later years ah ha ha ha
Liane Carroll… Yep. 1989 I think. Rog and I weren’t together till 1987. I will ask him asap. Happy new year!! Xxxx
Pete Prescott… I was in Switzerland in 84/85 and 86.this was 89 or 90.I’ll check it out when I get home. Can’t remember much about this gig. It would have been fun with that line up I imagine.
