Tag Archives: Filey

2004 – American Idiot – Green Day

Posted on September 1, 2017 by grooveware

As Mr Zimmerman once pointed out, the times they were a-changing. For the first time, it was James who pointed me in the direction of Green Day. Of course, I’d been aware of the group but had always thought of … Continue reading →

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1988 – Viva Hate – Morrissey

Posted on November 21, 2014 by grooveware

Perhaps it is better to quit whilst you’re ahead, but I was still pretty devastated when The Smiths split up in 1987. Fortunately I didn’t have to wait long before Morrissey burst back into the limelight in February 1988 with … Continue reading →

Posted in Recent Posts | Tagged Bramley Sunnyside, Filey, Film making, Ghostbusters, Grease, Guitar, Habershon House, Johnny Marr, live music, Morrissey, music, punk, record collector, Rotherham, Sheffield City Hall, soundtrack, Sparks Will Fly, Stephen Street, Tascam PortaOne, The Smiths, Vini Reilly, Viva Hate, Wingfield School | Leave a comment

1981 – Heaven Up Here – Echo and The Bunnymen

Posted on February 15, 2014 by grooveware

Echo and The Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes were undoubtedly cut from the same cloth but the Bunnymen were harder. Julian Cope appeared to have the kind of shaky self-belief that posh kids seem to have because they know their … Continue reading →

Posted in Recent Posts | Tagged College of Ripon and York St. John, Echo and The Bunnymen, Filey, Habershon House, Heaven Up Here, Ian McCulloch, Julian Cope, Laughton Junior and Infant School, Owen House, Pete de Freitas, record collector, Ripon and York St. John, Ripon College, Sheffield, soundtrack, the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, Thorpe Hesley | Leave a comment