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December 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 208 Pete Shelley

Late 2009. The Spines at that time were Les Knight on bass, Riki Gooch on drums and me. We had just recorded the Bloodmonster album and I was about 50 and drinking a lot at Bodega – a period of renaissance for the band. I’d always been a fan of the Buzzcocks in the early […]

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July 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 15 The Buzzcocks

I got a phone call in the middle of the night. It was Riki Gooch, he was in London with Fat Freddy’s Drop. The tour was almost over, he was coming home – he didn’t want to play with Crowded House and Trinity Roots was over for him – he wanted to join the Spines! […]