Marky Dread wrote:That was a great afternoon. Meeting you (James (shaved head ) on the bus then getting off and heading in the wrong direction and bumping into Mick Jones. Then getting hassled by a crazy woman in the shopping centre. Then finally meeting Rob smoking his hash walking down the street. Getting hassled by a drunk guy in the boozer then the same guy at the gig pulling me backwards and ending up on the floor then the doorman throwing him out. Being picked up off the floor by a couple of B.A.D. fans and bouncing straight back into the action on my DM's.Silent Majority wrote:Marky Dread wrote:Yep I met you and Rob in the boozer before the Big Audio Dynamite gig. You took some photos of us if memory serves. I'm really saddened to hear about Rob's passing and offer my condolences. I'll be playing The Ruts in his honour "just for the crack". R.I.P my brother.ClashBoardJunior wrote:Thanks for all the nice words about him. Means alot that he was thought highly of.
Unfortunately we lost him tonight. Have the Clash on f*cking loud and proud for him wherever you are, I'm sure he can hear it! Would always talk about this place and the charcters and I'm sure I met one or two before Hard-Fi and Big Audio Dynamite gigs with him. Even waited an hour in Cologne to meet someone off here who no-showed on us! He outlasted Thatcher and that was all he wanted the day he was diagnosed, to see that b*tch in the ground before him!
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Wish I could have met him, he always brightened this place up. My sincere condolences.
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Was lucky enough to have met Rob a few years ago — absolute gent. Condolences to his friends and family.
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Condolences and RIP Robert. Fuck, he was a hell of a guy. There aren't enough just truly genuine, excellent human beings in this world, and now we're down another one.
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i love how in all the pics i've seen of Purpley he always looks so young and fit and...ready to throw down. and how all pics of Murph, he just looks like a drunken PaddyMarky Dread wrote:That was a great afternoon.Silent Majority wrote:Marky Dread wrote:Yep I met you and Rob in the boozer before the Big Audio Dynamite gig. You took some photos of us if memory serves. I'm really saddened to hear about Rob's passing and offer my condolences. I'll be playing The Ruts in his honour "just for the crack". R.I.P my brother.ClashBoardJunior wrote:Thanks for all the nice words about him. Means alot that he was thought highly of.
Unfortunately we lost him tonight. Have the Clash on f*cking loud and proud for him wherever you are, I'm sure he can hear it! Would always talk about this place and the charcters and I'm sure I met one or two before Hard-Fi and Big Audio Dynamite gigs with him. Even waited an hour in Cologne to meet someone off here who no-showed on us! He outlasted Thatcher and that was all he wanted the day he was diagnosed, to see that b*tch in the ground before him!
is that you in the middle, Marky?
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Yeah that's me in a purple murph sandwich.muppet hi fi wrote:i love how in all the pics i've seen of Purpley he always looks so young and fit and...ready to throw down. and how all pics of Murph, he just looks like a drunken PaddyMarky Dread wrote:That was a great afternoon.Silent Majority wrote:Marky Dread wrote:Yep I met you and Rob in the boozer before the Big Audio Dynamite gig. You took some photos of us if memory serves. I'm really saddened to hear about Rob's passing and offer my condolences. I'll be playing The Ruts in his honour "just for the crack". R.I.P my brother.ClashBoardJunior wrote:Thanks for all the nice words about him. Means alot that he was thought highly of.
Unfortunately we lost him tonight. Have the Clash on f*cking loud and proud for him wherever you are, I'm sure he can hear it! Would always talk about this place and the charcters and I'm sure I met one or two before Hard-Fi and Big Audio Dynamite gigs with him. Even waited an hour in Cologne to meet someone off here who no-showed on us! He outlasted Thatcher and that was all he wanted the day he was diagnosed, to see that b*tch in the ground before him!
is that you in the middle, Marky?
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i don't think i've ever seen a pic of you before mate. ya know what you look like to me? some dude in a pub with some mates hoisting a pint. such a photogenic chap you are!Marky Dread wrote:Yeah that's me in a purple murph sandwich.muppet hi fi wrote:i love how in all the pics i've seen of Purpley he always looks so young and fit and...ready to throw down. and how all pics of Murph, he just looks like a drunken PaddyMarky Dread wrote:That was a great afternoon.Silent Majority wrote:Marky Dread wrote:
Yep I met you and Rob in the boozer before the Big Audio Dynamite gig. You took some photos of us if memory serves. I'm really saddened to hear about Rob's passing and offer my condolences. I'll be playing The Ruts in his honour "just for the crack". R.I.P my brother.
is that you in the middle, Marky?
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[/quote]Marky Dread wrote:
That was a great afternoon. Meeting you (James (shaved head ) on the bus then getting off and heading in the wrong direction and bumping into Mick Jones. Then getting hassled by a crazy woman in the shopping centre. Then finally meeting Rob smoking his hash walking down the street. Getting hassled by a drunk guy in the boozer then the same guy at the gig pulling me backwards and ending up on the floor then the doorman throwing him out. Being picked up off the floor by a couple of B.A.D. fans and bouncing straight back into the action on my DM's.
great story to hear, mate! Purpley just casually bopping down the street smoking some hash?
bumping into Mick? what, the bus bumped him? was he OK?
sounds a grand day. wish i could have been there with you lot!
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That pic was taken pre-op. I've got long blonde hair and eyes of blue now.muppet hi fi wrote:i don't think i've ever seen a pic of you before mate. ya know what you look like to me? some dude in a pub with some mates hoisting a pint. such a photogenic chap you are!Marky Dread wrote:Yeah that's me in a purple murph sandwich.muppet hi fi wrote:i love how in all the pics i've seen of Purpley he always looks so young and fit and...ready to throw down. and how all pics of Murph, he just looks like a drunken PaddyMarky Dread wrote:That was a great afternoon.Silent Majority wrote:
is that you in the middle, Marky?
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great story to hear, mate! Purpley just casually bopping down the street smoking some hash?muppet hi fi wrote:Marky Dread wrote:
That was a great afternoon. Meeting you (James (shaved head ) on the bus then getting off and heading in the wrong direction and bumping into Mick Jones. Then getting hassled by a crazy woman in the shopping centre. Then finally meeting Rob smoking his hash walking down the street. Getting hassled by a drunk guy in the boozer then the same guy at the gig pulling me backwards and ending up on the floor then the doorman throwing him out. Being picked up off the floor by a couple of B.A.D. fans and bouncing straight back into the action on my DM's.
bumping into Mick? what, the bus bumped him? was he OK?
sounds a grand day. wish i could have been there with you lot![/quote]
James and I just jumped off the bus walked across the road and the first person we see is Mick on his way to the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Mick was very sweet but I refused to give him my autograph.
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that explains Rob and Murph's expressions:Marky Dread wrote:That pic was taken pre-op. I've got long blonde hair and eyes of blue now.muppet hi fi wrote:i don't think i've ever seen a pic of you before mate. ya know what you look like to me? some dude in a pub with some mates hoisting a pint. such a photogenic chap you are!Marky Dread wrote:Yeah that's me in a purple murph sandwich.muppet hi fi wrote:i love how in all the pics i've seen of Purpley he always looks so young and fit and...ready to throw down. and how all pics of Murph, he just looks like a drunken PaddyMarky Dread wrote:
That was a great afternoon.
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James and I just jumped off the bus walked across the road and the first person we see is Mick on his way to the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Mick was very sweet but I refused to give him my autograph.[/quote]Marky Dread wrote:great story to hear, mate! Purpley just casually bopping down the street smoking some hash?muppet hi fi wrote:Marky Dread wrote:
That was a great afternoon. Meeting you (James (shaved head ) on the bus then getting off and heading in the wrong direction and bumping into Mick Jones. Then getting hassled by a crazy woman in the shopping centre. Then finally meeting Rob smoking his hash walking down the street. Getting hassled by a drunk guy in the boozer then the same guy at the gig pulling me backwards and ending up on the floor then the doorman throwing him out. Being picked up off the floor by a couple of B.A.D. fans and bouncing straight back into the action on my DM's.
bumping into Mick? what, the bus bumped him? was he OK?
sounds a grand day. wish i could have been there with you lot!
oh how mean. you gotta do it for the fans you know.
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oh how mean. you gotta do it for the fans you know.[/quote]muppet hi fi wrote:James and I just jumped off the bus walked across the road and the first person we see is Mick on his way to the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Mick was very sweet but I refused to give him my autograph.Marky Dread wrote:great story to hear, mate! Purpley just casually bopping down the street smoking some hash?muppet hi fi wrote:Marky Dread wrote:
That was a great afternoon. Meeting you (James (shaved head ) on the bus then getting off and heading in the wrong direction and bumping into Mick Jones. Then getting hassled by a crazy woman in the shopping centre. Then finally meeting Rob smoking his hash walking down the street. Getting hassled by a drunk guy in the boozer then the same guy at the gig pulling me backwards and ending up on the floor then the doorman throwing him out. Being picked up off the floor by a couple of B.A.D. fans and bouncing straight back into the action on my DM's.
bumping into Mick? what, the bus bumped him? was he OK?
sounds a grand day. wish i could have been there with you lot!
I was worried he might nick my pen.
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I was worried he might nick my pen.[/quote]Marky Dread wrote:oh how mean. you gotta do it for the fans you know.muppet hi fi wrote:James and I just jumped off the bus walked across the road and the first person we see is Mick on his way to the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Mick was very sweet but I refused to give him my autograph.Marky Dread wrote:great story to hear, mate! Purpley just casually bopping down the street smoking some hash?muppet hi fi wrote:Marky Dread wrote:
That was a great afternoon. Meeting you (James (shaved head ) on the bus then getting off and heading in the wrong direction and bumping into Mick Jones. Then getting hassled by a crazy woman in the shopping centre. Then finally meeting Rob smoking his hash walking down the street. Getting hassled by a drunk guy in the boozer then the same guy at the gig pulling me backwards and ending up on the floor then the doorman throwing him out. Being picked up off the floor by a couple of B.A.D. fans and bouncing straight back into the action on my DM's.
bumping into Mick? what, the bus bumped him? was he OK?
sounds a grand day. wish i could have been there with you lot!
yeah but just think, it could have ended up in his Rock n ' Roll Public Library exhibition!
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. Appreciate the love he had here!
I actually have quite a few pics of that night I believe, you three in the venue, outside the front and in the pub - not sure if you both have them? Happy to post them up here!
I actually have quite a few pics of that night I believe, you three in the venue, outside the front and in the pub - not sure if you both have them? Happy to post them up here!