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Stop … Start – celebrating the further return of BOB with Richard Blackborow
They say good things come to those who wait, but 28 years is pushing it, surely. At the end of September, late ‘80s/early ‘90s indie force and WriteWyattUK favourites BOB are finally releasing You Can Stop That For A Start, … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Club, Banwell, BOB, Cornwall, Dean Leggett, Enfield, Finsbury Park, Highbury, John Peel, Leave the Straight Life Behind, London, Microdisney, Oasis, Optic Nerve, Queen of Sheba, reading, Richard Blackborow, Simon Armstrong, St Ives, Telepathy, The Beatles, Wharf Chambers, Windsor, You Can Stop That For a Start
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BOB / The Beer Snobs – Leeds, Wharf Chambers
It would be too easy to start this review with, ‘What a Performance!’ But it was, even if the BOB of 2019 were some way removed from that experienced three decades earlier. That’s not a dig. I was impressed then … Continue reading
Lights still turn green at their convenience – talking BOB with Dean Leggett
Cast your mind back three decades or so. My diaries suggest I saw 148 gigs in the last three years of the 1980s, so inevitably recollections of some are cloudy. But many stick in the memory, not least those documented … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Tapp, BOB, Captains Log, Convenience, Cornwall, Dean Leggett, Highbury Corner, Jem Morris, John Peel, London, One Eyed Wayne, Optic Nerve, Paul Thompson, Penny Candles, reading, Richard Blackborow, Simon Armstrong, Sombrero, Stephen Hersom, The Beautiful South, The Old Trout, The Smiths, The Wedding Present, Windsor
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