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[Brighton] Bob Grover dead
- Thread starter aolstudios
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In the early days bands used to rehearse at the vault, but a couple of dodgy shed doors with a padlock over a couple of side crypts weren't enough to stop your gear getting nicked.
And I do remember in the later days, one or two of the 'occupants' there being dug out of the walls. Probably just as well it closed when it did
Longhill but I've also read he taught at Patcham Fawcett. Maybe he did the rounds!
Definitely was my music teacher at Fawcett, late 70s early 80s.
aolstudios
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Played my first ever gig at the Vault. Innocent times
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
We must be similar age, was the first band i ever saw live at was then the Buccaneer, not called Patterns. Open up my mind that night and never lost the buzz for live music.
clivebuckley
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- Jul 28, 2011
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Did he run the Zap.
That I don't know.
Only just seen this. RIP Bob . . . No legitimate friendship or brotherhood like some claim . . . but Fond memories of gigs and 'Boring Bob' doing Sunday nights in the Duke in Shoreham late 80's. Like P&tTTBs the Pirhanas have always been local legends slightly before my time. . But much enjoyed. I particularly like getting beaten up . . .the song, not the reality!
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fork me
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Very sad news. Met him a few times in the 90s when I was promoting and DJing. Nice guy.
Maybe I’m confusing him with someone else.
Pinkie Brown
Wir Sind das Volk
I read on another forum sometime ago, Reg the bass player was last heard of living in Swindon and working as a mechanic. Phil as somebody else replied, lives in New York.
Pinkie Brown
Wir Sind das Volk
Bob on the right at Dicks bar after the Donny game in August 2011.
clivebuckley
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- Jul 28, 2011
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Well our paths must of crossed as quite a few on here must of ,music and football often has a cross over.
I used to love watching Pookisnackenburger in Churchill Square.
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No.
I was one of the founder members of the Zap Club and worked with and for them for several years in various capacities.
The Zap was a performing arts club which began at the New Oriental hotel in the 80s ( before moving to the Royal Escape, then the Richmond and finally the Arches before it became a night club in 1997), it was founded by Neil Butler and his wife Pat and Amanda Scott and the Butlers were later joined by co-directors, Angie Livingston and Dave Reeves who had met at University.
Ian met Neil when he was at Brighton Poly on the Expressive Arts Course in the late 70s - I met him a bit later when Birds with Ears were coming to the end of their run. Ian compered the performance arts nights with his post-Birds with Ears band, Extremists in an Igloo being the resident band and then formed the zany Wild Wigglers with Neil and Liz Agiss. Neil was always around on Tuesday open mic nights - and usually on the other nights which were a mix of music, comedy and various expressive arts acts.
Ian continued to compere mic nights and acts through the week well into the early 90s before he got married and moved to Edinburgh to work the performance art circuit.
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There'll only be three - you're not likely to see Frank on here
Sad to hear the news about Bob, The Piranhas were a great band in their day - a time when there was a real buzz about the Brighton music scene. Harry mentioned The Dandies earlier, that's a band I really thought were going to make it big. And for those people asking about John Helmer. I bumped into him at a technology conference about 20 years ago - he was a marketing manager for an internet company. Quite a departure for him.
Lush
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Another regular at the Alhambra on Sunday nights in my stripey trousers. Forever grateful to be let in as I was clearly under age. RIP Boring Bob.
That's jogged my memory, saw them several times as our (Biology?) teacher was in that band. So guess I was a (youthful) part of the scene too.