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Just came across this site and recognized some of the names credited.
Nick Beddoe, Kelloggs, Ozzy…
I loved Clarence's. I saw a lot of bands play above that shoe shop, might have a few stories.
I lived in King Cross and went to Haugh Shaw followed by Halifax School of Art.
In '73 at 15 I lied about my age and got a job collecting glasses for Richard Luff, a great bloke, at the Upper George.
Alex Harvey, Cockney Rebel, Man, Babe Ruth, Jab Jab, Suzy Quatro, Ace, Kilburns, Be Bops, Kevin Coyne, Feelgoods, Deaf School, Saints, Only Ones, Slaughter and the Dogs, the list goes on.
Pink Fairies, on the heat of What a Bunch of Sweeties, was the first band I saw there in ’72!
I still have photos of Billy Idol from their crazy night, I also interviewed him for a fanzine.
I was lucky enough to be there for Joy Division. Hooky was dead wrong when he said there was only one person there, I counted six! The band played a massive 20 minute version of The Velvet Underground's 'Sister Ray', they treated it like a rehearsal.
My best mate David Jones and myself, now at Bradford college of Art, convinced Paul Mountain in '79 to let us re-do the interior look, change the graphics and abbreviate the club's name to 'The Mood'.
'79 was also the year our band 'Industry Suits' played the club just before we moved down to London.
Early in 1980 I went on to design the album cover for Joy Division's 'Closer' one of the many bands I ended up working with before moving to Los Angeles eleven years later.
Reading your page made me realize that my whole working life came out of the bands that played Clarries, the records on the George's juke box, and the great Barry Sheene's motorcycle exploits!
Cheers, Martyn Atkins
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