The
Convicted/Capitel Rosé L-R: Paul, Stuart, Mark and Pete
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The
Convicted (L-R: Andi and Pete) at Cliffs
Rock Contest 1981
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The
Convicted were from Southend, existed between 1979 -1983, and consisted
of Paul Eves on Vocals, Mark Harvey on Guitar, Andi Schurer on Bass (until
1982 when he left and was replaced by Stuart Douglas) and John Dee on
Drums for the first two gigs until he left and was replaced by Pete (Peat)
Melling on Drums. Speaking to Andi Schurer in 2005, he said "The
first two gigs with John Dee on drums were at Scamps and Crocs, and the
Crocs gig ended in a pitched battle between the crowd and the band after
Paul Eves punched the singer of The Sinyx, the bands gear was trashed
and John Dee left. Pete Melling from the Speedball offshoot 'The Pinks'
then joined on Drums." The next gigs were The Grand Hotel, where
they had a residency, and The Liberty Bell.
The band wanted to
get some of their songs down on tape however, and in 1981 recorded four
tracks at Speedball's studio in London Denmark Street with Idiot's Barry
Godwin producing and playing keyboards. The songs recorded were 'Didn't
Make It', 'Revolution', 'It Was All Lies' and 'On The Streets Again'.
They continued gigging, and according to Andi "The best gig was at
The Maritime Room at The Cliffs Pavilion on December 2nd 1982, where we
had a capacity crowd and the audience invaded the stage for a run through
of Idiot's 'Ging Gang Gooley'."
However,
also in 1982, Andi Shurer left the band (to form Puppets Prey) and Stuart
Douglas (brother of the guitarist from the Kursaal Flyers) replaced him
on Bass. The band also changed their name to Capitel Rosé. Also
in 1982, the band went into a studio once more - this time Gateway Studios,
and recorded two songs 'Tomorrow' and 'Runaway' for the Dog Rock 12"
ep. They then played some more gigs at The Grand Hotel and in London,
but eventually split up in early 1983. Apparently John Peel even played
'Runaway' twice but the band had finished by then unfortunately.
After the split, Pete joined Andi in The Prey, replacing Paul Deacon,
whilst the others gave up music for good. Andi "The original line
up got back together in 1986, but only did one practice before falling
out. I'd sum up The Convicted's style of music by saying that it was a
cross between The Clash and The Ruts with a bit of Rockabilly thrown in."
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