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![]() As they explained to local paper The Evening Echo at the the time, on Thursday April 24th 1980: "The Jam recently got to number one in the pop charts recently with their single Going Underground. The cards have been together just a month and their only other live appearances were at the Zero 6 in Southend and at Barons, in Leigh. Singer and Guitarist Mark, 20, from Benfleet, said 'I have been friends with Paul Weller of The Jam for three years and he wanted us to support them at this charity concert at Guildford Civic Hall. My old band spilt up about a month ago and the new line up was formed about a week before I heard about the gig with The Jam.'" ![]() A line up change occurred not too long afterwards, with firstly Martin Trenaman (now a writer and actor) coming in on Drums, then Dave Marrable joined in early 1981. The new line up was soon completed, for as Dave recently told Southend Punk: "Mark Roe recruited me on drums and Pete Blanchard from The Parrots on Bass. We then added a Sax to the line up with Craig Mumford to try and get away from being another three piece. We gigged all over the UK and supported The Jam at their Cliffs Pavilion gig on 20th September 1982 and also at their last ever gig on 11th December 1982." Following these shows, the band carried on for a while, before eventually splitting in February 1983. Afterwards, said Dave "Three of us stuck together forming a band called Blue Unitz and then All The Madmen." |
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