The Dagenham Roundhouse hosted more legendary rock bands than you could shake a drum-stick at, so it was a great venue for artists to be seen and heard. On the 12th September 1970, T-Rex was the headline act, with Bram Stoker as support. As we were setting up, I discovered a broken string on my […]
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I was fettling in the shed one day, as you do, and one of Rob’s old cracked cymbals fell off the workbench, landed on its edge, spun gloriously, and produced the most captivating sound. This happy accident, resulted in my exploration of spinning sound effects and the Doppler Effect. After further experimentation, I got an […]
In the early days, around 1969, we (that is Pete Ballam, Rob Haines and Tony Bronsdon) were in a band with Jet Harris (ex bass player and member of The Shadows). We were managed, at the time, by Vince Silver, who procured gigs and much needed rehearsal rooms, so that we could develop our material. […]
In the summer of 1971, Bram Stoker (Pete Ballam, John Bavin, Tony Bronsdon and Rob Haines) performed at The Temple – the basement venue at Ronnie Scott’s nightclub in Soho, London. The American rock band May Blitz were on first, but took hours to get their act together because they were too busy smoking copious […]
MARC BOLAN AND THE G-STRING
The Dagenham Roundhouse hosted more legendary rock bands than you could shake a drum-stick at, so it was a great venue for artists to be seen and heard. On the 12th September 1970, T-Rex was the headline act, with Bram Stoker as support. As we were setting up, I discovered a broken string on my […]
The Doppler Effect
I was fettling in the shed one day, as you do, and one of Rob’s old cracked cymbals fell off the workbench, landed on its edge, spun gloriously, and produced the most captivating sound. This happy accident, resulted in my exploration of spinning sound effects and the Doppler Effect. After further experimentation, I got an […]
JET HARRIS AND THE HORSE
In the early days, around 1969, we (that is Pete Ballam, Rob Haines and Tony Bronsdon) were in a band with Jet Harris (ex bass player and member of The Shadows). We were managed, at the time, by Vince Silver, who procured gigs and much needed rehearsal rooms, so that we could develop our material. […]
THE OSTERLEY PARK INCIDENT
In the summer of 1971, Bram Stoker (Pete Ballam, John Bavin, Tony Bronsdon and Rob Haines) performed at The Temple – the basement venue at Ronnie Scott’s nightclub in Soho, London. The American rock band May Blitz were on first, but took hours to get their act together because they were too busy smoking copious […]