From 1985 diary:
Went to see Wretched but there was nothing happening so came home.
Category: 1985
Here He Comes – 16th May 1985
Here he comes
Walking through your door
Here he comes
The man of more
Here he comes
The man of sin
Here he comes
Mr. Out-on-a-limb
*The Week That Was – 13th May 1985
Record of the week: Buzzcocks – Autonomy
13th May 1985
Went to Careers.
14th May 1985
Job interview on Friday.
17th May 1985
Saw Emma. Kirsty got my letter. Got slightly merry.
Sharp End First – 9th May 1985
Will they teach you how to sell yourself?
Or can you do it anyway?
Will you listen to anything that’s said?
Have you got anything to say?
Questions, questions
What’s it all about?
Is there any answer
To our doubt?
Will you learn to suck up to yourself?
Are you scared of our words?
Can you hear what you are saying?
Is there something to be heard?
Questions, questions
Always in doubt
The meaning of life
What’s it all about?
Can you accept the morals of now?
Can you accept the moment?
Are you spending time wasting away?
Do you remember the time you spent?
15th Sep 2024 – This ended up as a Hate That Smile lyric which can be heard here with my straining 22-year-old voice struggling to find a tune.
*The Week That Was – 6th May 1985
Record of the week: Iron Maiden – Rainbow’s Gold
6th May 1985
Got £70. No work for 3 weeks
7th May 1985
Bought new stylus.
8th May 1985
Went to Wimborne. Signed on.
9th May 1985
Worked down Lee’s pulling thistles.
10th May 1985
Bought a camera.
New Day Rises – 5th May 1985
Arise
Surprise
Dawn breaks
The earth quakes
Everything alive
To see the new day arrive
Wake up
Get outside
New day rises
It has arrived
*Virus, Blare, Atrox, (Bad Noise), General Belgrano and the 368 – Greyhound, Bridport, Dorset, UK – 2nd May 1985
15th Oct 2022 – A quick search for this venue indicates the Greyhound Hotel is in the centre of town and is now a Wetherspoons. My memory though is of a shack behind a pub out in the countryside somewhere.
*The Week That Was – 29th April 1985
Record of the week: Atrox – live (yeah!), Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
29th April 1985
Working with other bloke called Ken. He’s all right.
30th April 1985
Found out tonight that I’ve been laid off until the end of the week.
1st May 1985
Paul rang up tonight. We’ve got a gig tomorrow.
2nd May 1985
Busy remembering our lyrics. Went to Bridport. Had a fuckin’ good laugh. Gig was OK. Sound wasn’t too hot. Me and Chaz had a thrashing comp. I won.
3rd May 1985
Got pissed. Perry stayed the night. I puked out of window.
4th May 1985
Woke Bennett at 7.50 am, pissed around all day.
5th May 1985
Found out not working for rest of week.
Dripfeed – 24th April 1985
Hospitalised
Sanitised
New creed
Dripfeed
Tubes running
Viens pumping
Heart gunning
Eyes jumping
Hospitalised
Decentralised
New breed
Dripfeed
Hospitalised
Paralysed
Drip fed
Half dead
Dead head
In bed
I bleed
Dripfeed
Change For – 23rd April 1985
Change for better
Change for worse
Change for luck
Change for curse
Change for nothing
Change for something to do
Change for me
And I’ll change for you