the crack battle of the bands tv plug

before the battle of the bands finals the bands were asked to come in and mime to the track they had recorded for the BBC/RCA battle of the bands album. the crack decided to play 'jack the lad' live. a song they had no recording of to mime to. the bbc engineers had originally set aside an hour for a quick mime job..instead they had to set up mikes etc..so they werent happy...and thats why on the first take-steve's guitar is too loud and he forgets the words and starts laughing. the second take had better levels and steve got the words right..but it looks like the wrong tape got 'accidentally' shown..

[@smeightytwo]

that was unreal, can't believe these weren't massive.

[@davidhodges2583]

Great band! Just discovered them a couple of years ago believe it or not. Good they're having such fun playing here too. Real mix of punk and Slade vibe. Love the battle of the bands logo by the presenter at the beginning. It would be regarded as fascist now with a union jack flying.

[@nanny02uk]

they are still playing gigs

[@gherkamum]

Great live work guys, atb terry

[@samuelspoons3553]

I was wearing Fred Perrys until 1985 and i wasn't a Skin or Mod or Scooter Boy

[@maydayskin]

And your point is?

[@graemenicol6377]

So I'm guessing you where gay then ?

[@flash2042]

This was pretty good! What happened to these guys?

[@Survivethejive]

they kept going for years - might still be going actually

[@flash2042]

@@sherlockbasel1932 anywhere I can find them online?

[@graemenicol6377]

They split up in 1984 and have never spoken to each other since then.