MAD COW DISEASE Thanks to
Gary Loader (via Caroline Henderson)
for most of this information.
Jon
Maple (vocals); Colin Holton
(guitars/backing vocals);
Dan Bunce (guitars); Ally Gamble
(bass); Atilla
(keyboards/samples/backingvocals); Rob
Arney
and then later Jim Blackwell
(drums).
Early 1990s grunge
monsters. Jon Maple also wrote the
Salisbury Journal music column ‘Sound
Tracks’ for a while. Colin Holton and
Atilla were, are and probably always
will be legendary figures on the
Salisbury scene and still apparently
play with Paul Di’Anno. Ally Gamble
came from New York and is now in
London. Dan Bunce is in Devon and Jim
Blackwell is probably in Deacons in
Fisherton Street (it says here). The
second album was produced by Andy Gill
from the Gang Of Four
'The
Rambler' magazine: 'The four tracks on
the ('Costermongerin'') EP follow on
from 'Decomposition' on last year's
Salisbury compilation tape and are
prime examples of the type of stuff
spearheaded by Nirvana and Sonic
Youth. 'Jesus Wants Me For A
Vegetable', 'Body Bag' and 'Slop'
(which features some rather interesting
female accompaniment) are band
compositions while the fourth track is
an execution of Hawkwind's 'Masters Of
The Universe'. I like this record -
it's just about fine.'
Find out more
in the book Endless Beat (Voices Of The
New Sarum Sound 1970-1999) (Timezone
Publishing 2010)
12" EP
SELECTIVE
MORALITY (Thrills And Disease (Remix)/
Brown (Morality Mix); Bullshit Acres)
(Catalina CATL 60026 – PC -
1994)
CD
EPs
COSTERMONGERIN' (Jesus Wants
Me For a Vegetable; Body Bag; Slop;
Master Of The Universe) (Catalina CATL
60012 – PC - 1992)
SELECTIVE
MORALITY (Thrills And Disease (Remix);
Brown (Morality Mix); Bullshit Acres)
(Catalina CATL 60022 – PC -
1994)
ALBUMS
GOAT LUNG: THE
MEXICAN APPROACH
TANTRIC SEX DISCO
(My Death Squad; Craw; As Good A Place
As Any; Goat Sucker; Exit; White Dove;
The Annie Leibovitz Version; Keep
Smiling; Elevator; Unicycle; Plague
Song; The Epic Departure) (CD -
Catalina 118052 - 1995)
COMPILATION
APPEARANCES
GOD’S GREAT TAPE HEAD
CLEANER (Salisbury compilation
cassette including 'Decomposition') (7%
GGTH 1)
THE
MAGNIFICENT
80s
punks.
From 'The Rambler' magazine's
review of a 1990 gig with The Mayfields
at Mr Chesils in Fisherton Street: 'The
last time I saw most of this band they
were in The Stand and were supporting
The Fuzztones at The Arts Centre and
were a thoroughly enjoyable poor man's
Clash. They've changed a lot since then
and are now even better in my
opinion.'
MARLBORO COUNTY FAIR
Mark
Featch; Steve Lewis; Nigel Finn; Bob
Taylor; Tim Kerley.
New indie
country rock.
COMPILATION
APPEARANCES
DISCOVER (CD
including ‘Walking the Streets’)
(Matchbox Recordings)
MARTHA BECK
Joint winners of the Best New Band
category at the 2008 Bass Connection
awards.
MASON
Chas O'Brien;
Bob
Taylor; Ian 'Tich' Amey; Peter Mason;
John 'Beaky' Dymond.
Find out more in
the book Endless Beat (Voices Of The
New Sarum Sound 1970-1999) (Timezone
Publishing 2010)
SINGLES
When Freedom Comes/It's All Gone Wrong
(Pye 7N 45231 - 1973)
Fading/It's
Alright (Dawn DNS 1040 - 1973)
Follow Me/Peacefully (Antic K 11505 -
1974)
UNRELEASED ALBUM
STARTING
AS WE MEAN TO GO ON (Fading; Don't You
Ever Change Your Mind; To 50
From 45; Love's Evening Song; Lordy;
Rise With The Morning; J'Ann Here Is A
Song; 48 Now To Each Day; It Was Me
Who Left Her; My Country Home; You've
Gotta Get Up) (Dawn DNLS 3050 - 1973)
PETER MASON
Peter Mason
has been a much in demand writer and
session musician.
7"
SINGLES
Rock 'n Roll (Look What
You've Done To My Life)/Me And Clancy
(CBS - Germany)
Bergen Blue
Eyes/Easier Said Than Done (Slager
Records HS 138 -
PC - Norway 1989)
CD SINGLE
Walking On A
Tightrope/Lorraine (Salisbury Sound
Records - 1998)
CD ALBUM
A LONG HAUL (Walking On A Tightrope;
Spoken For; Older Man; Time So Far
Away; Paradise; Somebody Help Me (I've
Fallen In Love Again); I'll Be There
For You; Saviour Of My Soul; Every
Minute; Lorraine; Somebody Help Me
(I've Fallen In Love Again)
(Alternative Version) (Salisbury
C12115 - Europe 2006)
COLIN
MASSON
Colin is also a member of
The Morrigan. Find out more in the book
Endless Beat (Voices Of The New Sarum
Sound 1970-1999) (Timezone Publishing
2010)
CD ALBUM
ISLE OF EIGHT (HDL505CD - 2001)
MATT VINYL AND THE
EMULSIONS
Contributed by Dave Notley, but he can
remember nothing about them except for
the name.
THE MAYFIELDS
Kevin Russell (vocals/guitar);
Adrian 'Swanny' Martin
(tambourine/vocals); Paul McDowell
(guitar); Iain Lindsey (bass); Mark
Freeth (drums).
Late 1980s indie.
Line up changed quite a bit with only
Kevin Russell and Adrian Martin
(better known as ‘Swanny’) being in
the group throughout. But the line up
above recorded the singles.
From 'The
Rambler' magazine's review of a 1990
gig with The Magnificent at Mr Chesils
in Fisherton Street: 'Strictly speaking
The Mayfields were headlining and they
were pretty good, especially their
absolutely f-----' spiffing version of
The Wonderstuff's 'Don't Let Me Down
Gently'.'
Find out more in the book
Endless Beat (Voices Of The New Sarum
Sound 1970-1999) (Timezone Publishing
2010)
7”
SINGLES
All You Ever Say (Track on
split flexidisc with The Badgeman)
(Compact & Bijou C&B 001 – PC - 1988)
Deeper Than The Ocean/Feels Like
Yesterday (Bus Stop BUS 005 – PC -
1989)
World Of Your Own/Call My
Name (Ambition AMB 001 – PC - 1989)
COMPILATION APPEARANCES
OUT OF
THE
BLUE (Cassette including ‘I Don't
Dream’ and ‘Rain-Bird’)
ARE YOU
READY? (Cassette including ‘I Don't
Think So’)
SOMETHING BURNING IN
PARADISE (Cassette including ‘Seasons
Pass’)
POSITIVELY TEENAGE!!
(Cassette including ‘Out to Sea’
and ‘World of Your Own’)
EVERLASTING HAPPINESS (Cassette
including ‘Seasons Pass’ and ‘I Don't
Dream’)
GOD’S GREAT TAPE HEAD
CLEANER (Salisbury compilation
cassette including 'Private Universe')
(7% GGTH 1)
MITCHELL
DEVASTATION
Russell Parsons (vocals and bass);
Geoff Swan (guitar); Paul Fields
(guitar); Drew Shipsey (drums)
Part of the 'my space' revolution. See
www.myspace.com/mitchelldevastation
THE MORRIGAN
Eccentric folk giants.
From 'The
Rambler' magazine's review of a
Morrigan gig at Downton Club in
1992: 'Bit of a dodgy mix at first, but
once that was sorted out The Morrigan
really took off. Not being an expert on
this type of music I couldn't really
tell you what many of the songs were
called but there were a few off the
(first) album, a polite version
of 'Good King Wenceslas' and also
Gershwin's 'Summertime', which I
haven't heard sung so beautifully since
Michael Stipe held us spellbound down
Pompey Guildhall.'
Find out more in
the book Endless Beat (Voices Of The
New Sarum Sound 1970-1999) (Timezone
Publishing 2010)
CD EP
WAR IN PARADISE (Throwing It All Away;
War In Paradise; The Miner's Song;
Spirit Of The Soup (Live Version))
(NSM 1000 – 1993)
ALBUMS
SPIRIT OF THE SOUP (Cold Haily Windy
Night; Fingal's Cave/Spirit of the
Soup;
Turtle Dove; Executioner's Song; Off
The Rails; Agincourt; Cold Blows The
Wind; Silent Seasons; Dribbles Of
Brandy/Johnny Get Brose; The Great
Sun) (1984) (released on CD in 1999
(ENG1023CD)
THE MORRIGAN RIDES OUT (The Morrigan
Rides Out; Night Comes Closer; The
Rakes of Kildare/Bedtime Stories; The
Black Nag; Girls Will You Take
Him/Four Times Over; Buskett's Folly;
Corpus Christi; Tom
O'Bedlam/Allemande) (NSM – 1990)
(Released on CD in 1997 (ENG1024CD)
with additional track: Well Below The
Valley)
CD ALBUMS
WRECKERS (The Miller's Dance; Yarrow;
The Wreckers; Banks of Green Willow;
Cold Haily Windy Night/Drowsy Maggie;
The Agincourt Carol/La Rotta; Cold
Blows The Wind; Wheels Turning; When
the Rain Comes Down; Dark Girl Dressed
in Blue/The Doubting) (ENG 1018CD –
1996)
MASQUE (Masque; Dever The Dancer;
Blarney Pilgrim; Moonghost; Merrily
Kissed the Quaker's Wife; The
Traveller; Dribbles Of Brandy; The
Lykewake Dirge; The Demon Lover; She
Moved Through The Fair) (ENG 1021CD –
1998)
HIDDEN AGENDA (Swallow's
Tail; In The End; Volta/Basse
Danse/Volta; South Australia; A Night
to Remember; Slieve Russell/The March
Hare; The Other; Joe Cooley's Reel;
The Parting Glass) (ENG 1024CD - 2002)
MR ICE
Alan Marsh
(vocals); Andy Boulton (lead guitar)
(replaced by Steve Kerr); Danny Gwilym
(guitar); Colin Riggs (bass); Atilla
(keyboards); Marc Angel (drums).
See also Killer; Genghis Khan; Tokyo
Blade; Shogun; Jagged Edge; Pumphouse;
Mad Cow Disease. The history and
discography of
these groups is pretty complicated but
it all becomes clear in the book
Endless Beat (Voices Of The New Sarum
Sound 1970-1999) (Timezone Publishing
2010)
CD EP
HAVE AN ICE
DAY (Hot Breath; Poor Little Rich Kid;
Women And Love; More Than A Pretty
Face; Boyz Will Be Boyz; Young, Bad
And No Good - 1990)
CD ALBUMS
MR ICE (This ‘new’ Tokyo Blade’
release included all the tracks from
the EP) (Zoom Club CD ZCRCD6 - 1998)
THE NIGHT BEFORE (This Tokyo
Blade compilation again included all
the tracks from the EP) (Zoom Club
ZCRCD7 - 1998)
COMPILATION
APPEARANCES
UNBROKEN METAL (CD
including ‘Sting In The Tail (Demo)’)
(Unbroken Metal - 1998)
MRS
TAYLOR'S MAD
Andy Ware: 'We
were together between 1984 and 1986
and had the line up of Dave Ware
(vocals and harmonica), Andy Ware
(guitar and vocals), Paul Read (bass),
Trevor George (drums) and Tom Power
(saxophone).'
'We had loads of energy, enthusiasm,
and misplaced belief - influences were
Stranglers/XTC/Undertones/Bunnymen. I
don't know how you'd categorise our
sound - a racket I guess. I
couldn't/can't play guitar and that's
probably why we eventually disbanded -
I was hopeless.'
'We got a one page spread in The
Journal and we thought we
were 'there'. We also had a big
picture in The Journal with me
singing, playing a guitar, and a sign
saying 'Ladies' from the toilet behind
the stage that looks like it's stuck
to my head! We played local venues
including the now lost Amesbury
Fleapit Cinema, Wilton Saddle Rooms,
Rods pub (The Fisherton Arms) (3
times) - and of course the Arts
Centre. We made a cassette, 'Brain
Drain', with a booklet - what's
happened to that gem I haven't a
clue.'
'Dave went on to Jane From Occupied
Europe, I went to Saudi Arabia, Paul
to Newport, Trevor to the pub, whilst
Tom tragically died whilst learning to
become a tree surgeon. That's
rock'n'roll for ye. I now live in
Ireland but still keep in touch with
Wiggy (of The Badgeman) and brother
Dave.'
CASSETTE
BRAIN DRAIN (with booklet)
MYSTIC
SISTER
1990s. All female band
from Tisbury.