Awesome drummer! The best, in my book!! 📸me

Could it have been this one, Andy?

This Beach Ballroom gig? We supported.

The first photo I ever took at a gig!

No hiding in the shadows in those days! 😂

This tour. Small venues, lugged their own gear, minimal lighting. I was at the Dunfermline gig, too.

And 4th May 1982......... 📸me

And on this day 1982......... 📸me @willsergeant.com @lespattinson.bsky.social

These are they. Onion Cellar Edinburgh 25.08.86 📸me

REDS UNDER THE BED!! McCarthy Strasbourg Club Perth 09.04.87 📸me @naikcorb.bsky.social @pmpb166.bsky.social @robotforster.bsky.social @jimstwentyone.bsky.social @therosslyns.bsky.social @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social @nigetassell.bsky.social

I helped them out on 5 or 6 gigs. TP! got to know them & McCarthy when we moved to London and I was happy to stand in until they got a permanent drummer. These reviews were gigs I played and the Falcon recording, too. @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujsI...

And here's the chart from our archive scrap book. Straight in at 26, then up to 18 then straight back out! 😂

The Grey Trouser Brigade. 😂

Pics I took of them in may '86 at Hoochie Coochie Club Edinburgh. They were brilliant!

This is the setlist I swiped the night before at Dundee University.

🔊THE SMITHS - ON THIS DAY🔊 3rd of a 4 run of gigs in Scotland. Promoting 1st album. Support on all 4, Red Guitars @loudhailer.bsky.social @smiths-history.bsky.social @davidc86.bsky.social @dtate0007.bsky.social @shirleystrange.bsky.social @gerrard44.bsky.social @mmr3cords.bsky.social

A function room in a hotel.

You look like you were up against the barrier to get pics that close. Here's some I took a very long time ago, 2ft high stage, no barrier.

💥WHAT ARE THE CHANCES - ON THIS DAY💥 21.02.87 Age of Chance Potterrow Edinburgh 📸me @ageofchance.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @bad-girls-bad-boy.bsky.social @mattflipflop.bsky.social @coinneachrooney.bsky.social @precrecs.bsky.social

Here's a pic a took of them 1.2.87 Dundee Dance Factory. Perth boys, The Relations, supported.

Probably lost touch with the McCarthy boys around 1990. While still in Scotland we organised a couple of mini tours in 1987 for them. We supported on some gigs.

Very cool. Yes, almost overlapped. Arrived from small town Perth summer '88, 1 year in Streatham then 4 in Brixton. Loved it! Beer gardens, The Fridge, Academy, squat parties, markets, lidos, Ritzy, Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, 159 Route master, Victoria Line. Posted ticket stubs recently.

The Skids - 8 November 1979 Perth All 4 of TP! were at this gig but we didn't know each other yet! The guy on someone's shoulders is our guitarist, Derek. This image was used as part of a local music exhibition covering a wall of Perth Museum a couple of years ago!

Some not very good pics I'd forgotten I'd taken.

🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DEREK🎉 (it's a big number) He's known as The Peter Pan of Indie Pop round these parts! Here's some old pics! @miromoir.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.com @precrecs.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @petepaphides.bsky.social @lindymorrison.bsky.social

Brilliant! They were the coolest band in Perth when we were getting our act together. Played with them many times, definately overlooked! They did a Peel Session, too! 📸I took of them at Fat Sams in Dundee. @miromoir.bsky.social

Forgot. Saw Bauhaus play there twice. Me and my pal were on the guest list for the Bunnymen so no ticket stub. Bauhaus in '82 must have been during school holidays. We stayed in Glasgow on the Sunday night then through to Edinburgh the next day to see them again.

Only 2 gigs I went to at Tiffanys. Glasgow was a long way away for a teenager from Perth! 😂