This from Simon Poole......

 

I was an irregular at the Horn from '75 through 79 then a regular from 79 to 81 and the two bands still I remember from those days were Joker/Streetband (with God's gift Paul Young) and the Never Never Band.  I saw the NNB at the Horn many times (may even have been there on the 7th of April that your tape was recorded, as it was the day before my Birthday) as well as at Civic Centre Berko and out at the CornDolly (bloody cold on the old Plastic Pig Honda with me brother on the back, riding back to Hemel along the A40 after a gig there...)  I spent some time in Oxford in '05 but the Corndolly is now just a place of legend and history and appears to be (it's been a long time, so my geography may be a bit hazy) an Aussie-themed pub. Back in '80 I was a tall (6'5") skinny biker guy with a beard and (at the time) a very loud girlfriend called Candy, but that probably doesn't provide too much to go by...

 

The Horn was the place though - playing the Space Invaders machine (subsequently Galaxia) by the door to the bogs in front of the Fags machine - although my mate Andy (another NNB fan now living in Telluride, Colorado) always beat everyone else's score, particularly mine ...  Going outside during the break to cool off due to the sweat dripping from the ceiling inside...  Wandering into the front bar when the noise level got too bad out back - to the disgust of the 'normal' people in the front bar...  Curries at

the Raj Duth after kicking out time...

 

Simon Poole

December 2006

 

 

 

And this from brother Ian....

 

I first got into them through my brother, Simon, who was a regular at the Horn. Saw them there a few times and a couple of times in London - once definitely at the Greyhound in Fulham and the other time, I think, at Dingwalls in Camden.

Particularly remember travelling down to Oxford on the back of my brothers bike to see them at the Corndolly and embarrassing myself by baying for Tuesday Morning - my favourite song - all through the first half of the set. When they finally played it a very pissed off Dane said “This is going to make someone very happy” or something similarly sarcastic. I still feel the embarrassment after all these years. My only excuse was I was very young (and very, very drunk).

 

Ian Poole

December 2006