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They were the active
audience, the participating crowd. They passed the word from mouth to mouth, they
coined a name for themselves. They grouped and organised - The St Albans Mob,
The Leeds Lummy Days Society, The Guildford Mob. They came on foot, they hitched a
ride, they came by the coachload. They dressed up, chanted, did 'The Stanley', hollered,
whistled and above all had a JOLLY
GOOD TIME.
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But it was a two-way relationship. Stackridge are the
band who kept their own autograph-book in which they collected the signatures of their own
fans. And it was invitations back home for tea (and the football results) while Dad
diplomatically mowed the lawn and Mum retired to the kitchen. If the band were
lucky there might be a floor to kip on. Sometimes they stayed ..... and stayed
.... and stayed. Several years in the spare room, on the couches and on the
floor of a flat in London is the record. God bless the long-suffering lasses
who put up with them for so long.
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| rhubarb.thrashers.on.the.net |
| Jonas Warstad,
interested in Stackridge as well as one of James Warren's other manifestations, The
Korgis, began the Internet Rhubarb Thrashers a few years ago. Jan Petersen got
involved and took over the hosting of the Stackridge site. The list of fans
affiliated to the site grew and can be viewed if you visit his site today. Jan
provided an e-mail link so that fans worldwide could get in touch with each other.
Meanwhile, Gerry Prewett independently created and launched his own STACKRIDGE
WEBSITE (Click on the name to view it!). They
discovered each other and decided to share mail and links. Elessar Tetramariner
entered the picture in '97 and in his own words, he... " fast became one of the eager
beaver project-starting guys ", keeping in touch with many of the fans in Jan's
mailing list. Elessar collected together recordings of radio shows and rehearsals
that fans had lovingly saved over the years and made them available to other
fans. Check out what Elessar gets up to at The Wizard Warren. |
| The band would love to hear from
Rhubarb Thrashers near and far. If you have stories and piccies to share, set up
your own web page and we'll create a link to it. Join the THRASHERS' CHAT-ROOM
to share news and find other Thrashers you may have lost touch with.
Sign up to the mailing list to obtain up-to-date information about the new CD and coming
live performances. And, of course, buy the CD and come and see the band play again. |
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