“Shux” – the band name for Flux in 1998
Following a brief forray as “Borissey Mould“, we renamed as SHUX – to stay close to Flux.
Visiting Amy in Vienna with Eddy Pittson
Eddy Pittson and I just had an epic trip to Vienna. ABSOLUTELY EPIC.
Trip to Uncle Jay Rusling’s Ranch in Oregon
A sunny, amazing adventure to Uncle Jay Rusling’s ranch in Oregon.
Randal F Magnet – US Road Trip – Vegas, Cali, The Lot
This was an epic, epic road trip. Brother Ed secured a car which was christened “Randal F Magnet” – an abbreviation of Randy Fanny Magnet, because it was sooo bad that it was cool.
Band briefly renamed to Borissey Mould
For a short while in 1997, we were known as “Borissey Mould“. This was directly after we had found that there were too many bands called “FLUX” playing, in LONDON.
Virginia on the Railway Tracks in Oregon, USA
Amazing shot, taken by Amy Shearer I think, of Virginia Shearer on the tracks in Oregon, USA.
FLUX – Gig at the PowerHaus, London – July 1997
Another very sparcely attended gig. At the relatively new PowerHaus in Finsbury Park. The sound was AWFUL. They should have kept the PowerHaus on Liverpool Road in N1!!
FLUX – Gig at The Orange (W14), London – June 1997
FLUX gigs at Rock Garden, Royal Standard, The Orange – May 1997
Flux Deluxe – Recorded in Angel Studios, London – September 1996
We had the privilege of recording a whole album with Niall Acott at Angel Studios. All Live, no clicks, and just a smidgen of me screaming (unknowingly) whilst recording my drum parts. Recorded in 2 days – 17th & 18th September. Mixed and produced by the fantastic Niall Acott over the following weeks.
FLUX at The Orange (aka West One Four – W14), September 1996
Mailing list flyer for a FLUX gig at The Orange, and also including details for a gig at the now non-existant Duke of Lancaster in Barnet (which is now a Sainsbury’s).
FLUX Gig at The Orange (W14) – June 1996
Photos sold to us by the venue of a FLUX Gig in June 1996 at The Orange.
FLUX – Gig at the Mean Fiddler, London – June 1996
This was perhaps the must UNDER-attended gig of all time. The people there were: The band: FLUX The bar staff The door staff The main sound man The monitor mix sound man The door security men The guitarist’s dad That was it.
FLUX Gig at The Orange (W14) – May 1996
Great photo of Alex Meadows in action at a FLUX gig at The Orange on 10th May 1996.
FLUX – Gig at Rose’s Music Club, London
December 1995 was BUSY for FLUX and their printing operation, me. Alex Meadows provided design consultancy.
Flux Gig at the Temple Bar, London 1995
A retrospective post. This was a setlist for the band FLUX, back when we were doing a mix of covers and our own tunes. and here is the promo poster – got to love the inkjet look.
Noel Gallagher defaced our Flux demo tape,… allegedly
A strong reaction from Noel Gallagher to our first FLUX demo recorded at Cafe Music. The authenticity of the handwriting and signature are unverified. See photos in this post.
Worthersee in Austria, 1995
Retro. Not sure if I was actually on this holiday. Still. Another great looking time at the wonderful Austrian Lake – Worthersee.
Summer 1995 – Holiday in Austria
More shots of the holiday I wasn’t on. This summer I was busy playing drums with Adam Drake, Eddy PIttson and Alex Meadows.