In December 79 we heard that a local new wave band were looking for support acts for a gig they were putting on in aid of the Cambodia fund in Alcester a small town about six miles away from us just over the county border in Warwickshire. We phoned them up and they told us we could go to their rehearsal room for an audition. We assumed this was standard practice, and it was fair enough as we didn’t have any recordings of our songs to play them but it turned out to be the only time we ever auditioned for anything.
Anyway, one cold, gloomy afternoon we drove out to a group of farm buildings at the midway point on the road to Alcester and performed 3 songs in front of the members of The Fragiles who sat around on planks of wood and bales of straw watching and listening. We were nervous as it was the first time we’d ever played in front of anyone - but they accepted us.
This was a big moment for us. For me personally the main aim when we formed the band was to play a live gig, even if it was just one, and now we had it. It would be on January 12th at The Greig hall.