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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Saw Bauhuas the night before in Edinburgh and 2 nights before in Glasgow! 📸me

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Could it have been this one, Andy?

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This Beach Ballroom gig? We supported.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The first photo I ever took at a gig!

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

No hiding in the shadows in those days! 😂

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Happy Birthday Mac! Remember this gig? 📸me

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

These are they. Onion Cellar Edinburgh 25.08.86 📸me

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

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...

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My first ever photo of a band was CG (& Caesar)! Just got a camera for my birthday 2 weeks before.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My first ever photo taken at a gig was CG. It was my first camera and had just gotten it for my birthday. 📸

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

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.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

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!

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🎉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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Oh yes! Here's my ticket and pics I took. They were something else live!!

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Yep. Played there twice. Went down a storm, probably cause not much ever happens in Arbroath. The other gig on that tape was Blairgowrie, another small town where zero happens. Flyer and ticket from one of the Arbroath gigs.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Here's the track list. The guy who made it for me was a real hardcore punk rocker and the last person you'd think would like Hawkwind, but he was partial to the odd magic mushroom which might account for his love for them.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

LOST TAPES (or so I thought) Unearthed at my parents house, not seen for 30 years. 2 TWP gigs from April '86. C86 tape, result! @arcticreviews.bsky.social @alanmuttley1066.bsky.social @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social @weddingpresent.bsky.social

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Fantastic. Saw The Smiths there the month before, 3rd on the bill, supporting Howard Devoto and SPK.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Ace!! Here's the poster/flyer I have. We played with Jesse Garron the night before in Brighton and guess who reviewed it? AND, it was a Thursday!! 😂 @miromoir.bsky.social @charlieendell.bsky.social

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I'm always checking out posters that catch my eye and once they start getting 4 or 5 stars, I investigate. Seen some great that started with a poster.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Me and my pal came down from Perth for that. Pics by me. Slept in a dressing room after the evening gig and everyone gone. Night watchman took pity on us as we were trying to kip outside the RSC stage door!

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

It was really cool. They were shooting at various places on the Royal Mile for a week. Didn't see it but they built a gallows in one of the internal courtyards. Can't wait to see the movie and Edinburgh spot!!

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Didn't see him. Took some pics. My wife got paid to close her cafe on the Cannongate for a day while they were shooting.

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Here they are playing our club in Perth. April '87 📸me

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🔊NOUVELLE VAGUE🔊 le projet de reprises post-punk version bossa nova #TicketStubWed #NouvelleVague Seen these guys 3 or 4 times. Always a GREAT show!! Highlight of this show - Melanie came into the audience to dance, tapped me on the shoulder and we shook our stuff together for 30 seconds!! 💃🕺

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This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🦇WORLD GOTH DAY🦇 Seems appropriate to post these pics again. The BEST Goth band of them all!! 📷me @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social

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