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18th_august_1990

Recorded on the Linkun 4 trk. Tape subsequebtly lost. ===Set list was something like Thru Destiny Ugly Dust Falls Day Tripper Thou Monday morning 6:15 ( McKett was in no fit state to continue drinking by this point ) London Lady ??? ??? Uncle Joe All

5 years ago (7/11/06 11:43 AM) Anonymous

28th_november_1989

===Burns McKett recollects The highlight of the gig was the trip to the toilets before the first song. Nice well kept urinal and soft toilet paper. Very swish. I think we played the following: Thru Ugly Dust Falls North Roads New song ( aka Time to m

5 years ago (7/10/06 4:25 PM) Anonymous

a_thousand_oceans_wide

Written by M. Bleu in early '90. ===Instrumentation Drums, L. Vc, B Vc 1, B Vc 2, Gtr, Bs, Kb

5 years ago (7/11/06 11:59 AM) Anonymous

burns_mckett

=====Too many notes? Probably. Learnt to play guitar with teeth before looking at a bass. After reconstrictive dental work returned to guitar using finger-style picking. Famed as a verbass-ist McKett now lives in Clifton ,Bristol with his ailing 4-tra

5 years ago (7/7/06 2:13 PM) Anonymous

burns__reply

-The heady summer of 1990. Patchouli oil. Unwashed hair, saggy jumpers and ->overtight trousers. The zenith of my feral attraction. Bristol's hazy pavements, -steeped in the equivocality of history. Colonial mansions sweated from the sinews -of the u

5 years ago (7/13/06 1:25 PM) Anonymous

destiny

=====Elvin wisdom ? No, in fact Jackboot says "ill meant wisdom". I need to get my ears checked. Started out life as a slow song in 6/8. Ended up 3 times as fast in 4/4 Bassline was probably inspired by Stone Roses "Fools Gold" and Strangler "Nice an

5 years ago (7/7/06 11:37 AM) Anonymous

duggy

=====Duggy Only member of Linkuns to make any money in the music biz. See [[Duggy speaks]] for an in depth interview with Duggy

5 years ago (7/10/06 3:06 PM) Anonymous

duggy_speaks

===Do you consider yourself a serious musician? i am a 27 year old, experienced drummer ===What words of wisdom do you have for the younger generation? available for session and band work. ===The eccletic nature of the Linkuns is evident in many of t

5 years ago (7/10/06 4:05 PM) Anonymous

groupie_pages

=====Deaf Able Seaman George Frinton ( retired ) I was very lucky. It was a case of being in the right place at the right time. I'd been thrown out of three or four places before really landing on my feet somewhere on Park Row. Making the most of my n

5 years ago (7/13/06 1:16 PM) Anonymous

live_work

The Linkuns were amongst the hardest working touring bands of the late 80's, putting in a whole two appearances for their fans (David Cousins, paid, didn't actually turn up) at a variety of top UK venues. Due to last minute problems with stadia, the chose

5 years ago (7/11/06 12:22 PM) Anonymous

mckett_interview

===Interview with McKett ==By Mick Nettle ==When did you first become involved with the Linkuns? Yeah well I was y'know hanging out with Jackboot and uh I was playin with this other group by the name of uh le' me see here. ( Long draw on what one assu

5 years ago (7/7/06 4:12 PM) Anonymous

no_smoke_without_fire

===No Smoke Without Fire Thru Beyond the Blue Lonely Street North Roads All Day and All of the Night Perfect Let's Lynch the Landlord God Machine

5 years ago (7/10/06 12:59 PM) Anonymous

perfect

Words and music by Matt Blue.

5 years ago (7/10/06 4:36 PM) Anonymous

songs

You may hear wonderful renditions of the group's songs by visiting the links at the bottom of the page. You might also hear roughly recorded teenage-angst-ridden drivel. It's all a matter of perception. [[Thru the night]] mp3 release date : 11th July

5 years ago (7/15/06 4:04 AM) Anonymous

start

===And now... =====It's time... ======For the Linkuns Why not eh? Well indeed many haven't. And most probably won't. But hey someone somewhere will... maybe. The Linkuns were a four piece rock band hailing from places as far removed as Westbury

5 years ago (7/12/06 3:09 PM) mck

studio_albums

===Studio Albums Various titles suggested themselves for the two official Linkun releases: Smoke Gets in Your Ears [[Worried More Like]] [[No Smoke Without Fire]] Fan those Flames ( EP ) Don't Smoke here Smokeway to Linkun etc etc No smoke without fir

5 years ago (7/11/06 12:26 PM) Anonymous

thru_the_night

=====Whoss thissun called? She? Well no, it's called "Through the Night". Quintessentially Linkun brilliance. ==Techy info about the recording The recording dates from the October '89 sessions ( whenever half-term was ). It's the first track on th

5 years ago (7/7/06 10:46 AM) Anonymous

ugly

=====Worried, more like Lyrics of chorus written in Salisbury train Station in January 1989. Verses written in 20 minutes while waiting for Jacboot to give me a lift to the weekly Linkun session. Chords based on descending chromatic descent. For choru

5 years ago (7/12/06 10:47 AM) Anonymous

user:burns

=====Burns McKett Despite his busy touring schedule with seminal rock outfit Tundra, Burns found time to lay on some bass, Linkun-style. By early summer of 1990 the Linkuns were one of the leading bands in Stoke Lane. But it was not to last. In Augus

5 years ago (7/12/06 12:18 PM) mck

worried_more_like

===Worried More Like Thru Destiny Ugly A Thousand Oceans Wide Dust Falls North Roads Beyond the Blue Passing storm

5 years ago (7/10/06 12:53 PM) Anonymous