The Violators

Below history of The Violators written by Norm Fasey.

In the mid 1960’s, England was facing a crisis. Despite rapidly approaching The Summer of Love and England winning the World Cup in 1966, all was not a bed of roses in 60’s Britain. The main crisis facing England during this time was an acute housing shortage. To try to remedy this, the GLC decided to build a new town on the outskirts of London. The aim was to provide affordable housing for the thousands of people who were in desperate need. A competition was run in the now defunct London Evening Standard to name the new town and the winner was Thamesmead.

Work Started on Thamesmead in 1966 and, by 1968, the first residents were moving in. The construction was based on prefabricated concrete blocks and the houses were ‘built on stilts’. The site chosen for Thamesmead was reclaimed marshland and so there was a real threat of flooding. Instead of being the Utopia the GLC had envisaged, the result was a sprawling concrete jungle with a maze of underground garages which were warrens where people could hide/escape from the law. The town was immortalised in song by another band based in the area called R21 who came from nearby Erith in Kent. The song Newtown just about says it all… Despite having a population of 12,000 in 1976 – 2,000 of which would have been kids born on the estate or had moved there at an early age – there was nothing much for kids to do. There was one pub, two working men’s clubs, all of which were out of bounds to the kids, and a youth centre, affectionately known locally as ‘the youthie’. Crime was rife in the town, as was vandalism, born out of sheer boredom.

Thamesmead’s only claim to fame is that Kubrick chose it as a location for the filming part of A Clockwork Orange. It was with this concrete jungle as a backdrop that The Violators were formed and burned bright for a year before disappearing again. This was in the time when anybody could learn three chords and start a band. It wasn’t about fame, riches or girls! We just wanted something to do! Below is a biography of the band. I have tried to be as accurate as I can about the dates of events but it was 1977 so many years ago!!!

On September 4th 1976, The Sex Pistols appeared on Granada TV’s ‘So It Goes‘. This was their first TV appearance and pre-dates the infamous Bill Grundy interview by almost three months (The Today Show appearance was on 1st December 1976). I was sitting up alone in my parents house watching the programme. I had been seriously into music for around 3 years (I was 15 at the time) but had never found anything that inspired me. I had bought my first guitar a year before. It was a Spanish Acoustic with one string missing. My dad had seen how dedicated I was to learning the guitar so he bought me my first electric guitar on my next birthday – A Jedsen guitar – 15 quid from a second hand shop. This really surprised me as I never got on very well with the old fucker at the time.

So there I was up in my bedroom with my Jedsen and my Woolworths 5 watt practice amp playing along to early Stones (Satisfaction, Sympathy For The Devil etc), Sweet (Teenage Rampage, Ballroom Blitz etc), The Shadows, David Bowie (Suffragette City, Jean Jeanie, Ziggy Stardust etc) and a band called The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ( Vambo rools OK!). All were bands that I listened to but never felt particularly inspired by. I just liked the fast loud songs but the words didn’t mean anything to me! I used to watch programme’s like ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ and ‘So It Goes’, trying to find something I could get into and identify with. Saw the New York Dolls on OGWT and they struck me as interesting.

Then came September 4th 1976 and the Sex Pistols on TV and I was blown away! I knew almost straight away that I wanted to start a band. I never considered myself good enough to start a band before that day, as all the bands I saw on TV had the same thing in common. The guitarists had obviously been playing for years and had become accomplished musicians. Now it seemed that this did not matter. It wasn’t just the fact that you didn’t need to be able to play to be in a band that I liked, it was also the energy and ‘fuck you’ attitude of the Pistols that made me sit up and listen. John with that ripped up pink jacket held together with safety pins screaming about how he wanted to destroy passers by was just how you felt at 15!!! The whole spectacle was like nothing I had ever seen before in my life and it immediately captured my imagination!

A couple of doors down from where I lived was a Social Worker called Alan. A bit of an old fart – he used to invite me in to listen to his Bob Dylan albums and I can remember thinking ‘what the fuck has this crap got to do with anything???’. Anyhow, he seemed to know everyone and so he introduced me to Hans (Now known as Johnny O). Johnny O had a cool record collection which included The Velvets, Iggy Pop and Patti Smith. What’s more he had a guitar and could play a bit! So there was the nucleus of what became The Violators.

I knew Wayne from Riverside Comprehensive School. Another bloke who had a great taste in music. He was into Roxy Music and Bowie and always dressed cool. He couldn’t play an instrument but was the perfect choice for a front man. All we needed was a bass player and a drummer. A guy at school we knew had a bass and we invited him to join. Unfortunately, he didn’t last long as he wore flared trousers to a rehearsal which we thought was a real fashion faux pas! We had considered writing a song about him called ‘Alan Kings Trousers’ but we didn’t go through with it. He was soon dispatched in favour of my brother Martin.

First Rehearsal 31/1/1977 –  Alan and flares still there and Norm is called ‘Psycho Storm Trooper’! before changing to Death Ray

Martin had been learning the guitar for as long as I had. He had a slightly different taste in music to me pre-punk and leant more towards Deep Purple and Quo. Even so, he liked his music loud and fast and was as inspired by the Pistols as I was. He swapped from guitar to bass and joined the band. Martin and I used to walk to rehearsal carrying this large bass bin he had made from a yellow tea chest in a nicked shopping trolley from the local supermarket, Happy Days! 🙂 Martin’s energy and drive as part of The Violators’ rhythm section was pivotal to their sound!

We started to rehearse without a drummer in the back room of the ‘youthie’. Within a few weeks, we had started to attract attention and word had started to get around. One night a head poked through the window of our rehearsal room. It was a guy called George Watkins who said he had a drum kit. We said it was OK to come along to rehearse with us. He went straight home and got his drum kit and was back inside the hour. He was heavily into The Who and Keith Moon and he played that way – which wasn’t a bad thing! Thus the line up of The Violators was complete.

Rhythm Guitar: Norman Fasey, drums: George Watkins, Vocals: Wayne Lewis, Lead Guitar: Hans Klabbers A.K.A Johnny O & Bass: Martin Fasey

After a few weeks rehearsal as a full band, we had penned a number of songs of our own. No recordings of the band exist even though they did obtain a publishing deal at the time that gave them free recording studio time and rehearsal space. The Violators sound can best be described as a driving drum beat much in the style of Georges’s idol. A driving bass playing one octave lower than the rhythm guitar which played half-barre chords on the 5th and 6th strings with the occasional open power chord stolen ‘Play in a day the Bert Weedon Way’. Lead Guitar made embellishments over the top sometimes – in the minimalist style of Television.

The vocals were naive and carried out with more than a hint of Lydon about them. We never went in for groundbreaking lyrics, you can tell from this snippet of ‘Suicide.’ Click on lyric image right for larger image.

Suicide, it’s contemplation
Suicide, I need masturbation!

Earth shattering! I don’t think! But what could you expect from a group consisting of two 15 year olds, one 17 year and two 19 year olds! Song titles that stick in my head from that time were the afore mentioned ‘Suicide’, ‘There’s A Killer In You Tower Block’ and ‘No Justification’.

We had managed to put together a half hours set and felt ready to conquer the World! A couple of hippies from Thames Polytechnic Student Union came down to rehearsals to suss out if we were good enough to play a gig. Our first gig was supporting a rock band called Red Track in the Students Union Bar of Thames Polytechnic in Woolwich, SE London. We were nervous as hell but managed to play all our songs twice to fill out an hour. Johnny O got a smack in the head outside the back door as we were carrying out our gear. Some Hells Angel had a go at us saying something about Red Track being better than us. All in all the whole experience was all we expected it to be. We were hooked on playing live and getting better as a band.

The next gig was an open air Punk Festival on the waste ground behind Fararr House, Crossfields Estate in Deptford. This was also reputed to be the debut of Cafe Racers who were to become Dire Straights but I am pleased to say we did not hang around to see them! Headlining the gig were Squeeze. The whole occasion was a bit of a blur. I remember one of the other bands guitarist was riding around on a skateboard. Looked pretty cool with his spiked up hair. I remember doing our set, getting a few claps from the audience – which had far too many hippies in in for a punk festival. We packed up our gear and fucked off. I don’t even remember seeing Squeeze.

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In 1977, like most bands, we sent a tape to the Roxy Club to see if we could get a gig. On 23/4/77 we supported Siouxsie And The Banshees at the Roxy on the same night as they were filmed for Don Letts’ Punk Rock Movie. Two months later we played there as the headline band. There was no support band so we supported ourselves. I can remember there were about 10 people there. It was midweek, the gig was not advertised and it was during the (sad) decline days of the Roxy.

Punk77 – As was common then, up and coming bands were often picked up and featured in fanzines. In this case it was Alan Anger’s Live Wire. It talked about their history so far, mentioned that the singer didn’t turn up to the Deptford Punk festival and Norm (Death Ray) and TD sang instead and featured the lyrics to one of their songs Routine. One of the other things that came out was just how young the band was between 16 and 19. Eater had a lot of publicity about their ages that went both for and against them but this band were incredibly young on average as well but they had so much cahones organising themselves, gigs and their gear.

Above: The XTC gig at the Rock Garden 26/9/77 was reviewed in Melody Maker but failed to mention the Violators. At the gig the band took the liberty to relieve XTC of a number of badges.

Right: The time honoured tradition of advertising in the music paper for musicians wanted. As you can see it was a busy time for Punk/New Wave bands forming!

There was a long period of rehearsal followed by our next gig at the Rock Garden with XTC. This was a couple of weeks before their 3D EP released which made it around October 1977.

Punk77 – By October The band had lost both their vocalist and bassist and were looking to recruit but without success and were rehearsing as a three piece with Norm on Vocals.

The band continued trying to find new members and writing more songs. A Beggars Banquet promoted gig with The Boys in October was cancelled which joined other cancelled gigs like the one with Alternative TV. Records show a gig supporting Generation X at the prestigious Marquee but it’s not mentioned in Norm’s recollections so unlikely to have happened.

The band just fizzled out towards the end of 1977 for no real reason except we all got bored with it and couldn’t see it going any further in its present form or line up. I joined R21 for a short time then formed New Devices with Wayne and Martin. Johnny O’s next steps are a mystery as we lost touch although his web page says he moved to Australia.

In December 2020 Norm Fasey sadly passed away.

The Violators played the infamous Roxy Club in London WC2 twice in 1977- This Interview between Paul Marko, Norm Fasey (AKA ‘Death Ray’), Wayne Lewis and TD of the Violators was carried out electronically via the internet in 2006 and was for the book – The Roxy Club London WC2.

Had you already been to the Roxy as punters and how did you find out about the place??

(Norm) From reading Sounds and NME. I also took a trip up to Rough Trade and saw a poster for it. I did go there as a punter.

What were the bands you saw and what were your recollections of them, the place, people, clothes, atmosphere?

(Norm) I saw Eater and Wire play there one night. It was my only trip there as a punter. For a 15 year old lad from the sticks, it was quite an intimidating place. I didn’t have many peers to identify with where I lived in Thamesmead, SE London so I didn’t look like an archetypal punk.

Photos – Arcane Vendetta

The trip up to The Roxy meant a train ride from Abbey Wood to Charing Cross station then a walk from the Station to Neal Street. We got there the same way when we played there as well. The train would have stopped at a number of stations along the way. I always tried to get a single carriage on my own and hoped no teddy boys would get on the train. Travelling around London dressed as a punk and being on your own was a pretty scary thing!!

I was wearing home made gear. Painted army surplus jacket with stencilled Clash type writing. Old school trousers made into drainpipes and a shirt with “Fuck Off” painted on the front. There was the odd smattering of safety pins about my person but none through the face. I did used to do the trick of cutting a centre section of the pin out to make it look like I had pierced my cheek but never had the bottle to do it for real. How pathetic is that?

I don’t remember it being particularly packed in The Roxy when I saw Eater and Wire. In fact I had a clear view of the stage. Being a musician, I was more interested on what was going on onstage than who was in the audience. I was curious to see how other bands had interpreted this thing called ‘Punk Rock’. Wire were on first I think. TD and I went to the gig together.

(TD) The drummer from Eater threw a pig’s head into the audience and the audience threw it back at him.

(Norm) I remember entering The Roxy and then having to go downstairs to where the bands were. I remember walking down the stairs and seeing Shane McGowan, Mark P and Mick Jones standing around waiting for the band to come on. All faces I recognised from Sounds, NME and Sniffin’ Glue. Don Letts was playing a mixture of Heavy Dub and Iggy Pop records. It was like entering another World! A World I felt totally at home in! Wire were excellent! A real change from the “1.2.3.4 blah blah blah” merchants. I have been a fan of theirs from that day on.

The floor was covered in beer, sputum and pigs blood. There was even a used condom on the floor with a knot tied at the top. Despite this I thought the place was heaven! A place to swap ideas and see what the other musicians were up to. Some of the most original bands passed through the doors of the Roxy. Early Adam And The Ants – Trust me! Before all that Dandy Highwayman shit, Adam wrote some great stuff. He was also a very good guitarist! Also of note would have been X-Ray Spex and Subway Sect, Wire and Siouxsie And The Banshees. All of whom took the seed planted by the Sex Pistols and made something different out of it. There were also a lot of crap bands around at the time as well who played sped up rock and roll and sang about how bored they were, Mentioning no names but they know who they were. (Johnny Moped!).

When you went there was the club cliquey at all?

(Norm) I am not sure that you can call it cliquey? Like any club, there were groups of friends that hung out with each other. I only went there a few times so I am not really an expert. The Bromley Contingent were supposed to be a bit cliquey. There was also a bunch of Posers that used to hang around the Rose and Crown in Blackheath. All in all I think most of us had a common interest and got on with each other. The scene did have its cliques but not especially centred on The Roxy.

What was the average age of the band at the time?

(Norm) I had just turned 16 so had our singer, Wayne. T.D was 19 and so was George. Martin was 18. So the average age was around 17 ½ years old.

How did you come to get a gig there?

(Norm) What did bands do before the invention of the Cassette Recorder??? Answer is use TEAC reel to reel recorders to make demos!

(Norm) I got my first cassette recorder in 1974. I can remember having a tape of one of David Bowies Albums that I used to play all the time – possibly Ziggy Stardust? It had big piano keys on top that you had to press down to make it work.

(Norm) The band used to rehearse in the back room at the local youth club. We just put a cassette recorder on top of one of the amps and pressed play and record. The result was dead rough but was sent off to Andy C at The Roxy to the address we found in Sounds gig guide. We didn’t have any good gear at the time. Martin had made a bass cab out of an old tea chest and had an old valve amp. I was playing through a Woolworths practice amp with Wayne’s vocals going through the other channel. He didn’t even have a decent microphone. I had made Wayne one by soldering a jack plug onto an old Mike from a tape recorder. We had to put a blanket inside the bass drum of Georges’s drum kit and a tea towel over his snare as he was drowning out our piss-poor amps. . We didn’t hear anything from Andy for about a month. Then he phoned me and asked if we wanted support Siouxsie And The Banshees on April 23 1977.

What was said to you?

(Norm) Andy phoned up.
Andy: “Hello, I got your tape, what are you doing 23rd April?”
Me: “Errrr Nothing”
Andy: “Great can you come up and play?”
Me: “Yeah, OK. Who will we be playing with?”
Andy: “Siouxsie And The Banshees”
Me: “Yeah OK. See You on the 23rd. Do we get paid for it”
Andy: “No; but you get free drinks”

I can remember putting the phone down and being in a daze. Once it had sunk in, I remember running the half mile to TD’s house to break the news that we were playing at The Roxy supporting Siouxsie And The Banshees.
 

Did you get any money for the gig?

(Norm) No but there was a hatch from the bar in the Roxy into the dressing room which they passed booze through to us. It wasn’t all you can drink through. I think it was just a couple of rounds of lagers.

You supported Siouxsie. Did you have any contact with them and if so how did you find them? Snotty or friendly?

(TD) Siouxie was distant but polite – John had broken his guitar and used my Les Paul copy for the night.

The gig. How did the Violators go down?

(Norm) I can remember the feedback being quite good after we went around and spoke to people afterwards. We sounded quite good. I often wonder if Don Letts still has some footage from the cutting room floor of us? We never made it into the final cut of his movie. I would give my left nut to see that footage! I don’t think we really gave a fuck what we sounded like. We had made it onto the stage at The Roxy!! We had lived the dream! Actually we gave it 110% that night and sounded really good. We did all our own songs and didn’t cover anyone else’s stuff. Largely because we didn’t have the talent to do so. But we came across as naïve, energetic, fast and loud. Everything you would want from a ‘punk’ band.

(WL) Then came our time to open. The crowd were older and Norm is right, a bit intimidating. There were blokes looking like IRA hitman, all berets and sunglasses and in hindsight I realise they were the fashion end of the movement all Artschool cool. Also everyone was older than us about 10 yrs older I thought BUT it was everything I hoped it would be and for that night it was packed. The dressing room ( yeah right ) was pokey and small, full of damp walls and graffiti. The beer was served in plastic glasses and was poor. Not that we had that much of it as we were skint. We were not acting, we had F*** All.

I remember as we went into our first number, all nerves and adrenalin, that the audience loved us and there was a lot of pogoing going on. We were in our element and we were good even if I say so myself. Ari Up did join us on stage and sang along. I don’t know how because even I didn’t know the words.

(TD) At the Siouxsie gig I remember waves of spit as we were playing. We were that nervous having Ari Up go into the women’s toilets and rip out one of the toilet seat and walk up on stage and put it around my neck towards the end of the set was something I will never forget. That toilet seat was rank, but who cared.

(WL) Thing is, that all our hours of rehearsing paid off. We were pretty tight. The songs were really good . Norm and Hans were great on the guitar, Mart was pure adrenalin, George was a really good drummer in the Keith Moon sort of way and I was happy to be part of it. I think we did encore just before Don Letts drowned us out with some dub.

Did you stay and watch Siouxsie? Any recollections?

(TD) We sure did – John had my guitar! They were shit but they looked great of course. Siouxsie had some serious stage presence; you were scared of her but you wanted to fuck her.

(Norm) I remember Siouxsie And The Banshees being very good. I remember them doing Captain Scarlet and probably Metal Postcard as well. All in all they were very tight and loud. Siouxsie had amazing stage presence.

(WL) Watching Siouxsie was brilliant. From being on stage to punter in an instant. Captain Scarlet does stand out. She did complement us on our set; it was a magic night.

The night was being recorded by Don Letts. Were you filmed at all?

(Norm) We were filmed but never made it into the movie. Like I said before I would love to see the footage he took of us. Don, if you ever read this, check your archives… See if you have any stuff you filmed of a band called The Violators. I would love to get hold of it!!

Quite a momentous night as it was the night the owners including Andy C were evicted afterwards. Siouxsie made a few announcements from the stage about it urging people not to come back? Do you remember anything about this? Did you know Andy etc were being evicted?

(Norm) Don’t remember a damn thing about it!! I missed the whole thing. TD Says he remembers the announcements. It must have made an impression on people because, when we played there the second time, the place was dead!

Did the atmosphere seem any different that night?

(Norm) Not really. I didn’t know the place well enough to tell the difference. We were just five blokes from the sticks who were just in awe of the whole experience.

The club gave bands like yourself the chance to play there? How important do you think the Roxy was to punk?

(TD) Absolutely – it was the essence of punk as it was in its most original and authentic form.

(Norm) It was very important! It was a focal point for the whole scene. Somewhere where you could feel comfortable and hang out with other people who liked the same music as you.

How come it took you so long to play there again and how did you get the gig?

(Norm) They phoned us and offered us the gig. We were playing on our own so did our set twice. So we supported ourselves. I don’t think it was that long between gigs? There were a lot of bands around at the time all of which wanted their five minutes of fame!

Roxy Club Soundcheck 7/5/77

(TD) Mate we lived in fucking Thamesmead – we had to take our gear to the railway station in a fucking shopping trolley and then carry it on the train – playing in the city was a major logistical nightmare not to mention a financial one – anyway it was only a month or so later I think I can’t remember the dates.

How had it changed in terms of atmosphere and people? Had punk changed by then? How had the Violators changed?

(Norm) Punk had changed. It had all but moved on. The bigger bands had sold out and signed to big labels. What was once fresh and dangerous had already started to become commercially viable and acceptable. The Violators had got a lot tighter and written a shit load of new songs. We were all pretty disillusioned by then and the band split a few months later. It was a moment in time that we had the privilege of being part of. There was already a feeling that it was over even though it was still a catalyst for a lot of exciting new stuff to come out of the late 70’s and very early 80’s. We all went on to play in other bands but that first gig in the Roxy is something that will live with for the rest of my life. It was a defining moment for me! Fuck! That sounds very pretentious and ‘Californian’ doesn’t it!!

What were the new owners like? Did you get paid?

(TD) We got paid… Was it a hundred pounds? Norm might remember?

(Norm) I never got involved with the money side of things. I do know all the money went into hiring a PA and amps so we never made any money ourselves. The new owners kept a low profile. I couldn’t even tell you who they were.

Any memorable incidents stand out from either gig you played there?

(Norm) The place was empty for the second gig!! There couldn’t have been more than a dozen people there. It was sad to see the place had gone down the shitter in such a short space of time!

(TD) Spitting was big – but you accepted it as a compliment or something. We were “headlining” we had to do two sets there wasn’t a dog there. We ran out of songs and had to start again from the beginning.

(Norm) It was sad to see how much the club had declined since our first gig. I can remember thinking after the gig that I had just witnessed the death of Punk Rock for myself. That is all I can say really. It was a great time in my life that has affected me deeply for the rest of my life. It still influences me today in my everyday life, now that I too have sold out and living the 9 to 5 existence!

(WL) Memories are funny things but I think the essence is right. We got a chance to play at the place , the ROXY and at the right time. Tell people today that you played the ROXY supporting the Banshees and you get a quizzical look. The Banshees are famous worldwide now but they had to start somewhere.

The Punk movement was ginger wedges and carpet slippers. Don’t let anyone tell you any different. We know as we were there.

Way back in the early 2002 Punk77 got a message from a Norm Fasey offering some info on bands he was in. As these things happen, before long he was offering to help out the site due to his techie background. We duly met up at Basingstoke train station and had a long natter about what we could do with the site.

Sent: 29 July 2002 11:57
To: punk77
Subject: Punk 77 Site.

Alright Mate,
I have just been looking at your Punk 77 site and it’s the dogs dangley’s! I am one of the old school and was doing some research into one of my favourite bands of the time (Wire). One of my other bands (New Devices) recorded a demo in a proper studio in 1978. Recently I found the old tape and got someone to burn a CD of it. if you think it’s worthy of a mention, I can put together a section on the band for your site. You can use the tracks onyour site if you like – who gives a shit…

Norm (Who grew up to become a Computer Programmer).

 

A lot of it never came to pass as these things do, but one of the biggies was the TalkPunk Forum. For a good few golden years it was a vibrant, fun and sometimes controversial chat place filled with characters and fallouts and make-ups and a fair number of us remained friends. Norm was a big part of that and we often used to talk about the characters who posted along with other stuff that often came as a surprise, like his featuring in tennis tournaments and having an outside chance of featuring in the Olympics for Britain!

Norm also kept it going technically because the site had been hacked a couple of times and Norm used to do the biz setting up databases and re-installing the software and generally fixing those inevitable glitches that happen from time to time running these things. One Christmas both me and him worked around the clock, in between festivities, redoing templates and reinstalling so Talk Punkers would still have a site to natter on!

All the times I or others called on him to help he never once let them down or complained even though I imagine it was a right pain in the ass.

Around 2013 I’d taken a hiatus from Punk77 and TalkPunk had ground to a technical halt. Norm was off doing his Radio station with fellow TalkPunkers and that was that until in early 2020, I decided to restart Punk77. After 7 years I emailed Norm out of the blue and told him my intentions and as if it was yesterday he just straight away offered his help and jumped in getting the site set up and going again and we’ve been running a year. We discussed TalkPunk but the decision was its time had passed and the effort to get that going again was too much.

Hello mate! I often think of you. Not in a weird way, you understand! Just in a ‘I wonder what happened to Paul?’ and reminiscing on the good old days of Punk77! I would be happy to help! Of course I don’t want paying, you silly sod! I would be happy to do my bit to keep the music alive.

Norm loved his punk, especially Wire, and was in his own band The Violators that made Punk history playing with Siouxsie & The Banshees at the last night of the Roxy with Andy and Sue at the helm.

The last thing I was talking to Norm about was his band featuring on an upcoming Bored Teenagers release. I was going to interview him again and as a thank you do a whole update on the Violators. We never got to do it.

In December 2021 Norm passed away in his sleep.

As a tribute, Punk77 proudly features a much revised update of the band here along with an interview done way back in time with them.

It’s funny because in all the time I’ve known Norm its been 99% online but he’s been a part of my life and Punk 77 for some 17 years and I miss him very much. Because in the end he was a wonderful person who would help you out no matter what and to the end he kept his punk spikiness proud.

Adios Norm! 12/12/20

The scrapbook below is a fantastic history of the band and was given to me to use by Norm way back in 2005. It was put together by bandmate Hans Klabbers (aka Johnny O) and features photos, tickets, gig references, anecdotes, lyrics, and in short everything ever mentioned about the band!

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