Hey Neil, hows about giving us a bit of basic info about yourself…?
I am an only child, born in Bolton in 1972, and have lived in many places in Greater Manchester, but mainly Salford and Chorlton. I currently live in Swinton, Salford with my partner Anne-Marie. When / how did you get into (new wave) music? I have been into music since about the age of 4. My parents and aunties were all big music fans. The first records I had bought for me were the likes of the Wombles and Pinky & Perky, then Mud and Showaddywaddy, though the first band I really liked was Status Quo. Don’t laugh, they were still a decent rock band at that point (1976). I started to like punk/new wave music in 1978 when I got into the Boomtown Rats in a big way, and also had records by Jilted John and Sham 69. My aunties were into things like the Sex Pistols and the Stranglers, and my dad liked Blondie so there was a lot of ‘new wave’ music around wherever I went! The first records I ever went into a shop and asked for myself though were Stand & Deliver and Prince Charming (both at the
