A nice Friday thread – your tenuous claims to fame…

Was that in the Talardy,North Wales?
It was indeed, many moons ago

Mrs Monkeysfeet was an “exotic” dancer in that there club (at the time Mike Ahearn aka Warrior) was a “friend “of hers,
Many many moons later she still points this out to me…

David Bowie puked in a cupboard in one of our flats.

I went to a gig in Cheam in the 1980’s of a dodgy band known as the ‘Flared Generation’ who comprised of a couple of my schoolmates (Clive C and Simon W) plus Jeremy Vine and Tim Vine.

I don’t remember either of them.

EDIT: Ooh and on more band-related nonsense that reminds me, my cousin Sarah had a date with Lemmy from Motorhead, again in the 80’s. Apparently he was a sexist pig. (I mean really, what did she expect)

My mum went to school with the lead guitarist of The Animals.
A friend of mine is guitar tech for Joss Stone when she tours.
I now live in the home city of the band GWAR.

David Bowie puked in a cupboard in one of our flats.

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My Mum was at college in Manchester. Her flatmate went out with George Best.

Slept in Ian Browns bed!(he wasn’t staying at the hotel that night but I got his room, even crapped in the same Loo Ian probably crapped in) as it was the room he had just stayed in after Glastonbury .

Ponced a ciggie off Fish in a bar in Liverpool without cracking on I knew who he was.

Any climbers out there?

Years ago, a mate of mine of mine went with one of his mates to a climbing wall with no real idea of what they were doing. Some old bloke wandered over, grabbed the knot tied to his harness and looked at it, said “yep, you’re going to die” and wandered off.

The old bloke? Chris Bonnington.

(so he claims anyway)

I’ve met the queen.
Played snooker with Jimmy White, Willie Thorne and Andy Gray.
Was briefly on Central News when I was an RAF cadet.
Served Nigel Kennedy and Robert Plant beer in the pub I used to work in.
Sat on the table next to Patrick Stewart in the local curry house.
Best of all, got a kiss off this fine lady when I was about 12 when she opened our school fete. I got the job of showing her round and I got a kiss because “it will make all of your school mates jealous”…Indeed it did 🙂

Other half’s brother held the school 400m record until it was broken by Iwan Thomas.

Her Father who also worked at the same school taught music to one of the fellas out of the prodigy.

Another gf’s grandfather taught some of the Supergrass lads out to fish as children.

I live next door to Once the worlds highest paid porn actress’ Gemma Massey and her stupid excuse for a dog. On the other side is a football player who has more cars than I have hot meals I a week.

I was interviewed for radio and TV a few times when the protests started in Ukraine last year.

Oh, and Charlotte Church’s parents are my next door neighbours.

Not a tenuous link but a chance encounter. I was waiting for a friend at Heathrow when out strode Alice Cooper with a huge grin, had to say hi. He was very chatty, then he said ‘Iggy should be through soon’. Next thing I’m standing chatting with Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop!

Tenuous indeed, and could be a coincidence but… Circa 2k-01 I was wheelchair ridden after developing a systemic disease following injury. My school job being effectively over I took to doing what I did before, ie graphic design, photography etc. An old cycling pal visited me this one day, saying someone he knew had a bike company and could I come up with a logo design. I put something together, just one design, very distinctive font. He took it with him next visit and then dropped off the scene, and I moved so didn’t see him for years, in fact never see him. Never heard of the bike company at the time either, but the first time (and now every time) I see one of those frames I wonder if it was a ‘coincidence ‘ or if my old pal got paid instead of me. Not bitter!

Mrs MR was in a famous ‘cycling’ music video, but that’s not my claim to any fame, I just spent about two hrs pausing the youtube version to work out which pixel was her 🙂

I’m also in a movie starting Christian Slater, Marissa Tomei, and. Rosie Perez.

But you’d have it know what my arm looks like to know it is me.

When I had a petrol station I once filled up Sir Norman Tebbits Range Rover with fuel ( I knew him from somewhere but when he handed me his credit card I realised who it was)
I once had a part in Emmerdale when they were filming a prison visits scene.

Edit, I realise neither claims are anything like ‘fame’ but It’s as close as I can get.

Musical connections first.

My schoolfriend Emma is now known as Scout Niblett and has recorded with Steve Albini and Bonnie Prince Billy. Tony Soprano’s daughter Meadow had a poster of Emma on the wall in her college room.

I was also at school with the bassist from the Darkness (not the original one). I’m less proud of this.

When working behind the bar at Hull University the Rebel MC got shirty with me because I served him a pint in a plastic glass.

Gerry Love from teenage fan club was in my Spanish class. Took me about 2 months and about 30 after class pints before I knew who he was! 😆 Sound guy though.

30 years ago I was in a Robert Plant video..

that is me on the left at 1.47 🙂

Sir Paul bought the band 10CC to my house when I was a kid
used to go to his house quite a lot, xmas parties etc

D28boy – Member
ti pin man…..out drink Lemmy ? are you mental?

No I was drunk, he knew he was on a winner as he saw I had a head start, otherwise I’d have had him … cough.

I stimulated myself by hand as a teenager looking at pictures of Pigfaces ex.

Frank McAvennie used to visit my neighbours house alot in the mid 90s. Needless to say he stopped visiting when the neighbour got chinned for 18 million quid in heroin(He got 18 years, I’d imagine he’s out now)! 😆

My brother snogged 80’s one hit wonder Princess in a night club, and my son sold Martin ‘Wolfie’ Adams a bike.

Been trying to think of climbing stories for gravity-slave but the climbing world is sufficiently small that there are all sorts of random encounters you can make the most of (e.g. I climbed with X when actually all you did was fall off the problem he’d warmed up on one-handed).

One of my mates (no, not me) was the subject of disparaging comments from Ron Fawcett while sat by a boulder smoking. Getting told off by his hero was not a high point 😆

EDIT: I’ve got another one – my workmate’s husband pushed Steve McClure’s daughter on a swing…

DIRT (double page spread, shot from behind!)

Mr Nice. Indeed. I thought I was strong, back in the ’90’s. Bouldering down the Foundry one day, 4 people on the wall. Big Ron doing laps on features on one side, Ben and Jerry doing a photoshoot on the other. I got my coat. But par for the course in Sheffield.

I showed Leo Houlding a sequence at a comp there once. He was 14. Flashed it.

Shared Subway Sects (great band) chips with them after a gig supporting the Buzzcocks.
Met Lance Armsrong (it was cool at the time)in a spar shop in Tenerife with Cheryl Crow.
I got thrown out of the amusement arcade by Kirk Brandon (Theatre of Hate SOD fame) that he used to work in, before he was famous, for rocking the machines.

My mum pushed Sean Connery out of the way to throw up in a bin in Hong Kong when she was pregnant with me. She kept her head in the bin when he asked if she was ok…

I also saw Jarvis Cocker in the Magna Centre a few years ago.

This is great

I’ve had dinner with Des Lynam, been to Richard and Judys house , had a member of 10cc to my BBQ, told Björk she was in the wrong toilet , oh and my friend saw a member of the royal families left breast then smoked a spliff off Windsor castle.

David Cunningham of Electroweird type band Flying Lizards was our next door neighbour when we were kids.

Queued with Clarkson at kiddies theme park Sundown Adventureland near Donny.

I’m on the cover of a book called “Bike and Hike”, with Sir Dave B’s dad.

I went to school with Ed Clancy
My great aunt made the queens wedding bouquet
My great uncle (husband of the above)!was in the same class as Harold Wilson
I’ve had a very pissed piss next to an equally pissed Alan pardew
I sat next to travis pastrana on a chairlift in whistler.
Eorl Crabtree (of Huddersfield Giants and being the nephew of big daddy fame) is probably going to be at my sisters wedding.

I’ve got another one! You know that Carter story up there?^^^

It’s Carter’s last ever radio gig tonight on 6Music and they want stories so I wrote in Steve Lamacq just read it out. Proper famous!

Went to school with David Coulthard, i raced motocross and he raced karts so we used to go to each others events around the country, went to his first few F1 races with Williams after Senna’s tragic death.

Know quite a few DJ’s etc through organising dance music festival stuff over the years along with a few producers – a few could be considered friends but mostly we just meet up on the nights in question. A couple of years ago i shared a bottle of champagne with Nils Rodgers as he was playing our festival – was very cool meeting him.

Know Alex Kapranos as his house is near to a mates pub (i used to work there and we got talking about music/production as i was working on my laptop) , been to a few parties and sessions back at the house/studio and out for a couple of bike rides around the area, met the rest of the band and stuff – Bob is pretty cool.

Been to a few decent music/party gatherings through close friends who have a complex in Deia (mallorca), one works in film finance, one is a musician, got drunk with Richard Branson, Bob Geldof, Robert Graves, Irvine Welsh, Howard Marks, Lily Allen, Anna Friel, Rhys Ifans etc…. (the Deia crowd).

Most are tenuous claims as the only reason i really got to know/meet them is through my friends, it’s quite a small clique that i would otherwise not have access to.

I once blocked Sade’s drains. And on another visit to her house, my car alarm woke up Clive Anderson. He was annoyed.

IU had a piss on Rolf Harris’ drive (but it was back when he was still widely loved so people used to think that made me a bit of a **** – who’s having the last laugh now?)

Oh and I lived next door but one to Limahl from Kajagoogoos gran!

I was at Shugborough hall on a school trip when Anneka Rice come bursting through with a camera crew in tow. I eventually appeared in the back ground on treasure hunt.!

My dad went to school with Pat Roache.

Once gobbed into an M&S sandwich I prepared for Hugh Cornwall of The Stranglers when I was a young slip of a lad. He was a right rotter.

Also met Bruce Dickinson who was less than stellar and Stuart Adamson who was lovely. RIP.

All in the 90s whilst working for a large Record chain with a Dog and a Gramophone.