orli
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BackstageIs it true that Hugh stink-bombed the Ramones dressing room backstage when the Stranglers opened up for them on their London tour? I've heard numerous variations of the story.
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theraven1979
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Yeah I heard that story too. Whatever happened I think it was in high spirits cos I got the impression both bands respected each other
Jim
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Shirk
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I thought the story went that after the Stranglers had finished performing, Hugh promptly dropped a stink bomb onstage before the band left so that when the Ramones came out, they were greeted by a less than pleasant smell.
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FenDale
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These days Baz would just fart!!
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SmallPaul
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| FenDale wrote: | | These days Baz would just fart!! |
Baz?...........or Jet? 
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PeteL
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| Shirk wrote: | | I thought the story went that after the Stranglers had finished performing, Hugh promptly dropped a stink bomb onstage before the band left so that when the Ramones came out, they were greeted by a less than pleasant smell. |
Looks like Hugh certainly dropped something before they started "playing" NMH on TOTP - see "The Old Testament". For the first few bars of the song a clearly disgusted JJ is desparately trying to clear the air immediately behind Hugh using a newspaper(?) as a fan 
Was it Hugh?
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theraven1979
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He's batting off the dry ice ain't he?
Jim
| PeteL wrote: | | Shirk wrote: | | I thought the story went that after the Stranglers had finished performing, Hugh promptly dropped a stink bomb onstage before the band left so that when the Ramones came out, they were greeted by a less than pleasant smell. |
Looks like Hugh certainly dropped something before they started "playing" NMH on TOTP - see "The Old Testament". For the first few bars of the song a clearly disgusted JJ is desparately trying to clear the air immediately behind Hugh using a newspaper(?) as a fan
Was it Hugh? |
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SmallPaul
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| theraven1979 wrote: | He's batting off the dry ice ain't he?
Jim
| PeteL wrote: | | Shirk wrote: | | I thought the story went that after the Stranglers had finished performing, Hugh promptly dropped a stink bomb onstage before the band left so that when the Ramones came out, they were greeted by a less than pleasant smell. |
Looks like Hugh certainly dropped something before they started "playing" NMH on TOTP - see "The Old Testament". For the first few bars of the song a clearly disgusted JJ is desparately trying to clear the air immediately behind Hugh using a newspaper(?) as a fan
Was it Hugh? |
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Is that Yorkshire slang? "I'm off up to me bedroom to bat off the dry ice".
Paul
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PeteL
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| theraven1979 wrote: | He's batting off the dry ice ain't he?
Jim
| PeteL wrote: | | Shirk wrote: | | I thought the story went that after the Stranglers had finished performing, Hugh promptly dropped a stink bomb onstage before the band left so that when the Ramones came out, they were greeted by a less than pleasant smell. |
Looks like Hugh certainly dropped something before they started "playing" NMH on TOTP - see "The Old Testament". For the first few bars of the song a clearly disgusted JJ is desparately trying to clear the air immediately behind Hugh using a newspaper(?) as a fan
Was it Hugh? |
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Dry ice? Nah Jim, "fartpants" Cornwell lived on a diet of Guiness, nuts and beans back in those days... Creating an unpleasant atmosphere in the studio is the real reason they got banned from the Beeb - not the Guildford Uni incident! 
"there be a strange garlic here"
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orli
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So the stink bomb in the Ramones dressing room was true, Jim? How exactly did the story go?
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