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Back in time
Nutrockers!
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GOLLY MISS MOLLY, somebody's got hold of your oldies. That'll Be
The Day, Poetry In Motion, Rave On...they're all there, nutrockers.
The name of the band is Fumble, and they've just returned
from topping the bill at a Danish festival. Must have something
to draw 20.000 people away from all that porn.
As a rock revival band, they're slightly different, drawing
a lot of the material from the early Sixties. Remember Bobby
Vee, Rick Nelson, Neil Sedaka? Lead guitarist and vocalist
Des Henly has a perfect vioce for The Night Has A Thousand
Eyes, Oh Carol, and so forth.
Whatever your reaction to golden oldies, Fumbleseem to have
been the saving grace of many a concert - the light relief
which any normal fan needs after a few heavy sets. They have
to be fun by anybody's book.
A Record Mirror reviewer saw them at London's Greyhound recently
and wrote: "This lot are really uncanny. I mean lots
of bands are into 50s music but Fumble are ridiculous, an
anarchronism, a star turn from the mind warp pavillion.
"They transport your through a magic tour-de-force of
rock'n'roll's goldenera and Christ, the nostalgia almost made
me cry. I could almost hear a safety pin needle scraping round
a scratch ridden 78. It was a real fun occasion..."
For drummer Barry Pike, this festival means double nostalgia
because he was born in Reading.
The rest of the band: Des Henly (guitar, vocals), Sean Mayes
(piano, vocals), and Mario Ferrari (bass, vocals). O.K. gang,
Let's Have A Party.
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Success for Weston Group in beat championship
(Local paper, 1967)
Baloons flying
high behind Iron Curtain (Local paper, 1968)
Fumble (Record Mirror,
1971)
FUMBLE (Beat Instrumental,
1972)
American Press (1972)
Fumble gain a firm hold (1972)
Nancy
finds out all about....
(date unknown 1973)
There's no flies on Fumble (NME,
1973)
Fumble flies to fame and fortune
( 1973)
Rumble, rumble...here comes
Fumble (Record Mirror, 1973)
Fumble begin to feel good (Evening
News, 1973)
Fumble US Tour (Record Mirror,
1973)
In a class of their own
(Sounds, 1973)
Under the influence: Des
Henly (NME, 1973)
Rollin' and Fumblin'
(Melody Maker, 1973)
The Raver
(Melody Maker, 1973)
Back
in time - Nutrockers! (Reading Rock 73)
Accident Prone (Music Star,
1973)
An
interview with Barry Pike (Drum Magazine 1974)
Rock'n'Roll band signs up (St.
Albans Midweek Recorder, 1974)
Record and Popswop Mirror (Record
& Popswop Mirror, 1975)
Robin Katz talked to Sha Na
Na and Fumble (Sounds, 1975)
Pop goes GLC decibel dosage
(Daily Telegraph, 1975)
Concert reviews:
Playhouse Theatre
(supporting Bill Haley) (date unknown)
Newcastle,
City Hall (supporting David Bowie) (Jan 7, 1973)
Philadelphia,
Tower Theatre (supporting David Bowie) (Feb 17, 1973)
London,
Greyhound (May 17, 1973)
Paris
(May 31, 1973)
London,
Speakeasy (June 7, 1973)
London,
Marquee Club (July 14,
1973)
London, Rainbow Theatre
(supporting Chuck Berry) (Sept 7, 1973)
London, Marquee Club
(March 1974)
Bristol,
University (Apr 27, 1974)
London, Kings Road Theatre (Dec
15, 1974)
Burton-on-Trent,
76 Club (Mar 29, 1975)
London,
Roundhouse (supporting Dr. Feelgood) (Apr 20, 1975)
Festivals:
The Reading
Festival 1973
Alexandra Palace
Music Festival 1973
Roskilde
Festival, Denmark 1973 (Sounds)
Roskilde
Festival, Denmark 1973 (NME)
LPs and Singles:
Fumble
(Sovereign) 1972 (Melody Maker)
Poetry In Lotion (RCA) 1974
(Disc, Melody Maker)
Alexandra
Park (Sovereign) 1973 (Disc Magazine)
Million
Seller (Sovereign) 1973 (Melody Maker, NME, Disc, Sounds)
Not Fade Away (RCA) 1974
(Record Mirror, Melody Maker, NME)
Don't
Take Love (RCA) 1974 (Sounds)
German / Danish articles:
 Fumble
ride the oldie-wave (fans magazine, 1973) translated
Fumble
- Nostalgischer Pomaden-Pop (Flash magazine, 1973)
Success through persistence (BRAVO
magazine, 1973) translated
 FUMBLE
(GO, 1972)
Sjoveste LP i lang tid (Some
Danish paper, 1972)
Kendt
beatgruppe i Diskotek Limelight (Danish paper, 1973)
Roskilde-festival en stor succes
(Berlingske Tidende, 1973) |
