As a post-script to my blog the other day about Captain Dangerous splitting up, I might have been the last person to work out that Dick Venom and the Terrortones have gone their separate ways. I had my suspicions when I saw that 'Dick' had started to appear on Facebook as himself rather than the character (sorry to spoil it for you) and is working on a new project. I know more details than 'new project' but don't know what I am allowed to reveal. What I can say is that it is a shame that this band have split up, and the Kevin Bacon connection here is that the first time I saw them was as support for Captain Dangerous in 2011. As a live band they were dangerous and unpredictable, and that unpredictability is what made them one of the most memorable live performances on the radio when their sheer volume brought the police to the radio station while we were in the middle of a live show.
Maybe it's me, there is a definite pattern emerging of bands that I throw my support behind not going the distance. Perhaps this is why very few musicians acknowledged my including them in the Steve Oliver's Nottingham 2015 podcast specials over the Christmas holidays, or why they didn't express more than a shrug of the shoulders of emotion when they earned their first airplay on American radio thanks to me. It wasn't because they were ungrateful shits with their tongues up the arses of glory seeking music goal-hangers Dean Jackson and Mark 'literally' Del like I thought, it was just because my endorsement means the end of the road. At least they split up of their own accord rather than some foul curse falling upon them, although that would be a pretty fucking amazing premise for a film.
The main character in the film, who the franchise is built around like Freddie Kruger or Chucky, is a radio presenter/journalist who loves live music. An outsider to the scene by choice, he somehow manages to infiltrate it and immediately shows his support for the best bands on the circuit. With radio shows in two countries his reach is far and wide and he soon becomes an influential figure, much to the disagreement of other promoters in the area who plot to bring him down. When a band get too close to the main character (let's call him Oliver Stevenson) they are murdered and found outside music venues. Did Oliver Stevenson kill them or was it the work of the organisation known as We Do Not Come From London who want to see him imprisoned for crimes he didn't commit? With Captain Dangerous, Dick Venom and the Terrortones, Fleets, Prefontaine and The Breakfast Club as evidence against him, Oliver Stevenson goes on the run from the police. Detective Inspector Jackson and Chief Inspector Del hunt high and low for Oliver Stevenson but can't find him due to his cunning ploy of hiding out in live music venues, knowing that he is safe from them in there. One of the malicious ways that Oliver Stevenson manipulates bands into his grasp is by offering them a strange substance, unheard of in Nottingham's music scene, call 'money' for performing. This sets the bands off on a strange idea that 'money' is always deserved when performing and they also find out that it is far easier to use 'money' to buy food and warmth than the synthetic substance 'exposure'.
There is only one way that the two police inspectors stand a chance of getting near the villainous Oliver Stevenson. We Do Not Come From London organise a gig that is a big deal to the city and decide to hold it in a big venue, knowing that Detective Inspector Jackson and Chief Inspector Del won't be able to resist entering to claim some of the credit, and to simply be seen to be supportive of something they secretly hate, music. Oliver Stevenson is safe inside while the support bands are on, but as soon as the headline act arrives on stage Detective Inspector Jackson and Chief Inspector Del are in like a shot. However, they must resist the urge to hang around near the stage pretending to look interested as they have a villain to catch. Oliver Stevenson makes his escape and heads to a local music showcase that hasn't been listed in The Hockley Gazette, thwarting the police in their efforts.
One of the support acts is found dead outside the venue just as the headline act is on stage. Detective Inspector Jackson and Chief Inspector Del were too busy trying to get in front of cameras to take notice. Was this the work of Oliver Stevenson who had previously endorsed the dead singer, or have We Do Not Come From London framed him once more. The whole thing was captured by local television channel Notts TV and broadcast every day for the next three years, however as nobody watches it, nobody will know the truth about what evil deed occurred that night.
I forgot to take my medication yesterday, but if anyone wants to do something with the above synopsis then please go ahead.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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