Fencezine Volume 3 Issue 1

2006·23.7 MB·English

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From Washboard to Beatbox:
MC Quake Climbs the Fence

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ets mindlowing and satel at fl isl eam sey shisch my memories of
‘vers ay Fanos bark a ims wall sore te King had boan sowned belo te
Jin deg, and ecor tr ym heel ean Pippa Te-am once one of he fv
the roc tha dereated-@ remit ofthe Sxbhie Duh Gest!

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froune ard gol sevove abovt mnginy she mecoaars, Rvs eat che tn
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any began ia mine thse casete eter fl carboes nat ner one pin anes
tunes, simuding tha -eloveen-taching diatibe “Wich Hat on Fence very fist
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| how tive ant soi gig atthe Sabway’ in Edbacg. They weve good
‘Tay were slaying baugats wid anja nr et Ko

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Teo snentione! 1 ae tk Klatoun Moroes was he ue bgiving of Fence, oF
posily when he crewed bn a. sib 3s the sollsion af sles and oF
tint frome Hee ll ed lat chasing a ecm an ing Be popstar ns
Shute oto wang lu wa hs impstnt hing, Sine then, Tse Bed Seren
toc emg wth Hensal asta with Reuben, dl dbe Hh, Key renace ad
festuttel te oper fr dlysallg i te slo wut of King Croco = esa
meting he sel Fave Jue cae Ler, leh bs peubly dor ere 3 sale
fing Not coms sly seaing ison wim pring aut he oa eds, Ae
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Jane B, The Lone Pigeon, and Me

eves Jare Bitkin that frst did it for me... | mean the criminally under‘sted
King Creosote poo clastx, 26 Sppased to tre somewhat overTated Aral

1 oe Re

T fra go te ow fe St Andeons Gftzons when as wotng a1 Aran’
fay-iato back n the winer of 1958. Nex any sid they maka a nice aresk
fom execrable sudent ineia aancs, bul Ihay also had songs Ike Jate 8, and
‘would do thngs Fe hand out Ile “oys 12 members ofthe audience, and end
up wih the ertie oar playing slang ws part o* te band. Having soent ny
teenaze years on a -Onden sndle ¢.cuf that ell worshipped the guy from
Maneweer asa Kid of aemigod, there was. scmthing se wonder ity
inalusive and unsnotbist n their performances tat las insta hoowed. #
iso cug thal twa of tho guys ftom the Citizens ran the only cecen: cord
store in ‘vn that would be Fence Records on South Street) enc didnt seem
te mind me hanging out tering tp Sonic You racords for Sva hours at
ech whe acta bay anhing o | tated scheing my eit ot
‘he be” aroun Citizens nights. #5 well 35 King Creosete sala shavs 4

‘oule usualy feerre sets fem The Jase and /er the merortal Gumi Bake,
‘A few rants late: someshing very aporant happend. | was belind the ba.
KC nas pissing, amd ho Induced a ar'al, opatded tan who walked ‘sth
stcoper shoulders, and his eyes cas: dow oh the toc. So Ls uncononaole
Toasng guy gece up and starts playing in fte and stems, = ong. faily
mmaroinieus, ‘song about Moses. He slops playing. He slars again. He
nologisas to he susionse. Ha bugins the entre song again. The aulence
Tages interest and goes hace -c their conversatons, Hut then forthe br
Moment nes im the zona - aad dalvars one verse with the Tost Beast
ietensiy “had eve" seen Thea tre moment is gona and he stops playing
ahogotrr, apologises to he audience, and shuflas of dont tink anycne
ise nefosd shot magic moment, dey had last alae in th Stange guy ha
couldn | frish his aw songs, ul | was deeply effected. Somehow thet
‘ater ag oerfornance comoired the graca Cla ambsen dour learirg 10 Wok,
‘hth the graze ef a stag that has ust agen shot 3 fr ataggers before cies. |
‘nent nf the ile seared guy 23 we wove c'eating up tye bar ard said that
Lead his shove. Ha said ne as the Lone Pigeon an he became one cf ry
closest funds. That vos" was a lough onz for both Gorden and “we. 4
suffered with ss heath and! os: some heres Mc halpud each other ala
Batre | ek St Andrews “wartee te gota couple af my songs recarded 1
askud Ke-ny tz help me oul. le set re up ina yoom wit: John and Gourley
from The Jose, and sing ar elgh zk, tw mics, and his phen anal “ler,
Somehow made my congs sound alight Ie never ‘ealy eroorded anyeing
afore, ana aight dull realise how muea 2a fave was aBkeng o pocale
sanding 9 losd of tme on =y stuff (bu: hen, Tve alays been 3 bit of a
chaneat). Kenny wes fuly amazing in bre iene and care he teak cver my
songs; K vas such a yeracas afd eval thing fora genus eorguiier 9 de
tank yur King Crecsotel The other really sol ting he cid wir my S098
was to ‘cleasy thorn | etl vemeinber Fuicing Lets Get This Ship On Te
ose. “of the fist time ad thinking sh. a pnelego Rae to G2 pat ct

someting #9 genie, open. end cere ere gr

‘80 now. 3 fair few veers Iter and [rm wing tis crunk: ater 8 practi. with
The Alens, Gordon Ardarsor's naw band, who lve just stared alayng guitar
for, Somehow hare's a rice ciculanty 1 that. Qvel tre past faw years Ive
iad te explain Ferce te a ‘ot of people. Not everyone has got, even cose
fiends and band malo have totally misuncerstood what Fanca is. Cs not Far
everyone, Bu the pecple whe get I eal gett | sea great tings for Fence,
its awandertl, geactful, and wid thing o's Keep ttt way

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‘hat ar ndend tre chonzy Peto, te ein teeter to?
guass Fe nea chat ws woul suly gate sup oslacvaNexae above Ta Fes in
hitvo tanhen. Kenny wna ta ulna calles Oar Preeeme wie ed ¢ Lab-eeson
hart cal unt zs Dae had sr atthe Bone gh ge fo sbaut S seks ard
fated the HC iva band to aek hi up. [ink Colm Shar and Bevel wire ls nthe
ard thet cl kus dete ha el be good ta cepiaae an elation hat fe
shoe Wold rng ana tle 2 hee Ferce semblor reves Go Pisin) “0 ae ae: be
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buon tobe rae en oo mary “ns eae
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‘The wo'd ‘Fance” sarod lis usleal oor notations for me when Kenry tale me
rea wns buying Te auld record shop in Seah Stat. I thaught he was mad —
are's baen many weo “2oard shops in St A, but they've alvays closed down
wily na year oF Ho, dve fo “he "ight of Manzies & !Mactes. Pris ta that fr
ve "Fess" ws ject x wes logo on ihe Amfstice cassette whica Is worth
‘geting “or che tack Leslie, Anyway fal 4? the band I's been in, due ta
lleshiess and hatred ofthe mesic wa wote playing, Fd te-so: my cxams. and
Banned Io yo hack 2 colere. and be @ pOmAL But bafter hen" was going
loge f 18 monfrs doing my own music. Jus: $0! could say ka “nyse I
‘done i, Somehaw Ihaugh td make the fost af my I'S easier ts lwe. Being
fn the doke Waent a whove heap of fun thaugh, so fd gradurted info = par
tine ob ct hoatshen Yee Nel aa BT

"pinensver 1 coed though 1d stared comng along to Kenny's eabaret shows
al aikma7', Playing a bi of Mardelin, bass, whatzvar Aca Ct Spates on 2
‘mandoy? Im your nan. was a vary Fee otmcsahere ~ 98 in, any one cad
oy, they really wanted And, havirg soent the last fow years ce arcing ES
Seme 10 scngs aver and aver, that Feedom appcaleo tp me. | remember |:
inary sting a he sl af te stage playing along wth some singer ot
‘tior £4 never *el picking out notes to songs Te raver neard on ty
st siting busida me a young loss was doirg exactly the sam=
fon tat file and she dent know the sengs ether Wran | say Pat syons
‘auld play i they searted, +e goed the wa the scialiness of “he whole
aff pt he Brown Eve Gat brigade of, Thank Tae Lovd
Team there | fret saw Gardon play —ho was a-azng. dow #app'7gy g90d. |
‘ememaer fellng ¥ty Gory Tor wricever had ta folos hrs, Kenny 98 prety
mesh paayirg Dubh & Kranoum smu thar, alangskie sone new Wings ad
Some hmorovised madraes. ‘There eousned 1 be a few regulars ‘UMS UP, |
ene o” whom anpeo'ed t ‘sally not ike the music, act fen wen: lapoed
Ike defies if we attampred a ‘radticna tune | guess there's ot so "Uc Ive
inise MUA ee MeCN oo

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been alayed By Pool and itd tied Uo a Bi of intrest from a “ee labels
ed Jazz, 2AD and a Lorde labe As a rrsuk. Td hae "Moving Ua Seurty,
‘ioofing The Gospel released by moveind Bad Jac2. | put Bad Jaze 1a

mie Aurareatert A Wy toch wit Lone Pigeon. and wo del ost tsa ik Bad Jas cid 3
‘ole Pioge ait also? | put Bed Jazz in ouch: wlth King C-eosote and they
ghtas vpS00 copies of Se Foor at pomp fi tem andes th bus
Sorry aout at Kenny,

However, found tr sel beng in te buat sitsstor of weoad bythe London
label holt heard me on Peel Strangely though, they adn ke 7
instr-mentaion, o1 ny choles of unes. Hicin.‘Mhen they fe hearé “Lang
Teun! hey complained about the smalkpipes and s.ggusiad | renlaoac iv
2 Moog. They cide fink musk of my compericns, thw Bolh my
Supgestons af Kng Grecsaie & Lone Pgeon were clsmessed (foo Scat f

ise grzat expense
Although tke Lenton lavel were nice people, hel supers were not. They all
"kad UINPOC though. Huzzat Mayee ‘hey had Swedish Hood. B

‘Anya, Kenny kindly let ma put ar album <:a dough Fence wh'st | waited
forthe Lovderlabal fa get thet nates together, 01 put tegebver 9 11:7)
‘rack 24 — mosily the demos fram oy fret bun “proper. That as goad. IL
390g yo Ea rds :
‘round Wal Sve, Td bean aa Fukne Plok RA show wth my ol pal Kis,
iter the show. wren most peosle wad Ioft the venue. Dara was Us guy
Standing by himsat® looting a litle sheenisn, “rafe LB fron Domina’ said
Mike “er's get him auctor a pit = he's a dacent tei" (Mive knew be London
liga). So, we io jest that. cian reat his abe , aed a vas jst #hos te
‘igi 70 thé tendo’ fatal | fe Lav eee t schr-sove Se we gat on quite we
H He sok me about a: these neop'e whose recor he Fleasadl, ane | ta in
Abou: all my pals ‘rom Fifa. Tas evening wanton prety ls —we ended up in
Fl tna vast End backaacvers, wih Riley & Jan (now absrekly).play.ng Grain
Parsons tenes cn an a upight pana 2t der. Oh, and same crazy Malan Uy
uth chest oper wth a doe, Hin, ut. Le & I sare e-unkce, Pend

‘Next rarang. | tguied re never near om the guy again, ut wtow days ate
ha sant we © dozer. or 3a Domino ors, Wow. Same ofits pretty 20d Stuf
too Faut Tet, Papa M, Sing. Crivens, Thave 2 g90d wee lal he's got
gaia, So. 1 sens him a oa of Fence tunes including 4 sons sacl by Lone
Pigecn 1 King Crocsato | UNPOS 2. Wight Frasents and afew! of et
rancor -Bily Pranm, ete HMS G vaen-tin mi eonsiousness a hate,
Gr she'd'va been on there LE liked ‘he ot end the Hen of @'soene’ $0, Ne
care up tu ea us al Flay, tthe St Andress Cosmes ert. Whe boing
yell anymore with reasons $0 dd the Skerchbouk fad azz! Mkte : 48
Sram ta coun fr Fé. Has ln gute she Conon Pigeon a9

1g oe vols and dense ikea messiah and we ended he night a iat
GG freetorm arg Tour, featuting KC {LP 1 JY { Pip Dyin / Uncle Beesty ?
Reuben Doaftute pus arcther few pepe wne I cart quite vlace. Bray a8 3
i Evil 35 2 Kl, |hink Wit was Te feet tiene thet I Pane Happy Sona)

(aod ent, 98 Baulcop Wout say

Domina enced ue puting reeerds out by KG LP f UNFOC. JY, wich rly
halved tras along press and stenion wise. We statec fncing ourselves
Giterwrl putts of he old, mesty spar, uk someteres parlly togerhe’ —
F] Sweden springs to mine, wih tre UNPOC live band, sang Bavchop f KC 1
|| Picish Tre 7 JY, plus Lene xeon playing or the same bil. Thal Lave
Figean shove In Stockhe'n vos irmanne, as O'Nall nol d emp. Pidge ala tad
‘wth tat brifart ture whore ha's payng @ scmy church organ, Eetore
‘lds into ina Sta WVare theme, After 8 few miru:es of thal he slats Aow.ng
‘on top. I ahaye gers me. The susience were kaflad and wide eyed. But they
‘Were hapoy wih his star jumps. Easier tc gel. Everyone knows a qood scar
jmp wher Inoy see one. Later on That four. we mere playing an a town
handstand (ike #2 ene in fort of the Riv‘). a font of a few hundhed crszy

UNPOC fans, but thay Fecognised al of us, and wa all got to de 3 wee
i though Hey shaught ru was the dares

showoiace, Even Jchrny Pictish
Player Sabby George,

But to-es too rary memorat'a Farce weanls lo ontio~ prcoety
Green ban fesvale, each une unpocsbyy beter fran the previous; the hour
show ve cid al Lyncon & Lyemout the reck star Mojo fueled wedi in
Savarla where ? of the female guests wore m shock neving taken a michight §
val ard secovared 2 locale Peking & row, the J¥ 1 KC eure af the UK &
elsewhere... (dom puta drunk KG in Font of a Welon audlenee, by Ue wey}:
Snnouncieg an HMS.G tune onstage Ih Gantada and heering fom the
anders '| cen her da Lice Deesy & Kete binging “heir Baia vo the
Edircurgh Caves shaw Rea & dul ss ater-vadaiag shebang wne-2 Key.
dernmny & myset sung OW Marl for an haur straight wih every verse
becoming ~wofe ucieraus ard insulting @1 rave a frend aaled Kenny, F's no
handsone 1 guid looking’), Hopefllytherell be = few more. Wie ken
‘who we Walt be fn 10 years? Pisteh Ira wil have won a Mercury, UNPOD
the Swocish enty ‘or Evrovsion, HMS Ginatore wil ba a sea caplah, “he
Lore Pigeon a pale, and Pip Dylan wllko a famous ltset. KC'lro coubt |
fe He cam ohal she. wd? hbo bce athe baokshn, out wong ft
vive. Thats progress.
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navy cat” was ineredihiy I played, bray honest and veingowrth' eat tee
fonly te bal broke up alos raoeisel after x was mixed doven and suit Yas
aver released. ah, we ado maybo OD casseme copies, Lut i snow 10 yeacs on,
and everyone invelve as moved un, the aistery of his ford anc the demise oF
Ue le were catalysts fy Tanoe Ad king remote, a where boner 40 tell Ue
ordi ale a i this anniversary edition ofthe enesvine!

2 sats will he bres ep of ‘he ocignai som 1994, we'd jus bund eur
rae te. "khan eros" whe g comple of Une mui players esides te alla
sty, coimidentlly, sa coo had edinburghs "simetchend”™. wo had 9 gytarist
singer anda vss player; Mey had an eletcic gars? singer aus a drummer
Fit.» gases hut append ext well. the won halves eam tagither m1 Sum er
1504, Tearned to ply lout, sn dell the hlartaunt heres as 4 ew ata
separate sy altogether

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vweld sper Hetcuury cecording devmes. weld played quite a few vet gigs
Ahroughe the spring, but the exrapeen ti Yl been povited nirid wut to Be
JRF tlhe too shows = ore im a xgumt chub an lone, ane other a eailege 6's
oinewezo in helgium? we besn hoping tor aout iv tbe wb, 0 me dese
"well gu tusking befime and aftr our fe shew, fesninds ke areal ven,
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Ta torhele ar x fe ebont the nid of feanoe store the est gt cl

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tun Ere ec Ler 240 gues plas as muck tee white bao as w> could swallow. 5
swallowed alot, and had eas of ste bom shows hangars of sur vosrlony cases,
(Ge busking was 4 Lough, we 2 Teaned skilMe. ve pit a couple uf big dens in 2
"ab. the Rand cemng home fore that mip was vot v4

as Lexpisined, the Mhartaum aerose we <viginally (poets misao, Ue
pani skyolie dub onelestu, bu ow we has a weuple uP ences, 0 mits tr
plus more acquis shows, wo wanted os husk, aint we waned eWarthine to he
Supple. an yore rehearsals, demns. debts anc game ples, just mate shove in
Dubs, and mace inwveling i8 sumiter our ells Ind sifted back to Hut oF the
skuobbie dubhs, and alli sok to exchange dram stick fo blast ecks wa ie
suns and w heeled angutnen or te.

cue band tal emerged Fur the callapte of te hawrioum hesues wl Me end
Sommer 1995 seamed koa on a relum te if, we cled thie new hand “shoe
save hour, but wea we syed frst shows in st andeews pubs Hike ie mes
iin. the ather'e and fikin anc the wiley pat vere, many Haden in ele Sd
and th seus cemebiere! the signal sdn Pom their Ls, your al uni hey tuna
tt in dives 09 so0 us, and they ignered ou Gi shoe stark Ro" niche.
Appuvntly we fone ual svanded Tat Eke ths sdo af cl! nnsanny reall seeing
{re were Ee pa grginal sdb anyersy. in abe sutimat se ema 9 we Someone
(har caused incredible upheaval tor oversbody. und iC wus in his weird
fomotienal’y charged environmen that we booked stadia tie, with ve buik af ny
favinys { bocksd a ieket me the us, of, In 369 my ld sing, nempadre je
feller, we had even ibetiod a hie moneepo este!”

1 worked very Sand organising aud playing shows. # staned havi
artacks. > ving am almighty yer uaclss crush i wat about be kiesed out of
ny sefage na teases esate wilh its cele Jaw sont. we play 3 or 4 tm

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the [st ney isan january 2nd i eluene fo ay wee hase hing is a
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pes and deg Tis! then apent hours with Lresiag water talaing down on
fy hosd, and as it gol dark outie | “ad a> salvage diaries, storcos, pes ad
furituce. ered, lghiod. shouted, evi and Wughed rouue ad coun, aba O
ful order, we the ese ownor mmr bles arrived aed i x pluamy volee sat
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