Biography
If I am the third person (as recommended by Last FM guidelines) then Spider dlb are the first two. This unholy trinity was born in Grays in 1958 to a woman. Only several years later did the rest of the world realise the significance of the Dr Who theme. In 1966 I can remember them (Spider and Dick le Burgh) listening to the Jamming of Radio Caroline, Oh! Caroline, bop she-wa-de-wa. Removal to Upminster in 1967 (to be closer to Ian Dury and keep the homeopaths burning) ushered in an era of Soft Machine, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Roy Harper, Uncle Mac and The Bell. The non-school days were amongst the best slices of their loaves. In about 1975 Footfruit (also known as Jacques Pudding) were about. So were Yes and Pink Floyd and Van der Graaf and Herbie Hancock and Al. No one has ever traced him, although Paul Simon did apparently play at Brentwood School in the 1960's before Mrs Robinson (who by all accounts was far better, but somehow missed out on the record deal). No albums or live performances later, the last of the cobblers hung up their telephones (for so it was in those days) and the lean gents that are still Spider dlb were. We have carried on the no public performance art thing for decades now, and it seems to be going down. This is a new.
In this short bography I have tried to take the neutral point of view requested of the third eye, but I am not a stone, or a twig, or a piece of paper, or a salmon, or an intergalactic space-traveller on a mission to destabilise the Earth's music business from the very bottom….but can you really be so sure?
Right, only thing left on my to do list is to 'read the Last FM Style Guidlines'……..
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