Oh, and the Sultans of Ping have reformed, by the way.

no FC ?

didn't they become known as The Sultans and released a final album which was a lot more noisy ? cant recall all details as i never picked that one up.

Band came on, and played "Kick me with your leather boots", Dawn smiled, and all was well. That was 1991, and we're still here folks.

I still love this band. I was playing Casual Sex in the Cineplex a couple of weekends ago, in fact.

Mark, was that gig at the Fez (or rather, Alley cat Live)? If so, guess what...?

For some reason I thought you and Dawn had been together a lot longer than that?

oh say it will be so!!!!

You're right of course, my memory's playing tricks with me again: me and a couple of mates saw them when they played the After Dark (before they started taking themselves too seriously) and they were fantastic; so when they were listed to play the Alley Cat a year or 2 later we persuaded a load of other people to come with us.... unfortunately The Sultans had evidently disappeared up their own Ping during the intervening period.

"That is a long time, check the calendar!"

Y'call 14 years a long time? Pah! I'll see your 14 years and raise you another 14! (I thought you and Dawn first got together in the late '70's / early '80's, like me and C*).

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=uk&query=detail&event=141035

goldie lookin chain art brut obv!

Ah, but in the late seventies, Dawn would have been nine.

Oddly enough, When Dawn and family came down to a Henley campsite for a holiday in 1982 or thereabouts, they went to see "Hansel and Gretel" in the theatre in town, which was staged by my sister, with backstage assistance from my mother (amongst other people), so If i'd actually gone to see this as well, (possibly the only thing she did that I didn't go and 'support' her with), I'd have possibly met Dawn Wayyyyyyyyyyy too early.

One thing I do remember was:

Before they came on, a six-foot plus bloke in a long black overcoat, emerging from the bar doing the slow twist, uncontrollably, like on board ship, then toppling over like the last moments of megaJenga and landing on all the indie kids sitting down on the floor with their drinks. Someone would get the guy, 'help' him up and take him out the back door. Ten minutes later, he'd re-emerge from the bar once again to general "oh no!" from everyone.... (repeat...)

So there was a documentary? And it's on Vimeo?

@EddieArgos 5m

This Sultans Of Ping documentary http://vimeo.com/36798784 @LukeHaines_News just sent me is AMAZING. Watch it.

Whoa, waidamin:

Luke Haines is promoting the Sultans of Ping?

"Want", obv. Thanks Ned!

Yeah I was a little 'Huh...I thought Luke Haines hated everything' about that tweet.

One of the least cool bands of all time of course but I love their first 2 albums and saw them in London tonight. They played every song I like by them. They even played Riot at the Sheepdog Trials (the song Mark G quoted in the OP).

Very correct!