Next!!....Vale Mick Fettes of Madder Lake

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When is this all going to end 

[Dr John Dee 1,057]

1 hour ago, hardtack said:

When is this all going to end 

All we can do, I suppose, is be grateful we're still around to mark their passing.

It's been a bad, bad year, to paraphrase (the late) Gram Parsons.

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I used to go to Q Club and see Madder lake in 1972 and 1973. I loved Billy Thorpe of course but 12 lb toothbrush would get all our heads (and conti's and Venus) going.

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12 minutes ago, Franky_31 said:

I used to go to Q Club and see Madder lake in 1972 and 1973. I loved Billy Thorpe of course but 12 lb toothbrush would get all our heads (and conti's and Venus) going.

Can't remember clearly, but I seem to recall Madder Lake opening for Led Zeppelin at Kooyong in 1972. I was studying graphic design at Swinburne that year and it was a breeding ground for musicians...members of Madder Lake, Captain Matchbox and Skyhooks were all studying in the Film & Television faculty, Stephen Cummings was another studying there, and Sports guitarist Andrew Pendlebury's father was head of the Graphic Design faculty.

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Saw Madder Lake at school during lunchtime for a $1 - money well spent.  If I was being honest, I can remember seeing them but have no idea what they were like. On the other hand, I do remember seeing Jeff Duff with Kush at school. They played one and a half songs, Jeff simulated oral sex with his guitarist and the school principal saw this, pulled the plug and announced the gig as over !

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7 hours ago, nutbean said:

Saw Madder Lake at school during lunchtime for a $1 - money well spent.  If I was being honest, I can remember seeing them but have no idea what they were like. On the other hand, I do remember seeing Jeff Duff with Kush at school. They played one and a half songs, Jeff simulated oral sex with his guitarist and the school principal saw this, pulled the plug and announced the gig as over !

now i understand where your corruption comes from, nut

[Sir Why You Little 37,251]

On 22 November 2016 at 2:37 PM, nutbean said:

Saw Madder Lake at school during lunchtime for a $1 - money well spent.  If I was being honest, I can remember seeing them but have no idea what they were like. On the other hand, I do remember seeing Jeff Duff with Kush at school. They played one and a half songs, Jeff simulated oral sex with his guitarist and the school principal saw this, pulled the plug and announced the gig as over !

Good God, they let Jeff Duff loose inside a school!!

Where was that?

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13 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Good God, they let Jeff Duff loose inside a school!!

Where was that?

Mt Scopus in burwood - our SRC ( student representative council) were very active.

Over the years we saw Daddy Cool, Chain, Spectrum ( I think they were murtecps by then) , Madder Lake, Chain and in my last year - skyhooks just before they broke big ! I am sure there were more but that's the ones i remember.  

 

They used to play in our assembly hall at lunch time - so it was about 30 minutes - not much more than that. ( my last year was 1975)

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1 hour ago, nutbean said:

Mt Scopus in burwood - our SRC ( student representative council) were very active.

Over the years we saw Daddy Cool, Chain, Spectrum ( I think they were murtecps by then) , Madder Lake, Chain and in my last year - skyhooks just before they broke big ! I am sure there were more but that's the ones i remember.  

 

They used to play in our assembly hall at lunch time - so it was about 30 minutes - not much more than that. ( my last year was 1975)

We used to play Scopus in Soccer Matches!

The were always fiery contests

i went to St. Leonards from 75 -80

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

We used to play Scopus in Soccer Matches!

The were always fiery contests

i went to St. Leonards from 75 -80

i thought that st. l's was a girls school then, wyl

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30 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

i thought that st. l's was a girls school then, wyl

Went Co ed in '72 dc

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Madder Lake's original singer, Eton Trepper,  lives around the corner from me and as I recall they started with guys from my old school,  Melbourne High.

Bongo Starkie of Skyhooks fame was a mate from school, as was Michael Gudinski,  who was in my form for a few years.

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On 12/11/2016 at 6:16 PM, Redleg said:

Madder Lake's original singer, Eton Trepper,  lives around the corner from me and as I recall they started with guys from my old school,  Melbourne High.

Bongo Starkie of Skyhooks fame was a mate from school, as was Michael Gudinski,  who was in my form for a few years.

bongo still does "skyhooks" shows around the palce and his lead singer is a girl whose name escapes me. My squeeze went to one of the gigs and said if you shut your eyes it sounded identical to Shirley

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,305]

On 11/12/2016 at 6:16 PM, Redleg said:

Madder Lake's original singer, Eton Trepper,  lives around the corner from me and as I recall they started with guys from my old school,  Melbourne High.

Bongo Starkie of Skyhooks fame was a mate from school, as was Michael Gudinski,  who was in my form for a few years.

Hey, nice name dropping!!!

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On 12/13/2016 at 9:12 PM, bingers said:

Hey, nice name dropping!!!

Thanks. 

Oh and last week Eric Bana walked past me in the street and once when I was in Beverley Hills, I stood next to Yoko Ono outside a clothing shop.

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1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Thanks. 

Oh and last week Eric Bana walked past me in the street and once when I was in Beverley Hills, I stood next to Yoko Ono outside a clothing shop.

Yoko follows me on Twitter

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9 hours ago, hardtack said:

Yoko follows me on Twitter

Are you a weird, Japanese, pseudo artist as well?

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15 hours ago, Redleg said:

Are you a weird, Japanese, pseudo artist as well?

Just weird ?

[mauriesy 7,384]

It's hardly surprising that all these band members and actors who were popular in the 1960s and 1970s, and are now aged well into their 70s, are dropping off their perches, especially given the lifestyles many of them led.

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1 hour ago, mauriesy said:

It's hardly surprising that all these band members and actors who were popular in the 1960s and 1970s, and are now aged well into their 70s, are dropping off their perches, especially given the lifestyles many of them led.

Not surprising, but 2016 seems to have seen an inordinate number of them taken. I honestly can't remember a year in which so many prominent/known people have passed away (and I'm 64).

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2017 is going to be a real cracker...

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I met Richard Clapton yesterday. Nice guy. His ladyfriend offered to take a photo of me with Richard. I accepted that offer.

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On 21 November 2016 at 0:57 PM, hardtack said:

Can't remember clearly, but I seem to recall Madder Lake opening for Led Zeppelin at Kooyong in 1972.

I was at that gig as well ... but can't remember anything about a support band. Wasn't there an issue with the weather or something, and the concert was cut short?

Memories ... I must have seen Madder Lake at some point, but it's all a bit of a blur to be honest.

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,305]

I saw Madderlake at the Trak venue about 4 years ago. They were really good. They opened with the Salmon Song. Of course they did their biggest hit 12 lb toothbrush. But best of all they played/sang my favourite ML song Song for Little Earnest.

I play in an 80s cover band. I know Madderlake's former manager. She and Madderlake's bass player (Kerry McKenna) came  to our last gig.

Hello. Is anyone still reading this?

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On 01/01/2017 at 9:55 PM, bing181 said:

I was at that gig as well ... but can't remember anything about a support band. Wasn't there an issue with the weather or something, and the concert was cut short?

Memories ... I must have seen Madder Lake at some point, but it's all a bit of a blur to be honest.

I checked again and Madder Lake opened for the Rolling Stones at Kooyong. I was at that concert as well, hence the confusion.