Bananaslug Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 If so, what are they like, too? And any stories? Or anyone here a fan as well? Just curious. Another beloved band of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 I bumped into Hooky in front of Hacienda Classical last year as he wandered out from backstage to check the levels. But it was more finger guns than actually meeting the shortarsed high-bassed scouser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash011 Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 I saw Bernard Sumner at a grocery store in Manchester yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 I met The Other Two when they performed their single Tasty Fish at the Radio 1 Roadshow on Glasgow Green in 1991. Then Jackie Brambles picked me out the audience to play Smiley Miley's Mileage Game but I came third behind two young men who would later grow up to be the two non-Lauren Mayberry ones from Glasgow's own Chvrches. "I went from meeting The Other Two to being beaten by The Other Two", I remember saying to myself as I sat in, like, Wimpy or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest17 Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 I kissed Peter Hook on the head once. That's all I got. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Are we going to have one of these a day? How long until we get to "Has anyone met anyone from The Twang?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Are we going to have one of these a day? How long until we get to "Has anyone met anyone from The Twang?" I hope so. I've got a cracking story about the time me, The Twang and The Automatic were trying to break into a sweet shop in the middle of the night to get one thousand brown M&Ms, or The Caesars wouldn't go on stage that night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Can we do Ween next? I've got a great story about Ween. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guypjfreak Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 I wish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 When I met Ween I called Gene Ween Dean Ween and Dean Ween Gene Ween. Great times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Unbelievable Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHole2006 Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Not me personally but my friend is actually dating the lead singer from New Order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troop Dogg Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Quark said: I hope so. I've got a cracking story about the time me, The Twang and The Automatic were trying to break into a sweet shop in the middle of the night to get one thousand brown M&Ms, or The Caesars wouldn't go on stage that night. Rick Witter pops his head round the corner and says there's a sweet shop on the edge of town... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 23 hours ago, Mash011 said: I saw Bernard Sumner at a grocery store in Manchester yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly. This reads like a lost verse from "Eat Sleep Rave Repeat" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, Quark said: I hope so. I've got a cracking story about the time me, The Twang and The Automatic were trying to break into a sweet shop in the middle of the night to get one thousand brown M&Ms, or The Caesars wouldn't go on stage that night. I seem to remember hearing about that. Didn't they have to beat the shop owner and his son to death with their own shoes? Edited June 29, 2018 by Supernintendo Chalmers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said: I seem to remember hearing about that. Didn't they have to beat the shop owner and his son to death with their own shoes? Yep. Tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry bear Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) I'm glad the OP has clarified that it's the band New Order they're interested in hearing our anecdotes about, not the geo-political and ideological future goals of the Third Reich during the 1940s. Edited June 29, 2018 by henry bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cammie81 Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, henry bear said: I'm glad the OP has clarified that it's the band New Order they're interested in hearing our anecdotes about, not the geo-political and ideological future goals of the Third Reich during the 1940s. Unless by band they mean no longer allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple aki squat Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Yeah, met Peter Hook once. Nice bloke. He seemed a bit like Mavis off coronation street according to my other half. Mavis always seemed sound so took that as a compliment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatyeti24 Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 I saw Hooky sat at the bar in Dry Bar in 1996. I left him to it, but one of our group went over and introduced himself. A largely unremarkable event, not least, as I would discover many years later when reading 'How Not To Run A Cub', because Hooky was always sat at the bar in Dry Bar in the mid 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastynh Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 I keep on bumping into random members at airports on my trips to foreign countries, to watch them. Was actually sat in Manchester airport last year on my way to see them in Berlin when Gillian and Steve walked past me. I was sat there reading the Blue Monday diaries which they clocked. Gillian is absolutely adorable while Steve seems a little nervous. Seen Phil Cunningham in some airport and he was proper sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastynh Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 On 6/28/2018 at 11:42 AM, BlackHole2006 said: Not me personally but my friend is actually dating the lead singer from New Order He is married to a woman called Sarah isn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaslug Posted July 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 7 hours ago, eastynh said: He is married to a woman called Sarah isn't he? Yeah. Hes been with Sarah for 30 yrs. The person above claiming to be dating him obviously is making it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaslug Posted July 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 7 hours ago, eastynh said: I keep on bumping into random members at airports on my trips to foreign countries, to watch them. Was actually sat in Manchester airport last year on my way to see them in Berlin when Gillian and Steve walked past me. I was sat there reading the Blue Monday diaries which they clocked. Gillian is absolutely adorable while Steve seems a little nervous. Seen Phil Cunningham in some airport and he was proper sound. Phil steve and gillian I've slways heard sweet things about them. Very nice people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaslug Posted July 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 On 6/29/2018 at 1:17 AM, henry bear said: I'm glad the OP has clarified that it's the band New Order they're interested in hearing our anecdotes about, not the geo-political and ideological future goals of the Third Reich during the 1940s. Lol.whatever lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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