So they moved to Basildon, one of many “new towns” Britain built quickly to create new housing — in some cases, too quickly.
“Cracks would start appearing in walls, and they’d have to flatten the houses and start again,” he said.
It was naff.”Musically, his first love was Simon & Garfunkel, after he discovered he could play their songs on a guitar.
“The early electronic musicians weren’t.
They played weekly at a Basildon disco, “but we only had eight songs, so the set was pretty short,” he recalled.
Persons:
Clarke’s, ”, Vince, Simon, Garfunkel, “
Locations:
London, Germany, Basildon, Britain