The Spoons 1987
'A National Proposition'
is how Dick Gibson referred to us while we clustered into his tiny spare room 8-track studio.

Back in Carnoustie after the demise of my previous band 'The Blow For Colour' and a bit of a detour via Yorkshire and Leicester. I had felt an overwhelming desire to return to my home turf. There I assembled the band that would eventually storm the heights of Radio Tay's 'Rockertunity Knocks' programme for upcoming local talent. I think we played about 2 gigs in our brief existence. One in Dundee and one in Carnoustie..the video of which you can see over there <-- . We did however manage to achieve a reasonable amount of recording on a Tascam Porta-One owned by the bands drummer. We also had an electronic drum kit that meant we were able to practise in my mum's house without driving the neighbours crazy..although I think we still managed to do that regardless. Because we already had a set of songs written we just added a couple of new ones including the classic 'Opla Kipla' and got ourselves a gig. I think the gig went well and we got to play another one in the park a short while later.

However..for some reason I decided that we needed to go to London..a hair brained and wreckless plan that divided the band and left me and Dougie the drum to get in his conveniently positioned red van and head off into the sunset. I don't know what I was thinking really? Imagine believing that to be successful you need to be in London....but such was the measure of my delusion in those days. So, sadly that was it..again..I wish we had played more gigs and done a bit more writing before embarking on my impulsive and reckless mission but that's just the way it rolled. At least we got on the radio and made some good recordings.

The Spoons are not to be confused with another Canadian band of the same name and era.

Max Thompson - guitar, vocals.
Mark Hunter - guitar, vocals.
Chris Curtis - Bass.
Doug Hopton - Drums.

See and hear what happened next..