Roger reflects on the tragic loss of former band mate Stephen "Judd" Turner, who passed away on September 29th, 1981, aged 24 years old. The same day as the narrator turned 21. Some weeks pass, and the mood is lifted by the irresistible afro-pop sizzle of Bow Wow Wow, live at the recently re-opened Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield.Thank you to Simon Elliott-Kemp for the intro and outro music and stings.Thank you to Rionagh for the artwork.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.org, with particular thanks to:Venusian Charm - twangy guitar.MSXP - jazz bar ambience.Orangefreesounds - funky disco loop.Acenet - surf guitar.PJ Cohen - doumbek loop.Logicmoon - voodoo dance loop.Rikus 246 - concert ambience.Beeproductive - concert cheering.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 52. Bow Wow Wow, The Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, 29th October 1981.

Seconded by his employers to a mind-numbing admin job in the middle of nowhere, Roger and his work pal Mark take a trip to see Simple Minds live in Liverpool. Happily, Jim Kerr and his band are at the height of their grand metropolitan art-rock powers; touring the just-released &apos;Sons and Fascination&apos; / &apos;Sister Feelings Call&apos;.Also includes The Box, Paul Morley, the dull-as-dishwater Icehouse , Hawkeye, Trapper John and William Cobbett.Artwork by Rionagh.New intro and outro music by Simon Elliott-Kemp.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.org, with particular thanks to:Akustika - electronic drums.Allh - train sounds.Modular Samples - Korg mono.Matteshaus - Wah Arp synth mono.Xhale 303 - LFO saw wave, synth bass, rhythmic synth pulses.Analogist - Jupiter 6.AC Verbeck - Arp.Walter Odington - reese 1 mono.Dan Lucaz - 80s loop.Lap 0f VW - Liverpool waterfront.Rikus 246 - club ambience.Esares - acoustic drum kit.LG - canteen ambience.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 51. Simple Minds, Icehouse, the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, 22nd September 1981.

MLITMOG reaches it&apos;s half-century with one of Roger&apos;s favourite gigs of all time. The jaw-dropping combination of sound and vision that was Kraftwerk on tour to promote their Computer World album in the summer of 1981.Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork: Rionagh.Sound FX: courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to - Komit - synths and beats.Ampul - pocket calculator.Avakas - soccer crowd.Simon Wye - Korg.Mirko - concert ambience.Udo Pohlmann - vocoder.Applause - Recording Hopkins.Buses - Ray Price.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 50. Kraftwerk, Sheffield City Hall, 19th June 1981

It&apos;s a big gig for Roger and all the other South Yorkshire jazz-heads as the legendary saxophonist Ornette Coleman brings his rock-jazz-fusion "double trio" Prime Time to The Crucible Theatre.Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork: Rionagh.Sound FX: Freesound.org.With particular thanks to:TC630, Juskiddink, Fred Galist - alto saxophones.Freed feat. Igal - drumset biogrid.Acclivity - orchestra tuning.GChase - room ambience.Tom Woysky - concert ambience and applause.Mr. Wolf 14 - bass guitar.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 49. Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 3rd June 1981

Season 4 finale.It&apos;s the end of an era, as Roger catches up with his teenage idol Bill Nelson (of Be Bop Deluxe and Red Noise) at The Limit, together with 800 other true Bill-believers, and it all gets a bit Corinthians 13:11. Simon Elliott-Kemp - intro and outro music.Rionagh - artwork.Sound FX - courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:Ultradust - applause.Rikus 246 - club ambience.Lincoln Log - Korg drum machine.Andre Onate - hi-hat.ERH - e-bow.Spurious Transients - e-bow.(Apologies for the surface noise at the beginning of this one!)

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 48. Bill Nelson, The Limit Club, Sheffield, 28th May 1981.

Willkommen! And bienvenue! Welcome!London's ultra-trendy Cabaret Futura shimmies into Sheffield on mild Friday night in May. Even the presence of local art-house heroes Cabaret Voltaire fails to attract the South Yorkshire cognoscenti. Roger - still shaken by the Cro-Magnon stomp of The Cramps a few days earlier - remains unstirred.Also, Charlie Collins and the christening of The Box in The Beehive pub.Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork: Rionagh.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:YAP audio - pub ambience.Rikus 246 - club ambience.Jim Purbrick - radio distortion.Soundbible.com - jungle swoops.Stondi - industrial drone.dbspin - cabaret music.Big Joe Drummer - rock kit.Ray Price - bus station.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 47. Cabaret Futura, with Cabaret Voltaire, Eddie & Sunshine, Richard Strange, Sheffield Polytechnic, 22nd May 1981.

THUNKA-THUNKA-THUNKA!Psychedelic sleaze dealers The Cramps bring their unholy, blistering big beat to the sweating shoe box that is The Limit Club, Sheffield&apos;s favourite subterranean watering hole.Roger, just back from the rarified, cerebral stimulus of free-jazz trio AIR live in London, holds his nose and takes a plunge into the Goo Goo Muck. Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork: Rionagh.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:Bee Productive - cheering crowd.Planetronik - big beat drums.Big Joe Drummer - straight rock drums.Wolff Amps - fuzz humbucker driven guitar.Aceinet - surf guitars.El Zozo - upright bass.Rikus 246 - club ambience.Toam - train sounds.The Bloke 33 - bing bong.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 46. The Cramps, The Limit Club, West Street, Sheffield, 19th May 1981.

Free-Jazz newbie Roger travels down to London from Sheffield with three serious Jazz buffs. Their destination, the Lyric Theatre in West London to witness a rare UK gig by Chicago improvised-music titans Air.  Lots of stuff about being under the enthusiastic tutelage of one of my key musical mentors Charlie Collins.The trip also takes in a studio visit to hang out with US new-wave sprites The Bongos.Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork: Rionagh.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:Allh - train interior.Kerri - flute.Stomachache - double bass.Ben Davis Drums - bowed cymbals.Jim RS Bjorklund - jazz drums.Colton T Brown - mystery sax.Primesteka - theatre lobby ambience.Lchapman1980 - theatre applause.Esares - drum loop.Annerie - background TV.Yap Audio Production - pub ambience.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 45. Air - The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London. 17th May 1981.

J-Pop comes to Sheffield in the shape of The Plastics, a Japanese 5-piece on their first tour of the UK. Language is no barrier when both band and audience just want to get down and dance. Elsewhere, the &apos;Thirst&apos; line-up of Clock DVA splits and Roger pops his cherry.Thanks to Simon Elliott-Kemp for the intro and outro music and to Rionagh for the artwork.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.org, with particular thanks to:Mr. Aurilization - Hammond Sounds.Kiko Monzon - Rehearsal Space.Louderest - Drum Loop.Sandy RB - Percussion Break.Bee Productive - Audience Applause.Rikus 246 - Club Ambience.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 44. The Plastics, The Limit Club, Sheffield, 14th May 1981.

Romance and Robert Smith , what more could any new couple want from a date night?Roger is keen to impress a new girlfriend, but what will she make of The Cure&apos;s bleak monoliths of sound, as they haul Pink Floyd&apos;s PA around the UK? Also, the imminent demise of &apos;DVA, Martin Fry, Nelson Mandela, tongue-hockey and frottage.Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork: Rionagh.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.org, with particular thanks to:Kickhat - club ambience.Rikus246 - club ambience.Yle Arkisto - Jukebox.Nightlaps - Fender Jaguar.Alex Tundra - Fender Jaguar.Jus - Rickenbacker Loops.Planetronik - Midnight Drums.Frankum - Electro Loop.Yap Audio Production - Pub Ambience.Recording Hopkins - Applause.Ray Price - Bus Station.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 43. The Cure, Sheffield Polytechnic, 5th May 1981.

The worst April snows in living memory are no deterrent to those ambassadors of abnegation Killing Joke, ever eager to share their forewarning of the imminent global apocalypse. Roger gets close to the belly of the beast in London and Birmingham, and finds it in need of a bath. Intro and outro music - Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork - Rionagh.Guest voice - Paul Widger.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:Pub ambience - Yap Audio Productions.Club ambience - Rikus246.Backstage - Freqman.Oberheim synth bass - Walter Odington-Reece.Gnarly Oberheim - Analogist.Tribal Beat - Xhale 303.Power chords - Clem.Blizzard - Stormpetrel.Cassette - Pogotron.Ford Transit - LG.Applause - Recording Hopkins.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 42. Killing Joke, Kilburn National Ballroom, London, 28th April 1981 & the Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, 30th April 1981.

Bewitched by 'Unknown Pleasures' and 'Closer', Roger regrets never getting to see Joy Division live. However, the next-best-thing presents itself when New Order rise from the ashes of Joy Division, playing at Sheffield promoter Disco John's Atmosphere club night, shortly after the release of 'Ceremony', in Spring 1981.Plus, the Grim Reaper, Fozzie Bear, Crystal Tipps, Peter Powell and... Joy Davison?With thanks to:Paul Widger - guest voice.Simon Elliott-Kemp - intro & outro music.Rionagh - artwork.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:Subax - Manchester thunder storm.Mr. Auralization - radio tuning.Notofficial - ARP.Sherlock - ARP sea carousel.JSC2011 - drums.Pinevoc - melodica.Halleck - crowd cheering.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 41. New Order, Atmosphere club night at Romeo's & Juliet's, Sheffield, 22nd April 1981.

The sound of Young Scotland comes to Sheffield during one week in April 1981. Edwyn Collins and Orange Juice  charm the Limit Club with their pounding jingle-jangle on April 2nd. Seven days later, Roger gets down and boogies to Restricted Code, but headliners Fire Engines fail to live up to the music biz hype.Also, lots of growing-up stuff about Glasgow Celtic, Fyfe Robertson and the no-mean Nazareth. Intro and outro music - Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork - Rionagh.Sound FX - Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:Neil Raouf - soccer crowd.Hazure - seagulls.Esares - funky drum loop.1jus - Rickenbacker guitar.Ajubamusic - Motown beat.JSC2011 - tribal drums.ProjectsU102 - cowbell loop.Nosebleed Cinema, iPears1, SpeedY - feedback.Ultradust, Dkustic - applause.LG - Ford Transit.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 40. Orange Juice, Restricted Code, Fire Engines, two nights at The Limit Club, Sheffield, April 1981.

Ronald Reagan gets shot and Roger spends one night in Heaven with a frown of goths. It's  a none-more-black celebration of Northampton's nocturnal heroes Bauhaus. To be honest, it's not his chalice of Chai. However, there is fun to be had backstage watching their pre-show rituals and entourage. Also starring dance ensemble Torso.Guest voices: Paul Widger.Artwork: Rionagh.Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:Freqman - backstage ambience.Bee Productive - tuning up.XHALE303 - disco beats.Rodincoil - drums.Charlie B - rimshots.Plagasoul - guitar.Bchewdown - Draemoness.Magedu - motorway ambience.LG - Ford Transit.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 39. Bauhaus, Torso, ClockDVA, Heaven Ultradisco, Charing Cross, London, 30th March 1981.

What a terrific bill! Three bands playing somewhere near the top of their respective games. From West Yorkshire (Leeds University to be specific) Gang Of Four and Delta 5 and, right in the middle, a show-stealing performance from American weird-wonders Pere Ubu. I cannot deny, a few drinks were taken, but this is how I remember it all going down. Includes other stuff about being quizzed at work about political allegiances, the Creeping Funk pandemic of 1981 and the DVA single that never was.Intro and outro music by Simon Elliott-Kemp.Artwork by Rionagh.Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.orgWith particular thanks to:Coffee machine - Toni Tobe.Feedback 1 - Artifact.Guitar feedback 2 - OymaldonadoIndustrial drone / guitar harmonics - The Lightwaves.Jupiter 6 - Analogist.Sea carousel (ARP) - Sherlock.Bass - Zuluonedrop.Applause - RecordingHopkins.

My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 38. Gang Of Four, Pere Ubu, Delta 5, Sheffield University, 13th March 1981.

Every gig I have ever seen. Forty-odd years of thud, sweat and beers.

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My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts

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