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<\/a>The rehearsal on July 3 was the first time the four of us got together and played as a unit at the same time in the same place.\u00a0 It was also the day that I came up with both the name of the band (EC wanted ‘The Sticky Valentines’) and the name ‘Steve Nieve’.\u00a0 Later in July was the rehearsal week in Cornwall where we came up with the arrangements for Chelsea and Lipstick Vogue … and\u00a0did our\u00a0first ever gig on July 14.<\/p>\n‘Nashville’ refers to\u00a0a pub in west London not the city in Tennessee.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first US tour, was done in a Plymouth station wagon with no heater\u00a0… and then into the studios on December 28 to record This Year’s Model.\u00a0 Other than that, not a lot happened.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was rummaging through some boxes in the loft when I came across\u00a0some old gig lists for the first six months of my time as an Attraction.\u00a0 Back in the day, before the office provided us with printed schedules, I used to write it all out meticulously … as you can see. The rehearsal on July 3 was the first time the four of us got together and played as a unit at the same time in the same place.\u00a0 … Continue reading <\/a>October was the famous Stiff Records Tour.\u00a0 I\u00a0recall that it was at the soundcheck at Loughborough University that we worked out Pump It Up.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n