As strange as it may seem, Mel got in touch with
us on the same day as the reunion gig, Weird Eh.
Mel and Pete go way back to 1972, when they played
pop harmony stuff in a band called Champagne.
They did covers by Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper.
At that time there was loads of good stuff in
the charts. Anyway, they did a 3 month stint at
a night club called the Roxy Tanzi Bar or Roxy
Tansi Bar, Bremmerhaven, Germany and Blackwater
Park were local to this club. Blackwater Park's
bass player, sold his Fender Jazz bass guitar
to Mel so that he could come over to England and
buy a Dan Armstrong or Vox Bass guitar. Because
of the American Air Bases in Germany, Gibson and
Fender guitars were cheap in Germany, and English
stuff was expensive. When they left Germany, they
sold some of their Amps, and bought new ones when
they got back to England.
Mel still has that guitar, which is pictured
above.
In 1972 - 73 Mel and Pete join Keith Gotheridge
to form Pugma Ho III.
Mel now lives in Melbourne, Australia and plays
in a band called Bodymotors, who are about to
release their 9th album. (the bands been together
13 years).
Good luck Mel.
