marc robertson's Page

"I started dressing like a casual in the mid 80's, suppose I had reached an akward stage where i felt more of a need to fit in than stand out, tbh I was never really full on mod before that being just a touch too young to have been part of the…"

"Pebbles do a 5 disc compilation which is great. Others to look out for are 'The back from the grave' series. Mine are on vinyl and don't know if on cd. My personal favourite is an LP 'I was a teenage caveman'. I think might…"

"I went to Nashville(the missus is a huge dolly parton fan) and found myself getting into country and western music. Also went to dollywood and thoroughly enjoyed myself, so ashamed:( I also walk the dog in a battered old pilot jacket and…"

"bloke in work put me onto a band called the peoples temple. well worth a look."

"yeah hate all them, go straight for best of pebbles volume one and get some real garage down ya ! ;)"

"my fave is "Maintaining My Cool", the Creeps did a fab cover of this one too! The Creeps first L.p is a must , absolutely brilliant"

"After the British Invasion the American kids wanted to copy their heroes, The Who, The Yardbirds, and of course the Beatles and Stones - a lot of the mid sixties stuff is very mod influenced and more than a handful of garage bands actually called…"

"The nuggets compilations are fab to my humple opinion , also look For the 'pebbles series' and 'shake some action' series. here are some tips : "

"the above all have the classics on them, try nuggets compilations american & british. you should download them first to see if they grab you. theyre all on blogspots on the internet, put the name of band or comp title in inverted commas &…"

"The 'Pebbles' albums have just been re-pressed on vinyl. Vol 6:The Roots of Mod."

"marc have you saw the raybandos,excellent covers band from the nauld play mcchuills once a month at instant whip pre friday street. they play a few sonics tunes as well as small faces who kinks and other classics."

"Not half john. So how was life out in the styx ;)  A very nice area though."

"I was from carbrain then eastfield(when it was just getting built) John. Most of the older guys in eastfield at the time were skins or bikers I was more of a little rudeboy back then. lost my way halfway through high school when everyone…"

"pop "The Sonics" in YouTube..... Loads on there. They released some cracking records! Some of my…"

"No middle name so simply Jailhouse Jefferson also of the forth and clyde delta."