The Close Lobsters hailed from Glasgow
well never let it be said that the duke is nothing if not pedantic... Close Lobsters in fact hailed from Paisley, which explains the lines in 'Skyscrapers of St Mirin' that talk about the town of pattern. St Mirrin of course being the local soccer team i believe. Close Lobsters were a fine fine band, who i saw many times in the mid to late 80s, and who often swapped members with another Paisley/Glsgow band, the very grand Church Grimms, whose 'Mr Watts Said' is a bona fide classic.
I seem to remember that they were more successful in the USA than Great Britain ... I'd be interested what happened to the Burnett Brothers subsequently ...
last i heard was many years ago and was that they had in fact decamped to the US. Maybe my minds now palying tricks but then i also seem to hazily remember that at least one of subsequently returned to Paisley. i'm probably making that bit up though. stay gold, the duke ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------