Roche And the Sarnos

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The story begins in late 1976 when Lord Herbert first fell in love with a fantastic new record released in the autumn called New Rose by the Damned . Herbie picks up the story... "I remember ordering it from Whomes Ltd (which was a piano/music shop come record store in Bexleyheath, South East London) and getting blank looks from the girls behind the counter. When I collected it, they asked if they could play it on the shop?s system to see what all the fuss was about, and I will never forget the faces of the girls and customers as ?Is she really going out with him?? and the loud drums and that amazing guitar riff kicked in. Suffice to say, it only lasted a few bars and I was on my way. So what has this got to do with Rochee and the Sarnos I hear you ask? Well, it was shortly after this that I decided I wanted to start a band called "The Rats" (At school I was already a member of a fictitious band called the Kahz, with the stage name of Jacob Kah, but that was all it ever remained, pure fiction.) I was also very influenced by a very talented friend at school called Deke, who had written such mega tunes as "Albino Girl", and he still remains a huge friend (literally). Shortly after that, the Boomtown Rats hit the scene, and I never had the guts to start a punk band with a similar name (or even be a punk for that matter), as I was a good boy doing O levels at a Grammar school - so the Rats died before they were born. The only time I ever tried to dress like a punk was when I w

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