VdGG Profile: The Modern Beats

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The Modern Beats [Late 1977 - February 1980]
Personnel
Name Martin Pottinger: drums Max Hutchinson: gtr Ian Fordham: bass Chris Judge Smith: voc Guest: Dave Mitchell: sax	ex PH II / [VdGG roadie] Free Art Research Trio The Imperial Storm Band The Imperial Storm Band Free Art Research Trio	to [see below] Judge Smith & The Y.O. Usher [jazz and physics]

Discography
They made a few studio recordings but none have been released.

History

Judge: "This was a good band and we had tremendous fun out of it. Mainly because we agreed to play no original material whatsoever. We played only early 1960s pop songs and we played them, like we said at the time, 'too fast, too loud and 15 years too late'!" (Singed Ground program 1994)

Their set list included songs by The Applejacks and Gerry & The Pacemakers. They may also have called themselves The Lounge Lizards in between. Rumours says they had a definite S&M-type angle to some of their shows. Dave Mitchell was a friend of Judge and Max from school.

Max Hutchinson: He later became president of the Royal Institute of British Architects and had several architectual quarrels with the Prince of Wales. He's still into music and writes church music nowadays of all things.