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Originally Posted by WaspStar
1976; The Sex Pistols play a gig at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. The show inspires the immediate formation of Buzzco****s and Joy Division, and also inspires Mark E. Smith and Steven Morrissey. I've heard people argue that it was the most important gig of the era, and it's pretty hard to argue with that.
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Mick Hucknall was there too and went on to form The Frantic Elevators, before selling out to form Simply Red.
An act that Tony Wilson never forgave him for.
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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Smith thought the Pistols were rubbish and that his band were better.
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Of course he was right, but then again, every Mancunian at the gig would have thought the same thing...it goes with the territory.
