Why post historic monsters by Carter USM is so important to me.

When I was 14 I had a summer job weeding friends and family’s gardens in Guernsey for £10 a day. I used to listen to 30 something and 101 Damnations back to back. Then the love album came out when I was 16 and by the time Post Historic was out I was able to actually go to see them. At the time I was at Uni in Plymouth. They were playing in Southampton. Figuring that it couldn’t be far (before the days of the internet and sat nav.) I jumped on my battered and beaten Kawasaki and rode the 6 hours to Southampton. By the time I got there, sober, tired and walking like John Wayne they were just coming on. It was amazing. I watched the show, got on my motorbike and rode back. On the M27 near Fareham, my bike exploded and I had to hitch back, but that is a whole another story!
Fast forward many moons to 2003. Rhesus had lost their drummer, I was tasked with finding a replacement. I had recently discovered “the internet” and found the Carter USM homepage. I sent a message to Fruitbat asking if he knew any drummers. Expecting nothing back I carried on the search. Fruitbat emailed me to say his flatmate was a drummer. Basically he had the job, thankfully he turned out to be pretty good. That was Arran. One day I went to pick Arran up from Fruitbats , Arran was late. The man himself opened the door. We got to chatting, I was unemployed at the time (the only month I have ever been un employed in my life!) I could not have timed it better! Fruitbat was going on tour with Jim Bob the next day and needed a guitarist. He asked if I would do it. Of course I would. I left the house with a new drummer, two great new friends and with a tear in my eye. I was listening to post historic monsters that day. On that day my life changed forever.

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