Metamatic Forums John Foxx Ultravox The Edge, Toronto 1979

thought we had an early gigs thread somewhere, I'n no expert on the bands early years but anyway came across this by chance . .some interesting pics and no doubt interesting reading too..

Ultravox! Toronto 1979

sample pic:


(caption required....!)

Yes indeedy

Compare this with the photo that Brian took of John at the Apple Store last week

HA!HA!HA! . .nice one!

Great find and great photos!

Thanks.
I just Google-imaged "John Foxx" . .amazing what you can come up with. There was even a picture of Gary Numan..haha!

Don't you just love Google?

Indeed we do!

John Foxx (head in hands...):
I want to be a machine......

Originally posted by Birdsong:
ROFLMAO! Good one Birdsong, couldn't have put it better myself.

I saw similar pictures of Warren and Robin a long while back (I would give you the link but alas I can't find it - sorry) and it showed the slogan on Warren's shirt and it says either 'Everything Is Great!' or 'Everything is Fine!'. Was the band already aware of John's intentions of leaving at this point? If not, then I'd consider that ironic. If they did know, then Warren must have worn that shirt on purpose.

Just my theroy

LOL ...

I thought it was ..."No No NO! I shall never release a song entitled Mr X!"

I don't believe it! Pinocchio has gone to sleep again.

No!,Robin,I'm the one who wears the grey suit & Mac!

"Don't tell me Townsend Records got my name wrong AGAIN!"

"No..this 'Vienna' cr*p will never catch on..."
:rolleyes:

'Billy, do you have to play that tune now?!'

Originaly posted By MemberD:

John Foxx (head in hands): "Why is people singing it as 'underpants', IT'S UNDERPASS."


I know, bad joke :p

Thanks for all the captions chaps ..

brings a smile to one's face

Thanks for the link !!!!

Nice photos of the young guys. They bring back some memories of the early days to me...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r-KLbW-3mhc

I could not resist

On a more serious note. I read this recently in an interview with Warren Cann:
"I didn't like The Edge. It should stay as a restaurant and not try to
put bands on. The stage is tiny and you can't do a proper sound check because people sit there eating their hamburgers."
© Ubyssey 1980.

So maybe the caption needs something to do with fast food...

Okay:

' Which one of you guys spilled ketchup on the keyboards?'

Originally posted by Maryann:

Cheers for the link.

"We won't stop until we get our underpants"

ROFLMAO!

Here's a pic of John on stage at The Edge

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/2758912884_d67504ea0c.jpg?v=0[/img]


©ebk.marc (Flickr)

Great pic! Wonderful expression!

I think he is admiring the dinner order of someone in the front row: "I'm craving someone else's chips again/Longing for ketchup on my lips again/Avoiding fried food keeps my hips so slim/But I'm craving someone else's chips . . . " :p

Very amusing Lele

I agree, very clever lyrics Lele.

I missed this one. Absolutely fantastic photo!

Agreed, fantastic picture!! Always a good idea to stand a bit further back though.
Stage / edge, oh well. :rolleyes:

Found more by this guy here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_wonnacott/tags/ultravox/

example:
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2868839311_5d7800a43e.jpg?v=0[/img]

Nice photos, cheers for the link.

another one here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnone/2440764959/

Here's a link to a whole set that we've posted a couple of. Nice shot of Billy in particualr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_wonnacott/2900033671/in/set-72157606699381777/

Damn those Swedes!