Glyn Bush’s Birmingham-based band. Lineup also comprises Bridget Enever, Mark Rowson and Trevor Lines.
De-Go-Tee’s line up
1978
March:
Glyn Bush wrote Skyscraper for a proposed band. Alternate version of that song has been recorded by Alex Green for The Emperors of Ice Cream.
April:
First mention of Degootees name.
July:
First reference to Glyn Bush’s pseudonym Grant Series. Alex Green wrote imaginary reviews for the following 5 proposed D-Go-Tees songs:
The Man Made of Green Peppers
The Smell of Sex
I’m not In The Mood (for Backchat)
Razor In Particular
Whistle And Sham
Centre For The Arts, Aston University, Birmingham
1979
3 March:
Live gig with Alex Green on sax. Beside the De-Go-Tee’s songs they also played Alex’s Do The Bums Rush (originally written for The Emperors of Ice Cream)
De-Go-Tees @ The Bulls Head
De-Go-Tees – Alex Green’s setlist
Jun (or July):
I was at the Deadly Fun Hippodrome […] I was playing with my band the De-Go-Tees […] Debbie’s Gloss was one of my songs for the De-GoTees (Grant Series being my alter-ego at the time). I may have a demo of it somewhere, but the main lyric was: ’I’m mad about the motion of Debbie’s Gloss.’
… the line up was: Grant Series (Gtr, vocs), Alex Green (sax) David Hunt (BS) Geoff Webb (drs). We were supporting Bauhaus 1919.
Glyn Bush
21 Jun:
De-Go-Tees @ Bournebrook
17 November:
Alex Green wrote imaginary reviews for the following 3 proposed D-Go-Tees songs:
Cancer Restaurant
TRDO
Brand New Bright Tomorrow
22 December:
Live gig @Northampton
“Possibly the best incarnation of the D-Go-T’s yet”
1980
25 April:
One of the first live gig with Bridget Enever on tenor-sax
May:
Alan Moore wrote lyrics for a De-Go-Tees song called ‘The Age of Bavaria’. Demo has been recorded few months later. Regarding Lance Parkin’s Magic Words book, second incarnation of Emperors of Ice Cream also had a song with that name, probably the same lyrics with different music.
17 July:
Alex Green wrote imaginary reviews for the following 2 proposed D-Go-Tees songs:
S.P.W
Surreal Estate
20 July:
De-Go-Tees @ Star Club
27 July:
De-Go-Tees @ Barrel Organ
20 November:
De-Go-Tees @ Golden Eagle w/The Privates
1981
May:
Various gigs including Fighting Cocks with The Army
De-Go-Tees – ’81 May gigs
20 August:
D-Go-tees at the Roadmender
9 October:
Live gig with Mr.Liquorice
De-Go-Tees @ Square Club
De-Go-Tees recordings:
1 Stress
2 Spud Beat
3 New Community
4 No Ballroom
5 I-Opener
6 Old Man’s Coat
7 Do the Bum’s Rush
8 Ego Massage Parlour
9 New Breed
10 Sweet Potatoes Warbling
11 Royal Jelly
12 Surreal Estate
13 Undecided
14 The Age of Bavaria
15 City Shelving
16 Get Back to MOR
17 MOR coda
1-4 are from the Sinewave Studio session, line up GB gtr, voc, clarinet, Bridget Enever sax, violin, Mark Rowson bs Trevor Lines drums the rest are from a recording session at Mark’s house around 1980, line up the same except it may have been Geoff Webb on drums.
7 and 10 were written by Alex Green and 14 yes the lyrics were by Alan Moore.
Glyn Bush
