Glyn Bush’s Birmingham-based band. Lineup also comprises Bridget Enever, Mark Rowson and Trevor Lines.
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
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)
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:
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:
27 July:
20 November:
1981
May:
Various gigs including Fighting Cocks with The Army
20 August:
D-Go-tees at the Roadmender
9 October:
Live gig with Mr.Liquorice
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