Dear Maddies, RE: Meeting Madness Members. In April 1992 I went to see The Nutty Boys at The Planet X in Liverpool with some friends. ( The best � 5 I've ever spent ). When we arrived we went straight to the bar, as you do and lo and behold, who should be there but one Mr. Lee J Thompson of Madness Fame and altogether top bloke. " Hello Lee " I said in a coy sort of way " Yeah, I'm Fine, thanks for coming " he said. He then said " You couldn't lend us a fag could you ? I've left mine in the machine " to which I chuckled nervously , whilst holding out a packet of cigarettes for him to take one. He then asked our names and said " Cheers , I must go, we're on in ten minutes, I hope you enjoy the gig ". After being blown away by an absolutely awesome set of Nutty Boys material with a few Thompson / Foreman written Madness gems thrown in for effect , we wandered back over to the bar. This time it was Chrissy Boy who was at the bar. " Great Gig " I said " Thanks, what's your names" said Chrissy Boy. We introduced ourselves and he then asked" Have you seen us before ?". " No , but I've seen Madness dozens of times " . I asked him where I could get a copy of their album "Crunch! ". " Probably in the bargain basket at Woolworth's " was the reply. He then got his cigarettes out and I took one " Thanks, I'm about to get a beer, do you want one? " I said " Yeah, erm Ill have a lager please" I got a round in and then we chatted about lot's of stuff. Chrissy Boy was genuinely interested in us, he asked about where we lived, what we did for a living, what football team we support and our families etc. ( He probably should have been a Social Worker or a Police man ) After about an hour of chatting to Chris, we decided to dash off so we could catch a train over to New Brighton and catch a night club before midnight. Two months after our meeting with Lee and Chris in that little dingy club in Liverpool , they were on the stage at Finsbury Park playing Madstock 1 to an audience of 70,000 + Many Thanks, Stay Mad. Nutty Pez. - ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: latest news, madmeet info, list charter, games, and more ... http://members.xoom.com/totalmadmail/ Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
