THE STORY OF ECT (EPISODE 5) – LIVE HEAVY METAL ON CHANNEL 4
Week
5 of ECT and it was getting into its stride properly, even if the line ups were
a bit hit and miss. This week MARINO THE BAND, WILDFIRE, SPIDER and GARY MOORE/PHIL LYNOTT.
No
exception this week as we start off with MARINO THE BAND. They were a rock
combo promoting their guitarist I think it was called ? Marino (I can’t
remember or find on the internet). Anyway as it turned out the band actually
became a star vehicle for heavy metal (ahem) pin up Lisa Dominique. As you can
see from the below video MARINO THE BAND weren’t the greatest but Dominique
held the interest of Kerrang! for a few years and appeared in the magazine in
various sultry shots. In those days before PARAMORE and other glamorous female
fronted rock acts, all the guys had to go for were GIRLSCHOOL and ROCK GODDESS.
I’m not denying the charms of either of those two bands, but Lisa Dominique was
much more a feminine pin up type of character. Also remember 90% of rock fans
in the mid 80s were male, it wasn’t until the tussled Jon Bon Jovi took over
the world that female rock fans appeared in hordes (see my article – BON JOVI
SAVED HEAVY METAL). Anyway, on with MARINO THE BAND….oh and you get the CH4
logo and opening sequence this week!
WILDFIRE,
I honestly can’t remember anything about other than their singer was the very
very first singer for Iron Maiden! So without fanfare here they are…
Next
up were boogie rockers SPIDER. They were always a lot of fun with a real
Classic Status Quo sound and they added a good touch of humour to their stomp
along songs. ‘Here We Go Rock’n’Roll’ was a corker!
Sadly
and for the first time in this whole ECT run-through, I can’t find any posted
footage from their ECT performance. Here’s a live song from the Marquee around
about the same time plus ‘Here We Go Rock’n’Roll’ audio.
Finally
the big names came out this week to headline GARY MOORE AND PHIL LYNOTT.
Playing their chart bothering hit ‘Out In The Fields’ and another song that
appeared on GARY MOORE’S ‘Run For Cover’ album. Sadly you can see LYNOTT
doesn’t seem quite with it and as we all to well know the drugs sadly got him a
few months later and his death shocked the rock world and beyond. Hard to
believe we’ve lost GARY MOORE as well. Anyway, here’s PHIL and GARY, let’s
enjoy the memory of two legends on stage….
