In the countdown to The Trevor Carter Memorial Gig at The Louisiana, Bristol, on Monday 9th April 2012, we have received a few responses to the request for band write-ups. These are the musical memories from Mat Nobes.

Mat Nobes (Nobby) here, don’t know if you remember me.
I just thought I would let you know about some of the musical bits and bobs I did with Trev, including support slots.

It’s hard to remember as it was so long ago and some of what I tell you may or may not be accurate.

I first played a gig at a place near The Swiss Chalet pub with the Industrial Lemons. They had only just formed and Rich Millin was away so I stood in for him after just 2 practices. It was a very rough gig and although we all ballsed up a fair bit no one did as much as me!

Then for a while I played a number of gigs around Swindon supporting the Lemons, mostly at that pub with the bowling alley. I think it was on Union Street. I don’t recall its name. I played the drums in some random punk band called Novelty Island. We did dodgy Dead Kennedys covers and Daisy Chainsaws Love Your money. That band changed a bit and became The Cyder Hippys from Hell. I think we actually wrote some of our own stuff then, although we did do a piss take cover of First and Last and Always otherwise known as F**ked and Lost as Always.

I think the Lemons split up around that time and Rich went on to do other things so we set up Soundhead (me drumming again). We recorded a 4 track EP at Kev Fitzgeralds place with Jason, Jutty, Trev and me. We gigged that band for a short while including some AIDS awareness thing at New College where Jutty stuck a rubber johnny on his head. I think we even went so far as to play Mudhoneys Touch me I’m Sick which was a song we regularly covered at gigs.

This bit might be wrong…….I recall going to a studio in Bath and recording a few songs with Marylin Twice. I don’t think we gigged that band or if we did it was only a few times. It sort of sounds like my style on the recording Rich sent me but who knows, they may have re recorded it.

Shortly after that we all split up to go to Uni or whatever and I dropped into a band called Mr Black who were a hardcore band and became Concave, a sort of rap thrash band. I left Swindon then and moved to Cornwall where I’ve been ever since. I set up an 8 piece Ska band that gigged around Cornwall for a few years and that sort of fizzled out and I’ve done nothing since but play bluegrass banjo on my back porch.

That is what I remember from the ‘good ol’ days’. There may have been more. I think I may have actually joined the Lemons for a while but things are hazy these days.

I think I last saw Trev around 95 – 96 and it was only the advent of Facebook that put us back in touch maybe 2 years ago.

The news a year ago rocked me more than anything has before. Strange how some people have such an impact on your life hey?

I wish you all the very best.
Nobby – Mat E Dredd – Mat Nobes

If you can fill in any of the gaps in Mat’s memories or have any corrections, please let us know via the contact form above.