fist-fights, copious sex with women and men, riots, attempted suicides

epub or mobi, with thanks to the original sharer

Despite Dave and Quaife’s limp-wristed goading, Mick Avory became their new drummer. He quit the nascent Rolling Stones after only two weeks because “they were playing in London and it was too far to come.” The fourth Kink had paid for his drum-kit with two grocery rounds and a paper round. He realised too late he had no way of getting the drums to gigs. So he strapped the bass drum to his back and cycled. “I’d placed an advert in Melody Maker for a rhythm and blues drummer. My mum was the one to answer when Robert Wace phoned up. She said, ‘He’s ever so posh’. I was working at the time, delivering paraffin. They arranged a meet-up, like a sort of audition, in the Camden Head pub in Islington. I went up and played a couple of numbers with them. Larry Page was there. Would I be able to do a TV show the following day? That was Ready Steady Go! My parents preferred me to do that than deliver paraffin.”