This is to flag up the case of Gary Critchley who is still in prison for an alleged murder at Campbell Buildings in 1980 – see recent posts on Bob Short’s Trash Can book thread for more details and also the official website and also this website.
The challenge is to get this miscarriage of justice overturned.
But how? I suggest it needs a twin track approach
Firstly to raise the public profile (as Jock has suggested) via myspace / facebook / blog sites like KYPP – for example by putting a slide show of Gary’s paintings plus a relevant soundtrack eg Raised in a Prison by the Mob on youtube or organising a UK exhibition of Gary’s paintings…
Secondly using official channels eg letters to your MP and the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Home Secretary 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF.
Gary is also being supported by Wendy Thurley and Julie Coimbra.
Julie and Wendy are librarians in Cambridge and contacted KYPP about the case.
Julie said [edited]:
“Myself and another librarian have become involved in trying to publicize this extraordinary miscarriage of justice. We happened to purchase some of Gary’s paintings and began corresponding with him without ever asking why he was inside. When the Private Eye article came out in July we were flabbergasted to say the least and began our campaign. Fifty of his paintings were sent to Adelaide and were in a recent exhibition there. Prior to posting them we photographed them all and have made them into cards to sell, 12 are at present on the website.
If you have ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER that could be helpful could you let us know and we can pass it on to Glyn Maddocks, the solicitor who has taken up his case. Anyone who can provide ANY INFORMATION should be encouraged to contact us as soon as possible”.
Julie and Wendy have created the website from which the following bio of Gary is taken.
Finally – don’t wait for someone else to act. If you think this is important get on and do it yourself.
Biography- Gary Critchley “Raised In A Prison”.
“England is a supposed model of democracy and justice, yet ironically I have so far been made to serve longer for being rebellious and non-conformist than the Yorkshire Ripper has for 13 serial Killings. Nowadays, painting is the only thing that keeps me alive.“
Gary Critchley
Born in Birmingham and raised on an estate that bordered on two mental hospitals, visiting and often staying with his elder brother in care homes and approved schools,
Gary was introduced to institutions at a very early age. At 8 years old he got drunk on alcohol and by the age of 12 he was drinking on a regular basis. Aged 14, Gary became a punk rocker, was recruited to the Young Socialist party and excluded from school for leading ‘pupil-power’ marches and picketing the school. Also aged 14 Gary was sent to juvenile detention centre for criminal damage and theft. During his time there he was physically and mentally abused and he describes this as a very negative period of his life.
Upon release he quickly deteriorated, abusing various drugs and becoming involved with crime. In 1980, six months after being released from borstal, he moved to live in London. In June of that year he was discovered severely injured four stories below the flat he was squatting [in Campbell Buildings] and was taken to hospital with a broken back, arm, legs and head injuries. When police investigated the circumstances, they found the body of another man in Gary’s squat. Charged and bailed for this man’s murder, Gary returned to Birmingham where even on crutches he continued his life of punk rock gigs and substance abuse.
In May 1981, he was found guilty of murder (despite numerous forensic discrepancies) and sentenced to be ‘detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure’, the juvenile equivalent of a life sentence. The then Lord Chief Justice recommended that he should serve ‘no more that 8-9 years’. Despite this it was a full 20 years before Gary was first released in July 2000.
Gary was recalled to prison three months later for having sexual relationships with two female peers at his rehab unit and running away with one of them. After another three years in prison for these breaches of his license conditions, he was again released in 2003 to another drink /drug rehab centre. Twelve months later in 2004 he was again recalled to prison for missing a probation appointment. He’s still there.
Over the last five years in prison, Gary has suffered from severe depression and made three serious attempts to take his own life. After the second attempt, Gary was introduced to drawing and painting for the first time in and has since become a prolific painter. He has won a Koestler award for one of his paintings and has been both encouraged and inspired to paint by the staff of a Cambridge University library that have bought and exhibited several of his early works and sponsor him with materials etc.
Despite unanimous recommendations of release and the parole board agreeing that he does not constitute a risk to the public, Gary was recently refused parole on the grounds that if he was ever to relapse into drink /drug use there was a “possibility” that he “could” re-offend violently. This was despite all professional opinion and the masses of evidence to the contrary where Gary has been in active addiction without any such incident.
This ruling is currently the subject of a judicial review, being in breach of not only the Human Rights Act but also several judicial rulings regarding Lifers. There are also investigations still going on into the events surrounding the index offence, of which Gary to this day has no memory.
Gary describes his on-going imprisonment as “warehousing”. He has now actually served more than three times the recommended sentence. He maintains that he never murdered anyone, never intended to hurt anyone and has never before or indeed since the age of 17 been involved in any violence. He says he is now semi-institutionalised and a true product of the system. No longer jailed in relation to the original offence, he has become somewhat of a political prisoner: being punished over and over by a retributive system for his years of rebellion and breaches of petty rules.
Gary on right with green jacket and blond spikes 1979/80 – photo courtesy of Carol Coombes.
Some of Gary’s prison artwork may be viewed HERE
http://www.justiceforgarycritchley.org
Template for contacting MP’s and other officials or media. Please cut and paste the document below onto a word document and print it out to send by post or fax.
Dear …………………..,
I am contacting you regarding Gary Critchley, prisoner no B39969 (A1473AK), convicted of murder in 1981.
The Judge at the time recommended he serve no more than 9/10 years.
This is now his 30th year of incarceration. The conviction is unsafe and according to his solicitor one of the worst miscarriages of justice Britain has ever seen.
Briefly the case is as follows, however please read the Private Eye article
(http://www.b39969.org.uk/pdf/private_eye_24July2009.pdf)
for full details.
Gary allegedly killed a man in 1980. During this murder he sustained frontal lobe damage to his brain, by being hit with a hammer. He also broke his back, ankle and wrist and was found in the street covered in blood.
The victim sustained more than 20 blows with a hammer.
The blood on Gary was found to be from his injuries and there was not one speck of the victim’s blood on him.
The victim was discovered in a room on the upper floor in the building, Gary was found outside on the pavement.
The only evidence to link Gary to the crime was a trainer, two or three sizes too small for him, on his left foot. On his right foot was his own boot which fitted him.
Gary apparently killed the victim, avoiding any blood, changed one shoe, hit himself on the head with the hammer, and then jumped out of the window.
The truth indicates that both Gary and the victim were attacked by a third party, who remains at liberty.
I feel that this really is a grave miscarriage of justice.
Unfortunately, this is not a high profile case, merely the case of an ordinary citizen who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A person who nearly lost his life, but who ended up in prison himself, for something the forensic evidence suggests that he didn’t commit.
I am asking you to look into this, because I know if you do, you will want to take it further.
……………………………………………… Signature.
Dev
May 17, 2010 at 10:42 amThanks for posting the Sunday Mercury story AL, it’s a very positive development and we can all copy and paste that everywhere.
Jah Pork Pie
May 17, 2010 at 12:55 pmAlways good to get publicity, but I am a strong supporter of the European Human Rights Act. It would be an irony if Gary were eventually to be released as a result of an action under the Human rights act if people in his campaign were seen to be dismissing it as a piece of legislation which lets child rapists and murderers walk free from justice.
The Act simply establishes what we have a right to expect when dealing with Institutions and with other people. It’s a groundbreaking and forward thinking piece of law. I can’t help thinking that if there had been a human Rights Act in 1981 there would have been no need for this campaign because the Old Bill would have thought twice before fitting Gary up.
If this is a misquote in the article, or if it’s been selectively edited, then somebody should do something about that.
Jah Pork Pie
May 17, 2010 at 3:08 pmAs an example of what the lack of human rights legislation can do, I notice that the founder of WikiLeaks.com has had his passport confiscated and cancelled by the Australian government. See http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/49782-wikileaks-founder-told-his-passport-will-be-cancelled
They presumably don’t have a Human Rights Act in Oz, then. Mind you, I do remember that the recent Labour government over here were talking about confiscating the passports of people who were behind on their child support payments. We would have had a EHRA test case for that in the courts pretty quickly, I hope.
CC
June 3, 2010 at 7:32 pmMessage for Nick – send me your address (inbox me, I don’t know how to do that,sorry) and I’ll post it to you
Hiya Nick
Thanks for all of the support help and kind gifts mate
I don’t have a billing address for you so I am going to get carol to post this online
It was great to receive the art materials from Heidi and the other CDs and chocolate too (from Cathe)
I’ve written to both of them to say thanks too
I heard what you put about no thanks being required, but I’d like to say it anyway. The CDs are great and the book and stereo- I appreciate it all very much
There are a few of my old favourites on there- particularly Orgasm Addict by the Buzzcocks and I love Devo
It’s good hearing some of the old reggae stuff too. I had a really good cd from a friends friend in Birmingham, called G-Corp and the Mighty Tree’ which is great- more like seventies reggae, not contemporary stuff
Anyway Nick, Thankyou for all your help/encouragement etc- take care mate
All the very best
Gary
CC
June 3, 2010 at 7:33 pmPS – Nick- that was posted on 6.5, just got it today- apologies.
DeafboyOne
June 21, 2010 at 9:25 amHi Just to let you know I’ve been twittering Garys plight across the web. Fortunately I have built up a viral campaign already through my music. DeafboyOne. Yeah I’m a Deaf Punk Musician… dont go there. Suffice to say I’m a brit based downunder in Oz and I’ve commandeered the local Music Charts with a song entitled “NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS FREE GARY CRITCHLEY” you can hear it online at
http://www.nextunes.com.au/charts.php just click on the song at NUMBER 1 in the charts. The Chart is called NexTunes the Aussie equivalent of iTunes so pretty serious stuff. The more hits we can get on the song the longer it stays in the charts the more exposure we give to Gary. You can download it for free if you like it? But the main point is lets get Gary the hell out of there before hell freezes over! DeafboyOne
DeafboyOne
June 21, 2010 at 9:29 amhttp://www.nextunes.com.au/storage/photos/457/3140/main.jpg
DeafboyOne
June 21, 2010 at 10:21 amIf anyone posts anything on here I will copy n paste on to my FaceBook sites DeafboyOne Pete Waller and Pete Waller DeafboyOne that way I can let people know how Gary is doing and how well his bid for freedom is going? I have suggested an “Escape Committee” based on the TV series Colditz where we could come up with suggestions as to how to get Gary out? I’m sure it would prod the consciences of those with the keys to his cell, so they might actually question why they have to lock him up when he’s blatantly innocent? Positive thinking 🙂 Pete DeafboyOne
Julie
June 22, 2010 at 3:04 pmDear Friends
Gary’s paintings have been accepted, amongst over 100 entries, to be displayed in the forthcoming Left in Vision 4 art exhibition from Thursday July 1 – Monday July 5th.
More information here: http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/
The Left in Vision exhibition will be launched at 5.30pm on Friday, July 2nd, ULU (Torrington Place/Malet St.) and if free and open to the public throughout the conference.
The work ranges from the overtly political to the surreal, personal and abstract.
PLEASE SPREAD THE NEWS AND IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THERE WILL BE GREAT TO SEE YOU
Wendy & I will take Gary’s paintings and other campaign materials to London and we shall definitely be there on Friday and Saturday. Would be great to meet any of you who can get to or live in London and help passing out cards etc also appreciated.
If anyone would like to speak briefly at the launch please let me know as there is a possibility of a slot for this. Nicks film will also be shown and we hope to be wearing the tshirts by then?
(I’ve been told the SOAS union is a good bar to watch the footy???)
gerard
June 24, 2010 at 10:31 pmBig meeting of http://www.justiceforgarycritchley.org in Birmingham today, during which I spoke to Gary on the phone and he asked me to be remembered to all the people on this thread and beyond.
In particular, if Tony (Robbo) reads this, we’d really appreciate you getting in touch mate, it could really help.
CC
July 3, 2010 at 12:05 amHaven’t been on here for ages, as I’m hoping all the input through fbook will come to here.. just in case it’s not: quick update here.
All is going v well in the areas we’ve prioritised: it’s 4 months today since the Brum lot found out about Gary. I’ve just got off the phone to him and he’s in (his usual) startlingly good form.
Quick update:
Legal:
Gary’s had advice from (one of the UK’s top) barrister(s) and will be meeting with him soon, hopefully, to go over Gary’s options so he can make a fully informed choice;(NB- the Barrister was not asked an opinion re miscarriage, but to find the most appropriate and effective way to get Gary home and free), and we then need to secure a lawyer who can help him with that, as this is not Glyn’s area of experience.
Gerry C’s hoping to come up with some thoughts/ links for this. .
Forensic:
we now have the list of the ‘retained items’ and a forensic unit is looking at them as I type, to see what contemporary forensics could come up with;
Profile Raising:
Gary’s own MP is championing the case and taking it to PQ’s anytime now, before recess, and as you all no doubt know, Gerry Conlon is back in the UK now from his trip and he, Paddy Hill and MOJO are prioritising Gary’s case. Gerry is brilliant, and full of ideas/ knowledge and experience. He spoke about Gary in Oz, and is doing so at the event tomorrow, (whilst hopefully wearing a t-shirt with the weblink on it) .
Gary’ll feature on BBC’s Inside Out in October, and the team there are doing all they can to promote his case, as are other mediums.
If you’ve not already done so, please join the fbook group and the cause page, as these give us some numbers to quote in correspondence, and most updates are going through there for speed and ease. (There are a number of gigs/ events lined up for Gary- details are on those pages)
It’s Gary’s birthday on Aug 13. One of the facebook members- Jayne – suggested we all send him cards, which would be fab for him, we have to send them to get there on c Aug 10 as they take a day or two to get to him once having arrived at his address. We’ll know by c July 19 if he’ll be staying where he is, or will be moved on
Gary can’t thank any of (all of) us enough for all that’s happening
Jah Pork Pie
July 12, 2010 at 2:28 pmAnybody fancy joining in a sponsored “Circle Line Pub Crawl” in aid of Gary’s lawyer fund? 27 stations in 12 hours; cheeky half in each pub. Get drunk, meet old friends and help the cause. Maybe even get some T-shirts done that we could sell?
CC
July 12, 2010 at 3:40 pmJPP- great idea- I can’t do this / or hold my drink, so apologies. there will be a selection of Gary’ t shirts for sale through the website any time soon, plus the banners and car / window stickers. T shirts will be same as ones already made, plus some new stuff – hopefully in the next two weeks.
Jah Pork Pie
July 12, 2010 at 4:26 pm@CC -> I can’t hold my drink either, so it should be great fun 🙂 Anyone else fancies joining in / sponsoring, either post on here or get my email from Penguin and mail me.
Tony Puppy
July 13, 2010 at 10:18 pm@JPP > that’s the sort of protest I can understand. Did you have a day in mind? I’m free for this sort of thing on Sat Aug 21 or Sun Aug 22.
Penguin
July 13, 2010 at 10:49 pmBy a strange twist of fate I also should be free that same weekend.
Hope the crawl above will be better on my health than my own stag weekend in 2003.
PUB CRAWL ALONG THE LENGTH OF GREEN LANES FROM NEWINGTON GREEN TO WINCHMORE HILL:
SAT 15 MARCH 2003
STOKE NEWINGTON
11.00 – THE MONACH >>>>>BUS TO
12.00 – ROBINSON CRUSOE
12.45 – WHITE HORSE
13.30 – BROWNSWOOD TAVERN >>>>>BUS TO
HARINGAY
14.30 – FINSBURY PARK TAVERN
15.15 – BEACONSFIELD
16.00 – OLD ALE EMPORIUM
16.45 – OLD SUFFOLK PUNCH
17.30 – SALISBURY
18.15 – QUEENS HEAD >>>>>BUS TO
WOOD GREEN
19.15 – WEATHERSPOON
20.00 – CHICAGO ROCK CAFÉ
21.45 – YATES
22.30 – THE GOOSE
SUN 16 MARCH 2003
WOOD GREEN
12.00 – THE NELSON
12.45 – IRISH BAR
13.30 – O’RAFFERTYS
14.15 – CHARLIE BROWNS
PALMERS GREEN
15.00 – NIGHTINGALE >>>>>BUS TO
16.00 – OCCASIONAL HALF
16.45 – FALTERING FULLBACK
17.15 – INN ON THE GREEN
18.00 – O’ CONNELLS
18.45 – THE FOX
19.30 – WHOLE HOG >>>>>BUS TO
WINCHMORE HILL
20.30 – HALF MOON
21.15 – BROADWAY
22.00 – GREEN DRAGON
I was the only person to complete a pint in all the 28 pubs, along with as much percy as I could handle. It was my stag do after all! My best man only managed 27 pubs.
Keep us posted Pork on developments for the circle line crawl.
Jah Pork Pie
July 13, 2010 at 11:34 pmThe Saturday would probably be better as there will probably be more pubs open in the City part of the Circle Line.
@Pengers… That iitinerary is worthy of much kudos, fella! Proper-stylee. Was reading a CLPC site where the bloke who runs the site decided to do the 27 pubs in 12 hours “under wine rules”. That’s to say, him and his mates tried to do the 27 pubs with a 250ml glass of wine in each pub. Didn’t make it.
It’ll be great to see you both for this one. Any other takers out there? If the Birmingham contingent fancy it, we could start and end at Euston Square station so it’d be easier access back to Euston main line when trolleyed. How about a £20 entry fee, going to Gary’s lawyer fund?
Penguin
July 13, 2010 at 11:47 pm27 pubs in 12 hours is mental. 14 pubs each for both days of that weekend in 2003 was enough for me!
Cool with the entrance fee from my side.
You should try to get Sii Jake and Robbo involved as they were old muckers of yours and Garys.
Julie
July 16, 2010 at 12:06 pmI’m up for it though probably will not last more than half a dozen pubs/pints but I’ll do my best for the cause and will be fun to put faces to names. Once you’ve got the itinerary set up I’ll try and catch you up if I miss the start………seeing Gary tomorrow morning so will let him know if he doesn’t already that is!
Jah Pork Pie-Eyed
July 17, 2010 at 2:10 amDon’t forget it’s only a half in each pub… a pint would be teetering on that thin line between graphic novel heroism and grand old stupidity! 12 hours is enough time to fit in plenty of stomach-lining burgers/tofu, depending on preference, too. Anyone who can make it along and get sponsored for a few quid for a few sociable halves is gonna be chipping in to help Gary. Don’t have to have a drink in every juicer – the more soberish ones left to direct traffic at the end of the day the better, really! If anyone wants me to send them a sponsorship form, let me know. Julie: I guess it’s best if we send the money to Glyn – it’d just look more official on the form, so could you email me his details please? Anyway, I’m gonna get back into my disciplined training routine with this rather nice Aussie Chardonnay – 12 quid for 3 bottles form Sainsbury’s whilst stocks last, all you prospective sponsored crawlers – so take care and keep the faith in getting Gary home soon.
Jah Pork Pie
July 17, 2010 at 5:31 am@Pengers and Baron… Si is doing stuff in a cool and balanced way out in Arizona Bay I think. I miss him. He had an eye for the one lucrative score round about ’80. No more details. If you could track Big Randy down, I’m sure he’d tell you the same story. His girlfriend of the time Millie was nice too. As was their mate Sophie, at whose parents’ place I made the crucial teenage Holsten Pils to wine move. Happily, I later developed a taste for Red Stripe Crucial Brew and a nice draw. And that’s why South London remains God’s Country. As for Robbo: he doesn’t seem to pop up on here any more. Which is a shame… I think he could help us. He’s pretty busy with his thing though, as far as I know. And my mate Sam is a long way away but I couldn’t be prouder of him. He’s done what we all wanted to do 81-ish. Still love him. Baron… what about you? No alcohol needed on your part dude: we could do with a good PR man to hand out flyers and motivational speeches for Gary’s cause. My lovely Chels will be along too and she will be abstaining in a Dharma way too.
Jah Pork Pie
July 27, 2010 at 4:12 amAll you guys: Circle Line Pub Crawl for Gary Critchley Fighting Fund…
Saturday August 21st. Starts at the Wetherspoons Pub in Victoria Station. 10.00 in the morning. £20 to participate -buy a T-shirt for another tenner if you like. Beer should cost about fifty quid. Factor in food for another tenner or so (unless you’re particularly posh, in which case bring a butler, hamper and a rack of Waitrose organic marching powder for the rest of us).
Continues around the Circle Line quite literally ad nauseam a half pint at a time until we get to Sloane Square around about 11pm, at which point anyone who is completely compost mentis (sic – check your “Jah Porg is quide liderally shit at Ladin, made” textbook) is welcome to pile down the King’s Road shouting at all the shops that used to be like magnets to us when we were children.
I think that in between, we could have rather a good time. I’m planning to, anyway!
Can I remind you all that it is only a half pint in each boozer. Everyone who does any of the pubs is making money for Gary if they get sponsored. Let’s face it, all your friends have an idea about how much you can drink. If that idea is three halves and you manage six, then we’re that much nearer to getting Gary a walk.
Please, all of you guys who know me and are still in the UK, come along. If you can’t make it, then get in touch with Tony or Penguin and stick a few quid in (if you’re betting, my tip is Porky Boy to go a bit green around High Street Ken).
Gary’s team need the money. He’s one of us. Don’t let the man down. Even if you’re not going to have a drink, please come along and support the day – dish out some flyers, talk in a sober way to some people who do’t know about Gary’s plight.
Please come along, or sort out some way of sponsoring your favourite drunk per pub via Pengers or Tony if you really can’t make it. Don’t let us down: I’m risking a lower intestine for this 🙂
Tony Puppy
August 1, 2010 at 2:32 amDoes my butler also have to pay the £20?
Jah Pork Pie
August 1, 2010 at 11:10 pm@Tony and Penguin->
Sorry chaps, but I’m not gonna bother with the pub crawl thing. I can foresee myself getting a load of T-shirts and sponsorship forms printed at my own expense and spending time organising all this and it’s going to be just the three of us who turn up. No point at all. I’d hoped we could get a lot of us from this site along and make plenty of money for Gary’s lawyer fund from entry fees and sponsorship.
Apathy rules. I’ll put the £20 that I was going to use for my entry fee into Gary’s fund anyway.
cc
August 2, 2010 at 9:11 amHi JPP- we have t shirts, banners and car/wndow stickers good to go- they should be online this week, and are available at gigs etc -if you can encourage people to buy these , this will be a great addition to Gary’s fund
Jah Pork Pie
August 2, 2010 at 9:38 am@cc-> thanks – I’ll try and get some people interested in the shirts/stickers. Sounds more rewarding than spending £30 on the train fare to London and then £50 on beer, a tenner on food and £20 on a t-shirt just so that I can have a drink with 2 mates. If I stay in and post on here for a night, that’s £80 I can spend on vintage claret and a curry and still (a) send Gary’s fund £20, and (b) talk nonsense with 2 mates. Epic!
Penguin
August 2, 2010 at 10:09 pmFair enough Pork, maybe another time for a quieter meet up when you are down here in the smoke rather than the pub crawl. I must admit I am not sure how much drink I would have stuffed down me as I barely drink much anymore and grade As are a no no nowadays. I would have probably been arrested, beaten up by Chelsea bootboys on the way back from Wigan, died or possibly a mixture of all three.
baronvonzubb
August 7, 2010 at 12:21 pmdamn shame i mised that art exb.
baronvonzubb
August 7, 2010 at 12:22 pmhow ‘d it go?
gerard
August 12, 2010 at 4:27 amRecent pics from Rebellion Festival featuring the new Justice For Gary Critchley t-shirt:
http://www.justiceforgarycritchley.org/?page_id=111
Nick Hydra
August 12, 2010 at 8:11 amAre these going to be available via the website?
cc
August 12, 2010 at 9:18 amshortly, plus banners and car and wndow stickers.
Nick Hydra
August 13, 2010 at 9:33 amI have arranged a benefit gig for the Justice for Gary Critchley Campaign:
TV Smith
Advanced Idea Mechanics
P.I.G. – to be confirmed
Shocks of Mighty
The Montague Arms
289 Queens Road Peckham (corner of Kender Street)
Peckham SE15 2PA
Friday the 1st of October 2010
8.30 – 12.00 pm
£5.00/ £3.00 (concessions)
Train: New Cross Gate/ Queens Road (Peckham)
Bus: 53, 453, 177, 225, 171, 172, 136, 321, 21, 436
TV Smith will be going on somewhere in the middle as he has a gig in Paris the next day and has to get up early. I’ll confirm ‘on stage’ times when I have them.
AIM are a Hydra side-project featuring me and Raye Caluori (ex Leech Woman/ Third Door from the Left), we may be doing it as Hydra rather than AIM, but this depends on various factors too dull to go into here.
P.I.G. are John Clifford’s (ex Conflict/ Fear of Fear) new band.
Shocks of Mighty are Veg’s (ex Hagar the Womb) new band.
I kind of let the side down by not be ‘ex’ anyone – do Adrian and his Anal Birth Complex count?