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An advert was placed in the
Melody Maker for a bassist. Jon Watson remembers, "I had come back from a
year of playing in Germany and I was determined not to end up in a
funk/soul band, then I saw this advert in the Melody Maker ...'Bass player
required for punk rock group.'
Pablo Labrittain (AKA Paul
Buck) joined two months later in December after the band had auditioned
numerous
drummers. Nick and Guy recall: 'We knew what we wanted and we wouldn't
settle for anything less.' Others passing through auditions would be
the ever hopeful Chrissie Hynde' later of the Pretenders' and John Moss who
had also failed the Clash auditions and who would later join London,
the Damned & Culture Club. |