first pic of Backstage Studios

[Andy Sneap]

Check this out!

1986 I do believe!

 

[James Murphy]

"Vintage" Porta One, lol.. nice!

 

[sparkyness]

Looks like someone's wearing their christmas jumper too

 

[Andy Sneap]

check out the fake grave stones in the background from pre sabbat days, wharfdale linton speakers, mastering to chrome cassette and a blue flight case that still resides at Rock City in Nottingham as part of the downstairs PA!
And I do believe that is Sam Fox on the poster!!

 

[James Murphy]

ok.. here's mine... first pic of SafeHouse

aka Chuck Billy's basement in San Leandro, CA circa 1992. no pics of me in my Xmas jumper, sorry

 

[sparkyness]

Geez, replace the that drum machine with an Alesis HR-16B and it's exactly the same as my first setup back in the early 90's I still have the same tuner and HR-16b.

I loved that Zoom at the time and the Tascam is responsible for some of the worst demos known to man!

 

[nwright]

Man, you dudes had some killer 4 track machines. I had (still have somewhere in a shoebox) just a crapass porta03 (circa '93) and Boss DR-550 drum machine.

 

[theblackmoon]

Posting those pics is one of the most important things on this forum. It will definetely encourage people to pursuit this objective. It prooves that you can come from the bottom...

Thanks.

 

[greyskull]

Happy shopper coke!!! did you have panda pops too?
amazing!!

 

[flytrapx]

That's classic! Jeez, I forgot what it was like waiting for the tape to RTZ

 

[Ermz]

Humble beginnings... kind of inspirational actually. Thanks for sharing .

 

[skuller]

if its been at rock city for a considerable amount of time, then i've had the privelage to share its company!

very cool.

 

[kaomao]

check out the fake grave stones in the background from pre sabbat days, wharfdale linton speakers, mastering to chrome cassette and a blue flight case that still resides at Rock City in Nottingham as part of the downstairs PA!
And I do believe that is Sam Fox on the poster!!

Instead of checking the fake stone, andy check the real samantha fox poster on the wall!

huge boobs!

 

[Noumenon]

sweet!

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Thanks for sharing those, Andy & James! It's a good reminder that we've all gotta start somewhere.

-0z-

 

[kev]

Happy shopper coke!!! did you have panda pops too?
amazing!!

Beat me to it ya cunt!

 

[metalkingdom]

Those pics speak volumes! Still have my Porta 01 and recorded my GIT demo of "Deadspawn" on the same machine in Murphy's pic!

Touch Me
Touch Me Now

Anyone remember the rumour about Samantha Fox and Lemmy shacking up together?

 

[TomiR]

That really is inspirational!

Thanks for sharing

 

[kaomao]

Touch Me
Touch Me Now

Anyone remember the rumour about Samantha Fox and Lemmy shacking up together?

 

[smy1]

It prooves that you can come from the bottom...

Actually, that wasn't the bottom back then. There just wasn't as much homerecording gear as there is now ... gotta put it all in perspective!