http://loudersoft.com/3463/rip-tony-wilson-founder-of-factory-records/ Music / Culture / Lifestyle / Trendspotting Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://loudersoft.com/3463/rip-tony-wilson-founder-of-factory-records/comment-page-1/#comment-51867 E.J. Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:10:33 +0000 http://www.loudersoft.com/?p=3463#comment-51867 The very fact that you remember him and that you were able to form an opinion about him from your experience says a lot about who Tony was. I think he would be thrilled to see tributes like yours posted about because according to what I've read, he, himself, would admit that he occasioned to be a total dickhead. The very fact that you remember him and that you were able to form an opinion about him from your experience says a lot about who Tony was. I think he would be thrilled to see tributes like yours posted about because according to what I’ve read, he, himself, would admit that he occasioned to be a total dickhead.

]]> http://loudersoft.com/3463/rip-tony-wilson-founder-of-factory-records/comment-page-1/#comment-51864 Stewart Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:13:56 +0000 http://www.loudersoft.com/?p=3463#comment-51864 Tony aka [Anthony H] Wilson was indeed a tremendous champion for good music and the Manchester scene in particular but he could also be a dickhead. In 1979 I was on the door [entry £1] at the old West Indian Centre on Carmoor Road, Manchester at an Anti-Nazi League fundraiser. The headline band were Manchester legends The Naughty Boys with support from The Worms, whose leader Wayne seemed to have caught Tony’s ear [or eyes]. Tony arrived during the Worms’ set and asked me how long much longer they’d be playing. I told him I didn’t know and he paid the entrance and went in during what turned out to be their last song. He was back at the end of the song highly agitated and demanding his entrance money back – a measly pound! I just said to him “You need a pound?” and he left sheepishly………… Tony aka [Anthony H] Wilson was indeed a tremendous champion for good music and the Manchester scene in particular but he could also be a dickhead. In 1979 I was on the door [entry £1] at the old West Indian Centre on Carmoor Road, Manchester at an Anti-Nazi League fundraiser. The headline band were Manchester legends The Naughty Boys with support from The Worms, whose leader Wayne seemed to have caught Tony’s ear [or eyes]. Tony arrived during the Worms’ set and asked me how long much longer they’d be playing. I told him I didn’t know and he paid the entrance and went in during what turned out to be their last song. He was back at the end of the song highly agitated and demanding his entrance money back – a measly pound! I just said to him “You need a pound?” and he left sheepishly…………

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