The Same

Interview from Situation Butane fanzine 1980
(downloadable pdf)

Free mp3 Wild About You

Mark Lame and Alfred Armstrong sent us all this:

Hello, cheers, for the great site! I host a radio show at University dedicated to c.76-84 UK punk/pop/ska and am always looking for more insight into the history of the many great bands from that era. I was well pleased when a fellow fan and collector turned me on to your site. Most of the Brighton bands I know of were on the Attrix label and therefore are included here and thanks much for adding the Numbers! Here's another band that might be worth adding:The Same - "Movements" / "Wild About You" (80 - Wessex, reissued on Blueprint with the sides flipped).. This band were apparently from Worthing and unfortunatly I don't know anything else about them, but it's a great Mod/Ska single!

There was also a band on the "Uppers On The South Downs" LP with this name from Bexhill/Eastborne... maybe someone can finally clear up the confusion as to whether there was any relation between these combo's?? It's widely believed they're not, but it's always possible a member moved and opted to use the name when issuing some new recodings... (hey, it confused people over the two Liverpool / Wales Spitfire Boys 7"s for years before it was finally revealed by guitarist Dave Litter that this was exactly what happened it that case!)...

I also wanted to mention/ask about the PARROT'S EP - It's not listed in their section, but I believe they did do one?
Parrots - 'Parrots' 12"/EP (1980 - Desert Island Disques: Par-1)
Photography Song / Home Sweet Home / Serious Thing / Breaking Up Now Song. Line-up for this EP was(?): Rick Blair (vox/gtr) Colin Murray (bass) Jay Derrick (keys) Russ Greenwood (drums) Nick Wells (gtr).
Hope this was helpful and keep up the good work! Cheers, Mark Lame

I'm glad my info was of some interest/help to you and sorry, but I don't have any pictures however If you go here:
http://punkmodpop.free.fr/index.htm 
and click on the 'S' in the alphabetized sidebar on the left you'll find a listing for the SAME and their "Wild About You"/"Movements" 7"... click on PS to see the sleeve... You can email him to ask about using that pic. on your site and i'm sure he'll be more than happy to let you and i'm also sure he'll want to add your site to his links page! Maybe worth mentioning... the P/S shown there is the band photo version for the 2nd press of the 7" (on Blueprint)... and the locale & band line-up he's listed is for the Bexhill based SAME who appeared on the "Uppers On The South Downs" LP, but he's added Steve Rose... S. Rose is actually the writer crdited for the Worthing based SAME's "Wild About You" 7" and as far as I know this was a 3 piece (which the sleeve shows to be true?). So either this was(?) the same band and they moved and gained/lost a member or he's made a mistake by believing they're the same band, which is maybe more likely as i've found more than a few errors of that kind in his listings... Confusing eh?  Cheers, Mark Lame 

[Same 7" = "Wild About You" c/w "Movements" BLUEPRINT: BLU 2008 ~ 1980]  I have the Ammonites 7" so you get the front/back scan.. I only have a sleevless copy of the SAME 7" so I got this scan from the 'Punk/Mod/Pop Archive' site and this is the 'band shot' 2nd press sleeve.... When I replace my sleevless copy with a 1st press Wessex sleeve one i'll send you those scans as the sleeve for that one is much cooler in my opinion... Cheers, Mark Lame

Alfred Armstrong: Hi, I see you now have a page for my old friends The Same. I can add a little to your info. The line-up was Steve Rose - guitar/vocals, Pete Juster - bass and Tony Denier - drums. They were formed as Better Looking in Worthing in about 1974, and played under that name until about 1978, when they changed their name to fit in better with the mod revival. Musically they were essentially a power pop band. Better Looking also included Brian Morris on rhythm guitar. Pete, Steve and Brian were all at Worthing High School for boys at the same time as I was. Pete and Steve were in the year below me and Brian was in the year above. They played a lot of gigs in Worthing and Brighton. I remember in particular the Alhambra. I acted as DJ at a number of their gigs, and also supported them as the bass guitarist of Twist and Shout, another Worthing band of the time, though one much less successful. There is a photographer called Simon Potter who sent you an email a while back, who may still have photos of the band he could pass on. Sadly I don't have any myself.
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