Another memory from my youth comes to an end. This time it is Frank Sidebottom (AKA Chris Sievey) who used to sport a freakish paper mache head and do amazing covers of popular songs of the time along with Little Frank. He used to appear on kids TV and radio and was a genuine cult classic.
I kind of hope that someone picks up the head and continues on – so that the legend of Sidebottom is passed on from generation to generation. But the news is absolutely bobbins.
Here’s Frank in action doing Panic (on the streets of Timperley) a tune ripped off by The Smiths:

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