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Here's a passage from a recent article in the Ottawa Sun:
"The year was 1979. The month, March. The city, Dublin. The social and entertainment committee of University College booked local bands to perform every Wednesday at lunch hour at the school.
It booked a band doing gigs at Moran's Hotel. Its price to perform at the college was 100 pounds. The committee would charge 1 pound per ticket and figured to make money at the 300-seat amphitheatre. One of those on the committee was Mick O'Reilly, a history and politics student. He's now assistant night editor of the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto.
"The band had a pretty good local reputation and we plastered the place with posters about it coming. The lead singer was a skinhead. He was wearing purple Doc Martin boots up to his knees, red velour jeans, and a custard yellow crewneck sweater.
"When they got on stage, they were looking around and muttering. Like, 'What the f--- is this?' There were only 46 people in the audience. They were insulted. And they were terrible. You'd have done better with a piece of string and a scrubbing brush. They were so bad that people were getting up and walking out saying things like, 'This band is going nowhere.'
"Finally, they quit playing. They just quit, but demanded their 100 quid. But all we could give them was the 46 quid we raised. There was a big hullabaloo, and they stormed out. They were so bad, they should have stuck to concerts at Mount Temple Comprehensive on the Killester Rd. where they went to school. What do you call Mount Temple students wearing suits? The defendants."
The band's name was U2, the skinhead was Paul Hewson, alias Bono."
So, I actually made contact with the alleged witness, Mick O'Reilly, telling him that there was no way that Bono in 1979 was a "skinhead", wearing purple Doc Martin boots up to his knees, and that the band he saw could not have been U2. Amazingly, he actually wrote me back, saying, "He [Bono] certainly was one with an exceedingly tight haircut -- had words with them at the gig and afterward in the caferteria. Wanna contribute to the fee he’s still owed?"
So, I have two questions (at least). Assuming this guy was not hallucinating, did Bono ever appear as someone who might have been construed as a "skinhead"? I've seen plenty of picures of him in 1979, including the bejillion pictures in Bill Graham's book, but he was his usual shaggy self. Also, I question the definition of Mount Temple students: "What do you call Mount Temple students wearing suits? The defendants." Huh? That seems to go against everything I have read.
So, what do you PLEBAN experts say?
"The year was 1979. The month, March. The city, Dublin. The social and entertainment committee of University College booked local bands to perform every Wednesday at lunch hour at the school.
It booked a band doing gigs at Moran's Hotel. Its price to perform at the college was 100 pounds. The committee would charge 1 pound per ticket and figured to make money at the 300-seat amphitheatre. One of those on the committee was Mick O'Reilly, a history and politics student. He's now assistant night editor of the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto.
"The band had a pretty good local reputation and we plastered the place with posters about it coming. The lead singer was a skinhead. He was wearing purple Doc Martin boots up to his knees, red velour jeans, and a custard yellow crewneck sweater.
"When they got on stage, they were looking around and muttering. Like, 'What the f--- is this?' There were only 46 people in the audience. They were insulted. And they were terrible. You'd have done better with a piece of string and a scrubbing brush. They were so bad that people were getting up and walking out saying things like, 'This band is going nowhere.'
"Finally, they quit playing. They just quit, but demanded their 100 quid. But all we could give them was the 46 quid we raised. There was a big hullabaloo, and they stormed out. They were so bad, they should have stuck to concerts at Mount Temple Comprehensive on the Killester Rd. where they went to school. What do you call Mount Temple students wearing suits? The defendants."
The band's name was U2, the skinhead was Paul Hewson, alias Bono."
So, I actually made contact with the alleged witness, Mick O'Reilly, telling him that there was no way that Bono in 1979 was a "skinhead", wearing purple Doc Martin boots up to his knees, and that the band he saw could not have been U2. Amazingly, he actually wrote me back, saying, "He [Bono] certainly was one with an exceedingly tight haircut -- had words with them at the gig and afterward in the caferteria. Wanna contribute to the fee he’s still owed?"
So, I have two questions (at least). Assuming this guy was not hallucinating, did Bono ever appear as someone who might have been construed as a "skinhead"? I've seen plenty of picures of him in 1979, including the bejillion pictures in Bill Graham's book, but he was his usual shaggy self. Also, I question the definition of Mount Temple students: "What do you call Mount Temple students wearing suits? The defendants." Huh? That seems to go against everything I have read.
So, what do you PLEBAN experts say?
*no comment* 
giggle: I said bush) back by January '78.
Were you thinking of "scab" perhaps?
