Punk rock wedding at Acton Town Hall, London: The Damned frontman Dave Vanian and Laurie Glendon got married in 1977.
“…For their marriage they were resplendent in full vampiric black outfits, particularly striking as it was held in one of the most boring, dreary city halls imaginable, located in Acton, West London, complete with boring, dreary councillor officiating. Richard ‘Kid’ Strange (singer of Doctors of Madness) was best man – at the last minute he was instructed that a tie was required, so he improvised with a page from a copy of Womens’ Own magazine found in the waiting room, stuck on with chewing gum.
It was perhaps not a brilliant idea to ask Dave’s bandmates Rat Scabies and Captain Sensible to decorate their car for the honeymoon drive. Newly dubbed the Fang Mobile, it is said that the liberal coating of chili sauce applied to the roof peeled off a good amount of paint…
Morgan Fisher (Mott The Hoople)
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