YouMa Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Been going through my Level 42 concerts on dvd and does anyone else think Mark was clucking blitzed to the tits on these 80s gigs. He's chewing his face off and has unusual amounts of exuberance. Edited December 12, 2022 by YouMa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 People taking drugs in the 80s?? Who would have believed it?? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 So you think Mr. King has been living it up on the Charlie then? I'm not sure, but I do have an inkling that my cat may have been on the Meow Meow lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Why not ask him, he's a member here as 'Slapthatbassuntil'moffmyt*ts' ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 He would never admit it. I'm pretty experienced in various powders and Mark were you off your tits in the early days? Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 Saying that if I didn't think it might kill me now I wouldn't have stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 Him and Bernard though.... Just phenomenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 This thread will tell you everything you need to know... or will it? Where's @Bean9seventy when you need him? 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bassassin said: This thread will tell you everything you need to know... or will it? Where's @Bean9seventy when you need him? It was a bit of a trippy one, I would have forgotten all about it if you hadn't provided the flashback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Grimalkin said: It was a bit of a trippy one, I would have forgotten all about it if you hadn't provided the flashback. At first flashbacks are occasional, after a while they become inevitable. Eventually they're all you have. I'm inclined to think the OP has a point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 The subject matter of Level 42 songs, do not betray a persistent penchant for Percy. Unless "Heaven in My Hands", was indeed written after a score breaking a long dry spell. Perhaps the hokey cokey really is what it's all about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 A quick google search brough up this interview https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/level-42s-mark-king-running-16482167 “Yeah, there were a lot of drugs but I’m quite a speedy person and never enjoyed it that much" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Hmmm..."keep it in the family" suggests that we should ask his brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 minute ago, TheGreek said: Hmmm..."keep it in the family" suggests that we should ask his brother. If only this thread had been posted a week or so ago - just saw him playing in Edinburgh with the magnificent Frost*. [/irrelevantproganecdote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Mark Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Bassassin said: This thread will tell you everything you need to know... or will it? Where's @Bean9seventy when you need him? That was the last time Bean9Seventy visited.... Edited December 12, 2022 by Sparky Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Here's Mark pretending he didn't have a habit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 If you look at most of the "heros" they were all snorters really. Especially slappers. I read a book about ww2 being won on meth. Same thing really. Makes you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 It might all have been the intensity of the performance.Seriously, this can happen. Many years ago I did a gig with a band I’d been in, got asked to stand in. After the gig a guy I knew asked what I was on as my performance was apparently quite good. Nothing, other than a few pints of lager, I was just chuffed to be doing a gig again and put my all into it. All that said tho, I reckon MK was like Tony Montana in Scarface, head in a pile of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I'd love to see a Lemmy / King Bass-Off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2elliot Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 He's been known to do a bit of Class D now and again... I'll get me coat😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: It might all have been the intensity of the performance.Seriously, this can happen. Many years ago I did a gig with a band I’d been in, got asked to stand in. After the gig a guy I knew asked what I was on as my performance was apparently quite good. Nothing, other than a few pints of lager, I was just chuffed to be doing a gig again and put my all into it. All that said tho, I reckon MK was like Tony Montana in Scarface, head in a pile of it. King of the Isle of Wight. Nabbing a Jaydee and uttering, "Say hello to my little friend..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I was watching Duran Duran on TV recently and they did a version of "White Lines (don't do it)"....appropriate for a band renowned for doing loads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 I’ll just leave this here… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/12/2022 at 18:18, Bassassin said: This thread will tell you everything you need to know... or will it? Where's @Bean9seventy when you need him? I just went back and re-read that thread. Nope, no idea. Again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Mark King was well known for enjoying a particularly potent brand of Horlicks before a show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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