Ronny goes to Portsmouth - with punk band Spodgenessabounds

London-based musician and RTYD member, Ronny Rocka, will be playing guitar for Splodgenessabounds at the Punk By The Sea one day music festival on South Parade Pier in Portsmouth on Saturday 18th June. Others on the bill include Buzzcocks, Peter and The Test Tube Babies (one of my faves), Vice Squad, 999, and John Robb's Goldblade, who I saw recently in San Francisco supporting Steve Ignorant (Oh, you're so international! - Ed).

The story goes that a week or so before tour to promote Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps (c.1980), Max Splodge found himself the victim of a band walk-out. Through a friend Ronnie found hmself a place in the Splodge's new band, and spent the next few years touring and getting very pissed with them - and eating crisps, I'm sure.

Rocka currently plays guitar for Bob Dylan tribute act To Bob, and in the past he has played with the Crabs (1978-81), the Angelic Upstarts (1985 -1991) and the Godfathers (1991 -2002), among others. Not bad, eh?