The Pieces of Mind

From their early practices at the St. John the Bosco Hall, on Cromwell Road in Newport, through supporting bands such as The Who at Coed Eva Community College in 1966, to playing nightclubs such as the Star Club, Top Ten & Crazy Horse in Hamburg, the Pieces achieved an almost cult status. In that period, we supported many well-known groups including: Billy Fury, Chicken Shack, Stu James & the Mojo

s, Georgie Fame & Blueflames, David Bowie, Gene Vincent, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Manfred Man, Marty Wilde, The Applejacks, The Hollies, The Merseybeats, The Moody Blues, The Nashville Teens, The Pretty Things, The Searchers and The Who. When the band eventually ran out of steam in the late 60's, members went on to join bands such as David, Judas Jump and The World of Oz. The band reformed in 2013 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of forming in 1963. Our first gig in nearly 45 years was to a packed South Wales Club on the 26th April 2013. The Radio 2 DJ, Johnnie Walker, introduced us and the show raised nearly £3000 for a local charity. In 2015 we were invited to take part in a BBC programme, which looked at the UK's best part-time bands. This show was more of a documentary than a talent contest and as Rhod eloquently put it in Belfast 'there are no prizes...you get F*** All'. 1200 bands applied or were invited to participate and we reached the last 15, playing a gig in Belfast on January 15th 2016, which was introduced by Rhod Gilbert and Midge Ure. The documentary was aired on BBC4 in June 2016 and our band was the only one to be featured on the BBC1 Graham Norton Show and the Ch5 Mathew Wright show. Rhod also played us a few times 2-3 on his BBC Wales Radio show. We really enjoyed taking part in the show as tiring as it was. It's taken over 45 years to release our first album, 'Born at the Bosco'. The Manic Street Preachers kindly offered us use of their studio in Cardiff and also arranged for it to be engineered by Dave Eringa, who had just finished the Wilko/Daltrey album ‘Going Back Home’. It was released in January 2015 and now available on Amazon, iTunes and other digital outlets.

22/12/2023

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21/12/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Adrian

18/12/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Vic & Percy

14/12/2023

Have a good one everybody

Hope people can make the Potters on 28th April 2024

11/12/2023

We are returning to the Potters 28th April 2024

Hope to see you there.
BTW The pics in collage were kindly taken by Dan Lambert at the Globe in 2018

11/12/2023

The lads (elderly men) are back at the Potters

A Date for your diaries.

In light of the speed restrictions in Wales, three of us will be setting off early...........Honest

Ticket info will follow as soon as we can

11/12/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Phil (RIP)

07/12/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Phil (RIP)

One of the few gigs we had 2 drummers

04/12/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

The Roadies, Ron on left and forgotten the other name

30/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar
Andy

27/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Ric

23/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Ted and Adrian

19/11/2023

The Boys may be back in Town.

April 2024

19/11/2023

It's now 10 years since I lost my older sister, Judy, and over 43 years since my younger brother, Terry passed.

After all the illnesses I had when a child, it seems so unfair that I'm still here. Still, that's life.

Judy never saw me play in the 60s, so I'm glad she finally managed to do so at our reunion in 2013.

First pic is of her and her youngest daughter picking up a raffle prize. It wasn't a fix...honest.

The other pic is of the 3 of us. Terry on the left, then Judy and me. I appear to have no arms, but like most 'good' boys, I had them tucked behind me.

I haven't a clue where it was taken. There is a distinctive building on the left, so perhaps someone may know. And before anyone says, I don't think it was Barry Island.

19/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

18/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Adrian and Phil (RIP)

17/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Andy

16/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar (as Vic would say it 'Treadegar'

Vic

15/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Steve

14/11/2023

Pieces in 2013

Rhyd Hall, Tredegar

Calm before the storm.

Sadly Phil passed the following year

13/11/2023

Pieces in Black and White

The Globe, Cardiff 2018

09/11/2023

Pieces in Black and White

The Globe, Cardiff 2018

Percy on bass and Ted on drums

06/11/2023

Pieces in Black and White

The Globe, Cardiff 2018

Rhod Gilbert

02/11/2023

Pieces in Black and White

The Globe, Cardiff 2018
Rhod Gilbert

23/10/2023

Pieces in colour for a change

The Globe, Cardiff 2018

Vic and his Zemaitis

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