Comment: Alans! That picture (and the article) have just kick-started an avalanche of memories, though I suspect I'm older than the author, as I can remember Alan's starting up as a stall on Wigan market before moving into that beloved shop, and before he started selling skate/BMX gear - just vinyl and comics. Reading Batman and listening to early Voivod, sheer joy! Didn't Alan also start his own local record label? Clearly remember watching a few Napalm Death-type bands in that tiny shop (you can only imagine the volume), and being told they were "his bands". Just curious, any info would be good - top article!
Name: speedkermit Comment: Spent a lot of time in Alan's of Wigan as a yoof, buying Throwing Muses, Foetus and Throbbing Gristle. Then spent a little time wedded to Offbeat in Hull (Loop, Oxbow, Spacemen 3).
Comment: Alans! That picture (and the article) have just kick-started an avalanche of memories, though I suspect I'm older than the author, as I can remember Alan's starting up as a stall on Wigan market before moving into that beloved shop, and before he started selling skate/BMX gear - just vinyl and comics. Reading Batman and listening to early Voivod, sheer joy! Didn't Alan also start his own local record label? Clearly remember watching a few Napalm Death-type bands in that tiny shop (you can only imagine the volume), and being told they were "his bands". Just curious, any info would be good - top article!
Name: speedkermit
Comment: Spent a lot of time in Alan's of Wigan as a yoof, buying Throwing Muses, Foetus and Throbbing Gristle. Then spent a little time wedded to Offbeat in Hull (Loop, Oxbow, Spacemen 3).