Here's the opening quote from an official '60s VOX leaflet called 'The Communicators'. Sounds like a lot of bands that I was in around that time!
If the drummer's a little rough he can get by - he won't be the first,
If the lead guitarist's new , he'll learn - you'll cover.
Rhythm can make a few slips in the course of an evening . No one will know.
And bass - well, it's just patterns anyone can play . . . .
But let your vocals fall on hard amps or screaming feedback mics
and your comunicating's over.
The address on the leaflet is 'West Street, Erith, Kent' - perhaps a Vox expert can pin down just when this all-too-honest assessment of the sixties group scene was written.
Ray