We can trace Pat and Mick back to the early days of pirate radio when they first met back in 1976, having both been simultaneously turned down flat as a pancake by BBC Radio 1 for the position of disc jockey, in favour of emerging punk/new wave DJs, such as Tony Blackburn. It was during these wilderness years that they decided to tour tube stations of the London Underground, busking impromptu "radio shows" for passers by at evening rush hour. The set up was very basic back in those days. A small painting and decorating table with a hand wound, gramophone record player, megaphone and cassette tape recorder, with which to play their sponsored commercials. Londons commuters soon found themselves stopping in sympathy, and perhaps tapping their feet to some of the most modern pop music ever to
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