Ian Butterworth from Tunnelvision and Vee V V

Hi John,

My name is Ian Butterworth and I visited Cargo Studios twice….Once as the bassist in Tunnelvision and the other time as the guitarist in Vee V V.

To be brutally honest, I think that I was ‘spoilt’ by my visit with Tunnelvision when we recorded our second set of songs! The intention was that two of the four songs would hopefully become our next Factory release…..The production was quite outstanding! We brought along pan-pipes, a xylophone and for a bunch of teenagers with ‘precocious’ ideas, they were all somehow added into the songs with your expertise! At the time I just thought that that was what all ‘professional’ studios did…….! How wrong was I !!! Tunnelvision sadly broke up after typical ‘teenage-boys-in-bands’ ructions…..And therefore no next single…..(The first ‘Watching The Hydroplanes’, also recorded at Cargo, sold very well indeed!)

A year or so later, myself and the singer Chris Anderton had formed another band, and so we headed to good old Cargo to record our new demo…..Two songs were recorded ‘Love Canal’ and ‘Keepbeat’ and once again the recording added so much more to the songs with the engineers help….! I can remember wanting a guitar tone approaching The Scars debut single, Adultery/Horrorshow……..When I got to the studio, I saw the single cover on the studio wall and realised that it had been recorded in that very room!!!!! Eeeek !

Thanks for your all your help John and I hope you know that your contribution to everything that happened around that time is so appreciated !!!

Ta

Ian Butterworth

(You can see a photo of VEE V V in the studios with Colin engineering on the Gallery page)