Go Jerry!!!

Ah, yes. How many hours have we all wasted recently, gawping at the Jerry Springer Show, Ricki, Oprah, Montel Jordan, Esther, Kilroy, or Vanessa Feltz? Probably quite a lot of time - especially Vanessa, who takes several hours to take in completely. Well, in that case you'll know just what kind of weird, whacked-out people it takes to make just one episode. I drink my husband's blood and it gives me psychic energy! I shagged my mate's mum because he shagged my dad! That kind of thing. The TV lads extolled the virtues of such shows in their marvellous B-side 'Go Jerry' (after watching it in the studio whilst recording Shaving Peaches), but they themselves have a suitably odd past worthy of the show itself - here's the proof!

1) One of Mark's earlier bands had their first (and last) school gig cut short by the headmaster after they set fire to a cross on stage.

2) Before Tony joined the band, one of the first people to audition as singer was a guy who later went on to become Larry Lurex. Apparently he leapt around Shutty's bedroom wailing a lot.

3) Terrorvision were asked to turn on Bradford's Christmas lights in 1995, but were dropped at the last minute and replaced by Seth Armstrong from Emmerdale. Shutty promptly hurled abuse at the mayor over the phone, thereby ensuring that the band would never be asked again.

4) Amazingly, Terrorvision are only Bradford's second-most-famous export - because let's face it, who has't heard of Sooty, eh?

5) In 1996, Tony got slightly inebriated (well, there's a surprise) at the Hard Rock Cafe in Madrid, and leapt off a dangerously high wall outside. The last thing he remembers is holding on to a large gold letter 'H', which was later revealed to be the first letter of 'HARD'. After his fall, Tony was admitted to hospital with two broken ankles, and not, as he had originally thought and made obvious to the doctors treating him, a broken arse.

6) Terrorvision have won two coveted Kerrang! awards over the years, for Best British Band in 1994 and 1995, and have managed to lose both of them. The first was lost by Mark outside a branch of Burger King following the post-awards celebrations, while the second was dropped within minutes of receiving it, breaking the base section off of the golden 'K' bit. Thankfully, replacements for both awards were duly doled out.

7) The TV lads are not exactly typical rock stars - Leigh enjoys golf, Tony is an avid mountain biker (and recently smashed his elbow going over the handlebars), Mark indulges in a spot of carpentry now and then, and Shutty likes nothing better than sitting at home in his slippers watching soaps.

8) The sleeve artwork to the re-release of 'My House' was, as far as we know, the first in the world to use one of those squiggly 3D picture things which give you a headache. Thankfully, it was also, as far as we know, the last.

9) As a publicity stunt for Oblivion, Terrorvision bought four suits from Oxfam and sprayed them silver, before wearing them not only on stage but also in a Glasgow pub afterwards. Which was probably a bit dangerous. It's just one in a long line of clothing-related absurdities in Terrorvision's history, including Leigh's 'FUCT' Kiss T-shirt which he seems to have owned forever, his garish red PVC trousers, and Mark's superb dreadlocks which have sadly now disappeared.

10) Shutty used to have long hair. Aaaargh!

11) 'New Policy One' might sound like the logical name for a song about politicians, but it actually gets its name from the fact that the guitar in the verse sounds like the Police's 'I'll Be Watching You' - so the first time the song was played live, it appeared vaguely on the setlist as 'New Policey One'.