Fay Fife heading back home
Gary Fitzpatrick • Published 13 Jan 2012 09:30
IT promises to be a night to remember when Dunfermline punk singing star Fay Fife returns home with her band The Rezillos to support Nazareth at the Alhambra tomorrow.
Naz's Pete Agnew said, "It's great to have the Dunfermline connection and we thought Fay Fife was the best stage name ever. We nearly wet ourselves when we first heard it all those years ago."
Fay, real name Sheila Hynde, grew up in Parkneuk and was a pupil of Milesmark Primary and Queen Anne High.
The Rezillos burst through as part of the punk explosion and enjoyed chart hits such as 'Top of the Pops' and 'Can't Stand My Baby'.
They split but have been back together for about 10 years. Since re-forming they have played in West Fife twice, the first being in Rosyth in 2007.
Fay spoke to the Press at the time and recalled it was a part-time bar job that nurtured her interest in music.
"I worked in the Ballroom cleaning tables when I was younger and so I got to see loads of live bands which was great," she said.
Success came swiftly after she joined the band when a student at Edinburgh College of Art.
"It was a blast. Great memories but you couldn't mention them in a family newspaper," she laughed.
Her famous stage name was part of a fashion for comic monickers and other band members included Gayle Warning, Luke Warm and Hi-Fi Harris.
Fay was soon back starring at the home town venue where she used clean the tables. "I think the Skids started a year after us and we played at the Ballroom together one time.
"There were a lot of good bands came out of Dunfermline at that time for some reason."
Tomorrow's concert is in aid of the Mary Leishman Foundation. There are a few tickets still remaining on sale at the box office.
This article appeared in Dunfermline Press 13 Jan 12
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