FAN CLUB - TV SMITH & THE ADVERTS
TV Smith Adverts painting on Tim's office wall by Carol Penny of The TUTS. Later became a popular t-shirt. Tim, we got in touch with you thanks to Hugh and the FAN CLUB dedicated to the Doctors Of Madness . Can you tell us before talking about the ADVERTS and TV SMITH what this band means to you ? Doctors of Madness are my favourite UK band of all time. MORE ON DoM… Richard Strange and TV Smith are my favourite two singer-songwriters. Prior to finding Hugh Gulland’s Doctors of Madness website, I was considering creating a joint Richard Strange and TV Smith website. As things turned out I instead led the creation of the two informal fan clubs via a top twenty fans favourite songs charts. The fan clubs were called The Afterglow for the Doctors of Madness (Richard preferred this name over the other option of The Sons of Survival) and the TUTS (TVSmith United Tour Supporters) . The TUTS name came from a tut I made about TV playing more gigs in Germany than in the UK. What started ou...