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The band played in and around Herts around 1980 to good audiences. The nearest they got to any form of success, apart from the Live Gigs, was an invitation to do a session for Kid Jensen, which sadly, never materialised.

Paul and Mark wanted to take the time to pay tribute to Phil Such, who met an early death with great bravery.

He was a great lad; we have many memories of practising in his front room, constantly in fear of being attacked by his huge wolf of a dog. And memories of driving into Del Boys car outside Shepherds Bush station on the way to a recording session; the driver got out, looked at his 3 wheeler, wing hanging off, and said " No problem mate, I've had worse"

Worse was to come. Paul fell onto one of Phil's cymbals!! (Didn't sound any different though!)

The Shining are;

Paul Johnson-bass and vocals

Phil Such: Drums

Mark Duffy: Guitar and Vocals

Paul, still looking good!

The late, great John Grimaldi

Testament to Phil Such's bravery

A dying journalist is on hunger strike in protest at the UK's ban on assisted suicide. Daily Mail sports writer Phil Such, who lives near Bristol, says that 18 months after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease, it is time for him to die.

Mr Such, 37, told the paper's readers he asked friends to give him a lethal injection rather than face a slow death, unable to speak or move. "I asked for too much," he said. On 18 February his nurse Sheryn - who now lives as his partner in north Somerset - began feeding him only liquids. He has written to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to tell him about his protest against life in a straightjacket of frustration," with the disease destroying his ability to speak or move. He urged Mr Blair to back the legal battle by fellow sufferer Diane Pretty, who failed to win a High Court battle to allow her husband to end her life without fear of prosecution.

No roses

Mr Such, a fitness enthusiast before the disease struck, told the BBC it was time for him to die with dignity. "I do not want a long, lingering death," he said. "Starvation will speed it up. "I'm not saying it will be a bed of roses but the alternative is just not acceptable.

"He was a rugby player and he ran every day, and played golf off a handicap of about 12. "For him to be going this way is just awful."