He was chased out of one club for just repeating "Yes hello, hello yes, it's highly psychological", and after mixing Mickey Mouse into Cabaret Voltaire at half speed.
[3] After the residency at the Drugstore, Stevo moved on to working a regular night at the Clarendon Hotel, Hammersmith.
[4] The nights at the Clarendon were known as "Stevo's Electro Tunes" where bands like DAF, Fad Gadget, Last Dance, Naked Lunch and Boyd Rice played.
[6] He preferred to include undiscovered bands that he could then license to major record companies through his Some Bizzare label.
[6] After returning to his home in Leeds, Almond discussed the meeting with bandmate Dave Ball and sought advice from Tony Mayo (of Naked Lunch), who would also appear on the Some Bizzare album.
[6] Depeche Mode were cautious when first approached by Stevo, they were indecisive about being included on a "Futurist" compilation album.
[7] After a bad first meeting with Daniel Miller of Mute Records (Miller was in a bad mood due to a problem with some Fad Gadget artwork)[8] the door was left open for Stevo to include Depeche Mode on his Some Bizzare Album.
[8] During an evening at the Bridgehouse, in Canning Town, Stevo chatted with Depeche Mode about his new label and compilation album; the band had been supporting Fad Gadget.
[10] In the end Johnson agreed and travelled up to Sheffield in Tony Mayo's (Naked Lunch) old Ford Transit van, along with Stevo, Keith Laws, Tom Johnston, Peter Ashworth (who comprised the band at that time) and Naked Lunch, who were the main support band.
[11] After the success of Soft Cell, in particular, Stevo began to have immense clout with the major record companies.