[Susan Foreman]

And so we get to the final episode of the show. First up were SHE. Never heard of them before, and never heard of them again!



TRASH weren’t much cop either. A Swedish band from before Scandinavian bands got good….



And then MAGNUM. Probably the most memorable thing from ECT’s farewell was Magnum’s attempt at a technical opening with Bob Catley strapped to the camera … but his mic wasn’t working! Another great performance though and if I recall MAGNUM replaced HANOI ROCKS who had decided to call it a day a week or so before the show.



And finally, German band WARLOCK closed the show. I loved this band, and saw them as support to Dio



And so we come to the last ever episode of ECT as shown on Channel 4 for 10 weeks during the spring of 1985. Whatever it’s plusses and minusses it brought heavy rock to a wide audience and gave exposure to many bands that would otherwise have not that much in history to remember them by.So ECT went out in the end with a bit of a whimper, but on the whole it was a great 10 weeks – and it got me started on almost 30 years (to date) of rock gig going – so it wasn’t all bad by any means

A lack of big names and a flawed format killed the show. Had the live footage mixed with rock videos with some of the big US hitters, then I think it could have come back for a second series.

But as it was, it is a fascinating peek into the (mainly British) rock scene of the mid 80s.