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ROOM 512 is an unofficial website providing news and
information to the work of Miles Hunt (solo, as The
Miles Hunt Club and also with Erica Nockalls), The Wonder
Stuff, Vent 414 and We Know Where You Live.
The
first incarnation of the website, officially known
as The Wonder Stuff Online but commonly shortened to TWSOnline,
was launched in 1998 prior to which the bulk of the
content could be found in a rather heavy (but
unpublished) printed biography until it was
suggested by Milo
himself in a late night conversation that
maybe the Internet would be a better target
audience.
Since then, the site has gone
through a number of design changes and even gone
offline on a number of occasions when I've been
unable to properly devote time to it. After
it's first initial 'gap', the site returned in 2004
following a number of requests from fans of the
group.
I'm one of those
people who cannot stand coming across a website only
to find that the site owner hasn't bothered to keep
it up-to-date and the information held on it is
largely now incorrect so it pains me to say that
over the past 4-5 years, for personal reasons whilst the
group have been enjoying something of a renaissance,
I have once again fallen into the trap of not devoting
enough time to it - although in my defence I am running my own businesses and
looking after two children so really
the priority of working to bring the pennies in does
have an edge over finding time to keep the site
regularly maintained.
When
The Wonder Stuff reformed in 2000, Miles Hunt said
that they had done it "for the fans." Ironically,
the same could be said for this site as if I hadn't
kept getting requests from people to bring it back
online then I probably wouldn't have bothered.
Miles has also said on a number of occasions that he feels sorry for every
other band because they didn't have fans
like those of The Wonder Stuff. I'd
wholeheartedly echo those words. The people
who visit this site, and those who are part of the messageboard, are some of the best people I would
ever want to be associated with. We're a
passionate bunch and we love our music. The
Wonder Stuff may not be the biggest group in the
world but we love them, god bless us, and as long as
there's still interest in the group, I'll hopefully
keep this site going.
Rob
Stokes, November 2014 |
