Photo: Ted Polhemus

Biddie & Eve are best known for their three year residency at the now-legendary Blitz. Biddie started singing solo at Blitz, then a quiet Covent Garden bar, with pianist Richard Jones (the opera director).Along came Eve Ferret. and 'Biddie & Eve' were born. With their band, "Smashing Time";, which included such luminaries as Rowland Rivron and jazz pianist supreme Simon Wallace with the divine Erica Howard on bass, they pulled in a highly diverse 'up-for-it' party crowd. A typical Biddie & Eve audience would include the likes of Siouxsie Sioux, the Sex Pistols, Tim Rice, Janet Street Porter and Sandy Shaw.

Photo: David Bailey

As the Punks made way for the New Romantics, Biddie &; Eve's alter-egos 'Chiquita & Bobbie' amused a new set of faces - Steve Strange, Spandau Ballet and Rusty Egan while Boy George checked in the coats. Blitz soon became the mecca for the New Romantics while Biddie & Eve moved on to tour the country appearing with many bands, such as "Theatre of Hate" and "Blancmange" and even supported "Duran Duran" on their first London gig.

Photo: Ian McKell

Photo: Brian Moody