"Emulsion" Early Van Halen album
"Polyfiller" Backing singer for X-Ray Spex
"Bonding Compound" Exclusive VIP backstage area populated by exceptionally attractive groupies
"Door Frame" Difficult dance move from 'rare groove' Northern Soul '80s revival
"Topps Tiles" chirpy Cockney bandleader from the '60s
"Hack Saw" Throat complaint from trying too hard to hit notes beyond limited range
"Putty" Hashish
"Step Ladder" That 'difficult' third album
"Skirting Board" Studio equipment, state-of-the-art in the '70s
"Joist" 'Putty', lit and sprinkled over cigarette tobacco in Rizla
"Faucet" Beer keg specifically, but increasingly used to denote any supply of booze
"Spirit Level" Point of crowd frenzy at the opening bars of third encore
"Rawl Plug" Country legend
"Veneer" Derivative Dutch rockers of any decade
"Set Square" Didn't make the guest list
"G-Clamp" Ex- gang-banging LA rapper
"Dust sheet" Like a rap sheet, but an on-tour tally of drug-related arrests
"Stanley Knife" Genial head roadie
"Plywood" Danish festival, now in its second decade
"Nail Gun" All female Minneapolis post-punk quartet comprised of members aged 12 - 15 years
"Drywall" South London gay club, popular hang-out of diminutive Aussie divas
"U-Bend" Jamaican ragga star
"Plaster" Norweigian death metallers and Eurovision runners-up
"Skip" First name of over-weight, acneyed 16-year-old stakler fan of Nail Gun's bassist, Linda
"Application Nozzle" Rolled-up £20 note - or similar of any currency
"Render" Female groupie who swings any way you want
...and my personal favourite
"Matt Vinal" Lead singer of late '70s new wave combo Fizzy-Popitty that later morphed into early '80s new romantic 'almost-rans'. Now retails neo-punk tat to Japanese tourists in Camden
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