Alvin Stardust break-up of the Fentones, working in music management and performing at small venues with his wife Iris Caldwell, the sister of Rory Storm. During the early 1970s, however, he acquired a new persona, Alvin Stardust, cashing in on the glam rock bandwagon. Alvin Stardust was clearly a reference to Ziggy Stardust, a David Bowie character based on the "C-list" rocker Vince Taylor. The Alvin Stardust character looked remarkably like Taylor with sideburns and black leather outfit. His new name was given to him by Peter Shelley, the co-founder (with Michael Levy) of Magnet Records. Shelley originated the persona of Alvin
Stardust fire Your girl-friend's handbag was robbed? She's the Manageress in the Shoe Shop in Northside Shopping Centre. ... Wait now would you ... Stardust Yes, I'm in the Stardust disco, discotheque, and my girl-friend's bag went missing, someone's after taking it. Can you hear me? ... yes. Can you hear me? ... And where were you ... where were ... the Guards, where will you meet the Guards? Pardon? What's your name . . . what is your name? Hello? (Screams in background, caller hung up)". A waitress, Mrs Elizabeth Prizeman shouted to a doorman Leo Doyle, "Leo, there is a