This is the last post on the Facebook group page.
An excerpt from my recent chat with Obscure Alternatives engineer, Chris Tsangarides.
'Japan set me on fire. They saw me messing around with this pure alcohol that you used to clean the tape heads and you could pour it on the desk and set fire to it and it made a pretty flame and went out quickly leaving no trace or damage. But they -Steve and Mick - put half a bottle down my trousers not realizing what they were doing. There was no malice in it. So they set fire to it and I was kind of going along with the joke saying 'God, I'm on fire again..how many times has this happened' you know, treating it like an every day occurrence..but then it wouldn't go out. The flames were getting bigger and we started getting worried and someone had to go and get a fire extinguisher. They put it out and that's when the pain started. I was rushed to hospital and they cut the blisters off my arse and dressed the wounds...it was a whole world of pain. For some time I couldn't sit down normally, I had to use a 'Pile cushion' while wearing dungarees. I still have scars. Ozzy Osborne was working with Black Sabbath in the adjacent studio and when he got to hear about it he seriously offered to petrol bomb Japan for me. I had to convince him it was just a joke that got out of hand but he kept insisting 'I'll do it, I'll petrol bomb them for you'. I said 'I'm sure you would, and I appreciate it Ozzy but really, there's no need'. A bit later on Tony Iommi cornered me and asked me who that beautiful 'bird' I was working with was...I looked around and it was Dave standing there. So I said 'What...her'? And Tony goes 'yeah! Would you introduce me to her, she's gorgeous'. So I said, well, sure, OK, but the trouble is she's probably got a bigger dick than you.'