Rough Trade Records favourites — Franny moved straight from The Playthings onto the drum stool.
Franny moved straight onto the drum stool at Rough Trade favourites The Band of Holy Joy via a degree in Zoology and some jumping in front of whaling ships.
Holy Joy split up live on stage at The Garage, Islington, after a nasty incident involving Sean Hughes, a turban, a dress, the keyboard player, the lead singer and a large globule of saliva.
Bandmate Chris Brierley, on joining in the early 90s: "Franny Armstrong joined us briefly on drums before we lost her to Spanner." Chris went on to compose the scores for McLibel, Drowned Out and The Age of Stupid.