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With the bass a lost cause, Billy tries singing lessons instead — only for teacher after teacher to beg him to give up and never return.

Devotion to Jim Bowen and darts telly, fuelled by white cider and Mad Dog 20/20, while visitors quietly suggest laying off the drugs.

A Sunday obsession with the film Grease leads Billy and his mates to a one-off cinema showing — where their word-perfect sing-along gets them thrown out.

Endless high-volume bass practice and a stash of Psycho Dave’s drugs bring the police to the door — but Billy escapes with only a warning to turn the music down.

When your dealer cuts you off out of concern for your health, it’s a sign — but Billy keeps taking acid, melting walls and losing touch with reality on the benzene plant.

Six weeks after buying a bass, Billy plays a Battle of the Bands heat on pure nerve and the most basic bass lines going.