Arthur Korns
The "notorious" Arthur Korns, (PROSE: Biography [+]Loading...["Biography (short story)"]) also known as Arnold Korns (AUDIO: Horror of Glam Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)"]) and Arthur Corn, (AUDIO: Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective [+]Loading...{"name":"VCGRD","1":"Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective (audio story)"}) was the manager of the Tomorrow Twins (AUDIO: Horror of Glam Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)"]) and Vince Cosmos. (AUDIO: Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective [+]Loading...{"name":"VCGRD","1":"Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective (audio story)"}, PROSE: Biography [+]Loading...["Biography (short story)"])
Biography
In 1971, after suffering from relentless failure, Vince Cosmos signed up at Hell for Leather Promotions and Arthur Korns became his manager. (PROSE: Biography [+]Loading...["Biography (short story)"]) The following year, Vince discovered that his manager was a Martian. He stole Corn's map, which showed the location of every Martian soul on Earth. (AUDIO: Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective [+]Loading...{"name":"VCGRD","1":"Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective (audio story)"})
In 1974, Arnold was the manager of the duo known as the Tomorrow Twins, who told them about the "brilliant" sausage and chips at the Nadir Motorway Service Station. He was on his way down to London to film an episode of Top of the Pops. He thought the Eighth Doctor was in showbiz because of his costume. He wanted to check up on his Bentley after the Only Ones attacked it. He wanted to take Tommy Tomorrow and Trisha Tomorrow away just to make his appointment. (AUDIO: Horror of Glam Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)"])
Behind the scenes
- In the real world, Arnold Corns was a band formed by David Bowie in 1971 as a side project and, ultimately, dry run for his Ziggy Stardust project, which influenced or inspired the character of Vince Cosmos.
- In the "Photos" section of the Vince Cosmos website, his name is given as "Arthur Corns".[1]