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Ever thought that what's really missing from your life is a leather cod piece and a piece of acid house history?
Now you can get two in one, because former frontman of The Shamen Mr. C is auctioning off the leather harness and cod piece he wore for the band's 1992 performance on Top of the Pops.
Writing on a Facebook post about the auction, Mr. C says: "For many years I've thought about auctioning my infamous fetish harness & cod piece that I wore on the Shamen's UK number 1 smash hit video, Ebeneezer Goode & our memorable Top Of The Pops performances of the same song for a charity & I'm honoured to now do this for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust."
The Shamen were on the chart-topping show performing their only number one single 'Ebeneezer Goode', which was controversial at the time due to the implied drug references in the track.
It seems that could be taken into consideration, as Mr. C explains in his Facebook post: "Just before doing the first Top Of The Pops performance back in September 1992, I’d had some bad press from the Daily Star who were sensationalising the drug reference in their national daily smutty rag & also the indie inky Melody Maker had been running a weekly spoof attack on me as an annoying rapper (which many believe I was… lol).
"So I stuffed the cod piece with these 2 articles for the TOTP performance, which remain in the cod piece to this very day & will stay there as an exciting addition to this very sought after item."
Watch The Shamen's performance on Top of the Pops with the cod piece in question:
The item is being auctioned to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust UK, as well as a few other choice items - fans can also bid on a one-off art print from his 2002 album Change and a limited edition t-shirt, which have both been signed.
The art print and t-shirt will be auctioned separately, at an actual fund-raising event, but the cod piece and harness are available to be bid on now. Bidding starts at £200 for the cod piece, and £50 for the cover art.
If you can't wait to get your hands on them, head over to the Facebook page for more details about the auction.
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