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Monthly Archives: July 2017
When Punk Comes to Town
My diary from 1977 is a pretty miserable specimen illustrating all too clearly that youth is wasted on the young. Boredom was a pretty constant factor but when I wasn’t bored I would go out with numerous friends to numerous … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged 70's biography, 70's music, bass, Britain, crap punk bands, drums, East Anglia, gigs, guitars, norwich, rock music, St Andrews Hall, Thorpe grammar school
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The Adverts…Straight Outta Biddeford
There’s always something rather wonderful about a band that isn’t from London. Perhaps it’s just me but surely there’s a certain romance in a band from Swindon (XTC) or Andover (the Troggs) or even Bournemouth (um.. Al Stewart). There must … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, bass, Britain, crap punk bands, East Anglia, gigs, johnny rotten, punk rock, sex pistols, the dammed
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I’m Gonna Break Out Of This City (or at least the suburbs)
1977, time to leave school. As luck would have it I kept a dairy for the first few months of 1977 and so I can pinpoint the exact date. On 27th June I wrote, ‘Had my last two exams, History-special … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, Britain, East Anglia, norwich, pub rock, punk rock, Thorpe grammar school, top of the pops
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My drug experience with Man
There’s a conventional wisdom with general anaesthetics which the medical profession never tells you about and that is that you should never make any important decisions such as taking out a loan or making a will in the week … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, prog rock, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, CDs, drugs, Hippies, pop music, prog rock, pub rock, rock music, vinyl, welsh rock
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Wales, Man, and another brother slips away
Having just spent a few days in Wales my thoughts turned inevitably to the Welsh Rock scene.It took until the 90’s for Wales to really register on the rockometer and for a few years being welsh was really cool. Not … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, prog rock, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, band reformations, East Anglia, guitars, Hippies, man, pop music, rock music, vinyl, welsh bands
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