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Can Any Bands Career End Well??
I happened to watch ‘Long Time Running ‘on Netflix a couple of weeks back. If you aren’t already familiar with this ‘rockumentary’ it’s a chronical of the final tour by Canadian band The Tragically Hip, I wasn’t familiar with their work,but they appear to be … Continue reading
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Tagged band reformations, rock music, rush, talking heads, the jam, the specials, the who, Yes
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15:Hallogallo… Neu
Covid coma has hit me this week so I am recycling an old post Hallogallo holds a place in my heart even though I’ve sometimes gone decades without listening to it. This is partly because its a great track perfectly … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, band auditions, band reformations, drums, guitars, Hippies, Krautrock, Neu, norwich, pop music, punk rock, Thorpe grammar school, vinyl
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Roger Daltrey…Thanks a lot
When it comes to reputations context is everything. Just ask Robert Falcon Scott the second leader to reach the South Pole. For decades after his death on the way back from the aforementioned pole Scott was a hero, an incredibly … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged band reformations, John Entwistle, Keith moon, LIve Music, Pete Townsend, roger daltrey, the who
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It’s Who Month !
It’s July, and here with The Future Is Past It’s Who month. If you like July and like the Who you are in for a great month ! Or perhaps not… For me the Who are the most frustrating band … Continue reading
Unsung Hero’s Harvey Hinsley
A constant source of amazement to me, this is by far my most visited post . Hot chocolate appear to be more loved than the sex pistols,yes,the clash or even gentle giant. In the 1960’s forming a multi racial band … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, band reformations, erroll brown, harvey hinsley, hot chocolate
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The Three Record Rule and Dr Feelgood
It’s a sad but true fact that almost every artist has a sell by date. The rule I usually live by is that no one needs more than 3 CDs from any one artist, once you’ve got three that’s enough, … Continue reading
Posted in DR feelgood, punk rock, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, band reformations, Britain, CDs, culture, DR feelgood, gigs, memoir, punk, punk rock, record producers, rock music
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Don’t Dictate
One of the things that comes up time and time again when researching the early days of punk is the resourceful nature of virtually all of the protagonists. Whether it was Steve Jones nicking enough equipment to equip the Sex … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged band reformations, culture, drums, gigs, pauline Murray, penetration, punk, rock music
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Pretender
“I know that the Pretenders have looked like a tribute band for the last 20 years. … And we’re paying tribute to James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon, without whom we wouldn’t be here. And on the other hand, without us, … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, band reformations, Britain, East Anglia, nick kent, nick Lowe, norwich, St Andrews Hall, top of the pops
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The Mighty Slits
“People didn’t know whether to fuck us or kill us, because we looked like we’d come out of a porn magazine.” Becoming a parent raises a whole load of issues. There is no right or wrong for most of us, … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged 70's biography, 70's music, band reformations, bass, Britain, drums, gigs, guitars, politics, punk, punk rock, rock music, sex pistols, the clash, the slits
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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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