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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, band reformations, East Anglia, guitars, Hippies, man, pop music, rock music, vinyl, welsh bands
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More from Detroit
For a long while Detroit has held a fascination for me. It’s not exactly on the tourist trail so I am probably not ever going to visit. I imagine that in Detroit it is always winter and everyone is driving … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, band reformations, drums, guitars, iggy and the stooges, iggy pop, punk rock, rock music, tthe stooges
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The Beginning of a Neu Age
And so the great day arrived! Being the prospective drummer the band was going to come to me. Plainy and Sucho were traveling reasonably light with guitars and practice amps. Robbo the bass player was cursed with the 70’s bass cab … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, band auditions, band reformations, drums, guitars, Hippies, pop music, punk rock, Thorpe grammar school, vinyl
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