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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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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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Mark E Smith;Spector vs Rector vs Reaper
When Mark E Smith died at the age of 60 my first thought was to marvel that he had lived that long. Smith died on 24th Jan, my father in law Ralph passed away 24 hours later, it all felt … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, Britain, drums, manchester, mark e smith the fall, memoir, punk, punk rock, the north
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The Bunch Rock On
One of my favourite podcasts is produced by ex-magazine The Word. Every so often ex members of the team gather to publicly shift through rants theories and conspiracies as well as interviewing people who are genuinely interesting. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in folk rock, memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged drums, fairport convention, fotheringay, linda peters, piano, richard thompson, rock and roll, sandy denny, trevor lucas
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Finding Fairport
Fairport Convention, the celebrated British folk rock group are due to play a venue near me very soon. I had considered going but when I discovered tickets are something along the lines of £25 I soon declined. I still cant … Continue reading
Live Stiffs
On the 18th October 1977, just a few days after my nineteenth birthday, the Stiff tour hit the University of East Anglia. Elvis Costello chose this time to debut a ragged version of ‘I Just don’t Know What to do … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, Britain, drums, East Anglia, Elvis Costello, gigs, guitars, Ian dury, larry wallis, nick Lowe, norwich, pub rock, stiff records, UEA, University of East Anglia, wreckless Eric
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If it ain’t Stiff..part 2
On of the few things I can still remember from studying history in my humanities degree was the concept of unwitting testimony. As far as I remember this is the idea that you can find out things from a period … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, Britain, drums, Lewis Lewis, nick Lowe, pub rock, rock music, roogalator, stiff records, the dammed, the pink fairies, the Tyler gang
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