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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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Ginger Baker
I found this post as a draft. For some reason I wrote it and never posted it. Oh well, want not waste not – here it is When I was a very young man I knew the names of two … Continue reading
This is Pop…The Rezillos
The career of the Rezillos was short and punchy, just like their songs. Coming from Edinburgh they emerged fully formed, had a couple of hits, released an album that was in effects a greatest hits record and then squeezed out … Continue reading
Need for Speed
After the Ramones played Britain in 1976 a lot of bands upped their game in terms of speed. with the Ramones it was the shock of the new, at first, I didn’t really understand how they made that sound, it … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged drums, Elvis Costello, pete thomas, terry chambers, XTC
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Drinking, Dogshit and the Stones
By the beginning of the summer 1978 and finding myself without a girlfriend, a band and, temporarily, without a family (they had gone to the USA to see relatives) I decided it was time to get a job. After a … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged bill wyman, drums, East Anglia, gay, ian mclagan, keith richards, mick jagger, Ronnie Wood, The Stones
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More Junkie Business with the Only Ones
1997 a boy child is born. My wife and me were pretty smug. We already had a daughter, now we had the full set. The new arrival appeared healthy and happy, quite a bundle of fun. There are those who … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged alan mair, CDs, drugs, drums, john perry, LIve Music, mike kellie, peter perrett, the only ones
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When to Wear the Hat
It was Bobby Elliott who started it all. Elliot was drummer for Shane Fenton and the Fentones who I touched upon in my Alvin Stardust post a few months back. Elliott then joined Manchester band the Hollies just as they … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged adam ant, bobbie elliott, drums, hats, more hats, ritchie blackmore, the hollies
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WHO Month-The Lonesome Death of Keith Moon
September 6th 1978. Paul McCartney held a midnight screening of The Buddy Holly story preceded by a celebrity studded meal at the Peppermint Park restaurant. McCartney now owned the rights to all Buddy Holly songs and was celebrating Holly’s birthday … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged death of keith moon, drums, John Entwistle, Keith moon, Paul McCartney, Pete Townsend, roger daltrey, the who, who are you
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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 Heroes- The Wick
Here on The Future Is Past we are willing and able to celebrate the achievements of anyone regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation religion or politics. So, taking equality a step further still, this week’s unsung hero is not even … Continue reading
Posted in rock music
Tagged drugs, drums, Kenney Jones, Ronnie Wood, the faces, The Stones, The Wick
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