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New Wave
By 1976 I had established an excellent relationship with a second hand record shop and my vinyl collection began to multiply. I don’t know what it was with the good people of Norwich but it seemed that no sooner had … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, East Anglia, memoir, new wave, new wave bands, punk, vinyl
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Glad to be Gay
Until 1967 homosexual activity was illegal in Britain. That doesn’t really surprise me, it may as well have been illegal in the 70’s as far as the general public were concerned. I can’t imagine anyone at my school ever admitting … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, CDs, culture, drums, elton john, gay, homophobia, politics, pop music, punk, racism, rock music, tom robinson, vinyl
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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
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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
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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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The Long Hot Summer
The early 70s were pretty much the late 60s, by 69 the hippie dream had started to fall apart just couple of years after it had started. The early 70’s were superficially grim at least economically in the UK. There … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, Britain, East Anglia, gigs, norwich, pop music, rock music, the summer of 1976, vinyl
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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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5 Years
With the passing of the 70’s many of the old guard were beginning to feel the effects of their own mortality. Now in their 30’s and heading for the impossibly old age of 40 they were now heading into virgin … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's music, Britain, David Bowie, pop music, rock music, vinyl, Ziggy Stardust
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