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Firstlyr there isnrt nothing in ';erkshire. 0x, so there night not be a great ileal to do, plon.av such as the ;:j.S";ii:"":"f:",1_*:-u:::ll ?;il";i;;;;i;,,,Lor,."u" club. or the .ridse Rouse f.yr:,.;i-"0:;, in #":';I;rilrl;T;L";::rT.:ii" think' 1r onrv vsp tare irre t'ouhre ri""r*,"irl-rfi.;";"-;'i;; t"-i*j-ii.'ii" c,,""-"ii"ri"i! ilii-ii"r*", news _ it,s rnot' And whose farrlt is it? Their-s. no, r"v-iir"" _hav€ re at the Honday crub. to the;ridse ir.;;;,';id^i; ".""-irr"r-i.i" in their rror4lrlov'q, btrt have they always :i:::;;:l"iT:.down '

As far as the big nsse grorps go, weilr werve had a fev in recent rnonths, but J a€reer not ,:nantrr. But nhose faul.t is that? 0rrs. ff people tlontt support the Locel activities then it vi]1 iseen that no one is interested, so the big groi.ips uonrt cone. Chriet, the tlonday Club cooltln I t l€ven fill the Fritannla Tap rfntil recently. Things have j-nproved., ard they even have people foverspilling onto the street. Antt this is encouraging. It dernonstrates tha.t interest is there :antl it uill help to attract the bigger g].oups. lltre vay to enco ra6e then to cone hele is to ;shol' interest, not to rrite over-pessioistic reviews. tfter all uerve got the venues Bracknell Sports Centre, tihe flexagon; o! the llniveraity fo! e-xample. It's up.to you. .

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rlhe only a CLAYSON AND THE ARGONNIITE tfele right. "" "=:.pETrrrt anyone rrhord seen Cl"Jo-lG;n F;; coul givewas@ Claysonrs band nirmbered. 12 - 2 guitars, keyboard.s, d.rums, saJ(, trurnpet, trombone, electric violinr and. J young ladies on baeking vocals, with Clayson hinself on lead voeals. It lrould be inrpossible for ne to d.escribe all of thenn though they ranged. frorn,.people looking like jazz musieiens to Cla.yson in nock crusader dress wj-th e cowboy inbetween. tv the prize being a doirbl-e- album of PoPular win. As Part of the show he held a raffle with to d'irector' Tragica-lly I failed themes or arr evening'watching tv with their nilbical a The stage show was excellent. Clayson charged around. the stage in what see frenzy although this seemed to be rehearsed or worked. out beforehand r rbut the effect uas surpsising, and I couldnf t but help be anused' by him. llost of the songs are based on historical eventsjn"t the s i cal con t ent-rrn-faEtunetfy didnft match up to the stage show. His songs ranged from hard m,.solid rock to singing,blues songs on a stool. Clayson eould easily attract people to his gigs with this sort of show, but r feer he would have difficulty in serling reclrds as the atmosphere couldntt possibly be captured. on vinyl. Ca on and the ar€onauts are a good fun band. well worth seeing, a3d wish them luck"

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l:eet the DistractionE - Steve Perrln, gulta! & vocali. Itp l'1cholls, iass & vocale. llike .!.lnney, vocals. Adrlan lir.ight, guitat keyboards & vocal"s. Alec Sldebottonr dn$s & vocal.! for thelr catchy' straiSht. At last thls talented group are starti.ng to galn a reputatlon fomerd pop. Shortly aftir the release of their oebut I,.P. iliobodyrs !erfec{', 1 v{ent up to london to see theD play, and beforehand held en i.nterview whloh was more of- a chatr Dl Irve cut out the lonc di.scussions on poiitics, Joy Division, t:eDace, TubervaSr Arny end telephone answering machlnes, and I thtnlt the residue nakes lnteresting reedlnc. G.ll. )L'hen dr-d you

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Adrlan.)fie played our.f1rst live glg on the 14th of JuIy 1977, but ve'd been golng for a

bat Defore. G.Fl.)Ilon' long was it before you got your t'irst recorci out? A1ec. ) J e,nuary t -19 we re.corded it 1n Oct'ober t'l8.

i,;ike . ) That v,'as tne E. F . G.Fl. )Hovr preased were' you with,it? Adrlan.)At the time we were reaLly pleasec,

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C.H..rlio regrers then? i,:lke.)Iio, werre real-ly nappy, getting on reatly wefl sith then. Adrian.) lYe were leal1y pleased about that 'Cos we hadart alone any Lonalon.91€s at that s.Eage and vre viere gettin! really pissed off wlth the general qtt1tude of the nuslc .business l-n london that youive got to 60 to then, €f,rd you'.ve 8ot lo send then tapes even the poxlest venue 1n j,ondon yourve got to send then atepe If you $ant to do a gig

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L'tke.rThere.s a brg (tifference betv.oen the E.::.I- file who pays the plper...r sort of arrl-tude ana ttke the Indr.e attitude where ltrs up to the Dand, but there agau the Indies arenr t bacr(lng you to the aa]Ie e*eDt . G.H.)so 1f it vagnrt fol financ]'al consrderat:.ons yourd prefer an Indle.

Adrian.)ln sone waysr yes, but of course tinanclarlyr no. t;r'ke.)i thlnk wervs got a t(lnal of confortable nLddle path w].th fsland. riarran.)l suppose Lf you can afr ord te be urth art'Intll€ then dor' but otherwlse you you stancl in line a maj or. AncI theyrre nevel epnna nake time' richt the for i; Sult waitins ,.

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frrke.r?he -tdeal Fosrtlon Ytould De to be a ;uccessfuJ 6roup on an independent tqbel. G.fl.)How would you deflne l'our nuslc't Adrran.rI wou]gnrt rry, I canrt rearLy do that. i;l.ke.)$e leave thet to otlier people. Steve.)ltrs rike otowlng yortr nose ieal.ty, then spentlj.ng two hours srttr-ng there LookLng at Lt and explalr.ing whatrE tiere - lf ather peopte want to PIsy wj-th our d-i-rty handkerch1efs thatrs.... fitke..)ft's vely dlffj.cult to say $jrat you ctoi because you n18ht wanl to change and if you start sayln€ roh.we.!e a sucn-and-such bandr then yourve EoIe or .tese tLed .vourselvea down to thet. o.H.)l.sn.t 1t ter0ptug to corner, part of tne aalket by puttlng e labe] on yourself so fan6 of that sotl of nuaac wj.ll' come and see you? own wey. titl,ke.)Yes, thatrs al1 very well-r 6ut l-trs much n1cer lo hale I't your rcos yourve put a your gigs of cone to one to enough iu6t narrow ALec.)I! soneoner8 get going you vtrth playLng aYray to not let tneyrre then yourseJf, on particura! label EUsac. of sort that except anJthing L:1ke.,Sone of us vrant to.Progress. Adrlan. Pop. -Thet I s l'/har it l-s ! fop I Iiike. )Popts such a broad rabeI..... AdTlan.J?op vrith an edge to itl .qlec.)ltrs-not broad enough for me. Ird take aonethl-ng that was total.ly neenl-n8l9ss ! t1ike.)l,ihe, we say thl-s, and a 1oI of other bands axe saylng :-t too - therers a lot of bands who iontt wanr to be labell-ed. ALec.)rerre not really pop - pop is stuff ll,ke Racey - pop - popular - stuff trnat Gells ,,

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I'f you became successfu]? Steve.)v,lealthy - .thatrs how weid feel!

i G.F-.r3i.rt you wouldnrt consider changing youl' styLe or approach Just for co:nnerclel success? Adrie_-r. )l;ot to sornethrng th6t 1'/as obr'roxlous to us - not sornething se didnrt want to do nlec.)l:ot just for the sake of it. Eteve.)tf solneone 11'e-s waving flvers under our rosesr-rr nlec.)Or saying we could have won0en end big carE..... ::1|e.j6o1d or i you sai.d money first - I wouldnrt do it for.money as wil11n81y as ird (lo lt for wonen and bi8 carst but then you canrt.Gell whetrl !.lcc.)I wouldnrt want to.cnanee Ju6t to get 1n the charts, groups who are Just hired to get in the chart,s anJrway. l'le ['ouldnrt ]l-ke to be like some bought into the being things therl've been a ]ot of nl]rrours aoout let 1n the charts. charts - J.ike guber';ay ArnY.

G.}i.)Itwoulc8iveagroupviththerightpotentia1tnechancetobeheerd.. Electrlc' L:ike.)I car se; that frorn the facr that l?adro 'l wouldnit Pl"ay rAre 3riends one of the.reaaoDa that's play nothln8 else untll lt got 1n the charts ard then theyrd why I donrt like the radlo. j G.Fl.)Have you had nuch ai-rP1ay fo? Soys Cry? and bt people Iike Johr Peel' I:id 'Iensen, I'lj.ke Head' t.:it<e. ) f noeiendently ' Adrlan.)vjerre gettinE quite a n-ame witlr that tot actuallyr and thatrs Setttng us a blt of a toJ.lowlng as well as the focaf crowd. l:ike.)l'ihenwefirststartettplayj-nggigsinloridontltwaslikehalftheaudl-enceuere journalists anc the other half were musieians.

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HLke.llle prei'er a snarJ one, Dut ,vou ir&ve to So suppor?s so peopte cen drscover lou. O.li. ) Yout ve supporteo peopre tlxe ada.rn .tc tne tntz anct l.'ne !,sl}. - hov, v;erl drd you Eet on IJike. / v/ell we t ve t'ound tnat tne sort of ret't fretcl will "t.:.sten wnere&s the eDsolute outand*out puriJrs wsn,t gLve you e chance. A.T ti:is stage t.ne tJ].stractlonB were carl ed av/a,v to do their soundcnec.tc, and the l_ntervl thus came to an end" -..

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THE DISTRACTIONS tu dLecove? tnat the supPort the way up to r,ondoni .!.ULHAM GRE}HOUND.

6foup ca&e f"o! 'Iyplcalty, I vren! arl punky who played a a conbor tloderar Jaizr ll,ght-we:"gnt neadug.....they werer.an factt r of the renenlscent at dl.fferer.t tline6 setr vague.tl full, Jrrgrnal and :.nterestani ?-: zzerds and Stariets. Eventuarly tne Utsiract].on6 cane on, anrl ].nrtt-€j-ry uade l-1ttle Lmprqsslon on arl Eudtenc€ whLch, :.n the EraLn., nad. coDe tor a nj.8ht out rarhe? tnan specr.flcaJ-ly lo see lhe 8rouP. Cerla].nly none ot the. grouP naal nede lrUcn elIort to looli perlrcu1arly captlvatlng especlaily lead stnge! Ii]-re, viho wole sensxole sfroes, srnart.ly co-ordj-nated tr.e an(r triusere, tne -rattei dlspla.v:.rrg v,rnat can onrt be OegcriOeC as a dr.stxnct f1are. I ovrevef, as lhey opened tha 6et B,1th ']t Doesn't ..Bothe! [ler r nost peoPle coul-d nQt herp but oe rnpressed by therr musr.i wh:.cn Satndd a J,ot Eore €ut6 l:.ve wLthout roBLng Lts enootn, truld Dsat. I'tost of .the Ber conbrsted of track6. fron the al bum or s1n81esr rthough tiere $ere e coupie I drd not uecogn:,g.e, s,nd aLthough I had to J.eave Defote .1!," ,"+.9f .I ' by the Dlqtractlon8. IZ:2, d1o nor get eway ].n tr.lre to prevbnl ny be1ne

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cH: Hov did. you get the ldea tor Motorhead? IrIeII, I waa sacked fron Hawkwind and I f igured. I had to do sollething guick before people forgot about it, so f casre baek to Lond.on, fo::med. the first Motorhead. with Larry waIlis and Liisss. GH: Why was the tOn Parolet alb',ln not released? Philthy: Iecuaae Ill- didnrt like it. They onl.y relea.seal it yhen ve became popular, anrl rl,omberr nent in.at No. 12. Ve oueal then a fev thousand pounds, and tlrey released it to get their noney back and cash in on I'lotorhead.r s succegs. GE: What about Stiff a')d rleavinr l{erer" idtlie: rn rJJ we recordeii tllhite Line Feverr arrd r],eavinr Herdr at peeble Feach in Uorthing, and there was a delay gettin5 the tape or sornetJnin5. . . . . Lenqr: Yeah, we financed. jt ourselves, arrd. they nourdnr t even. pay the €.140 to get the' tape. E: Their e-xcus e vas r'e Yere too late delivering the product. Ttre real reason rla.s stiff uas getting popular antl started putting out compilation albuns. They leasecl out our songs to French slgrdog reconis, so it voul<i be bought on inport, and both traeks appeared. on the tvo conpilation stiff albuns. They really rl""j * up. A:rd that box set - tbbrels i[rother rip off. Itlotorhead uere the only banil on Stif,f (lamneil? - ErS.) . Ilke, nell all our fans had to buy 10 fucking reeods to get our s:5gie. hre hope orjE' fans vait until such tine as rre ,,ive it avay nith Nerrsweei. Gfl: !/hat happened vith Chisnick? L! chiswick savetl us. rt vas April r77, and ue were 6oing to split, and do one last gig at tbe Marquee, allcl then playing at the noundhouse nith the Darnnett I asked ted CarroiL, becuase Jale Riviera was hastling us at the tine, if he was going to recoatil us for a llve albun' because ue yere Soing to spltt. ,But ue dida't have the nobile. I./e rent into the stu<lio to record two sitles for a singLe and eneded up with 11 backing tracks in tso dalrs r so they let uB al6 the rest of the albun. He na6 vea.y gooci to us, Ted Ca.rroll. In. fact rMotorheadr is still available on his lig xeat tebel. He saveil the Danneit as vell rcos no-one voukl touch the Da.nned when they refomeA. cE: i,lhat are the links betueen you and the Dawred ard the lronze/chiewick single id.ea? I.': Ue uere going to nale a sin€lle toeether, but it didnrt r,ork out because certain nenbels of both bantls uere velT tlrunk. There rae only ne anil al51 left in tihe enil. I playetl basd on r?aLl3oon Blitzr and ve had both drumers on a verglon of rover ttre tipr. lthe first ilalLroon Rlitzr uas Euch better than the one aotually released. ltrey ovirdubued €iuita!6 a;ntl replaceil rry vocals, Yhich ua€ Etrch better. therl nas neant to !e eeven of us iloing it' but in fact there were tvo. Ttrese tvo - Philthy antl ldaiie - ha,il to go. lhe Captain waa neant to be putting guitar do$n, but he vas breakingr toilet seatg aad vatching cricket. GH: tlhat Eankyinal al buns diil you play on? t: tr-Verything fron rDoreni i to tUarrior 0n The ldge of Tiner GH: Eor ili<l you get the name tPhilthy ininalr? P: triroD a girlfrientl I used to have. She discovered the philt\r bit. Ttre ani[a1 co[es fro! the ltuppets r Euppose. t rong tine a6o ry granny used to cail ue 'ryou philtt5r little aninalrr rcos I us etl to come in covereal in rrud. E: So knov you lnov Philtlry Aninal was narned by his grranny! GE: l'lho thought you to play tir,:ns? D. r uent to Leeris col-lege of rusic for about.two years, tlro nights a ueek, l eant to tead uuslc' and do nilitary drun rorlE. r sat in ry roon for abgut three years praticirg theo. l,ly technique ie however unique. GH: Eovrs the I'lotorheadbangers club going? 1)r I. Yeal' Paul Hatlven fron the a5ency dtoeB it vj.th one siste! and hj.s alad. .r.nd he aloes {:he. LennrSr:

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think you beca.me nore suecessful at the tine of the new Yave explosion? L: Because there nust be a l-ink sonevhere. A lot of people have d.escribecl us as a cross between Heavy l"leta1 and Nen Wave, but l donrt really lrrow. l,lhen !*etre playing we dontt really ain for GH: l/lry do you

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I.: After the punk thing the only thing treft stand.ing ltaa l'lotorhead.. Now we lve got all the olclies getting together ag:ainr like llriah Heep. t! In eix nonths tine al.I the papers flill say IIM la ilead, but verll still be tbere uith Motoa'nusic. Pa The next revivErl vill be the hippie revival. E! Thatrs alead arrd should not be reviveil GH! Do you have antrr plans fo! a new al-br:n? L: Yea}, thatrs uhat serre lehearsing for now. Werve wrLtten three tracks r antl re start recortling on l,lay 1lth. Werl1 iour in Septenber or October. GH: What about a live albun? n: Werve got this live lF, ard nzybe theye vil1 be a live albun after the next s t.. dio one. GE: What ebout politics - l,enqr used to vaer swastikas? L: l'l:at rdas just for a 1augh, ridiculous yrknow. Werre not intereetecl

in pol.itics. lf ve're erythinf ver!e outl?-ws r anarchists. P: ff ue flere in the wild west verd he outlaws - part of the Janes 6ang. f: Ttratls part of our inal'e. ltre punks did it as rrel.l - the Clash leally leant on it. Ttrererg so Darrlr factions in politicst but rtho cates. Werle playin6: Dirslc td enJoy. P: By the nay before ve play lnalard rre rDay Eo to Anerj-ca fir€t. cH! no you reckon your attit.,de to recorcling has changed since. the snall label/bariil revolutj-on, since the final solution attitude? I: N0 - we started on a snal] label. Chisnick ne snafl at the tine, anrl they put all their tDoney on us - they even had the Count Sishops round thele putting th€ir ovn records in sleeves. On a bi6 labe1 you get nore push, vhilst on a snall label you get nore attention. Thatrs all rea11y. cE: Con]-ng back to Philthyr s drun techni.que - why is it ao unique? E: tre Just hits then as hard as he can, thatrs all. lle rre really the best banil in the world?

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I opens bf sexual / phvsical inadequacy' nast poor - tyri-cs on_the subject h::nonrs-L€ altr, *ra cruae | ta"t a typitatly punllr/refuas uunba itrs IIp A Drainpip! The Membere come nea!, viiu-tt e:-r ofA is ercellent eoirail nunbers, tirn trre studio but conss acclosa :-""" poi;"rr"a 'it_jt-trit"gt"ut -quali.ty | vieusr is a gpo'lt | ^rtnowit nai'lers albr:m. 1tre Llg1tni-ng the for a live recortling, " sitle is |Law lnal Orderr by Lo ca'l gperato! vho tirst Ibe o" i""t outetanding not but "o"te". nelo<lious, bouacy number erlnsing reggae influences' aou.Dd. a lot like t.n.n. " playing rNext in Liner. After an incredible debut Einsla in il Edg" ori ,iiu "iif, ;il;Tr"-ki;

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this i6 a lot trt" zue-r""r io h"tt 'goo. dowqhiu. (cT9* - attraiiive 9:c')l.b"t ;;;-il7-nr-cora, line' tvink-' loail bsen tt'nti"g out recintly-better thaa moet of tn" I Shaftsbu"';r Av€nue nubber' "tofl-ttt"irvs --Iilg or6an a,nil cLear p*;i;; voc-als nake this quite au outstaatli-ug throbbiag basJ; skiddtrg ilruns 'nd scrsechL'g euitars t but *itU by the.Q.T.s st'rte off ""ii vocars viricu-ttetract fron the tiSbtness of the backinS' l{o the effeet is epolleal ty-r""t thie track Lookiag p:cizesr of courser fo" So"""i'tg wLV I bought- this albun ' a'na altfrough Damned fare it ls rocking is-not typical r " It ltp thaa For llother Teena€g Drearr by the scboor Bullieg Like Smash nore io iact rt c:c')' i" riltiwrt"i u stlll, of course' "-"1"1"19". Chiswick want itren to releases in fact. Tbe Damred are anything else - the ,ort li i.p-ro"e (uere ne-go -"rr - r-r.)-th€ captain (sensible, stlrr the gT.eatest a"oo, ii iiri *rG"""" at-ifreir bcst, vtrictr erpf i'r uhy lt hasnrt not Callous) clownilg * "t"J-- ".t the Darsred heavy, chaoiic but eff€ctlv€ plating Plus boen re16ased. Never tir" ilJJi"t"=""ii"g - usual cbeerfuf apped'r"g best Devir s iolnicabr" ,ro""r".-iiiylL;-iq l"i the Paesions st thelr fo! the (anti-serisn) IyricB - quite catchy all- _ trhe nueic seens to etrgt'ojia";a ""ur"r'" g]:^Fl the EaDe. lbe Soul. 3oysr. rBei Rlsing Sunr is fairly average. antl _unassunin8, -}"!-il:hq gooa a ective and velXr eff angryl inpassionetl quir\r, r is Ice Age by the XarDera.S****+ -ercellent-lotnt-to .itd on. E.5.

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difficult to relate to. However after reading the lyric to be fittlng eheet a corple d tines a cleare! picture begj-na tgqenerge. she dten seenE atenr t a1wa19 verT verea, so that the sentences tii"-ifi"" i"to the irus ic rather. than vice be can ltlels then. to act the lyrics rather than 81ngl ii;;;; anat Beconip.y ehe'ten4s hard on the vet' be concentrating seens to but sone-tj-Des Lt goes ioo fa,r.- Toyah bantl link with her vital "if""ti"", sormd and so occpssionilfy Loos"s theifeyar, ' vocal As I saial before the lyrics can be harA Tbe albun coEes to liie vith- the eerie wa tl-a frey/letauch/necrcmicon/AT9 1. th. ehorter, ii*i"il"or-;-itiitz^"i."o"frlurl" trt" t. along the Line her voice.becolea tllstorteil. i3-lPt it ;spr""i ttalkingr follbps. Sonevbere althouglr the chil'l1ke giggles..lt is effective ltttle .dtai"l, ttrctueing rchostE t ls eqain vertrr errle' the t llEics. rori-"aot """y the "oi'a" vocals donrt really correspondlto t5he .lhrmieg of Guanajuato | le nrirt up iyri." rri"ti"g botir at sch-izophenia and. parania.. teflious. aird doesntt rlally rnatch up t-o ttre othere, arid at- times.lt- caa becorne a llttle citieg of spinionr he! Ctt iiti" track i-s last o1i siate one h wb:ich Toyahofients lyrtc' - nlllrebl,g grcy hsgbeEt 6ore to rrrite opport'nity Toralt:the rfij ;-8 Gives ln o4rgen" . tutlaing/lreat'te! needg a lentios JLtbue1 a e!}s -poken of uiss-willccct g contdbution ttrelnbana plryjlg . Pete! Bus1l sn lhere q: togetjlrer very mr.fr t"td ,.f"ti".if ior-e-an """ ilruns too is Y€::v i-ElressiTe steve Bray'on antl. invaxultle otrrdcbution ffs 6;;;; group toget1er uitlio rcne Yery. !re'i'e the hslils r"g"" J."r e'en .ultan rn tle tasLg.orrna-.

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privaleilge' to your yelTr ovn Gg yourre all about to have that T,he arouD recorded a rleno tape earlier this year, -an<t at that titae the,group. consiste'l ieid (tass) ana A. canble (arr:ns) ' ttrougtr lii"i"i""lt -i"v-Grit* r"i io""rs), Antlrew "r GanbL e ha€ nou- f.it "rra a new dlumer is being put tbrough hiis paces. Ci€iwise theyr re . l,lr not ilolng a lotr thouglr the sit-iation could bhange 6oon' guita; is,neede'ltthe <i!no has 6 tra-ke, each vith a iloninaat bass lLne. Clearily another atl vell' urltten' '; are songs noment. The at $le to add to tbe sountl, wtrich l-s a bit ho1lou I'bis.could be.' his slngrtngi. in aggression arril convictLon ifrorgh ,Afi"t.ir seena to lack sone on-playinq Euch too gooit anil ie concentrating tape put a i out becule he 1s trarilg to pe.rfoara'nce live any in probfen uould diaappea.! tfti" tfrat feel but guita.r, and I cait t-help -as critlcisn. Ttre giritai . t'he euBic is fairly tasic, tfroogtr this sh-oukl not be taken rlon Past iE patiently. favourite plods on 1."" th! $ whlist rasps in the backgrounel, best.in each perfor"ner. Ttre other son65 arer rcive . zelLonr. vhich seena to bring out the rNaiveter, I Rlooil lustt and rli,ar Eeroegr. g"r, r Cheap Dirfobuer, lrryr"yr-enou6h-salttrexpectthatwhentlrey-dostartplrvingafevllvettateergoan'l check then out, and 11. risil then -orr."luck entl look forcard to actually eeeing then play' even to Kingeton llount (rhere? - E'S ' ) +?i if we have to drag orr""ui"."

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know oy Knowt siouxsie and the .bansnees Degan rifer &s everyone austr ;tarted rife aa tne 100 Crub l-r tne lare stjuluner of t76. The rshowr waB totarly Bpontaneous, rhe group conststrng ur Srouxsre ttnen liuzre, steve, severrrr (then llavoc t ano, rne tanrfauous srd vrcrous. Trle onay rsongr tney arl rnew was tne.uords trayerr wnl-cn they oasned out 1'or so&e trme - rhe l-dea nad. oeen to play untrr tney were pooed offr out tlre aucll-enc kept qutetr ,io evenruarly ljuzie and tno lJnnsnees nad' to rbave the stage. via.s the whole tnLng a Solce then? SIOUXSIE, 1yeII, at was aII car:.ed oul as a 3 oke. . . I donr t lhrnlf anyone wlro wes rhere found rt very furu1v.., lfm surprrsed we werenri thrown off." - those wno were present descrrbed l-t lE v,,es no lnsta;.r5 success story ,,the ,,Ruootsn.. noise Itve heard J-n Iny rlfe. Tney met worst tro as varl_ousry srd at the pl_stors gigs -.aJ-l three were part of the nstots rnost devoted l'ans - tne tlronley contl-ngent. So vrnat was Sid rrke es a frj-end'r SI"UUXSI.U) Cute, funnY. . - . S?BVE) .:.VerY cnddteY. (!) ,. Do you tnink ne -Lrveci up to the reputerl.on tne press Save hrm ? sluuIsls) rjJe never reat.ty t t"* h].m then, he lvasn't really trke tnat wnbn we krrevr ni-rq - he was qu:-te.funnY woutd you say hrs iater oehavl-our v,'as out of cnaracrer Tnen'! ij'r'Ev.u) l\o , not rearly. . . not at all. u;nat aoout fiis death? ST5\rE)IJelr, }t v,'as atl Lnevl'te'ole really' slouxsl.ul He had al!'rays sard that he drcntt lvant lo l-ive past e certal-n eg ...I forget vlhat rt was llo!'Jo 't l.orv much vrere you nerped / encouraged DJt the lLsto.Ls to carry on tl:e way. They thought opened possr-bJ,e, all r-t Inade say the srouxgrE) liot really...rerrs of Lt ftrst. STbVE) At that rime tnere was no vunk scene. tie started, and rt v;asnrt cal}ef anythrngt rt was Just a lot of snal-I oands wltfl diff'erent vrays of expressing T.fiemselves. Later rt becarne just a fashron craze. Do you object to that ? t'IEVE) Nor not rei'-IlY. Are you strtt a funr oand '! 51C)U):SIE) fie are Siouxsre arrd the .tjansilees ! S?EV.u) I\:nr doesnr t ei{asr a:ly Elore r e . not tike rt was Why drd l-ou Put Tne LorC s lrayer on tne secot:d album ? STEVE) Yle1I, qurte srinPlY l-t fitted better on the ?qC. r-t Jj-ve rn the studio no mixtr:g. Did rt colf,e frour anlr' sort e" of rer:-gious sentinent ? none. SIOUXSfE) llo Later ;he band. Decane more organiseC they manageC to by borrorii-n3; the support band-- eouiptrent, clal-ml-ng to have lost their ovfiir l-:or';ever, they had 'diff icuf ty get';in5 a contract as the;' fel1 uncomfortably inbetvreen the categorres of main-strea::o Punk, and the more recent experirnental soundsthere Y,'as a Sanshees bootleg The result vras frustrating their flrst legitimate :"etease? of appea.rance the before vuell rHong iion5 Gard.enr. I{het does Sj-oxsie thrnk of the sin6;1e

bootreg,lters ? theyrre Sust leeches tr)'in3 to make e Siouxsio)iqot a lot quiclc buck. io sit it out, or look Tnere were onfy two alterrratives inclep^nCentl;''. recorf a out putting of means for a us I ct'nt understand for rverenrt labets Small S]()UXS|E) that. lilte snall to stay group vrantin,g any STUVU) .tsesides that, there werenrt many about then, the nrusic industrJ' wa: verJr difrere4t then. Rough Trade were only just starting then, and we coulonit afford to put our or,'rl out. .11.---

e, the .trenshees hr--d built up quite e f ollorving, a.nd e rsiEn the 3anslreesrcc::tpaign. J:'ventualry, Tvro j'ears af i,er riielr ulusual e::d ir:r,uspicious start, in the Sunmer of t'ltrt rolyaor finarly nanaged to reed the v,'rlting orJ the wal1s (groant - l;.S.) and sign up ti,e.be-nshees. I:ong l.ong Garien sped up tne charts, reachlng numoer seven, rnuch to the surprise of everyone except, perhaps, the group ther.rselvâ&#x201A;Źsr 'l'hat autumn, their first a-tbum, rThe Screanf was released, to much critlcal acclaim, and this wes followed early the folLowin; :/ear oy The Staircase lliystery)r oh or rtwentletn tbe flrp sl-de cr which was a cover version as a intended trlbute to of one Si.ouxsies I Century 8oyt, BoIan wrlter tliarc heroes, t-xs was about tine dorng it t ive for about 1+ years l arrd^ we f elt it li.eanv;hil

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I aslred The Grou,ps second. e1bum, Join Handsr was releasei fate last year. cover the Steve eoout SlT.uVE) Llost of the songs on that albun'r ere about either death or . a relrgi.ous f our obsessLon. The originaS- itiea for the cover was going to be to hav chil{ren having their first communion, but then v're changed, it . Sanshees a 1t v,,as on the tour to promote that albun, that fate struck the tvro, teaving cruel bLow John L,tc} ay anC Ken4y J'iorrls vueJ-ked out on the other fllred by thern in the lurch. r,uckrly, the oreeclr.rvas very successfully now d.rumrner j;udgie prevlously in Slits and BrE In Japan, v',ho has rhe Cure. oft'icialty joined tl:e gloup, and Hobert Snrth from support group oeen have printed, nev/ Banshees albtm will the By the time this iras been be liat-eidoscope. to ca-lled released. J't 1s we did vras sTuv^g) It tvas a1l recorcied in three to f'our li,eeks, evEr.vthrng t!, recorded in a week c SIUUXSIE) I;hxing tal',es the most tjse. Is it much of a progression t'rom Join liand.s ? nother SIOUXSfE) (after a f,tusp-Shrful pause, well, rtrs jus Q Bansnees album really. out norr ? Are you reat.ly satrsfied wrth what yourre turni4g better proud vrord. is a think I SluUXSrb) \l E-\ ere you pJ-aru:irrg a tour lo promote it'! SIOUXSIE ) ]IO ! Sf rVet 'rours. are borr-ng. . .vietl r ax Cepends fiow you do at. Tnrrty Ci \,,r'"'.!n a'row, going up notorrvays is borrngr but tourrng abroad, going

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it'rom ci.ty to crty rs qurte excrtJ-rrgo ;| you recently drd e grg at rhe Rarnoovr, ratsing X3IOOO for IDenf, alry wou.t.o you do anar" sort of thLrrg agaLn. flll,...nand:,capped xrds, STEVEI I,Jo r, I cos rt doesnr I reatty make money rhe onty re ason and could go

dr-d she llke her new ?ol.e ao e pop steJ ? EIOUXSIE) Somettmes, Dur the matn thang r.s rvhat werre doing, and tha'E na&es it worrlrwru.le. Are you trylng to l-ntluence people or ger a messaee accrogs? SIOUISI$) i{o, not rea-lIy - we wr]-!e Eoa86 Uhe lhl-ngs are anporra.nt to us, and Y.'9 hope

people leel the aa.ne...at's Just lvha't! s l-nportant !o us. riner other groups do you Ilsten to S.IOUXSIE) lj"l-rLIons...Tne Cra.mPs !.P. Cure, Suicider and a grbup Y/ho supported us fror! Glasgovr carled. Artered Inages. there was one more thin6 1 vranted to as& her - vthat are her plans for tne -gerore 1 lift,

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otherlrise knoun as D. Benford is a one nan g?oup ' hall-lng from BeaconsfieLtl. I{e EayB ir Eusic. A ", to avoid the usual cliched noderrris!0s associatecl $ith synth-olj-entated fr"-i"-lifri"g gooil. [hrobblng alrun! anit is reall-y Tecoldgl lnertial his orrn has been releaseil on I"hl j.nsistent playi.n8 lrltraiox nunber..f,ighly an the Normal" "ilgfl like but Rvni}ts sonnd unfrivolous and only â&#x201A;Ź1.r0 (hcl p+p) fron Inertial Recor4sr Transforfier Houser 2, Hil"Ltngilod

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- Iloliday fn'Ca-rnbodia (Ctt"rty Red). Piercing volleys of and. goooot Not as good, however, a,s rCaliforrria ilber Allesr, bi:t still

guitar, a drrim ro11 quite effective. DISTRACTIONS - noys Cry (fsfana). ]iot tbeir best by anlr neans and a bit too close to the original. Coulil tlo nith a bit nore guts. Still vorth a listen though. TIIF IRIEZE - Cel ebration/Cross 0ver (11 recorils). Space a€e tllpe intro, with sophisticated g ita! vork. Vocals a bit superfluoua. Closs over haa a nore pontlerous beginj.ng, with DnaD KFNIfEDYS

fails to gather nooentun COIISAT ANGIILS - Total War (fofyadr). IB this the same group that piod.irced. the excellent rRed Planetr sin61e, ue ask ourselves. This is r.reak r and lacking in a"ny sort of enerry rntl d.oes nothing nhatsoever for either of us. fffn fAfVS - !0$ Reduction (fotyaor). .After listening to the Consat .o;rgels this vas a realb;eath of fresh air. Vobaliet sounds a btt like an lnglish }ob Geldoff, but tl6hrt let that lut you off! l-sid.es's.just as good: uhirling keyboards, and q'atck bursts of vocaLs that are really effective. Cru,SS - tLood.y RevoLutions/PolsoN GIRLS - ?ersons llnhxovn (Crass records ). lctually sountls something like rusic for a chang6. lJe could go on about the politics of this song but ne wonrt. As for the Poison Gir]s He h.-ve a sligbt tlisagreenent - E.S. says theyrre nothing, C.C. says they provide the slightly better side of this record. trLYS - Does Your I'iothe! Know (Parlophone). I know werve said it severaL times already, but once a4ain this is not their best. A ouick spurt oi Crums, end its into another typical, catb\i ?lyrs nuirber with lots of har:monies and a strong beat]r tune. ELOWFIS - 3a11ad of Misdeneanour (top aurat). Their tracks on the very first earcon rdere excellent, and this is another original, srnooth, bor:lcy nurnber fron this Scottistr conbo. FL S!-YEI - Rattio lolyo (Pop Records International ). the first single fron this local g?oup, and we hate to say this but it is uninspireil pop. tacking in orj.ginaLity, catc\mess antl pover that is to be fountl in the best of the rnoderzr pop groups. Most vhispereil vocals and

disappointing

FALL - Fow I wrote Fla-stic l"lan (Rough Trade). one of their less vell inspi?eal songs, and nore reiititio,rs than rrsual.. ITp and down bea.t that p€rsists thror:ghout ?.nd can be rea.lly annoying.

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- Not Ready (Panic lecords). orm their own label, and. vet? reninisant of T?Irs last offering, rlully ?or Your, but ha:der hitting antl better all round. Punctqr tune, clear, enotional vocals. ?robably what TBB would so;rnd. like if they wete sttll going. :-xpect an intervim next issue. DISCEARcE.I'Icfft I;CK (clay). Re.l punk stuff - e]eratic; buzzing, grating. 5 trecks for a quid ( though they all sound a bi.t stunilar). Lyrics are gpotl uhen theyrre lntelitgj.ble. SNATCS - Shopping tr'or Clothes (fetisfr). Slow, tlietortecl reggae - ot their best. BAXRASUD},S - Strroner fun (nU). Souncls like the nickies playing surf rn',sic - a bit pathetict tries d esperatly to be catchy but is just taclry. !.nil fina1Ly..... TEE D.AMND - Vhite Rabbit (Chiswick inport). Not, e-s Capta-in Sensible put its tabsoLute tlogshltr, but it is a blt of a ness - they do thei! bestr vhich is of course excellent, but rRabiilr on the flip sitte is try far the best of these tbree tra*. g.r. stlf'f'LITTI,E I'INGIRS - Back 't'o I'ront (chrysalis ). Not ae ponerful ae previous effortg' and at first sound.s veay uea.k, but after several listens Irn hooked.. SItr. do it once again. I vould however Like to see a biit nore ener€y in the next offeringr and hope that -this does not slgnal SICTOR 27

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<.C. +l^^ begining L^-i-i-+tr^ path nd+}l taken +6L^n by l$r groups .F^1ih€ like IiL6 the th6 Clash nlr.h Riarr*o{a or of the ^a the' ^n Siouxsi€. FANX T0:- Siouxsie anil the Banshees, the listractlons r Shrint, l.lotorheailr Pinpointr rlost Jobnny r Speei, Qrricksllver, lvluaic narket, ;laxth Recolris r V.I.P.; Ittrixr John Peelr Rougb Trade, Snall Uonder, Revolutionr lavids Recordsr Tetter ladgesr Conpenddunr rat Recolals, Inertia, Cheap Dialogrie, antl anyone whose evet bought a copy of, G.E.

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Finpoint havenrt exactly set the world. ali6ht since the release of their first single, tRichmond on ,l.lbion record.s, which rras a Erossly underated. song that deserved better success. Ilowever Pinpoin now seem set to launch a fuII scale attack on a.n unsuspectinE vrorl-d, a.s ue found out when we spoke to ba.ssist, Dave, whilst the banil were record.ing their d,ebut albun at Martin Rushent I s studio in Streatly, nerks...o. been aB a bard? Holt ).ong has Plnpoint 6oing played a lot of €:igs, recoriled one single and our terve tine 18 nonthe. In tha.t tines. Since ue started theters been one chan8e of several. chairgeil line-uprs drurnne-r andl veiretchanging again. Ttre f irst one uas just the r,rr:ong sort of alrumner for r.rhat ue valrted. Werre now recordin5: arr albun.....a lot of people v111 probably be ilisappointed. uith it becuase.....1 hope itrs not going to sound at a.11 like purik. the 6tuff rrerve recortled sounds nore like Jackson I neets George Joe Miroda. vith ne sinein6i Eave you €:ot ar{r nore gi6;s };ined up at all? !JeJ.l, ve're going to flnish the albrur first, get it nixed and t€,ke care of that eide of it. Werre bringing out a couple of singles....therers no point in to ring un).ess youtve got sooe records out rcos otherwise no-one will know who you are. We coul-d play sorae cf.ubs in London, lj-ke the lilarquee, but ve couldnit go on a national tourr not in our own right. And itrs not worth doine it as a support rcos people just see you as a support band a.ll the tirne, which we dontt

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did you choose Albion? They cz.ne to see us down at our rdhearsal roon, vhich is pretty smailr then they ca.me to one of our gigs, which vas a rea11y good ni6"ht eld they signeal us. .i.nother reason why ue ianrt tour is noney - re owe .Albiontabout C7'OOo. i{er?e not going to get any money for yeajrs r even if ve have a hit, rcos werve 5ot to pay it back, so ve sha.ll be lnpoverished in ebout tvo yea.rs time even if we get €otd recortls ard US sales....vhich ve wonrt. How did fRichmondr sell? It only sold about 5 or 51000 at the most, which is nothing. 1 was disappointed. that it did.ntt sel1 better rcos we canrt go on unless we make enough money to pay,for record.in{; costs, to:rtng and all that. }t the noment I eet €50 a week t

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off Albion to live orlr cH: Are yor: happy uith !.lbion?

D: Yeah...ve1l, I nean if somebody t"ives you f'lr000 over about 12 months rcos theyrve got f;ith in you' you canrt be urhapty u'ith then. Obviolsly ve've had

disagreernents, but thatrs only natr--raI. GS: Do you feel that they Five you enou6h pronotion? D: m$ aiatt't do enou6-! for the one sin51e we have ilone. If this albun doesnrt get pronoted e.nd the next 6j-ntJes donrt either then 1rerl1 have to really think about if verre uirh then or not irrespectiYe of how rnuch ftith theyrv€ shown in ua rcos yourve got to go a1l the way - getting interviews, putting ads in the gapers etc. GH: WilI the album be the sarne sort of style as the single? D: No. ldetre not Cloing to be an$ prrrtic,rlar style, werre just oursel-ves. f mean tafte the Ramones there are lots of people playing hear6r fast musier and you just - get sick of people trying to be the Ra.mones all the time. f really like the what t s the point of copy them? Yo., |ve got to find

trying your own to individual. styleo GH: Are you h"ppy with the way things are going a,t tle noment? D: Yeah, for the first tirne for a long time actuallf ....for the f irst time in 5 or 7 Inonths, rcos I really started hatin5l the musie business. We did a. tour with 999 ] months aFo which I didntt want to do - I havenlt wanted to do a 1ot of things we|ve done latelyr but things are better now. Rarnones

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lt the ilectric Ballrosrn with 999 ue u€re third on the bill with the Vibrr tors second, vho should never have be en on it. Theyrre not even the Vibr; tors a.n]rmore, and they ltere second on the bil1. Tf theyrre 5roing to do that we mi5ht a.s well call otrrselves the Sex Pistolsr havins been their tea boy. f mean only the drrunm€r was in the Vibrators before, and. hers not en origina.l member. inyway we got C50 on each nirht, betwecn the three of us. Some of the 'gig" we p,ot nothi,ng. We also toured with the Mernbers. We played the Canbrid.ge Corn l)rchange on that tour and Cot two 12, for it. GE: Has the line up changed since the single? D: No, except ve arercqe 6ro1lig to add a keyboard playet. Itle B in€:Le v25 5''pposetl to have a we alvays have a sax live, but it went baCk for four nixea, and saxaphone on it anything to do uith it. If you piss aroundl vith a song }ike want after two I didnrt you all the original feeling' and itrs jr'st not the geme. looee th&t too nuch only a threepiece yo, heve to ilo a lot of overalubs? .. cII: Do you find that being-verytoay useis overdubs. I?rere t s nothing you carl tlo about it if D:. It ioesn't worry ne, you vant to stay as a three peice - which I donrt. our neu nerabei will hopefully play

keyboarda, €uitzr arrd sax. ttid you start in the first place?. Di Me and .luturo, the guiterist, starteil rcos we wanted to c!€ate int.reEting nusic that wasnrt cliched, and that vas quite powerful and tlanceaible. All our lyrics e're z-bout to explain to soneone. Hopefully rnooda - things you go through that are very difficrlt about. doi.ng a track today calletl rDxowning we ane on Werre what peopJ-e r:nderstantl sone In the lleb of lifer vhich is about being rea.l1y happy in a vierd vay...alnost as if yourre half rounil the bend, but youlre really enjoying it. like_vhen yourie on the tube ana all the people are going to voxkr sonetines it can really bring you dounr' but soEetines you cam just lau4h at it. Ttris songs about bei4g happy about j.t. I rneaa you carr'xorlx/ yourseLf sick .that soneone night drop a bomb on yo',: tonorron or you can Just think rell, ve can have a 6ooil tirne. rrf, ila you hsve nuch difficulty in finencing yourselves when you first startetl? D: yeah, we all had to €:et Jobs in the end. I'or a€es and ages ve went a1on6. thinking soneone vas goin6 to cone along and discover ue and Sive r s lots of rnoney and that never happen6d. i got a job as a leboratoa')r technition and I had to tal<e aspirins zrttl therr- Sive-,b1ood. f rag a sort of hurnan,;rrinea pig. ll'here was plently of pure alcohol around so I got vrecked. everytlaY. cH: Do you get boretl playing the sa.rae st:ff every tine.? see :rs they all want us to play rRichnondr D: yeah, but eveqrone does. llhen people eone e-nd. rcos uerle reaLly bored uith itr eral bow can flon now on rerre are not going to play it you play sonething that yo.:rre boretl wj-th? Theyrve got the tecorril at hone so tbey ca:'-l hear it arJr tine theY vant. cH! Uhy is ra:iin Rusheni proilucing you? D: t/e ditl our first alemos for hin erbout 8 rnonths before I Richmond I cax0e out. We hail a serious problen with mucicianship ie. we couldntt p1ay.very well, axl so they ilidnr t t,,ral out exactly wonderful, anrl then we recoraled with Vic CopperFnitb altl he told us we did.nf t have velTr fiood mricician ghip so we went €ivay and rehea.rsed" for about 6 months, end then we did the single ltith Yic l4aile. So , we thoi.ght we r d Eo back to liartin Rushont o :;H3 How d.id. yor; get to do the d.enos with hin in the first plece? D: We1l, hetd done a lot of stuff with the Stri:nglers and it was about the time that ue went in and did some stuff pnd they sggested hin as first prod.ucer, and then Martin said hetd. like to produce us again. Well l-etrs hope it works out better this time. Tlrings seem to be looking up for Pinpoint and f Look foruard. to hearing some of the nen style naterial hopefully itrs as good as the oId' althouEh I donrt GU3 Wtry

of some of their influences the-y mentioned to us - Michael Jackson for example!? Wef 11 just have to vait and s€€o like the

sound.

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There I s no nâ&#x201A;Źed. for rne to remind. you that the last few Shan s.d.ng1es, and the last albun yere sub-ste..ndard., axd of course they ha,ve been continually slagged off in the press. In keeping with the trends thls alburn was given bad reviews in most cases, but urdese:::ved.1f Bo o I I ve always l iked Sham. IVen during their recent sticlcy patch I stuck lrith them arrd ry loyalty has at last proved to be Justified, I cos this albun is aB good. as any other they

have d.one.

rus and rhythnic verse, in typical Sha.n sty).e. ad, and aII the old enthusiasm is revived.r &6 if theyrve c t rT'he another Zoor by eat track. rlord of the Fliesr seea Gamer is followecl there. , girls chorus siil.I a diffe Sham tryinE somethin6 lsiog in the baekground.' which is bit see Shan trying thing a bit different once in surprisingly effective, and itfs t"). Greet stuff! rGive A Dog a while (which is more than carr all that keen on it as a b-sicler /r Bone t is one of two traeks aI nd Out I energetic guitar and is fast but it works much better as an moving. rTe11 TLre Childrenr e1o 0n rspray lt On Ttre Wal1r , and. rDead. 0r lliver has and a tune that is hard. good emotion abo everything in it that is tThatrs acks on it - rSimonr and Lifer^a' to resist. Like the rPoor Cowr , but neither of the a predecessors. as Tt:ey lower [their g Et=61OpO uld a five sta,r Ip. Thatrs not erw]- I croE, cJ aA the general stand.ard of which us t s the faster of the two, rPoorl to say they I re rea.11y bad - tll(y t try sonething different Cor.l dragging on a bit. TheY' are epera. : - z,Eain Shan la].n winner. t Run Wi ld Run Free t cl-os es this time itf s echo type sound.s, ,the }p another rousing song plfrYprovy*6 a good. elfin<$-t:6t great lp. On the back of the sleevy' a"re thluorrrlsrA1l SONGS WTTTIXLIOR THE nlNlX']T 0F I'l{F NElt q$EnATroill. o...FAtrx"- F.A.NX, stAu{-poil A- qREIT LP. Sham sourrd

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L' J.rE here - I might as we}l be drea$ing, but a 1ot of the tirde fr1l forget l-t yourclrvel place vreild. If 1ri so get so envolved a3d keep ny ntnd occupied, but tbis nentionea the technotogy of today to.sone-one two-or-three hundred years agor youral heve Deen put away. 'lhe way evel'ything charges....itrs nad. And the salne rveyr sone seen like e ralry tale_a of the thines that are going to happen in the future nightperf ectfg_"9j]If t sgeln f years_ novr. but 1n two-or-three huncired !gg*t4gl|f that I s one of' mY big proDlemsr whY I I ve been looking f or s'omething to betieve i.n get depressed 1 dor':.rt betieve in anything. 1 just find it a1f so conf'usin5. Irve

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I:-ke I €onr t like playrng tne sane songs over 'and over a1an'n t' want to get on and. do other stu.t'f . The na1f nead 01' nat-r oit ther was Two years Dack. rt vlJas good I"un for e o1r, out rt gets Dorl-ng after a wrri-Ie. You ctontt stl-crr wirn one thrng - the punks l(novr t]:at you Iuove ono Itrs pefsonaJ.ltres- that count, not alrpearalcbr t want to get rnto e real relatl-onsnlp vrrth someoody, t-rrespectrue of sex, wnere honesty Ls rnvolved. I thrrui 1BI must De an j.ncuraD.te romantlcl

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wlth the tone of the poet/y. As for Lorra:Agaln thq DeLrir: th.rs 1s qurte a dbpartur{ t-rr style f or L..F.f.- e love song , a"Lbefi/a fmstratec love, bJ s sn1nes forth th dla: tT-Ta''q c app of the album, r:'ke a rfse./Arov;Lr.,. a!o]:Csi bt(bC frre. Ttre piece 1s r.nstll.ted wrfn tfrat specaally 'Eender z* clv:[:g que-1itJ' pose{sed.U}{ €11 gruff p-nd rebel-tious rockerf whpn they Let down theiy' euy'rd por a noment. Holever, lC36ec Sounds 1s p-nother heafy p[ece of regfae' a]rd l+a-dy intlo Tvro Sldes of Sllence - a confusec g like tr/}t ?,t?4 Sv,.ell-liaps nu:nb{.". Thus thc albrur snd dJ.sorgahrsed afl'afr i s very rnuch yHlight cones to an cnc,- S11 ln o'll, this al .hg-ve oef n expe ct eC, \*iyt {r -t'orces of Victor,r'l but lv;i\}- a. ftr'r 1lea.sant iiothing to quite natell-r=T-*--i surprises as "Tohrson tries out som{ net iiee.s. This aibrrm un{ii;e.[y to\rvin Jo]rnson an:' new fans, but it wil-l ke'ep happl'rt{ose f he alread.Ii has. Un/outrted}y at.hrrn for exiles and the victimised' ****=E..*

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Iot the b--nefr.t of those wno have oill]kedr -l an Curtr-s is dead., and tharrs all trE aoLn6 to say about rt ! Thexk Goo for the integxr-tJr of the Snal-t laoelsr and. pra.:oe to t'actory for not ciemeanir-g us, thenselvesl and Joy Dr-vision, for not throl?ln6 love ii1l1 tear Us .[part onto this elbun with one of lrhoselittlj siickers rlncl-udes the :-it Sirrgler. Thls albun is sketcb$r and cloudy - not the clean, hard bleck eiid white ina€es of Unknoivn lJ-easures, but a hundred.shades of grey - not an undaunted statenent, but a s.'ries ot bold but sti1l tentative questions - Joy Division stil.l have noi cone to tems viith tbe "-*l wolld., and nolT never will. Atrocity Exhibition operrs the alburr I heavy and repetitios dTu! r'oIts drj-vi.n6 the sonA along, the vocals attracting your attention and opening your nind - a number more 1n the origineL Joy Divr-sion vei-rr , not too denanding, but getting the right atnosphere. lsolaiic has a sweeping rythn, a heavy Das€ notif, and wi.th the i{passj-oned vocal.s a.rld the catcny synthesiser doodrlngs oenaading your attention equaJ.ly. Passover i6 nuch less confortable, deep, noanj-ng and haunting vocal.s over repetitious oass and druns. lhe l)'rlcs are atl excellent, but seem to lease nea4ii,g out of context on the written pege. Colony 1s folcefu and powelful, ke:ping a steady aad uadaunted force, without having ro resort to speed to give a feeLi-ng of porer, tthough this is one of the faster nur.:bert e-,rd is ttre only track that niSht heire made a successful sinSle like l,ove r';il-l. A Leans To An nnd keeps up the I'ncredibly hlgh sta dard of thls slder and is ancther more tradj"tr.onai Joy ])j.vislon aLbr:!. Already lt is becdming cleer that .loy Divisr.on axe go1ng to do. justlce to that incredi6le first albun. J lles:'t And Sou1, the opening trac-k on side lvro, is again faet, but not so boJ.d o: the 'Eracks on side one, and is another unconfortable track, confrortinG things"$ore w! woula like to forget - Joy livision wil.J. offer you no ans\"ers., but they cae help you !ace.the nore rt'ightenlng aspects of our owb exlsterrces. TwentJ' t'our Hours - Dulids cont1nue1ll' up frorn e nournful lveLl, to a heavy and lowerful. cxescendo, then d:-es away agarn, p.l"vrays to return agau, l].ke a fear that we ca]l nevel lose, but wr-Il keep returning untir we nust face up to it or...'. Tne "fjterna} is slorv and mournfu-t throughout - captLvatt-r€ and hauntlng, ,ecades f1nal'ly Duj-lds ue 61ovrJ.y back up to wneTe we started agat! - but 1t offers no EoLutl-ons, norvnere ro nLde. 'ltlie wr-r-l- be the rast Joy DLvj-sLon at bum - r.t courd never be lhe serde a6ar-n. irnl-s ar bullr walJ- uot leave you rappy and J oyfur - l-r wLrl- leave you ,;:

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A Fast frovd were on fir3t and gqve a typical .perform.rce - cot4etent' live1y anil very enJoyable. Not only do they provitle goorl entertairuo€nt, but theJr also have a few gootl tr,.be"i up their Bfeeves as well - rWhen the lonbs faLlr especially. ftts about tire sone of these sonfls found thei! way onto vinyl. fn the aeanti-lE verll Just have to be content

uith.thei! 1lve Bhow. Eovever, for ne, the Mighty StrJrpes stole the shor,t. I founcl then to be both captivating an<l exciting, nith their oirn apecial brand of regaaer not disiEilar to the PasslonB. [hey certainly deserved thei! encore and seeneii to ercite the audience more than the other two 6'!oups toni€'-ht - inagine people actually ilaacin5 at the lvlonday'Club - a rare eYent inileeil! for F1 Seven to have followeci the ltliehty It woultl have been viriuall,y-.inpossible -fact a8 headliners they uere tlhe least excitin8 of the in Strypes - antt they didnrt vati?-tion a;rd inaginationr but they are l:ooal a of lack songs shoved three band.s on. Their listen to me donrt support....but our enough to aleserve - go and found out for yourselves t An evening of good lntertainrnent - and I hope to cetch the Mighty Strypes again very SOOII

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