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Believe it or not, we have actually organieed uurselves and you can nof, expeet to see ITC appearlng on a nuch regular baeig ln future. The next issue is planned for early April and we have already started working on it. No excuses for this {ssue coning out so late, letrs just say that flu bugs, Christnas and answering all your Letters has sonething to do wlth it. Ba4 ners: PauI Oardiner of Tuberay Arqr was given the singles to revi.ew over a month ago and werve been let down by hirn so our apologies to all those who sent us singles. Oood nerel Carl Hilesr a mate of ours has taken over responsibility of our nall order distribution - Hets a lot nore organised than us and should do a good jobt (subs nor t1-50 for 4).
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.Nag!Nag!Nag!. .l'laking P1ans For l{igel. .Rowche Rumble. . Gangsters. .Down fn The Park. . c. r.D. .Tommororg Glrl. . Complex L2rr.
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that should have ended rith L979. ANODIIC UPSIARTS : frAlSrone thst rould kiok a pigs head arorurd a stage for effect should take up football and
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Despite what you may have read elsewheret tstations 0f The Crasst is a very inportant album.At least as inportant, if not more, than the first Clash albun. Feeding 0f The 51000 had the attituder tnre - But was far tso raw and clumey in my opiniont to have had any real effect. And the opinions expressed on it, i.€. the lyrical content, would have been totally wasted but for the inclusion of a lyric sheet. 'Stations", however, is no less comprom-and ising lyricallye rlth their statenents views on a ride range of "delicate-to-societyrr eubjecta but it has the $!g advantage of having the nusrc to baek it up. Bring' ing Crass and more more important their ideas much more clearly into focus. Confronting probably every pol1tica1 party there ie one way or another, cdnfronting the typical nindless predJudiced readers of the Star on rMother Eartht - rho think they are so righteous describing rays to torture, main and ki}l Wra Hynd1ey. The Clash too, get the much desenred stick they earnt sn'r$hite Rrnks On Hopefr r as wel} as RAR, ANt etc, rith their pathetic and stupid little "pogo on a nazj-I badges. In other words, tfascism against fascisml Sick
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The eyes of taII the young dudes t are on Crass nor and so far they haventt blinkedr [Y{hite Punks 0n Hope ?'f - They are! Confronted also are the real male chauvinist t s, the big nenr otr t'3i8 -M?tr Blg M'A'N' " The parasites ln the music (:) press, they know rho they 8r€r . . . .. . rtcos they can I t write unless they feel well pissedtr - ! . . . .arrd the songE 8o oltr a rea] surprlse was the disco orienta ted NUallstr r otr whlch the very pretty Eve tibertine provds shat and infectious voice she has Sott a strong 'wisfr she would do more sing:ing - sorry (t Steve. ) Her voice
the ie highlighted even norer byrfStaon productlon clear hard but crystal tionsrr, rhich 1s at least egual to that on
the single F Reality Asylrrn/Shaved Uonent perhape even better. Altogetlier- there are L9 tracks, plus a live bootleg side at th. flhich ln py oplnion pisses over the Clashr s latest offering in more rays than orl€ o I think the tine le coning when people rho go to see Crase are going to stop staring and start dancing - I think the message ig
getting through.
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talk with. Letts just say tliat I am at a loss to understand how anybody can slag him off just because he refuses to behave otr stage like a superstar should. Okayrridolr of the being as over Gary comes young teenage person that the the stage, girls screaa after and worship. But all he clains to do, is give as goog a show as he possibly can. He is not afraid of making noney but want t s to give ss good value as he possibly can. Maybe when you have finished reading the following shor extract from a chat I had with hiro just a1"ter Christmas L979, yout11 understand why people generally like hin and why the professionals in the bj-z dontt! HOYJ
W0ULD YOU MEASURTI SUCCESS, GAF.Y?
rrflrs hard to say, if yourre talking about critical accl-aim, then i still havenrt done arqrthing. If yourre talking about record sales, then ltve don'e as well as ar.ybodY ever has.'r ifirAT AtsOUT PERSONAL
SUCCESS?
trlrve still g'ot a lot I want to oc' As r as this corll-.'r,1.;' i:; c:,''-airnoi , m;sic-
arn successfulr but then again you could say I havent t been doing it long enough to be called a suceeggful persont in terms with people }ike Paul McCartney. The?e I s not a lot nore I can do in this country. If youtre talking about the world, then I want to break ArnerlcarJapan and become as big in the rest of the world as I am here. fl IS THERE A POSSIBITITY OF YOU GOING OFF
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for ever, I may go to Switzerland forever I nay leave this country and never come back, there again, f may never leave here. Therers a possibility that I would do any one of these things.fl WHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE TO TITE ORIGINAL PUNK IDEA OF 'STNEET CREDIBILITYI AND I
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BUT DON'
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DONIT YOU THINK THAT PUNK BROI(E A IOT OF . }JII'SICAI BARRIERS DOIYN THOUOH?
"It broke no musica] barriers, it broke a lot of ear-drrrms and it broke a lot of stri-ngs unnecessarily, it clidnr t break arqr barriers musically at all. In tet:ms of playing ski[, it sort of went backwards.rt
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f,innelE or our Ranones conpetition are ??., lloJres of London, tr.8. and l.Roberts of Portgave way And the last thing r 1t the roof as ' renil ln Dorset. ftre dou]re Ranonea albu!06 are la the post lads! [,he result of our shake con- 8st' 8s r lay drovningt f,aa SAND ! petitlon 1g ae follorE: Peter Richardson of A shake E.P. is on its ray to Peter and also t tlre folloti.ng for their efforts: Andrer Iontlon, l{.f,.8. dth thls drean: -
Dollmre of Hatfield, Herts:"I had a drean bu I alrorned - It ras so nrale, you knor! " Antor\y of DexleJr ln Ker:t: "r hed a dresr0 r tent I suruJr, rar:n, bright norrring. fen, louen, .l'ee see Clash for under t1-O0." And last but straight faced as they put and tske Eoney out. not the lesst Vincent Stanforih oi orely rho, sen The rcrrnlng dlera on, not a thl.trg happens. fhe us s poem called rThe Colal One fyith One F,ye,.
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over to a rindor - Sand, out fion the slv,sand. The dusty pavenent, covereal notr not one peraon in ry sight raa there. l{ot one person in the
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I on clTstal cloove Recolds rthin Hou €g i'ffi enquiries arqr v"\t5-Corps' qlv vs wuafo Elite Net a6,e Age rlrr b/r o/r rThe -v- ' "rlre Ne' 6
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David l[otion, 22? rl{ount Pleaaant Rd rlondon'Nl I() cc er\ Blitz f'e(, 15 & U()lLsg'ravt Collegiati OUI bt IJLLI'Z' Feb theE out UneCK Check lngB tzlh. sl,l?11?1r1!l 9n 1141111 TleetT,c?rdon
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been alnost a week
since Ultravox seared nry ears off sith "llhe Kingt s Lead Eat. " Ilaving overcCIae the urge to eccost inperfect etrangers and peal "you have got to see this band ! fr into their unsuspecting ears, frve found that ny enthusiesm and eurioqity for Ultravox mnrsic is not in danger of rearing out. must adnit I had doubts. A nonth prior to their Ner York aBpearance Wamen Cann
told ne: rfone thingts for surel the bandts got a rhole different personality. " That a decidedly equivocal statement.
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Bui asked rhether het11 not find it distrac.ting to sing and play guitar on naterial as denanding as Ultravoxrs, Itfidge Ure reassured ne rith a laughr ttltve been playing guitar and sing:ing since the day I was born! I play keyboards as rell.'f
It had been the cause of no snall grief for Ultravox that the band had been given up for lost by neny of its fans since the departure of John Foxx. l{ith that in urindt it was iron'ic that Ultravox should open their show with all tbe nenbers ensconced behind their individual synthesizers, kneading out a Iayered instl:ueentalr while the nicrophone stood alonet stage centre. nent recaLled another set of skinny europeans and their ma chines--narae Iy Kraf twerk. The sound hovered over tnoments of l(raftwerk and GarY Nrrman. ft was arid in a not unenotional way.
In ny hunble opinion, some of the ner songs have yet to find their own persor-
-,,hese, tne guitar-shart trliew Errcpeans'r anri the hauatlag, eynthetic ftsieep Halktr emerged as irepreesiva forenrrurers of this ner and very interesting phase of Ultravoxc Another hunble oplnionr Both of theee songs should be sed onto 12rr vi I digcs. .!+:Q=;J::.' -
Other nen twres like rtt'r+ All Stood Stlllt' and 'rsound On Soundtt (yon could see the
texhrres on this one)Gae of both vocal and instnrnental interaction. But thatts the least of it. Through nelodyr tension and precision these songs euccgood use
in lorering a tang:ible atmosphere. tr'or noments at a tine, the name Ultravox vas eeded
never nore tnre. 0n rlEr Xtr Waren Carm took over the lead voice. This song etched into my nind a Ione figure on a foggr night standing on a bridge. The rords rere nuffledr eo the iurage Bprang fron the songr s Perry Mas_on thene-like undercrurent, and the dark qualitY
of !{r Carutr s recitation. ArlvrBIr this bit of aural cloakand-dagger went over very well rith the New York CitY audience. Midge Ure will never be the quiet nan. That person belongs to John Foxx in his ultra-european tall, thin
blondness. The copper-haired, green-eyed Ure is Scottish. So Ure ronr t be the quiet rurn. But he doee a fair job elng:ing about quiet people. Ore song he has. succeeded in naking his o"n, conplete rith its tranquilitY and distortion, is 'rJugt For A lvlonentlt.
Ure I s grritar Pla;:111t t" netallic and, s1nre. Arrd he geened io spend as nueh tine behind hig synthesizer as he iiid behind his centre stage
ni crophone.
Chris Crosg ras trice the synth-tecimician he ras ihe r;rt tine. although he dlti not abandon his bass guitar. Billy Cu:rle rarely picked up his violin. so each app' lication raE an event. IIe seened to prefer to nonchAlantly flick the sritch marked ilatom splittinglf on his
ARP Odyesey
and take aD aealead
ertive, idioeyncratic fron there.
A synthetic pulse; a snash of strmbol; the room e:rploded. The jubilant nI canr t StaJr Longrf ras the Eetts clinax. AIso included ras the eerie, nachine-conscious rrDislosation. tt ttSiss Motlont' sizzled and shitrnered in tts ner rockier, nore porerful arra enent. And I an conrinced ItHiroshi[a Mon Anourrt ig a natheuatical proof.
With equal parts technj.caL know-hor and emotion, Ir'l'bravoxls ronsnee with nachinery is i.n no danger of fading AWS}
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A few short years â&#x201A;Źrgo r Ultravox music was hailed as nusr.c for the 8ors. Guess what? fhe BOts are upon us. ifith nodern uusic and tineiess 'iraager-yr Ultravox is for today.
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,THf Y"lghir rho looks like an N e-nifty song that btqlgi 01 the 'inscrutBble Puerto Rioan pinp, is a N obrious regetltion of the hook, fluidr_ aore orthodox guitarls t rho \ althougb a ragged gultar Bolo left s6uuaiag sonerhat flabby on the 'adde the oelodic phrasirg' fires off crlsp soLos and haE&ers out the \ft I nigtrt.
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0K, itrg the eighties notr and perhaps I should co+centrate on regggeta present at leastr even if I cantt bear to contenplate itg future. 3ut theee albune eaally get Eq;y vote as the begt of last yearr and apart fron one or tro tr:aclcg scattered orrer the Creation Roekers aet, none of then rePresent Janaican nustc of L979. There tss a tlne (about L972-Tr) rhen re88ae seemed to addregs the noet innedlate nrusical problems in totally orig:inal rays; noving ln eeveral dlfferent rllrectlonb at once (Aut, toastlng, rebel nuetc), reggae had a sense of purposâ&#x201A;Źo ['hat seems to be less and less the case not, as thege records shor. Stitrlr uhy nake a fuss ;hen there t s so mrch Sood mggie here? lggUstua Pablo hsg been a cult figUre for years 3 as rfiU natry cults itte not alrays been easy to see rhat the fuas ie about - not because itfs a cult of unreasoIIr becauge tt aertainly lsntt, but beaause the recordg rhl.ch shor Fablo at his best are nor i.mpogslble to flntl the ugual problems rtth pre-releaae singles from Kingston. tQrig:inel RoCkergt doesnrt by any laeans ftIl ln all the gaps, but itts a carefully selected and rough}y representatlve antholory of nusic fron Fablors-orn labels (Uot Stuff and Rockers), and dating fron L972-75 - preeise\r reggaets heyday. Pablots alraya been an independent thinkef, and rhen Island and Virgin rere trying to sigrl every FaJor reggag talent (r" rell as several no-talenta) tn the nid-7Ots, Pablo stood alno9t alone, preferring to put out his own nusLc, and rork ag a segsion @nr vithout a large record conpeny telltng hin rhat rould se}l. It paid off. tost of the tracks here eppeared on slnglesr but for those fer who have the origS,nals r I should point out that eeverel of the tracks (notably I Casgava Piecer ) heve been cleverly renLxed, and in some caseg even improved - yotl dontt find that happenlng very often. If you llke thle al,brrn, l.tf s also rorth picking up I Lzn disconix rhieh if anythlng ls even bbtter that the tlacks here r f Claseical lllusiontr/'6ffi-n Style r (Dub Yendor label) sre tro traekg Pablo cut rith another young Au6Uetue, one Ougsie Clarke, again in the nid-Jos, llhere are three Pablo tracks scattered around one Volnne gr othcr of t0reation Rockerst, but only one (tn"Oroon ilazurkar ) comes close to the Greensleeves tracks. Brrt dsnrt let ne put you off I overall the eelection is innacul.ate, and covera a nuch rider range of styles and goundg than | Orig:inal Rockers I . fhe idea is for each albtu to cover broadly the }ast fifteen years or 80 of Jamglcan mualc, so each albrrn has a ska traek or trot folls;ed by some rook steady, rhlle nost of each albun le taken up rith the various faces of reggne (to"tt L96s dled ?). llhsrers an inpressive range of talents on diaplay, ineluding fhe Yallers, ilaytalsr Dennis Brornt Ken Boothe and Blg Youth. Of the total of 72 tracks, only four or flve could be called t obvious I or too faniliart tbe rest are claesios, largely forgotten by both fans and record conpanies, and nary of rhieh Ifm
to have in the collectionrfinally, after years of hunting for tben. On the other handr if You find the idea of 6 albuns financiaLlY dauntingr even at budget pricesrthen youtd do reIl to bide your time rith rRebel Htrsicr; virtually the same renarks apply ae for t0reetisn Rockers | , except that lf anything the overall standard is even higher.What happy
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a reco X Effects have yet to deal, but bave a lot mro going for then than nany groups rho have signed on a dotted line. Yee, there are probab\y hrrndreds of bandg aboul about rho deeetne succegs because of sheer persistance or because they are genuinely talented and have sonething to offer. X Effects are no different to them. I just
think theyrre a hell of a lot bet'ter. They play sinplerporerfu]t thougtrtful effective nusic - PoPr rock rhatever you want to call it renain refreshing rithout being too clever and knor rhere theY are uot"s ."d rhat they are dling:.Which
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cloriallftrrrili|snera1bumrTheY{ordI8out'lra8Det'iththewrra1raveofco1dinillfference t frorn the neilia. llaelov believes that the banal has aalvanced nrslcally ainoe rlr Indivlalual and ritlr the syeteu {ibroueh the recnrltnent of tro ner neobers, but the faEllia! obsessiong the independent being are still apparent. by: RACmI/SIEVB BUR9ESS.
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.,...... .reviered by RacheL. BLIND : ANNIE ANXIHIY GUE\IARA. Thie is poetry of an iconoclaetic cast. Acceptable and blsnd ingSes presented by rhat t'he poet conceives of ag repressive forces (political enal rellgeous ) are Eeashed to 6rPos6 tbe She Le antieuthorltarianr revealin6 the lorrifytng reality of ptlysioal suffering beneath. ilrbeit ttacht Feir (rork uakcc free) rhioh t pr"sitn- face ol Arcrica by the fazi Dotto peregadeo the blank Eod€l-citizenE to &arch cheerfully to their patdotE t deatha rhlle the dissident and undesirable Poe burns ln a pailded cell. trore strlkbg\y r nrch of he! rebellion is directed against relig:ionl the saclifice of Cbtiet to a God 6reeily for hutsn blooal conpelling iDitation by hie self-deetr:uctive alisoiplGs. fhs Vlrgln of Fatlna reliahc3 the' Utooa of ee1f-Eutilating penitents, Paalre Pio (hius€lf, like Christ, th€ victia of st$€Fsts) snearg rblooal psafuns ecross bebiest gkuller. lfio8t strlkinAly, iD I Sunalay Sohoolr the euglrsreet colours of the conv"ntional oadonna claEh vith the holr€ndoug r€alisn of renalgsenoe crircifixions. In this poen the Cood Friday setting i3 a Eank Eoliday fairgfound r th,ere a dul\r conplacent 6irl breakg e cuple doll whoge gnaghed feahrree evoke and linic th€ guffbringe of the dying Chllgt. Aanie Cuevala is not for the equeanishr but thethor tou agree tith her aentinente or not the pootly ls conpelling. She herself seee 3ood reagon for tbe violenee and ugliness of the languagp t the price, of beauty/ under layers of mud/ 'r rish/ r wish/ r rish enclosed/enclosed drinking Cough synrp/ I could use pretty words/ 'grallor the norphine/ enghri.ned ln Acetste to too loaded/ the blauty i; sanctinonioug olfteft tincture of belladonna/ hidden/ hidden/ heathen
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nental called tfAirlane[. Througtr the stroke te could nake cut ttre tno keyboard playersr Chris Fayne and SiIIy Cnrrle standing hidl up on platfome. Itl the niddle of the stage set, betreen Chris and Btlly, sat Ced Sharpley behtnd his ilnrn-kit. Belor, on atage level stood baes gultarlst Paul Gardiner and RnrsgelL Bell rho operated va:rious electronic devices as rell as playing guitar. nAirlanetr flrishes and fron the corner of the stage lhrroan appears dressed all in black Tith a red & blue tie. Ee salutes the pcked audieng€ aad ralks sriftly over to the nicrophone. flithout hesitationt the band play the ietro to trMe I
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f,ee Icvich, John CooPer Clarke and bleatst 'o ]rerbside Crr:nk Vi Subversa , nskes and sneers her ray through the causti.c, biting Lyrics of '[nr[ier The Doctortr and "Politica1 tove" of Ron MoodY as Fagln - reodolent ripg'i;g [Irm Revierlng fhe Stttlati.ar on rf01d llarts Soagl' - againat r grirUng undercurrent of tlo rogru ggitars rhlch crarl unconfortably @iler tbe dnrns and bass. And its rct rords printed on the lYric sheet tbgt natter. Itts the spoken message is iretreen. Expantiing onItetritory tonched on by Srell lrfiapa rrA Erain !o larinevlllett, Poison Oirlg are uwcuel and provocatj.ve. A mrsic md rision for ttre 8ors. PvrbaPe tbey best sum uP their starce ia tlbe 1ine rftrg alriglrt lady, i.tts â&#x201A;Ź@\t a reality attackrr'
/TON CALLING mE BBIStOL CCUPil,/tlI0N - Avon Cal1ing. qlbts 15 track slice of the sea lnrt mad is a negterful coll,eciion of gemriner orig:inal talent, by far the best compilation ltve ever heard. 'Avoa Ca}linglt has tapped a generstion of garage bands far rernoved fro! tbe rnrlgarr superficial punk tbrash of tondon lndependent label grcups that sprouted up in L977n8.^ trt lnssessea a young soturd, fu11 of id,eae, teJ.l thought out and professi,onali.y played Bongs and a depth of Ghrriff and conmerciel qrralityr far ruved fron the compilatlon albrrns cXuttered up rith grating anateurish .t'igh-achool dancebands. Bands fron the fair county of Avon eeemed to lave picked up their instnrnehts and thea teken the next hardest steP acttrally thougltt about what they ilere going to play. fnfluences are cpen\y hlnted at - ltte tnre that gaeeatial Bopts rrChronicle[ does borror a lot fron"the 60ts keyboard elodies of The Doors - token gestnres are thin on the ground and the eorurd is sharp and fresh. OKr as rith at5r conBilation albun there are sotre duff trackg, notably Tice Squad uith their very apt 'tNothing"r(cmde old hat buzzsar guitar), Stereo Mode1s trXove Fast'f - Stay .lheagtr(f:.nited and abrasi.ve) and Double Vision! s S Dead llotbertr ( a grouP of 14 15 year-olds vhose light'teight reggae/ska beat mrsic sounds thin and
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EEAT - Thie Eeat. rrlltrls Eeat teg never a notion of hor nuelc should be plaYedrf saYs the sleeve notes. MaYbe notr but this up to nor unlcnovn trj.o heve produced a tnrly rrmodern'r and forrard looking albuo 1n tlre chillingt evocatj.ve and atnospheric rrThis Heatfr, an experiment rith sound in the context of musical themes that easily trtscends the po-facedrnoisy ranblingp of Cabaret Voltaire. Instnrments are exploited thoWhtfully to conjure up a dense, eerie texture of sound and tones that ricochet arorrnd, Ieet out of the shadore and scuttle around in a rerik reeignation. The tracks exist on an rurstable
at in l(raftrerk-ts ttlli.tternachtrt, the percusei.ve shrdlo generated l$atern, the dlstantr dangerous aad suffocating heavtrr breathlng of [ttrsl.c Ltke Escaping Gas[ a brilllantly crafted and nnnerrl.g experlence - the seething and discordant build up of rtlythns and instruments on tt24 frack Looprf and their mogt challeng:ing and taut piece "The FalI 0f Saigonr'. In the latter a etrmthegizer loop creates the Oriental sound of a street catnj.val, before an overbearing, clunsy
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THE SLITS lEE SLfIS - Cut. An albun of contetrporary iuportance, [Cutrt is an intrlguing, sharp and ililigpnt stripdorn, and restnrcture, of rhythn. Ihe SLitg have stlrred up I taunt forn of sub nock-reg6pe. a clever \ybrtd of angular and abstract uelodies that transcends !'tbite reggae'r adaptions as handled, by eay, Ihe Poliee. Thej.r dtetinclly indlvtdual sound i.s underpinned by Viv Albertlnets gritty sparse $ritar that Ecratches and clare lts'way at a hustllng reggae bass on one plane and tight, crisp dnrnrring on another. The rh.ythuic strands are a
foll for the all-lnportant'buffer zoae of vocal.s and chorousr screaned urzzled, nunbLed and chantedr the lyrlcs played off againgt each other as the uusic fragnents and see-saws belor. llhe voicee (not the vocals) rith their reggae infl,eriona ale nixed up es the nost vital element by producer Dennis Bovellr through the latent ska nood of "l$Pical Olrls'f , tJre tick-tock jagged sound of frlnstant Hit" and the peliverset nuoblng [I[ettotrttrf. If you see nusj.c as a Eeries of sketchesr coloured in rith ideas, nelodies and hooklinee, then Tbe Sllts start off bY nrbbing out most of the sketch until there are iugt tlre baslcs lefttnre uinl,nalisu. rfCutn ig a necesgar1r LP; deCdpanr strident at one point; haunting nel,odieg and Perplexing r[ythns the next. And conpletely listenable.
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Gun Etlquette. are The Danned. A trel1, {he Danns{ band of llnlted proflciency - llot ninus their nost forrard looking and nrsically s;mpattretio Ilnk in Srian Janeg - out for a Boodr rotd;r tiue by preaatuing clageroom chaos and naking a lot of sinpler wrpretentious nolse. And that is tthst ffilachine Oun Etiquetterr is. A col}ection of uadistlnguished trackst aoet taken at breakneok speed - a pace rhich higltlights the fact thst Captain Sengible is a pretQr average, run-of-the-n111 guitarist and Rat Scabieg is a clutterinSr over tbe top dnrnner - full of grairgr,
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BUT TO STAY ON THAT EDGE AND STAY ATTVE THE LIVING ARE DESMRATE FOR LII]E HE ARE DESFERA.rE FOR IIFE NOT FOR SUCCESS -#E D0 Not FIT TI{E OLTQUE OF MONEY IS TriS CLICK 0F DEATH FEAR IEEDS OFl. OUR ,WE BODIES MEDIOCRITY IS BORN II{ -UBJUGATION WIt], YOU COTM WITH US
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thini( that theretg an identity betreea rbat lerre doing, nyeelf and rrer1r comqon btrds. . ..lf
Subversa ansrers our first questlon regarding the black crot on a red backgrouad, s;mbol. We are eeated ln an upgtairs room of a very large house j.n an Egsex village. lfhJ.e ie the hone of Foison OLrls. It ras late '75 / early '77 that trhe band started up in Srlgbton and Yi started singrn6 only 4 years sgoo We were of the opinlon thst a great deal of thought had gone into the name |Poison
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Clrlst - We rere trong! Vit rfl{o, there rrasnf t actual\r. I thlnk retre shrck rith the name rPoison Oirlst - I donrt think itts necessarlly the best neme re could have thought of. We had lotg and lstg of neroee and that one Just stuckt'. Can you renenber sotse of thoge nanes? Vl: ilYeahrr She seetrs to bite her ltp and tongue rhich makes us both grin a llttle. Meanrbile Richsrd anssers ilNo'r and this really nakes us laugh. Rlchard then adnitted one name they had the year before jubllee year was
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age representa the egtablishtrent then Polson 0ir1s are the biggest threat of elL. Ag re shall nor sâ&#x201A;Źâ&#x201A;Źo The lntervlet tas to prove to us tbst Polson Gtrls are es Boodr (tf not better - Ed) rt askisg queatione as they are at ansrering them. One of orrr firgt questlons xas direqted main\y tow-
ards Yi. In tro recent inte:rrievs printed in the nstional ntreic prass te discovered that both tntenrierers were reluctant to ask Vi her age. So re thought ret4 start off by aeking her point blink? Vl asked lf it ras inportant rhat age she wae? We said it wasntt if she didntt rant to Brsrer tle question. Vi: rr[eII, therets no secret about my age but even if f give you en aRsterr rhat does it do?tt fhls intervLer vas not going to be essry - We rere golng to enjoy every uinute of it. She ball ras nor in our court. Pete ansrered Virs question: ff$ell, for me personal,\y it ghors you that Irm not afrald to ask you a {uegtion that tro prevlous Jorrnralj,stts evaded. I thoryht that perhaps by asking you shat age you rere, theee Journalistts thought you nlgbt bave been offended beceuse youtre a ronan eto..rr Rlchard: nI thlnk this thing about our ages has been really rystified. Like Vi is supposed to be eonewhere up there and ffm suppooed to be 14 or something and it all gets really stretched out of all proportionrf . [e explained that the ^nly teason re asked that questlon ras
of the reasons already gtven. Is it a crime to nagk a lady her agetf ? Vl : tfllell , I think lt I s great that you ve asked me and lf I teII you - rell I tseBrl, i can say rlght nor that Ttm 45....r Vi stops and thinlcs: rr. . . . fe it 4, or 44?" llhe band laugh as re teII Vt that we t ll settle for 4, as most people count backrards after 25. Vi; [I can see that itte lnportant that I|n not 18rr. tre rere very surprised at Yits snsrer. Wh.y is it inportant that youf re not 18? Vi r rt[eIl, I oan see t]rat it I s inportant because lfm supposed to be 18 or whatever it is. I think it is relevant that Irn not 18 but I think it rould be exciting if I aould Bay I ras 50tt. 'rTe both grirured as te tried to inagine Yi looklng like Vera Iynn and singing "T used to be a tartt' ( tne ruind boggles Ed). tre asked lf Vi ninded other people knoring her agq? frYou 'mean do I nlnd you printing lt - I donf t care a fuck, I really dontt!il. Her ansrer really caught us off guard and wer the reet of the band and Vi ended up splitting our seams rlth laughter. Lance d t3oyle nor changee because
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tbiag as far as I can seer 13 that le cane together to fofi thlg band and re actually leamt to play sur instnrmente to be Ln thie band. l[heretg a certain annount of feeling, llke, "0h, if youtre tbst old you of urit be junplng on the bandnagonil sort '[e all. that at not ltke Etuff but itts did tt the straight Bunk tBXr yrknot, te rere ritJr tt rhen grnk raa starting. aud te learnt to play our ingtnnents the sane ray t'hst nopt other punk bsnds leamt to play tlreirs. Thlg neant ectually Sofng out on e stage and Juet bashing aray and not really gtv{ng a fuck rhat lt gounded like, because Lt ras nore into the €ner€gr thingr thlE rlr at tbe begtnntng, late 76 ear\r 77. [e rere ln Brigbton rhen ;e etarted to leartr hor to play our ingtnnents.tr
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going to say. Ti : tff,ell, he (nicfrara ) isn t t L4r I can teI1 you thattr. I€nceo [Jrs 39". Age? tetts move onto sonethlngi lese dellcate. Pher! slghs Pete, rishlng he hsd never nentioned the rord. Ignce: [[eII, hang on. Therers a lot in thst rordr in you saying pher!, Pete. Theref g s lot of heat Ln rhet youtve just said; itr s llke there t s a llttle bonb there , tha t t s rha t interee ts Be rr . Lance continues n.....I suppose ittg all to do rlth rock |nI ro11, Ltts meant to be the preserwe of a certaln age - the youngerr the better I suppose but itfs not only to do rith that, l,tts also to do ri.th as you get older you are less incllned to say rhat you:r age is. So therers a great value placed on being young. like the young are valued and the old become less and less valued ihe older they get. Ihat is rhat it seens to all be about, to mefr. f,e ertrllained that the ver?' fact that Poison 0lrls exist is in ltself golng to break dorn a lot of bar., riers. Richard: 'rI tbink the nost lmportant
eound, Bremen Soug, Folltieal Lovel Jump IuEa Junp, Under llhe Doctor and ReaIJ.ty Attack. llhe reoord ras released tn L979 and ls called si rFly _ EEX,. Whet tae tJre reseon behlnd FoLson Olrle forning ln the flrat place? Vir trllhatts yerTr difflcult to ansrEr beeause I loor the state of ulnd I ras ln then. I donrt altogettrer knor the state of nlnd €v€lr'!frbody else ras in hrt there mrst be sonething connecting it, obwiouely. f had done a 1ot of thlngp and gone lnto a lot of pnr jecte and cone out the otber end and rag at a point rhere there really rasnf t 8D3rthing thst I particularly ranted to do. I ras at the point of glvlng up' then soB€body cane ia and gal,d *rere rag sone people rho ranted to do a theatre proJeetr Bo I tJroughtr oh rell, thLe is obvlona\r lt. And thattg hor ;e actuslly net up together and dolng thls got ne into the rhole ldea of perforaLng and bccause of ttrat I did ry ftrst sing:ing. Richard tol.d ne I oould ging at a ttne rhen I never thought I could sing and re rorked together becauge of thet and he played the gultar. Ience firgt started to dnrtl at about the same tlme. . .. I Richard tYe rere together as people rho could tork together end re rere all on the same xBV€length. It rasnt t advertg in l[elody Uaker eort of thing. Becouing a band raE Juet an exteneion of rhat re rere doing at the
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The thought provoking statementg of Poison Oirls on Eex brought an adoission from Pete on his orn feelinge rhen he heard it
hope thst the lnrtLcular ;ay re ."", eort of present on etae9t..-.'I rould hop6 t'bat people rould actually be oote arire of tlenselves, other than giving tbenselves atay to us. Sort ofr llke the rock buelnes-s gpnerates a sort of star system and to ne thst neano Beople gi've tlenselveg Irayo Ltke they I'nvest the person on stage ritlr potet to be rhat they iould llke to be. llhey becone fang and follor their gtars and fantaslsc about their life styler ftlI then up rittt their ora llfe and 8o Ite1r feellng enpty. I rould like to reverse that grocese and hope tbat people lould h,ave an eJrperience rhich nskes tben trore 83ere of thenselvesrtLsnee
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VULNE RABLE Vi: "FollorXng tlp on rhat Ignce hsg Just gaid, rbat tbst renlndg me ofr is to do rtth nrlnerablliW. I thtnk the reason
rtgr people rent 'to lnvees theneelves in soae- lnage or sons ryth or rhateverr I's becauge' Beople feel ve4f nr,lnerable by beiag 'thenselYes, ltke ttrho aE Ir lrra noth-
ingr. Itre that person or this person and that ig the dynania of confomlngr youtve all eot to be l1ke somethiug else and I thinkr if people aoul'd actually value their-rrrlneraLfUty, as a sorlrce of inmenae strength, like itrs because terr? rntlner-' able that tetre alive. . . . . 'arrd if re t re all inrnrLnerabler tâ&#x201A;Ź niglrt as rell be arnotrr -
plated pll1ar boles or eonething. Ytlonor, of beLng alive that itrs the rnrl.nerablllty is real.].y q rrl'ortant and that t e rhere our real otrength liesr in recognising the tnrth of our rnrlnerabtlity and in looklng after rhgt those rnrlnerabilltieg and need's are alL about. Instead of the lie that re' are alL tougbr strong, ytknol, lnnrlnerabl'e thinge e
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