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rtrs time to wake up and enrerge from the cocoon. lihen the new-wave first took shape it drew stl'ength, in the sear"ch fo'a solid identity, frorn thereve'ything that went before was shitr attitude. it bolste'ed the force of the rnusic and bnought the seventies to life, Rockrnr::o-rr ainrt just started and the new-wave is the rockrnr"oll of today, rtrs not the onry influenee, with bands like clash and the slits rooking to reggae for much of thein inspiration,. but the pistols, the Ramones and many more af.e power-packed seventies rockrnrroll bands. As a D.J. I attempt to turn new-wave qigs into rookrnrroll experiences. The Heartbreakers are always a g::eat band to work witho because Eddie cochran is as fundamental to their outLook as are the pistols. For the sake of us all, let's hope that their proposed gig wlih Snakinr Stevens proves to be a success, 0f course for mdny people into the new bands, presley, Carl per.kins, the Beatles, stones, seeds, }fho ..... were making their nost vitar sounds before musical awaleness set in. But whatts that matter. rgsy, l4c5 and the New york DolLs have all found favour with people not there the fi'st tine around, rtrs ar1 down to an app'eciation of what they were saying and how they lrere saying it, in their our times. Music is a penfect rnedium for: shoving two fingers up at the establishment, once it beeomes respectable it foses all its potency. Thatrs what cccur:red dr:ring the seventies. A11 the aqgression had faded and rock sta.rs seemed nore interested in becoming tax exiles or partying it up with royalty than looking afte" their fans who, after all had put thera on the top, What they needed was a firm boot up the arse. And thatrs what they got. No more farting about, just 'aw, honest r:ockinr, brought back on the intinate leve1 of the band and thei' audience. Back to the roots, expressed in a conternporary nannen' Yes the music of today has a sound of itsr own, but the unde::lying spirit is ttre same. Frustration and boredorn. unlike recent trends though this time its spewed
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& Zen-Suitar.Tlre were the best R&B band in the country artd stil1 a^re.This EP features 4 stand.ard.s-tRoute 66t ,tl Aint Got Your ,
Beautiful Delilah t and I Teena.ge Letter t .It a great staxt.I rernember goi:rg into Rock 0n in Soho I',larket and seeing the dapey little t
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ITIS .101 'F,RS-K,!IYS T0 YOUR HitAIrT(Sr).
Stnroner before he was SfRIInfiMllR. By the time this had been released. the 101ters had sp1it. rKeysrisrl reekonrthe best pub-rock song ever reconled.The f1ip, tl Star Rocltrnl Roll Petrolr rconfi::ns that even if Joe didnrt for"m a band. called the Heartdrops rwho were to become the Clashrhe sould. sti[ be there. Do you get what I mean?
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Al1 night we'd been hearing that Glen Matlgck's new band the Rich fiAs were gonna be playing after Chelsea.And they were gonna have an extra guitar on in the form of Mick Jones of The Clash.Wahool, I'd been Iook'ing foruard to seeing that lot for a long time.A.lthough they-formed some months ago they havenrt been able to do too many gigs cos they need another guitarist, another Mick Jones ,going on the set they did on Monday. He fjtted like a glove n and looked incredibly happy about it too, bouncing around the stage with a big grin flashing across his face at regular intervals. The band were obvjously rea1ly happy to be on a stage again and poured tfre lol
nightrs getting to be a highght of the week. I t's somethi ng to do wi th the Vortex h'eing on but that ajn't the sole reason.."Monday is com'ing like a Vortex on wheels. But it's somewhere to go where ya get four bands for a quid but hard luck if you wanna drink and f,ind you've only gotfglty pence left" But if you've flogged some albums in the afternoon then you'll-6e 0K till two. Then you'11 wonder what hit ya when youre standing in the street like you made it there via a scene change in the movies yeah, when it's two o'clock and the bars clos it's sweep 'em out time and no mistake. into a succession of dynamic songs. As I said Monday's a highlight but not It's a very melodic sound but whacked so much for the bands, unless it's the Slits out with the aggression of the early Small or the Banshees" Up the pub at six, out Faces and when topped with the sting.ing three hours later legless and ready to take gui tar the effect i s dynami te.I t'i f e Jones on the Vortex. group's the none-adherence to the punk In the door, down the stairs ,'into the rLlebook.I mean they got 'longish hair and bar then ",.anyth'ing can happen and it often the cl othes weren't exactly t<i ngs Road does. See we have'funrmuch to the disgust of o it was good to see a group carving, tf,. poserswho occas'iona11y spare a cool,super heilr own image,not copying the Sun.-' glance at the giggf ing huddle fa1ling over I s'pose the-highl iiirts-of the set and going WAAAYYYY::: at every familiar face. were the numbers I knew the old "Look at them, not as cool as us, their hairs getting a bit 1ong, too cle.an to be real punl{S ommy Jlmes and the Shondells classic I Think We're Alone Now" recent'ly done (and if you think that last one sounds faragain by the Rubinoos,which they delivered fetched , honest it's true, some mohair meattwice. It was great, after just half-an-hour head said we were too clean to quaf ify.Boo Hoo hearsa'l , brilliant, dn d I hadn't felt as These are the people who cheered with good for months when they were doing it. seld-indulgent glee when the news of Elvis The other familiar song was "pretty Pres'leyts death was announced. The posy sheep Vacant", Mick Jones:"He wrote it so why who flung glasses and gobbed at Danny Baker g[q_lpnrt he do it". At this point Jimmy when he tried to explain that you shouldn't I eapt up and took over the verses, cheer when a geezer snuffs it and Elvis went t he changed the words to tel l 'cept worse shit 20 years ago than you ever did.WhatJ posy pogoers the they're only here for the ever he did with his last 15 years Elvis was just fancy party. dress I WAIT to CAN'T the bloke who stanted it all.Anyway soon the see the Shams with a set of their own at jeers turned to cheers and the girl wjth a this place. They'11 demolish the crowdl face about as attroactive as a bui accident This ranked htith the Slits as one of the who'd flung the glass at Dan.'s head wanted to best even'ings yet down the Vortexr eF I kiss him. mean SETS...the only bjt of the expedition .. These people make me sick. Posers revel-, wherev I can remember eveything what ling in the attention they're getting with happened. their fancy dress" Yet they've-got the l,lew Conviction of a statue of Bert Weedon. Anyway I'm. go'ing off the track. The four Kris Needs 'l
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ListenoAbove LoverYouthrand already a classj-crReady Steady Gorcanf t be dismissed with a routine adjective. I lcrolrrl knowrrny enthusiasm is becoming redundantrbut its not often these days a band makes you r'rish they could get it all down on vinyl. fu1d nol'r some people look upon Gen X as black sheep because theytre the tpop groupt of the lot, (apparently a label in disgrace)rhowever when the
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I ttrink it would do the g;reatest benefit to stop buyin,l records. (Tha Glue gets e,$1troversial and drastic eh?-DB/ I''F ) . Yeahystop buying the records. Ga and see the bands insteadrcos I feel es soon as groups sign up they get the sorporation dictating what goes and doesnIt.'fo stop buying means that those greasy fat exects eanrt make a. penny out of us. Plus with the vinyl market in fnl1 swing ?re can all become armchair punks and all the smaller band s will dissa,pear leaving another set of superg"oups. ltre need communieation. ff yout ve got something to sey-say itrdonft wait for a record to say it for youo Get out into the clubs, anSnrhere, and dance, sing, shout as long as you comrnunicate. ' Don I t let thern buy you out . Tony S
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in prin.t. i{ith that, all the time, he asks every girl going past if she I s alright. i'Ihen a row a busi-ness gents mad e f or the bog, Jim got there first and stood by the door like a commislonaire and gave each one a napkin and I good morning sir I , and told thern the water was on their desks and he hoped they would be able to sort it all out. I tel1 Uat every tno minutes its a nudge on the arm and i I ere lratch thisrwe t 11 have a laugh heretf If you ask what kind of past the bandrs had yout 11 need a packed lunch. "l"tre were playing this cotrlege, a while backrwheir it T{as the old band, (only Albie the bassist is still there)tant wetre on and all the students are chrlckinr cans ant stuff and theres a. near riot. So I does a stroll to the mike and s&$soo.
SiLu euedeihioVstt frlookryou wankers, donr t chuek anybhing r less you mean it-right t " Anr a f\rckj.n I great party seven goesfwalloprto the side of me nut. I rras thinking rwhat did I say that for for ftrcks sake I , anr I look over anr Albies got the bass by the neck and swinginr it at this bunch of geysers so f jump down anr Irm doinr the old ryoutre dead and yourre dead, rbit pointinr the finger at about thirty g:eysersrytknow. A11 this time the rest of the band are pla.yj.n I on up there t I shouted here I s your encore and give tr.ro fingers and -we I ve run off . And they chased us r So we barracaded ix.trself into the dressinl room which lras at the top of some stairs;while our manager went out to try and calm em down. An;rate as soon as he lqalked down some geystr nent |rhackf and laid hin out,an! we|ve been approached by the college secretary who tells US to go and apologise. So I saw abou,t four of them fire buckets hanginr-two with sand and two of nater-we walks out and goes rbosht
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