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to talk.Her reluctgtcb seered to confusG the rorldrs lost londerful Hrmn Being, but he eventually recovered sufficiently to talk coherently on srrch utters as his lifc story.He thm helpfully shoved us .into the paths of peter porell(a g99gl that of fid Jenscn,rho a-ffTnc -E!gEg.),md .,^jr it lr fli I.| A^rD f ti.c pretcnded to rtElly talk ron thc llrn,as these pcople me used to srying. +r - lEAq ,1a-o FAIHE-R oF -rlli': And all this tircrpecl friled cooplctely ,1 I r; /;F.a.*.a5 :.1a L LIRE.O \ to cllcit . rcaponsc fror ou Silat .i"a= . Colpaim.It's very likcly he shivcrs at : a-,.r,,:i.r... ala Lrg.jcr ". the rcrorv stillthc scene:the Radio (he typing poolrrhere all so f rust a&itrYcs did sessions for the se assilbled to question renomed radio ipersoni progrue.f also helped, pcripherally in md full-the lluan BcingrJohn peel. getting tha a recording contract - sue of thea rerc preyiously in a tnnd rith the * IIor djd tou tet into this busincss ? barrassing He of Iabcl Grier' s Toyshop,and thcv did a session for the progrmerin fcll...that tocE back a very long tire - it socs about 1969. b.ck to rhcn I uscd to listen to Alerlcan Forces trctrork broadcutint in Europcrmd to Radio Ladoura;thcrc rcren't sry dlsc jockcys thm on thc BEC,but I rathcr liked the idea of playing rcords on the radio;I mther naively assucd at the iire that thcy played the rccords that thcy I think that if thc Clash ever get off the rutcd to play - rhich vasn't the casc.So I ns trourd in Areric&'that rill certainly happcrl fircd by the ldca of doint that fro a'fatrly bccawc the'drole rrtck process is geared up crly rgc;also beeause therc m I very littla to that;rcmving people frol rhatever it ras clnce of actully doing it in Brittinrat thc that inspired lhe. in the first place - thcy tlrc.Ihen I nl lg I got the chmce to io to thm bccuc inspired by record corpanics and Alcrlcrrmd thenrthrough e grrdrnl proccEargot accomtants,and the requirencnts oi record lnto r.dio...cuc back over here in l967rmd just cqmics and accquntmts are that you shoutd drifted into rrdio herc as vcll - it ras-all just continuc to rkc an acceptablc product that r-qucstion of being in the ri3ht placc at the is pretty rrch the 8ue as before.This is wty rltht tirc. ao Dny bands stop being interesting fdrlyearly,in their carâ&#x201A;Źers. rerc broadcastinr sestions by bsnde tgr J(ou litg-Yc; ug cqneFlq.aia the-v siE ii-Ei??iicnr ar thc ner bands todrv? .elr hras thr.m lcll,they started out beinS quite interesting. I thint so...rcll I don.t knor.I just likc It's cxtraordinary the nuber of people f,ho ;ould hearing ns md intercsting bands - saSr in rish that I hadras lt vererry taste buds frozen anothcr yearraay tto or threc ycars tire il ebout l972rand just stayed there.But ny sorething happcns that I just can,t enjoy at intercst li.s almgs been it rhat's going on thatrs lllrthen thatrs the tire rhen I say iofrialr intcrestingrud not rhat has gone and has been enough,Lhis is rhErc f shut up shoprfror noi interestint... _ on lrr a rrecur.If thc BBC continues to .l-. ..:'i::: erploy re ry period till be fron l9S4 - Etl or rhmcver_it hoppcns to bermd then that.s it.I hopc thaL that docsn't happen;oyer the I last.couple of ycars I've mjoyed the nusic r ?EL ,l aore thm in anJr other pcriod of ry life. oi;r4tt I9's strange hor record coroanie s/contrtats p,o,r-

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of people they only come up with one really tine inttheir lives.It's not an altogether surprising process;a lot of people odly have one or tro good tunes in their livesrand their l'irst record will be sonething that they've working with as they developlthe thing that goes dom at gigs rellrand lhe song they like bestrand the first single is quite often.., rin the casc of Stiff Little Fingers it's a good point.I think thai'rSuspect Devise n is the best single'theyive done,and I think that the singles have deterioated in the onder that theyrve becn released .It seens such a pityrbecause ..I like the band,but it does scen to be an almost inevitgood

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llell no,obviously it took me rpite a time beforr I could get into the position uhere I coulrt ph1 uhat I vantedrl,ut itrs sonetiring that I appreciate,and sometlring that Irm very gr;rtcful for, but I think to say...in the last couplc of years one or two DJs on the station have taken a very active interest in vhatrs going onrand vould ver3r much like to do the progrmes that I do. iaadio (he is a rapidly inproving stationgl tlin1 at one tine it ua emtarrassingly badnbut I thinh it's now nather good.It's certainly a lot better than alty of the comercial radio stations. Are vou awone of oeople like Caoital iradio?

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There's a tray over there which has got today's, fifteen de.os in itrand they do come in at.a preposterous rate.I sbould think by now I've got over a thousand at hone,and I simply can't [eep Yes there are obvious,easy-targets,and there+orc-up vith it.Anrt itrs son€thing that I feel very guilty good about.llithout ui.shirrg to romniaiz€.,it in they're for cheap laughs,or cheap credibility if you lik€.Irve bcen guilty of the sao€ airy ray,it is peoplets lives you're nessint with. sort of thing nyselfrby slagging off Tony Black- And if you take one off the pile and you listen burn.There's nothinS ea sier really.You get up to it,and you like it,and yog book the bend to do a session...a lot of peoplc in r€cord compmon stage and say nTony Blackburnn and people ies tape the progrmes,and listen to then the piss thenselves wi'-h laughter"As you grow up you try to avoid it...I think turning it into a next day,andluse.tl:em es a kind of A&it departnent so that t\elzdon't have to go out. and listen to career is a little reprehensible. bands theDselvg5.They let ne do the sorting out. Does it ever occur to vou that 85o,/o of the I can go over to.the pile,take one,and rtart a. process by rhich in a year's time these people are uorking at the Hamrersmith Odem.That's m aspect of the york I donrt like to think. about I don't see it as uainst anythina.I think thatrstoo much. tabher negativerlike taking anti-commis[ as ! political philosoptqT.I don't see it as being

against anything.Not even nan alternativeo just something else that you sounds right.It's

cm choose.Thatrs the definition of m alternative,I suppose.I don't like the word altematir rea lly because that inplies a spwious hipness in itself.

f I

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rnd you've had a coriplc of bccrs'and the band scer to

pcrhaps rathc; bettcr than they in fact arc'and then you it boils dorr to is rhat itl book thcr to do a plry things on the radio that I likc'and airays becn;that I """3ien...Ihat

find intcrestinSror sorething that I think other pcople , r ould find interesting.Sonctimeslvery rarelyrl plqy sorcthil s al a hidcous rarning.I used to do more of that in the dnye of I Yes. H llor inoortant ras 1976:ras it -iust the result of a build-uo ! or rhat? 1 The great advantage of beint an enomous age is thatit does s enable you to put things in perspective.You may ask rhat is that I the rerit of being able to put things in perspectiverand i is anothcr arguenut.I think in terns of a radio prograre I it's quitc useful becayse I can relerbcr that rhen I tas l'[ 6or 15 rock and rollrand looking at it norrit's no exaagcratir that it coupletely transforned ny life.I f it hadnrt I to cco.c""yalonS I'd probably be doing sonething like accountancy i in Liverpool.lt res like Saul on the road to Darascus;a ngcnuine revelation;that has helpcd rc to understand the raves abor* i folloving it.Funnily enough I try not to think too nrrch you use 1 rhat Irr doinS.People say rhat kind of criteria do Ito choose rhat records to play;rhy doi you do that you do... i lalters and ryself try not to think about it.It's terribly , si.ple really;ruch rore sirple than perhaps it outht to bc.

I knor rhat you reanrl think you get thcse platcausras it rere.Thc really interesting developnents are totally illogicl ..lrock historylrbut thcn it's predictablerthosq are the bad periods.Likc the first punk record I heardithe effect of that ras like the first prnk rogcn I san on the streetrYoutd sec thcr and you'd thint rfhat in God's nre have they done that

brturr 0a6frf,1q1 Cara

'lTcrr.

Tnrlly caough I dmrt likc the ida .f bclrg ln an:r rray influcntlal.Ycr 3ct Deodr phonlng uprand one band Simrd q, ard rald ric've bccn told iy dccntrln rccor{ corpcny)that il rt c- tct I acaaloo on thc protror tlrytll 3lvc ur a rccordlng I thottit that rar out-

t.rly dlrgrtlry.I thinl tt

lirt o rhrt thc bcnd apc t t thc Lmd caa jct ln gLac.ol thlnl rotctbcr tar aaarl-r tlrt rrrort trf, !a to ..c r DId

for?There ought to be a lar etainst thel.It's like in the Any,if you shoot yourself in the foot.They have this thint called 'Sclf-inflicted f,orndsr,and you can.be done for inflic ting rourds upon yoursclf.Iused to think that then I sax thea thcac rorclr and I'd thint they'd infliited sonething on thersclvcs for all tire.ltrd thcn for no logical rcason-a couple of days latcrryiu'd sec the sarc uorn 8o past and youid think rThat looks treatlrfhatsvhat I like about itr thrt you can Gkc up one rornint...it ras the salc rith The Spccials.Their first aingle:suddenly after yourd heard it, nothint ras cycr quite thc sare again.Sorcdayraay Februarlr, hrchrApril IgSl,sorcthing rill happcn that rill change ry pcrspcctivc again.Sore pcople right say that it's naked opporturls.r"td I caa't blarc thcr for thinling that.If I old fathcr of tlo pla10 ras 16 or l7 and I hcard sorc 40-year in8 thc recoidg I likcdrl'd think rI rouldn't,trust that old buggcr'.Alot of ptople think that.

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Jm are very big business indeed,Ttreir last single rrEton Riflest' was in the top thii:e in aII the charts.In mostrexcept-for the BBC onesrit mde nwber one.So the Jm yould seen big businc s. Yet the biager they grow,the Bore concerned they seem to becone to remin on a practical level near The

their fans.You hear even more stories of Wellcr, ad Buckler staying on aiter gigs to meet

Foxton

the kids novadays than you used to.llaybe thatrs

because they play nore gigs nov.The fact remins that The Ju ane the top group aroud on aII

fronts - ousical,chart,ud all romd abilities as hrm beinSs;the following interview should Eke this clear to you as well. lle started on the sub-iect of Ri(s: as xe live in London.when are the Jil foins to do_ C49!he4_t9!S9g_S!tl PauI lYeller:He can do - like we dont the ilarquee a little rhile ago Bruce Foxton:.".re did the llarquee t prior to this tour;last tour. But that was so secret evervbodv knew about it.., Pll:flhat can you do about it?4OO people like you because they've seer you in a club,but what about the other EOOO? Thatts no ex&gSeration. Three nights at the Rainbov...rell mybe Iess than that,I dmno"..six

Of, lor the get inrbut uhat about th those who canrt get in? Cm vou do loads of nishts at the

sâ&#x201A;Źven

thousand.Itrs

people who

Lvcem!

PI:Ie'd be.'there for three nonths, wouldn't vel

:rylg,ygrh.The ideal venue vould

be sonevhere with three or four thousmd, stand-up,no restrictions, r good 8tr8e. rAr r r!^r

^---il

Pl:The thing is that re Et

rr$rll*;:.iii ff.i:,t:* qfirntions like irodsirrpuksi'or

fhatever.Originally a lot of those kids rho cile to our gigs dressed up in suits weren't nods, they rere jurt Ju fa6;iust dressinS the sue as ust Do vou prefer invatinr charrters-l Pl:Ihen you sty cretting charactersra lot of those characters are only extcnsions of ryself mJmJ It's the src sentirote as "In The Cityrr,but put in r different mer. You don't preach like the rest of the bands - you songs are uinly about reality.Cm everyone relate to rhat yotre saying?

once said vou'd rather write one good sonf a 6onth than churn out sir a week? ph:Yeahrl suppose so"It takes us a long tine to 8et a son; togetherrbut once werve got a

it was uorth it,yerh.If we with the people vho weren't bwina the rlcords because they re shit'{e'd stop" tlow lonq did vou soend vritir rg this sinrle? Ptt:Since lasi Thursday'isnrt it?But I had vague

PU:lf

we thought

agreed

u."i" soi^s.i"ke this reck;it's taken us four or five rlays,brrt that's from scratchlthat'sfrom a few chords and ,";"";;;;;-''"'" Since vou've become faces.vou're on dutv for ideas on the i'our" Lhe ueor,re wl'a but the rec:;d--;il-;;;:6;Tt to it"t hitt" u*tv? Are You eYer afraid that You'll R€t over-Drod* ii-*t ilif L'Yt:There is thirt,but a better r&y of doing that ced? rs to clange thatrso that people don't look uP If vou watch closely enough you'Il see i! isn't to you for,like you said,365 days a year,so that111. that.Itrs more Iike 5O/5O in prodwtion people treat you the sare as they trent anyone BF:Vic(Vic Smith:Jan prodwer)'s rorked uith us !i.."Sor"tir." vcu ain't in a good mood,or ,isni i.o. the vord go.lle knor's rliat re're inte lt;s just sutSestions fron hin and the 8roup. sonetimes you act irresponsible. Your soun<l clranses with everv LP:is that 94^ So he's a nenber of the croup in the studios? piii'ie.ts it bec.use vou set bored *ith it? -pVgr("i.rtt.neously):yeah,I suppose you could Pit:That's one thing,but it's a question of say that. houbre witb a*v o!'her int€rvicus is that ir The lii'liil"l,in":,1"1;:;ilj.:i.:t:L?i"I;I't"" kII.r hu" to m,.A'" ',o' EC-iiGaiirEul ;ill""J'i,;""il;."" you -.".1 "" pray a song rhar that? with haoov t* got? -^ti it has l-hat relevance not happv Hith that;I don't \o1-t]-at the lf you wenl ou! and did a concert tonitiht,what P[:$ ini"*r.ff're ,Hrrcrcfused to do .".fir"ii."Oll"f vnrr nlav? avcn talkig t plaY, you rould --- "He's nni not GYen -^',1,i i^t".ri"r. then they'd say Rod becouing noulhe's p.."" lo'itr" know. we PII:IYhatever "toghga 51"y6a1;.Most of the que'i'iions you've asked not. llF:Ihatever te renemberl thl haye been about the son;s md songmiting' r that isolates r€ anyway. BF:It's pretty natural that Paul speaks for us \F:Uc always are,as you say,taking risks. alI.They're just Iooking for Cifferent ugles'

-l

. ;t:11 hopefullyryeah.But as for preuhing,I dcn't think that any bmdrs got the ri8ht to preach anyway.Just because I'm in a group

doesn't nake ne any cleverer than anyone else; it might give ne sone kind of special perception. . . You'd be

in the verv firsl- nosif.inn

t-o oat

still

love it sonehow.lrers got nore money thd he's still churning records out rhether theyrre good or bad. Plf:Personarlly I don,t think itrs anything to do with noney"You can tell whether someone,s said all they can say.The recor(ts start Setting reat' he needs,but

bad.-

survived.

Pti:Letrs revert back to uhat you said a Dinute

PlI:Ird like to say yes,but you can't tell.Some-

1"il#: Jil ::: ;":;i:';::;;ff"^::T:,Xl::'::.iil:i':f,:l :H":'iH::T"jj- "".-ri*:'ilJ;d;; ion that vou just love naking nusic and mking thing rould get into or

f.r"i

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le najr have got s bit cocky at tioesrbut wetve never bem snugo PUII think ve also lost a lot of fils as rell; I don't think the second LP 8ot as hith as "In

Cityr;it mybe did or.it didnrtrbut it didn't do very rcll.Ie rere Stking a chmce at that state anymy. Now vourve (ot the ronev to do ;hat vou rant. hor do vou keeo in touch rith what evervone else is conolainim r,bout(OKrso you know they do kecp in toughrbut ue mted to knor why)! Pil:Is that a oyth?That you have a certain anout of money md youucm do rhat you vant? PauI lbcartney - hers just bem busted for a little bit of grassrmd he's the richest mn in the world(rith r little irony).llaybe if youtve got the DoneJ you can confom tovrlnt pcople mntrthcn yoU can do uhat you likc. In the nusic business therc' s so nwh f rcc stuff md lirsinr.but if vou rot traooed in that.. . Pf:None of that rcire involyed in.Thatrs ilr5l ve stay clear of all that. The

**t to cqrrv on. lSetti{re Sons" was a conceot albu - ilre ner singlelthe glre they were mkine)is nore back lo realitv.Is it dif f icu.Lq-igpES._!_L@Ss rextensions of vourself" to realitv? PI:I see it all as the same thing,really.hhere do you dras the line between it?Uh"Ee,s the line betf,een what one person regards as realityrand rhat someone elso rer,ards as abstract? Since vou mke records ad so on TV.ild since rost peoDle know that nost of vour ausie is about realitv(this rord is rettinq overused). thev will acceot it that rav anvwav... Pl:that fia trying to say to you is that Ir notion of reality,and their notion of reality, md your notim of reality are probably totally different.You're talking about Jqur reality.I !i8ht have conpletely different ideas o0 realit.y records,vou

Pt:Yes.Thc

oain'thing is,rtThink about itn;

PlSIâ&#x201A;Źllrbec.use we like itrmd re hope that othe other people will like it too.the reverse of thl that is miting for a certain mrlet;one of the uorst thin8s that you can doo label? 3ftIt'E"EAlDtSEins bacf, to vhat vou were savins Pil:Xostly because re havenlt got the tire.That's you could alxavs do m albu for Eods-sd ill thc min reasonlalso loney as vell.But tile is the oain rcason.Like in a rhole yeilrif you put Pt:Itrs thc fle vith iln The City".lYe could ha: all the daya togetherryou night get styrthrec donc tln Ere City Prt llr,but xe chose to do aonths off.So you cm't rm a record Iabel in rThis is the lodcm iorld'- so thatis the sme three. months.

for voursclf? Pf:It(realth)rs also soucthing that no-one in the xorld rould turn dom.You uouldnrt turn it

doml

:rell rhy does Iacartney chuck out a load of old dro3s nor?Sonerhere along the linc he lust

F-=

sitEtion. Ihy donrt you play nli thc Citvtr on the stare

rnv rore? Pl:'Coe it rould bc too rr.Eh of r Greatest Hit. Evcryoners forgotten itlrost people don,t raer bcr it.No-one calls out for it any norc.Ic constantly try to change the set and bring in t! the ncr stuff.You try to get rid of all the G4eatest Hits. You

still

take a long tine over vhat you do?You

BF:ThatIs individuaL really.Yeahrwe bave bean there beforerthree timas. Are.Amerioil adiences as bad as they say?

Apparettly it ce be like playing in

mor+uarJr...

PW:It gets better after a whila.Every tour we rlo it gets better BFrIt wasnit like a mortuary ltr LA laet tine

was

it?

PH:Norit was good.

of ourB went to New Yopk at Christmas and sav the Slitslbut ineteaal of teenagers, auau.once wsre a]l 2G-30 years oIal... PH:Thatrs rightrthey had David Byme on ![V

A mate

tbe

the other night.He was sa;,ip.g nWarre start' ing to attTsct kials

aowtr ra$d

they put

he caera on audionce

itbey were all

oltl. lhrt s1owly ltra getting rmnd to l3o-40 Xeais

a ti.me Hben kids

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like them to.You

shouldart expect ey

liing f rom uyone . you hope for more fron them thm years ago? ]l PH:No,Irm noi trying t

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as theyrre gettinâ&#x201A;Ź! somothi.ng from it.0f course the As. Lonit

lyriclj are there to listen to, bui I ainrt going to come out ild sal "Listen to thiel'r. Do you think yourre lyrics have

bâ&#x201A;Źoome more complicated?

not trying to justify it! but I think thatre a question o, moving on sti11. Is it vour choics to ao to tho lEEfY-pu've b"en ther6 before? PW:Irm

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NOTES FROM HO3T TLG

STREET'

Uave

l{aller is especially effective uhen miting ebout I ud ing seni-hypocritica_l ones ili loved you

rel at i onships ; inc

and you loved our joinl bank Bccoutr

- although it's often difficult to mderstand cxactly rhat his om position isrbccause of a detachnent rtrich Enates to shor you precisely what he is talking about rithout actully explaining horr or rhy.Take isubraynrfor cxuple;the pou is alnost completely inpcrsonal cxcept for -thc last liae .ue are the deadt; f,ihich turas the ovenll reuing into a different.direction altogcther. is social awueness(r good crc that).Ihe bcs.t this is the poo 'rThc Bouteois Ordciironc of the nost provoking of the rtiolc book.I so,!/ provoking. because it's one of the ftr I activcly dislitc - not by think itrs a bad pocl;sbply any mems because f that itrs just too conplacent in its tceptace of drat quite laller rccurately terns nthc bourgcois ordcri. Then there exanple of

'tprivate toilets md polished brasses co[fy chairs under pinstripcd arses gaolers bf the working classes this is the bourgeois order this is rher€ our hooes are rrcckcd our mind disguised,out futures chccted

this is rhere our souls ejcct this is the bourgeois order' ltostile Streetr is ttr first publication fron Riot Stories, But rhy gaolers?Is it that great just aitting thcrt, an organisation conbining the energraiting to be 'liberatedn?For that tattcrrdo you mnt to ies of Dave [aller and Paul lVeller. bc frccd;isnlt it casier bcing in a position to bc helped The tvo have vorked toSether on this thil to be helped and then expcctcd to actually do sorethir first bookltaller as the poet,and the too mrcD a lcrber of the ordcr latter as editor.The trouble'vith my sonething?llittput apprring ryself,I'd lik'i to knor vlry is it so difflcult bcing r product associated with the Jan is th actully g.Being poor that il rill be bought on the strengtlr nenber of my classrmlcss youtre is not novadays thc sile as being t rcrber of thc rorkint of Paul UeIIer's nmd alone.The Bood classe3 - mless you have no noney you cil have no excusc thinS about 'rNotes Fron Hostile St.n for not xorking torards a society in drich- therc is no is that it doesn't nerd my nmcs to poverty.\r is it that everyone is so rnxoiua to 21g nake it a very porerful and strong class differr:ncc?Iaybe itts becausc I respcct lallcr so book of poetry.PoeLry isn't exactly auch as a poet that lrvc been so incascd by E pocl. TOTP material,but with the *ork of Linton Kwesi Johnson,John Cooper 'rNotcs From Hostilc Streetn contains Dny tood Pocls ild Clarke and Patrik t'itzgerald,it has a fef, outstilding ones.The bestrin ;y rindris ifhc Goedbyc achieved f resh recognition.Ilopef ully, Sidc of f,idnighti,rhich seens a suitable ny to closc this ,,hen;more p€ople ths myself will bc .rgisls.All said and don€rDave f,allcr is a rcrsrklble poct; brawing your attention to this book. perhaps one of a very fer artists uho arc 6999!g9[ rcllfor a new decade. "Notes froo Hostile Streetr derls rith equipped the greyness of life,concrete reality "ud eventually re arrive md urban depression.It's not l,ard to at the goodbye side of nidnight see how Dave lallerrs sood fits in so no hope nov of turning back rell rith the ettitudes of the Jal. , painful euotion has drsSSed us hcrc Bothmurces waste no tine rith arty and hcre xe Lutt stay :onccpts;both concentrate on hud to vhither and trou old effect rather than pretty rord patten ensnared by our om natrironial pcrfidyi 'tNotes Fron

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3f4M get in qenerar aoart fron a feu rare iceasuibs us pretty bad, uhy oo you think you get this reputt tion?

UtB The press lrou

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they give Adam and the Aats good revieus. lrtrat types of musi.c uiLt you be PLayirg nou?

Adan Antmusic UOB

Adam

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titratrs that? All thatls challsnging all the rythnrs and ttylsa and formats uhieh have !'ors before and coming up trith a soundr a noise. Ut:at happened

to all the oid songs?'iled

Scab. Adam

Thoy'ro oonlng out on a limited edition albuni for fans and uill only be availablo -'hrough ths biuouab farr club, pressed according to demandr 16 track recordings L9?7 on one side 1978 on the other uith realty rars photographs of th,r grouPr aL1

the different line ups full lyric sheet from the Jordon Psriod onuards lor collec-

tors. VoB

Adam

lrhy did you call the 1.p. Dirk lrears LJhitâ&#x201A;Ź Soxl if that sonqls not on the I.p.? Itrs just a title - it doasnrt mean anything. Itrs bettBr than calling it the first 1.p. from Adam and the Antsr or Adam and the Antsl first 1.p. I feel uelre thB only group uhich is doing anythinq challenging at the momantr every-

sold out. And thls mod thinq therels roel fsr nostalgia in e'/ery gBnera tion and unfortunately this is uhat it is, as itts a poor imltation of !.-+., fine 5its

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itrs homlbla, I Eahld ny hands aitar Ird spokan to l.t. Theylne horrible u91i, old men. 0f coursa thryrra not going to like Adam and thg lnts because ue attract amart, eexyr beautilul boys and girls.

trt rhy uould you aay that tVqqd.nu"Xft: *- ia so big at the momsnt? B€eduds LLa / ? Adam tlrric isnrt faahlon. fa8h1; 16 olothas ,utry should a kid ualk dorrrn tha road uearLng bondaqa trotsers ind eafaty-pinet if a ktd gosa douo the road uaail'ng a boxe here uaarlnq a box, It doasntt mean Adam and thB Ants uere from tha a. thln|.

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Emk gsBBlatlonr thorBPorB Adam €rn(l th€ Ants ara a Frr* bandr Itm a Punk tiU tho iry f dis. trle call it Ant mual'c. tdhatta ths.matter uith I Punk - Punke are lnnttr th€ylre Bmart thay dreer aaxy so

thaylra smart.

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I get raeIly deprtssrd Sout tha bad , revieugr uheroas the others dontt leally. I mean I ua€ pl.yitlg cn that I.p. or at that qig that theYlre

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rtppirg to shrad!. Are you plsa3ed to

refBrences to Lt on the album

ha s aluays tabo: to ma. I mean uhy is it, trth'rn I uarr a kid I had to go to chrlchr and uirat uere all thosa hours on yollr knBBs uaiting for something for. It urrsntt for

heen

Ants ?

any shockl.ng lBasons. Hou can I shock a person

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of,L6 or lB?

thsse journal.ists,ray Irn dolibsrataly trying to ehock, but ths only person Itm

trying to ohock is mysalf.

SncedIatoodttrcm. v0B Adan

Did you enJoy it ttrough? Yes, it uas a good laugh. As Far ag t B are concBrnsdr uB uarsnlt haPPY uith bhs uay ths tracks tlera put on the f,ubilea 1,p. but as it heFPars

l.t!r turnBd full circle, and that film j.s the qrl), Flrt fil$ made irr r77' its the anly rutk flln thqre is, its got Jordan !n itr Jordanrs.a real PUnk shs invented itr ism€mt)el J0RDAN INUENTED IT. Sh€ uurks for the Itlalco1t flaclaren peoplr and Yivien LJ8stlid uho are vsry, very important

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poople. Yourve got to ramBmber these paople inuontod it. If you donrt lika someone you inmediately lealise. 1 found uerve more affini.tY than any other band Irve bean in and Ilve been in a feuo A16 you inttrasted in reliqJ.on? Yos, I U.ke the ribualr I like the ordBrr its quite beautiful in a uali, I donrt qo and PiaY everY ueek' lYlY

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PRACTISE IYIAKES PERFECI

"rYes, I can paove ittr, says lrirers ColiD NBman, and indeed lte has. From their three albums: Pink Flaq, Chairs lviissing and their recent L54 album, trJire havB produced songs from both ends of the tNeu music syndromeri uhere the incessant droninqs of Cabaret Voltaire meed ttre mBlodious pop of

the PDetends[s uith etyla and images that

Peel session).

no other barid:have even approached, Uire

havo gone halluay

arBd mada

accsssLble uhilB still

thair

0n stage, lJire, in their sets, have a feu albums fuIl of unreJ-eased songs, ranging from the imepressibte tCulture Vqlturesl to the foDmidabte rCrazy about Lovel (a masterf'ul 15 minute tBSt of. endurance uhich has recently beEn a set opsnsr and has constituted thelr latest

music

Il uire should euer go dotrn in history for anything, it rrrould be for their 5 day lPeopla in a noomr jaunt at

remaining

inacces sib 1e.

TheLr debut Pink Flag gave us the contrasting sonqs likorRhautersr and rFraqilet uhBra bleak mBlancholy counteracts happy-go-lucky tuneful-

ness, uhile lJlre displaying briBf glimpses of their Punkrock status. lhe l9?B follou-up' ttrs Chairs ftlissing album contained songs of a similar nature although more intensa (and J.onger) u.,ith a s{lnute lllercyl masterpiece

of daad assassins, intsrtuined refugees and midniqht transvestites, to be fbLloued by the appealingly harmonLous r0utdoor lyltnort (tn fact, so much so, that it became a minor hit). Ihe thlrd album, I54, shorrBd a large stap Fcpuard in prodir:tion techniquas onca again

by Plike Thorne on 48 track taps thls time. The instruments used range from synthesisar (dare I say. it) to Cor Anglats (?). Each uas subtly used to trjirets advantaga. Houevar, on this album, lJirers made successful"

Londonls Jeanetta Cochraine Theatre, uhere haff tha pBrformance uras devoted to visual images conceivsd by aach niembar of the band shouing paint throuinE and NeL, York drivinq scBnes, amongst othar

curLositi8s. This uas attogether a thought provoklng if someuhat superflicial experiencel adding a necessary neu dLmsneion to lrirg and lndeed the uholB paospect of live pâ&#x201A;Źrformancas.

U,iDa arB a band unique-among uniquB bands and ovar thâ&#x201A;ŹLr 3| year existence have not patared out or hypocritically changad courss (rruB mean it mann) but have progreased ln their original unobvious

directlon. HoU lohg uill the flouers cn the s-t_a_r,ched tablecloth carDy otr blooming?

old trieks stlll remained, u,hEra BBrLB sonqa Ilke tThe other uindour (an orchestrated

embellished by Graharn Leuisrs resonous tones $escribinq a sslf-conscious travellarrs sncounters on a European traln) are juxtapos8d uith melodies llke tlhe 15thr. poem

In suqh a uay, lrlre have producad musLc of consistanbly inconsistent natura, uhich

rsmains axcitingly original in its preclsion

and ouali.ty.

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a r( v/cu/ (?) _-/

It th€ I,5roor on a soid.ld.(reather-rdse)aoil ifrp ntgh-trThe Bodgroatohers a.re aupportlag Loe Lorloh.tho GilL@.oo ,.rBlilo ,,s aLrost il1 ot th€

coulil-be joaaUat/oouf d-be tadlatry tarerard therG ar6 ranes bcilg louigr ilroppeal.lhr aleo€floor Ls on€ largr Julgle of PB aait llfl orcatureX

tbere are €v6r loro free tl,c&etg toEiltt tlto al1 tatght\r

ilreas.erl aad

atljectire apathetio.teet

all cadl.dates for thc

soa,g3 ar€ gr.e.li.Iy srallowetl .Eor caa yor f311 to frll in love iritb a bartl rfio rcite soaga like nThe Ololt cf ttr

a,r€ tappe.l il a rost. shat€q l.a a ragr that is rore

aotlest rayrheads ar6 a,ffected tt* s rrard of plaguc petiatrlad. Jotes ar6 Ercpp€ilrfurtelllgLD1e oalJr to t[o taitlatcil.

lD off+oo partyrao

Olil Vor CoatLnsott8i?

1ess.

htilet thts juaglc ftght thc Eo{raatcLorslrfio are ileteniaeil aot to bs trapp.d tEr th€ stlfli-Eg sase .of Doreilo estlafl.y prortroeil blr tLc sdioce.

Eh. Eoqrsostoh*8 arc Edeetr Air15/f-a1ca/Ec{e1e!, rdase Bolrla .1! urpollshedlrclodl.ole,ril ryc'et.'-o I

ea;f uapolishsd. I res ttrat o! a aigLt ll ooforrttfr thc5r roagod to g.t @ t lth lt r.tthort raatr-lg ttr.

trlvla.

Don belot a fer stray lta tL. baa to r.€ rfratntti onotioo Ls atot.laill+Ooil fctd,ille lcr proplc *e aer6rr8lko for tbc bavcst of tlggrr ttl.! is a

uadolcscc rl,tLtrbrt for eac r.ar6 tlrlr gtqlr, gBrltrg at^tha gtaarrrttl Pchap! a foot st .o

lert6 3q66rra1ohsra rovG thrangh ttrcir setrthe orord reel\y rasn up, aad. before loaglare noviag to the adalictiye beatll,ltod,oat.eit gr the fact that this group ls na.for some of thr odi€uce thi6 iB a totat{ treu 6rperieuceraa{ yet1l&gr 13 erjqrtra it. t6daat rrt .ry.ctdtoaartic 5'trica parly lt a f.ac'rar.tror therets !o etofilg lbe EoQrsaatoheraraad tho

fh€ fiaht ar Tprard llkc tb€ d,iaoovory of the bolB r.ith e Beoa€tqrlr b€hhd

a. lllllg oabLaetlto rcalllsetlo! aar.lg lpo! thc t[catB ].ro that thcy hsvc b.o a6ght ot.Pcop1c hastt\t t8ot lD sLirts a[d ltraraht.E tles to dialntec uJr strlal€ooe of rovacat.Life rstf,mr to lta rroral ,BqIgrobr e-lrto,oceaad. ttc etop tall ctrites ap ada. tlor a nhile tt BodJr$.toher6 y.rG Iords of Ihc Jua;l,c.Ia&c al effor! to acc tlr bcforc thc;r.get tuo&cd iato ths hslncr BlaL of, thi6r.

roYtlg ua&aoi,ou.a\r to tlc beat.

WffiEW6

recently decicsd to split up. Irm sorr} to inform you of this great loee to ths rmFic scenet at the mment. thBy rrilr houBveD bB playing their final tuc aigs at the Rock Garden ard the ftsic I'tac-hine. l,le hope to have intervl.eus rrrith all parties -oncemad to find out the reaaon for the split and uhat thBy uiII be doinq in the iuture. lretll alao print sqne of i:rprevious Lntd:uieu uLth shans & shanne (includinq insults - Shane). Ths fairulous

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uhors verv catchv srnsre' rvronev'

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also haus an intervieu uith The. lrDlJts (Uisuat Display Units) uhosE first singlel rDonrt Cryt ie the premier relBas€ on Thinly sliced Roelrds, and is available flrom aough

lrte may

Trade and Bonapart.

If anyona ouns a shop or knous soneone uho ouns a shop outside London tho uoulC bs uill-inq to sel1 coples of Voice of Buddhar please get in touch (address on Lnside cover)... ptuf P.5. The Bstours ha.r;..-hangsd their name to The BiSt (Iook out for them in tl-e futule)

Arso anvono uishlnq to

contribute'1,11ffi:';l'ii-:'l"il

NO]ES FROII A HOSrILE SMEET AUAILABLE FRM: RIOT PROOUCTIONS

tfixih .,r.""1,

rohn (pinhead)

Andrr Suzanna - BvBryone eIsB uho hBiped us put this issue togethec.

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fus, SI]I'E PEOPLE NIGflT SAY lIY LIFE IS IN A RUT 8UT ITN qUIIE HAPPY IdITH IdHAT I|UE GOT PEOPLE nIGHT SAY IHAT I 5HOULD 5TRIUE FOR

LIII

BUT

SO HAPPY

SMEINilEtS

CANTT SEE

lHE

POINT

HAPPENING HERE MDAY

A SHOIT' OF STBETIGIH IdITH THE gbYS BRICNOC AilO f,TN SO HAPPY ANO YOUTRE SII KINO YOIJ IdANT I'IORE NONEY OT COURSE

OONIT TIINO

ouy uucttnn rExTBooKs FoR ATotrlrc cRIllEs

AllD THE PUBLIC GETS lrtt{AT IHE PUBLIC ITANTS 8UT I U'AI{T NOTHIJ'IG IHIS SOCIE]TS BOT I'I! GOING UIIDERGROUND LET IHE BNASS BANO PLAY AI'ID THE FEIT START M POUNO. GOII{G UI{OERGROUND LET THE BOYS ALL SINC

III'I

AID'THE BOYS ALL SHOUT TILL

s{[!E PEOPLE,IIIGHT

TOMONNOII

GET]PLEASURE OUT OF HAIE

I'lE 1IUE.:Ei|0UBH.'ILREA0Y ot{ IIY PLATE SOIIE PEOPLE IIAY NEEEONE TENSION M RELAX BUT

IltI

TOO BUSY DODGING THE FLAK

YOU SEE IS I/TIAT YOU GET'1,.' YOUIUE NAOE YOUi BEO YOUIBETTER LIE II\I IT YOU CHOOSE YOUR LEADERS..ANO YOU PLACE YOUR T,IUST As rltErn LiEs tr,AsH you cLEAil AND rHErR pRonrsEs RUST

I}IAT

YOUILL SEE KIDNEY IIIACHIIIES REPLACM BY ROCKETS ANO

Arc fiE PUELIC .:GETS IdIIAT THE PUELIC BUT

DOilTT GET

![IAT

SOCIETY IJAI{TS

TE TALK AIIID TALK TILL TIY

GUNS

IdANTS

HENO EXPLOOES

TUR'{ Oil THE !IEIdS AND IlY BOOY FROZE ITIOSE ERAYIiIG SHEEP ON IIY T.V. SCREEN IIAKE IHIS 8OY SHOUT !!AKE THIS BOY SCRESi'

Lrn Golt{c

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liET THE ennss enNo pue'r A'{O IHE.FEET START M POUND Golirc uitDERGRoUt{O IET THE sOVS At_t Struc AIO fiE BOYS ALL SHOUT rILL MIERROId. uI{DEBGROUNO