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Da~ts/t·he Jmazo~blr:4(la:S _ ~e?o14 : an.d XTC in Febo~ 00~esas wa:: autl.-eSti3.b.i1 Smn_en T.i toooo o.ouboui; v "' • .D s· d ~ '- c :ilnle .:or a - Krmv r .... ver vonro or.oanyone who says~ t;he Prestor group scene isn?t; hea.1 thy wants 'V) tb.oir whitE stiick snappi:1g m.n 2 .:. G-I'OU.i1S IZ ·ve hea!'d o:f ir elude tht;; Youth( they ~ ·fi e a ppro::x:··· :g lrna.te~y s~1i·t up at the m?ne.:1t ~ u:f't 8r :playing ~ one g~g)pGenocides s: formcrly Youtnana s~a 9 the I.!n.age 9 the ~weat~ th e ~fh:t'eats the Defects~Oaptain~ Dcm~.?stos ard the Bok.,Joe 90 and the Vermin ~ ~ ~emolit~cn .. from B~.a '?kl~,urn~ Blitz fro~ Chorley 0 ~,some of wr.om 'UG~:;d 'GO oe ~n He.n.gt!lan;oSo ·where >­are the gi£ s'?How a'tcut. a Presto.n Punk Festi·val~ ~ooo."Egyptien Reggae is sir:gl.e of the yearooCloo~ the Be derr·~elnhof gang shO'Ned the.. t anarchy (J ~oesn~~ vro~rk"!>It uanq; change the worlJ.,but et J"esus cano :lc o Dc.n 11 ~ miss J 'ob...'l Oooper·-·01arke at "'E the Lodest~r s Deo o .l.4thocooany local groups con-I taot t'lle ff. .o.zine an d I " 11 do a f eature on them oooone'\Ter ·1dnd what they s a y in London that the 1)-ew ·wa-:; e <: s dead~·=start a groUI>oo 9 -.,bri.ng on the -·;ol.,~e.u.,·ventso o ~o thanks Dad for the duplio·-ating and J:lhOto:)opying()o\)ovote National Fr9,_nt • 1

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A crib for Christmas ••• NF's policies.The thing is that people have got used to the parties not doing what they say.Peo-

taken from Temporary ' ple don't expect anythin Hoarding no.2,badly ed- anymor-e •. Eut I'm damned

·mK~~· itedo sure the Fro~t will do Date:3/(/?7 Cast:J Rqtt cn what ~gez s~t D Widgery(RhR) ,Ayrshire \ ~R:Wh,en did you write :football f'an{FF),Steve r. God save the queen'? R;\R•What do you think a--·_ 5 months .agog this good bout the Lef't? . · tiraing isn't our plaanin~ JR:"It'·s fiE e talking a· ~ It's thanks to 1\&.M •. ~.Vhat~ bout revolution.But that~ hap~ened to t~e recorq all they tend to do.Th ey ~roves the, po1nt we make are too seperated frot"'l re 1n the song. ality.Don't get into t he R\R:Hav~ _ you had a lot . people thet are trying to of pressure? , involve.It comes acro~s .JR:~e~l,not as muah as as a oond '3SC ending a t. t - · on' ~narchy' • They don! t i tude wl .. ioh isn't a p p-r e·- want to put too much cia tedo" pressure now because it~ !<

4\ R:Vlhat do you thi~"'- of to9 obvious. We' 11 just

t ·1e National Front? · sa y how dare you stop u J t~ "I despise them.. Ne: ~one Freedom of spee~h bla b ~~10Ltld have the righ ~: t.o ao.'Ihey've got tO be a t. rll __ B:!.l-.x2ll~ they ea~ · -r., bi ~, carefu1u. the sec_: lj ve h ere because 0 1 ·_,: e r e v s out and the BBC cvlour of their skin ) :;hei a nd the stations don' t r l.'e1igion or whatev c c:;- - want nothing tto :do WJ t"l t~ size of their nc ;22c it.Pee2. played it twir Huw coulc anyone v ot (' forand got warned never " __ something so ridic'l!llo uslyp1ay it again. That wa : inhumane'? nad. RAR~Hell why? ' H.'lR:What do you thir!k a· J!i. ~"\'fell quite frankl:r thbout the Q,ueen?• o t h e; main Iarties don 't ~R:Well,I feel sorry to. off'~r any Oiposition,d~ he?:Sh e\s never knwwn· they?Not onE of them are freedomoDoes~'t even serious~Not one ·of them· write h er own sppeches. has seriously attacked ttshe hasn't even got the

, right to an opinion.All thatRAR:What do you think money wastd on nothing.All of music journalists? that Jubillee bull. She's :rR: they crease me up. passing by !ere and just They th}nk they':e ~on cos she's PESsing by they'v -derfule~lways w1zz1ng got to close all the pubs. off on free tickets and FF:In Glasgow she came to limousines.They think open a PP.W luilding in Cow- they're more important glen in PulJock.Aye,it sou- than the musicians. nds nice but it's abject Like that 'MM article o poverty,abject.They spent I just slagged off . £80 ,000 on 1acing up the everyone I could th1nk fronts of tte houses that of just for a lau~h and she was goirg to pass.The they fall for it .. Now back of therr were still mid no-one cantell what we -dens,DisguEting. are like.Which is what JR:That's sick .. (With- feelin I want it to be.They g)really sicko ••• and then should work it out f?r you get somE sociology stu- themselves.I don't l~k dent pr ~aching to a load c it the way the tlUS1C of kids down the East End. press tells you whethe They're not going to list- ~ou should like a ~and enoThey just think it's a- or not."'This band l.S no~her trap,another con. good,go and see them'o Don't trust anyone .. That's Se> all the sheep run the motto.Just be yourself CJ.r..,·.vn s~ying' They' re and get rid of the lot of [Tsat,they're great'o themThat's the trouble with 1tha t's just when the 'Socialist Worker' and that b~nd are tuning up. You might as well read the F o::.l<:es me sick that Islington Gazette,it's abou kind of thingrJust the same standard.All the r uins your fun. economics stuff about this RAR:They're all workint-and that.Someone who isn't for the enemy anyv.;ay .. ., very bright at school just IPC,the big Fleet St, isn't going to under- combines,the record stand.If you're going to giants.They'll ruin

have a svcialist paper,it punk.All that ligging, should be more than just yhe honest word for it socialist preaching.It's is bribery.They just like buying the Bible. buy those writers psy­

chologica lly~Tncy ' ve ~o

~....nQ politios.They'.ll in a wgy that makes people ~V.eJ.: step out of line. happy ~gives them sol!1Eth3:ng

1til somec.uc ... lse "'~- :Ces to. 0.~1ng to ,and -an 1dea t r risl· s nnd . J • - . Stlc ~ to.,The way Cla f.a

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~ .-' _..a com pi)l1 ~•..:-. -: 2. J=. cane..: just 'doec ~~;e.-Loc." a1i.h?:: the~not_ .. :_ork.I ... 's ve:!'y contri; .

~the t~nzl.r. ....; .... ,and ed.. .~e a:L cer I slag·ged · re .. Up-posed ~o be thPrtt off in the pres-s, the eful f<;r, Ju.l..J.e B:.1rob- enc..i '!:'e band came over to pE~tronls~n6 you .. · • exi)l ~. in- themselves to me. he syst.e::t ta~es theJ.r Ri'.R:r~at do you think, ?-s awa?, that s all. about racism? :·fha t d1d you think of JR· !P · · · Clash gi~? · ·. • ( wh1 te 7 ~'m ~o~ ~blGO!'

[ hated tne · ..,..h .t . Ther: -s no po1nt 1. n pre-• u. .... e:y re t endH~.a I am Th ·· h ·

what nus~c t ~11 abou , , . o . • ey . av~ Jusie;ts a re -3.Se from t~c~- 2·wn cll:.lture~I've go-t that Itt s r L about ml.n .[c get on f1ne.I go . . do b • ~ · ~~ ~ - ., . g do·· ... • . .Jlar .( clubs, I lcnow .g an el..ll ol4.1.8\::!.L8bl.:; .tnos ·'· ('f' t • . . I th' ,you•:r:e on _16 dolcc:..: . _, - '1em • .t.~ny .J.ng e~se : it's couc . on the 15.~ d:..-cen~l.ng.Tney l1ke 1 bu~ it's .ot that b=l~~- . ?~~ thel.: o;m• They '~""'e , .L .. w~ . n · .·. I c..-.::!. , .1 :r_,e th1s country.

J ~ J.J. . • ..... . U.L l. 1' • F 1- . ' ' ·"ettino p. id -· .· · · .1 _~_ , ..... ,.,They wanna le:::. v c .o · o .tur uo- bt1+: "Y do 't t "" · ]not~.- .ng:-Ji ., I had my 1 • .,.,. n wa~ ,i!;noc..a. :r like to · ..., l.!r: "' s= P~··.~~: ~...~.~. the Uat1onal. ·rs qffect5:~e ~ely) I F.:o.r ~ eo tel~ them to

• le~ ~~~v l1k th · d" gh it was ' re3.t.Mess "l""~n ' .. .• .; .. , ~ emr l.S· e ~yste~ t . b ~• - lJ. ~e u J.ne.

' "· - E- .., " F .... ~I-t ; ·1 d:1' -'"' ~ a . ~·n.. • t It' theil' '--' ·.'1 fr-t ult. · ... . _ u c..oreee . 'm .l. es ey ··,ant tt :ou c:.nd havE; ) . S.d OVJ they sre_ aga·i w h th'3i- ·-- ._., m1

• ser nst ~ .. nl:! e nd stand with the 1 k Th y oc..11 go ·: do it. 1c ""'· e reason blac· : keep together is de·

're too S( .~ us. -fen~. ~ and because whites 7fe11 you' 1 se:..~ious haven · t proved they deserv Tou just P' ~ . on this their .. trust.

, tre_~ ~it.Y 1 know JR:But you don't need to i you' re 6o. 1g poli t- grow 1a:readlocks. You can't .ly. . .lay tings on them it's ~er,!'~ scr5>~ but patronisi~g.T :ke I can't

go to South London cos keep :_ people down in their all the geezers there place. Conscription. Uni..::. · hate my gut~.If I was forms all over again.No olack it nould be a -one's gonna get me in racism thine .But it a int... the army Leave 'eo alone; they' re &;R:'.Tha t are you in it h9ving fun. for? (not the army, silly) ~ .. R:They' -re not having JRli. used. to go round fun in Lvxtqn.The NF Qre ~itting people for no putting marches through reason. cos I was ·so an-. their streeta to terr.::ris noyed .. '2:'here was nothing -e them.';le've got to stop _left to live for.I just the Front getting away .looked at it very prac­with it,not just talk abo tica~:; ~nd the~e ~sn't -ut ±:thew bad they are. (speak for yourseli·-.tH JR:'flell you can show them Chl'isti:ln)I was fed up · you know it's ·GOing on. complecely of the music But then they know that which ·. 3.S around.'.'Then already. the b e- . d took me on r ~ '.'fell the ·vho.le idea c~ could:1 't even talk pro-the st€.1. ve <hs to sepe'rc. te perly J ViaS so m.ess ed people.Divide them and 'I up a11d n.nnoyed at every you oan rule. 'illey !l:i:i:c~:; -thil.~.b . .L·h..:1 ·L ~ s wh:-i we · people to be put into ~~t startL ~h~ group.To -egories cos they cen bP ....,-·- :.~' ·:: - _:)eople to d'J · dealt with ensie:-.Like the s .~ ;,~ :and people ·to ell this rubbish about come c j listen to us. ! Teddy boys beating up and £?. '1 away and do it punks.I went to _several themsE .7es.A4d get rid Teddy boy concE?rts recent of a 1 t of their aggr­-lyoNo tr ~uble. They knew ession tl'l:at way. ''!hen )JEJ who I wfs.Th~y came ~van ypu dan~e a lot you're se. id 11\'lb.-..t:i you doing here so tir .~ d ~ou don t t go ?".I said nr. like music.. and pu __ .:!l: .s2::.cc:1et s Full stop." head. Fit,h ts are started &~R :\lha t are your poli t- when people are annoyed ics? o·r de:'r~ss ~d or ha tc .. JR:I hate Tories.That's th em,~elves.That's vhy _ my total pli tical view. Londo'rt .is such a vlt,..)len · · Anything Tory: I ha.te.The t place~ · ·· besic Tory attitude is Rl~R:.Th~ police engineer

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_·!3. quick ~.un~-up,the first you gotta_ be", the new nu.dibe.r i~ -"Whisky and si.rtgle.V/h.-en .-that had fin-wine", the B-sid e of the ished, blue lights started ·s~ng.le~w-.ith that lovely flashing for ":Einergency"-chunky . st·op-.:start riff. that's the ·on-e with the -They' ·re mqc·h too tloud for great rhythin ·g;ui tar, like ·the t ntima.' te'~ (cramped) sur on the Snakes' "Teenage r .oundings,_so the sound's Head".Next ·w~s the single ,pretty poor,but the PON.ER "Dancihg the night awa y 11

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comes across a 11 the same . I thin:k they did 'it The 2:-guitars of Nick better · last time I saw Garvey and Bram TchaikoVL them;that ·was wa y back sky blend to form an abso when Ricky Slaughter was lutely s .olid rhythr!l.-base, just Richard 1.'/ernham and

. .' ., _lots and lots of really Rob Hendry played guitar. .. ·ce .-~chy riffs ancnoredt 1i Then the intro WJ. s much

··.' . . . -_down by .Andy Ma-cMaster' s longer;which suits me co s -:· , b _eetle-crushing,beautifti'l I think it's the best

.·.· _· - ·ly·heavy-handed ba,ss, that:part of the song.But any-. ·- n,~arly blows your knee- ;way "Phoney Heaven" was · · ea ps off ,and just to~ make_ next, then anoth er ne-v it : ultra-tight,Rick Slau- song,"You -beat the ):lell ghter'·s drum~. !3-d.d var'.iety oLita me" ;the B-side- of t h e: tQ the sound.Next was riew single. The encore wa ~ ~'Bringin_g th'e morning · the Ist single., again,I l .ight"(I" was a b.it surpri don't know if there was . ~:t

:_ sed that 'vvasn't the Ist ~ another one,cos we had to $ingle), then "You wanna £0.- ·

n.'' -· .· , machi ne"(I can't" remember 'I lot of the material has ."<:';~~-~' :the pro_per name)) then been re)arranged,whic·h is

_'. ~.- ::-~' "Oold Love"-arnaz;ingiNo good,bqt you can no longer ·· . ·_ '- wonder Abba· ripped it off Jt:I'. call them raw.Those

·: · ~)~ ·~ for "Nar.a.e of the game~~. . songs still remain though, ·· >_ lt' s a heavy-metal reggae songs full of rhythm,mel-

, ~ song,and it's got the · ody and hooks that stick ·' .: :'· best of ··botP..They hadn't in _your mind ,make you

·thought of a title for smile and make you wanna t.he next s,ong but suffi ce dance. 'Ihey' re gonna be b!c to say .it vJa~ ~el~ ~P to . L9VE I.TUSIC- HATE R\.CISI\I 8 tandar-d .,I s pose ~ t , ROCK 1 G ,, rn·-·T RACISY could have been nBe what -> "~ u ·l

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~1rl':·~ ~ ~'(]i)? ts ~:xbut they were good. r6rr \ "~')n ~·-: ,, " , :-....-0 J • I ·~t;JU ~ ~~ ~~ 2 song-tltles can re-A N r.E-f no~ ---:\ .....-(. member were "Too cool "" \ \...J for ':Timbledon "and "I N03J:BLE:::·D.3/)A:ODUSji7RONES wanna be your Member of CHilli. STREE~/bl!lWLITION Parliament". The front­Hfig:in Casinc 3/9/?? man was good ,he played ge got there abo~t 4.We sax and mouth-harp. were 2nd in the quEue. So then it was the Drones First was a lad in his They were the best so far pyjamas. Yes ,he'd been getting the biggest crov1d there last v.: eek when the Probably because they Spots were annoupced. 1\fe were the only ones with went to a caff and saw a record.I hate the sin' the Right Tc 1York people ger' s haircut. "You' 11 run past, then went back Lose" was dedicated to to queue.Phil Hcneill :fx the R'llff people,or was it from. the NIP.i arrived. the Rr;,R people( it was Rumours flew r6und that also a Rock ~.;,gainst the Pistols wanted to Racism gig).They also Play, but ~ fclarEtn had said played "Lookalikes" and he'd quilj if tney did.8o! aBone Idol 11 ,the single. clock came &nd we got in- There was an anti-man­side. archy song and their · First on wer~ DeCloli tion, best one, asad so sad", who'Ve not improved at plus 2 Gore .Good dance ~ ll.The best thing ~bout music.They got a n en-them i s the length of core and did my Gener-their set(I5 Qinutes)and ation". their new druruner.'~le were Number 4 was Exodus,a t:.old they've got a single reggae band. Their JUt soon, "No Feelings". accents were local but IJext wer.e China Street I never found out where rrom I.anuaster •.Th.ere was they ca me from. There 3ome speoui'J..a tion that were a bout 2 dozen of t:.his was the name '"the em and they did "Wai tin ?istols ~."l.d chosen for to in' vain" a nd "Decla ra tio -nigh t.J.h well. "Jiy,they're n of rights".Body musicl twright.Not punk,though" How could you stand stil ias the geneT~l reaction. l?All those rhythms ~ue enough.Th ey looked moving every bit of your .ike 6th-forr ersor studen ;s,but they 1 ere good.2 ;ong titles I ea n T' ~-

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or mne P~'!~ThE BOY.$ a!.'€ a ~ nop !ro~.r /]'i"T-11.c n13_.,~sr Of'i~r. last bus .. I0.5Z and th'e ~.D ... " .. '.n·~, f'.RTs-·r ·:.&ncas·""er_· ·" d H h ~ - ~ 1~mne are on. ey,t e1're Universi~y 2? /5/?'t re~l~Sooleone chucks a bog Ant we begin with Con·· roll;. t•he .Captain simulate· sumer Co.r11plE.in·tsttThe tee use thereof .Someone man on the '~one sez elaP, chucks a roller aoors OJ:: ~n 7? ~0, they tO':;el ,a poseur/roadie :;r1ened 8c-rfh.f! queu~ got srabs it,and we've got a .. :. ·to u& bolf at: h0u..- tug of war.t·fhile t!lis later~ant tb.arL we were drama 11tlS being acted out .o:G.v ln th.e foyex·~8.50 the band plilyed boogie r.:,e .. 5.~;ors O:Qer.: sanG it;::~ and the P€Cple danced on. a a;>!:t.c.t ror ~he tr~..,nt It \:.-~s the same roadie cf tt~ s~~ges~1de itn who' kevt pushin' -f~ns ·}'er calf ~n hn~r we otr st~~;~ ,and after I5 ge:.t ;;:it~Jily i£proving .AllL"l:.ltcs D.1.v~ ·v:.<ri3.~n" . :t:-€-.;ords tll.~ougb. the we.~ring a sllng,was sing~ ThJCLIJ.f-de~{ tul!ty PA-!5ar- ing 1'rom. behind a...<t ' s J:.~it ( . .• -..(: ~ijc;;.,: '"10u ... ued 1 ike lokiru_~ at a.!J. ·{;b.e kj.(~ S on . i V:.~ "' . 1 ....... ""'-... .... ... ... -.... n, ;!! ....... .:!· ·-,,.-. ....-<'; I.C[) the st~.;;:e.,So P.:-1..,· .. , .. ~il.:s .... ~ '-" 1.::. ~.:.. •\.!. """ '"" !.! • v• ~ i'T'- ... • ~ - ' * ~ Go D.:!. Bl!:1ks G.:t1e ';::</ cfY' ~ ~!:e :r'cs~ fo}.l:;;;,; ~ ~.;he A.d-v <:n:t-.f..4~ i.n fczy .. f/1A ro~:ldi.ec ;.:; t-:lrt th~:- ~.:-~-:ing e.

~ in- " -, _ ~ .. ' .......... . - ' ~;;·ey~cG.y' a f;Obb • ~ von'J:::-~•!c, "' ..... ey n.a.cr ~;~sons, ni.tl ts .... ~ a,1 ~Ee t!}.ey ..:::-.-\.and i:J1 (;.;:1 aftt~r' [·,v.JG::i..J..-3 thD r · · " .,..., ,.., ;~ '¥' ·· ,.,_~ --~ ar-e ·o-""~r 0 11 'lh ~ Y.~ ·1. l!OO t;u .lll vue ulUl-· ..w~.t ....... r,c <. ..... et V~'- . ,, . c. J .... -:y 1a7 Peo~le-.T1· smith 'N~s:Jfli.d ab0:.A:'i; IO .:-.o-UG:;:. i. il 311 n('t eo plea.sedt:hough. :t.~ J!U.SS!.;J.:..':i l favcul' l. te

· ~'he\- stc.:L'·~~d with Gary 'te..!..i.lf; F..H! Club.,ttfot. a riff. G1IF..w-r<e's eyes.I only :~ :me l'i:cst encore was k;A~'Ifl tru t 'c;JS W suid lie~~~ Uea t Neat( tor . the· 2.il it)I l\-0\;. ... .a.'nt ~ve · ~io.e this evening)\.4nc: known otherwise$due to thet's ~11 I can tell you the mix.Anyway they wuz -I had to gq or 1:~alk 20 good-tb~~ got an encore miles.verdict~~ny .gxoup . when Rat Joabies an' with a sense of humourcan Capyaiu Sensible came • sbare m~ popcorn ~nytime ,· on Ski tting the group. and when they (:an play · 'I'hey tinished at IO?dnd · :t'ast,loud ,witty ,grea·t pop by now I ~~• scrounging r get se happy ~Y hands

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REZILLOS--Ribchester Lode take turns ut singing, star 19/IO/?? one standing at the side 1 On the tiny triangular of the stage while the t stage,Angel Paterson other sings.They do the c (drums) , William Mysteriou B-side of the new single ~ s(bass) and Luke ' .. '/arm Flying Saucer Attack,No, t (Guitar) are playing some Head kicked in among fast,The-Shadows-play-the others(those were the 1 Rolling-5tones,instrument only titles I could read -al.Everybody stands on the cue sheets).By 1 around intereted.I though now everybody's moving to -t there was 6 of them? the backbeat courtesy of They start the next song, Angel's bouncy drumming then after a couple of and ,ililliam's fast r'n'b bars,the battered hardboa bass runs.Luke's moving -rd dressing-room door around now,and at one opens at the back of the POint lets out a more­stage and a lurid yellew than-competent(shock!) -and-green plastic thing solo.The son~s are short beings out,arms and legs and they've got good everywhere.It stops to hooks.FUy throws her grab a microphone and it shades off,destroying becomes obvious it's a the impression of a girl, Fay Fife ,who starts cheap London Lldy(not singing.And then there surprising,she comes from were 4.By the time that Edinourgh)-she's a very song's finished ,a few nice~girl. "Is this uncool people are pogoing ex- ?"sez Lukewarm,and plays perimentally.~en,at the ~ riff(Smoke on the start of the next song, "later) .Later on he says Eugene Reynolds appears. "D' you want some I968 So that's 5.Still ought music?" and plays the to be one more, oughtn' t 'Sunshine of your llbve' there?That's soon for- riff.~ucene announces the gotten as the 2 singers, next song: 1'This is God both wearing wrap-around save the mouse" ,and they shades act like marion- go into Can't stand my ettes,pointing with 'both baby( it bears a very hands Kermit-style at slight resemblance to the whoever's in the spot- Pistols' jubilee song). light.Fay and Eug~ne Then they do I wanna be

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co."l.pliment.Their own ong3 as well,they get .heir idea s from the 60's ut t he medium's quite ~??.The Rezillos are ore than uncool,they're •ed hott

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shown much interest? "Yeah,Decca m3.ybe, "said Luke,who reminds me of David ~ Hamilton{ sorry}. J

Fay:Shudup,don't say that". Already I was getting short of questions. -~hat d' you thin k of premarit3.l sex? Luke:Don't knvw anything about First ''Torld War 'planes (funny}. ·•rha t are your main influences "None in particular.Just 60s beat groups,all that stuffn "and Dan Dare ''- 11Yeah ,Dan Dare of course 11

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Any plans for ~n album? mve should start recording it in the next few months." ''lha t new wave groups do you like? Luke:I like the Clash,but they don't. '.'lilliam: I do. So,2 for the Clash. Fay: I like Blondie,right? "Then there's the Ramones,

.,,e like Generation X:" . Luke:a na uehty word. ~·:11e. t d' you think about . __ .rlilliam: It's in the ~oll tios and music? : hands of big business , ·po~.ntin~ to ,An£el)he' s now,I s• pose.~.\fl'..at I a fa$018\.do,don•t don't like ie tbe kids I!r5.nt that" . still only seem to buy ' ·Ye~h,we'7e e.ll got our · records_ on: the estab-cwn polltios,but no. lisllea labels.on the Ear.ticult'r Clirection :l:Jt good Pide,people go .;on' t y~u listen to the ·to see J.:l~e grnups l~1rios?'· .uow .. a.ntj tac" acoept I couldn't hear 'em, the!. 1!-?~~:;.i' you sec could !?The mix;J'know. what 1 =r..F.~l.I don't rrHa,va to buy the album k.r..CV! wlt.r~·t. :ft.' ·S like then.,non't you?'' roll:~.-\ l•+;~-.~e w.l'7.h disco 111;o;·lle're more into nett bot :Lt~ ec.,tla.nd thatt s -!'o;;p;~ession,y' know, all ·11bc~~ ls 1'

1-W.L't'l.:>n.al liberation.~:re :!~,;~ li.k'1 po~- t.uisic2 l1.ke p~ople to enjoy . ~y::L :tJ.ke Johnny :~hP ... :nsel v ~s" rrt•nli ~1.· "' ,, 1 ·6o:r ·~ ot g3t away !'rem ~it, c1~o~ncs wh~t ~ou

l .. """ .. <I ~set ~ Ct~ ~ . me:,'1 by pv;> rr l.S this ·che scrt of Y' KYlCt"W ,like ttt~ F~..:n.c.c.e reavt,ion you ~et ~ve~'t7 - J ;1_.. nig!'lt-:: enocrca? "f;om.et.t.G eD better , ~..:r::ts -t,i.'r.es wo:-:se''• · 11J.t '-IJB. s aveTege to GO!... r; to11ight" . ? out of 10 :P d c.a "~ ,­Bit sl~.~ mov~.ng ~ t;h ;; u.st. ;, D"'you think t.he n.e ..v wave' a dea.'i? . '(Yilliam: '·no, it 1 s ci.+angi ngibut itt ·s not dead~. If y~u mean it's sort ot oo.mme~ctalised,well yeah, but ·~n.:l t' a in-evitable. . :il'ay!I like the STrangle rs,but I don't like the 1~-rioe.,

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"lt ·'\'~en • t o~1 !)•;r,~?Oti " , 1 t j~~i: ~AI~pened.-~rll~n. 'Wt.' hta~t~d it ~~e juBt ~ 'bL,.n .• Jh ot a.atot1" WiJJ.iacu "~bout 50 {)t us woultl turn UI> f4 t a sis'' 'tltiyz 1'there W'8~1J 9 people in tha group cnoe" vn'a t be.ppene4 to tbt:J o~•hr::r £4U1 tariet,B1t1 !:Tlt:cr1.tl. 'lb. ere wee 6 ot y~u on th~ reoor4. »b.y%"there W!8 till 2 -;,o~ke ago.J!a left IJOI t.:~ ~ 13 setting !Jla1'SJid" ":1:tlliar-<u 1~P~,reonal :: C'.l ;J";Jle,tf

r~ h.tJ "omi.n~ bsok7 ~1;o'* ~1fill trte.ndh'lany eoanf..a 1•1 ~.-~C' .,!J.~ !~!ii 011. tUPA'i)l,e~ * t s.-ala't;1~ term.s,Oh. ;~, 'ftte" t · f1 t'till 11r'Le~H~J-l!c.• w~a ve'£1 tsony to l~'ts# AYe yoa cha1.gi.rte the lit. ··~-(" a;ry C'.Or tJ1 uo .. \1~11J. k.eop it th~1-. , A~l 4. ... ' · DOJ4e •• ~ tm ~ .w we f!C tt ~:t8 ~d .. ll~'JJ$ "th/5 1j(!ff1 ~#~V~~~ 1J th4l beet tld.a~ 'tlw t t a

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,they played their de ""~.jli~\Y" "/ () C~-n .... poula.r they are was KLA- ".1. !\ CA-;V,-servedl~ so hit single

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BUZZOOCKS/PR1FEOTS ---<;.1 :rushed fol"Ward~knooking Mancbeste:c .6pollo 3/6/?? as the record,a classic. ~enkinsonis Bar9Blaokpo~l ov~r tables» or~ir~ and R3diD Stars off Chiswick The most memorable songs ~'I0/'1? people who didn't mo·ve · came on at 8.A heavy were the encores ,Get out ..t.:n.ere were rumoul's g~i.ng fast enough-, fuet didn~t metal gtiitarist with a of Denver and Satisfaction r o und that Skrewdriver ~top u t the stage all 6 neat line . in zombie ~efini tely .!:!£! Rocis' orig-We!' e support:J..ng-they didnt ~r;ch-.:s of 1 t t)but lt did i mpress ions ,a punk bass ~nals.But then I h3ven' t Dt oou:rse.&ve they sve:r ~~.ow thet.J. down:~ Some roe. player ,a singer looking heard the new LP yet. Of Rla.yed Blaokpool? les r4~de enough space f; like Gary Holton' s kid course all their songs ;fi% of the Prefeots ambledl' Pct e Shell~y { vcicefgu brother ,and a pickup surpass a certain standard o~ stage.~e guitarist t.ar) 5 Ste':e Diggl~(guita drll!ilffier .'l11et were entert but there's not many that t:n.ra shed out vary loud John Ua! ... er { drunt~}a.!!d th aining- -singer Andy really stick.Okay,kick the powerohords,the buss p:iaye0aptai11 Pugwash. of tbc Ellison couldn't get out sour grapes,an' back to : pummelled uway

3the wuve ~Garth ~n bassv They of the orchestra pit, the gig .They played an

c.ru!ll.mer whaJ.loped hi~ kit,) di d ~· 11 the 'EP~tcth sid there were some good xi hour of grade;... 3rd g en-It didntt sc;em to ·be ~1 n.y of tt.~ slnglepnP.ist Ca.r riffs,yeah there's a eration rhythm'n'blues E~.trtioular songi'more llke ~,nm~~lt do I get\'!' and qu plac: for Radio Stars, theh the encores.Over the ':;rm up/ tu.ne Ll.p S:3Ss.L~·lt . .; a. "!.'ew tlOr eoFete Shelley spec 1ally as they thre:'J sea ~ s to the front, sweat '!na singer came onQTiie .'!·estt'ar a.;1d aw.1y the new wa FREE % b:1dees at us. fly1n' everywhere,pogoin' ' ~f . the grour thrashed on t s L.ost orieir..al and be And then the Ro:ls.Curses on peoples' feet to "E:e:a::r: '"'hJ..le t?:le s1:tgel' vJaJ.lt~d sirJ.gel'oinf\t~ad ot the I've forgotten v1ot they "Denver

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round the f'rlngea nt the USW:.\1 blurted tiwotuthrif\ opened with, 2nd song was rolllAndnow we shout, .crovr(}$abus:in~ peo.ple"b6 :tng ~t ·~b. e start of each so "'Ihe kids a re all right" stamp,clap,bounce the abused backa 1'hat was a aong_ll.c JUBt s:i.ys it as thou As soon as they bounced seats on the f lmor,an ' '/'?They playecl tor about. hafb e~ s s).ightly boredoi'm on stage the balcony theyr' e back.Barry lets !" an ho~..;r ~ the songs var:d.ng'1C' t s~·e if t he new son er:ptied and the aisles us s~n~ "Sa ti~faction 11

mn qualityo'L'here wel'e some are qu1te as good as th fllled,but the bouncers and 1t s goon1ght Man-fairly memorable r:l.ffs but.• EP bt:.t tha~·~re prP-tty .n kept us- away from the ~h~~f\Y7 o I've ~orgotten a ~.l the tltlHis 'l'ey a tt.:ttude is a m stage . By the 2nd number L.ii(s~LJ, \:>

es cos 1 t ::a:wa..J 5 weeks ~goo y.~an sa!'i sfyiug answer the f:on t row w:1s nearly t <> ~ n I think they were all right'~na mrton.o~look-at-n~y· .. ha demol 1:;;hed.!orm.~r .~ though. Not a ve~y origlno.J ~·on. est po:s:tng of too r!!~ Kursaals gu1 tar 1st Gra em Cib} ~ ~~. aound,but noi; the worst · groupe 9old wave c.::r nEr'No e Douglas semrns to have BElliNAL-Pres ton Duck Inn group I've heardpjust ':i bi tTh~ encore was "Boredon: pushed Dave Hie.:ss into _ 29/?/?7 unrehearsed" Or Iam I m; as{n by dem.ooratio voteQJ.fte rhythm.,Heck,wish I'd Yes , the new wave splashes the point '? ~.. _..,_ t b.a "t I had to go

0 seen 'em with Lew Lewis. even Preston Pie got there

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1 empty.B.:;.rry. ju~~ed up on came on stage,and so all hit the sts.ge sf'resh fro!..L ·yyi.tr 'I' ., :. ~ _..t -w- rrv L- the stacks 1n 'On the of Bethnal except Nick

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·Anyway lie ·said the group ., 87bar :forays ~whP .... e ev 's main influence was Slngle note crou~ts,th the Who ,he likes reggae: ·straight ·oac ;:_~into the a lot,butthey don't . . , ' rhythm-,no me3sin' .... ::..nd play any COS" it wouldii' t - t~e front ,ro'yl(i-ng ftOt)l.

··fit in, they'd just got: a Sld e tc: side ,i!_l . :his .. ,:Do · con tract \Vi th Phonogram s and army f~t t~1g1,1es .'i .s and I've forgo'tten··what~ ··George Csap6.'He?- si:nga else he said. · : . aggressively,I>~st'po-se

··Abou~ 5 after midn:i'ght ,(:COS most Of Gh_e songs ' ·· they hit. the _stae;e · arid .· ' ,are angry ,an.l he belie

' .started witp · "So>ldier s every word he _pings. B-oy 1Y-tha ssrigh t' dne . bf .. The. 2nd ·song ha cl 3. -hi-t tho~e boring politic~l o~ hot ,~onth ha~] in! groups. So what do .they but '! was only really .. sound like?Wel. •.• rhythm. con'v 1n~H~d - whon h~ pick s~ction _ fir~t-Pete . Dow- · his v:~·(),lin tl);.gigh spe llngs,the only .Q.att-ve,: swo()plng ~LEJTRIC viol plays busy druins, lots of .. ~·"S.ud~enly the music corn fills,not a minim.alistt"-:-- · ~I~i.ve,n.ot just a nother he did 1?- solo halfway . , · competent punk rock ~-·· through the set and it -g~oup,but NET wa ve a·s . wasn 't boring he·' ·s·,:.t ·hat ... _~rie;inal.Bethnai pi?'Y .. '_;-.-. ..... ~-.._

;· . . ::r cgbod.Everton ~-'J'illi.a:ms fast-either you pogo · ·: . r.-:·. . ~·'.1:~)?1ays ba~s ,and loof:.s and·. eve~y other beat. ?r . you ~ _;: SOWldS l1ke he oug'l;lta be ~~-vy ., to sort of J.Ltter ~ : · ln:·:. l;i' r~ggae group-oeauti lf ·.-:you s,tmck · to the b

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-ar, dragging the rhythm you talk ton ,and anoth along, sm.ootn and -in'elodip ·liighli.gh t ()f .their 45-

. yet just as rhyt:pm.ic as - niin!J.~e . set .Was Baba ·or Dee Dee Ramcine.Next ther Reil'l:y-nan ~mra.acula t e ,:;' s NickJ'.1ioha.eli.des.,.who' . · · ' · · plays chunky Kei th r· ,.

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.the mark~t"( ·~own by the 'pe.as and· carrot?,s..::1~ th .· hOUt>eWlVeS a~-::· v t.ic'--G:: ·ir1g hL . . t;oo ·,ell) ,_"Gover . ._nment- Centre" ~which ··ended ·i:;w ice. soceone shouted "Vl . ..llly" Joh~th<1n leqns ovc;:;:- ~h~

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· leading heckl~"rs are gaining support.Th r are shouts of "Lou Reed" · 11JChn Cale", "Vlaiti nCI fo:r my man", "f!lor~ 'l ". J o ., ,_ .smiles, plays _le Gl.oria riff.The Mod( a Lovers j-oin j >:>. .. ~ ·e kn .ws tr ·:; wordsl.A superlative ver­sion.Then "Astral .Plane"

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spiration?-"route 66". Next,"I'm a little dino­saur''. It t ·s all a pout how no~pne wa-nts ·a ,little . ' .. dinosaur any moxe,so he ' is f .oing to go Tli:Way~ Jon:.:tth3.n gets down on his knees and slowly cr3wls away .. ·Tme Modern Lovers sing "Come b~ck · little dinosaur·· J Jona -than pops up fr_ . ..rn, behind an smp. Cheersr B.e· crc.w1s bs.ck to the f1·ont.To any ~ody reading this it might seem pathetic,but

. ~fter nearly an hour of Richman ch3risma it just seemed to be one step · further along the Rich­r~~n ro~d of childlike j~nocence(mental defi-<. :_enc r for the cynics ) " 'I le next 2, "r.·1y love 's just a little flower" · nr~ Kookenhockin" (?) 1e~e performed in public fur the first time. ·rhere w::.:.s 11HOs}-it~l 11 ,then "E.i Dec.r", "I8r:1 imp or tan t", •l J must have·known you i n some ancien~ long ago", a reprise of "Ice C:=eam Man" ,with 3 endings this time.The first encore was one of those J : ... ;Jes LC..st.things,nBarbamb::I"or so~ething,plus a 10-.::.linu te 1'rto: ... C:ru..'1.ner 11

• TI'le , next encore was "I'm a

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eov ... ;I',m a little aero-nlan~,wangidy wang~wang LOVJe f:::tnS who would buy idy ~rig).The final : ~n- it.Still,h.e.'s lucky to cor-e ·vas_ "Our time is be fashiomble.Ha1fway · · now", · • . through Larry YLllis .:.. s' pse if I heard ~he took lead v,ocals for gig t1 the radio it some of his songs-he · ~ould bore ne stiff ,so did the single"Police why d,d I en.)oy it so Car",and 11on Parole", auch'{lhe only possible ':lmong others.The.re was :mswei is,cos of the no obvious difference nan h:m.sel~ ·H:e' s' t;Ot. betweeen his and Nick's ~:...~~~~'.lng. that makes songs ,I thL1k you could rou '':.nt to listen to say they were more rock ~,a1q he looks so than pop,though.~fter a ba.ppy,and his songs arare very short ·breakh·;hy so ha]py.It' s not ju~t can'y the roadies do e~:ap:sm, ei ti1er. I th1nk that every gig? ) .. the 'l~., .s_ t~~at an1 unique. ~.'!reckless E.;ic band Y,j ·CF I t[>-}j/5~5 were next ~n.with the

1. , -1 I I j /\ /I lovely Den1se Roudette

PL/( /V!CE/1U5/C on bass,Ian ~ury on drums,and probably some

iuFid--Lancaster Uni- other people as well, rersi~y 5/~I/?? you get a bit confused • ••• a :Jd now we br1ng cos the faces playing ,...,~, t£.e last people o.r:t the instruments change JUs ?lanet to see th1 s as fast as the Clash :~-cw r:ack Lowe ~ Larry used to changg ·~rummers

ll::s,and the1r band, I think Wreckless Erics .he: 1illett est "The firs single was a fafr ly mmber was "Heart of - typical song of his per ?Le c7. ty" ,a lot bett~:x; haps slightly more ' ~n ~he ;ecord~I ~hlnk memorable than the rest ~ck ~owe s ~usl~ lS but they've all got a :ery ea tvhw, 1nevl tably similar rhythm, the main mowawu ,rock/pq_p. but distinguishing f ·ea ture .:1 he Cl_lade a record and being th-2 xmni::xgruff alled _ ~imself,say, vocals,which $re a bit llO*ie,1~ v10uld b~ funny at first,coming -;::- .ie fans not N1.ck from such an apparently · -

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ungruff pers0n.He really ~~seemed to enjoy himself,

n as did everybody else. ll It's inly when you try ~~to compare him with some 1done else .that you realise Jrperhaps he is quite orig­)Ill inal.And I_SVe, just remen -

:oubered,there was a sax ..... ra player aS; well,DJ.vey ~llpuyne, good he w~s,which J~~=~reminds me 'the song~ were braquite long and 1uite ins­R Rtrumental,bu~ still in-t J.eteresting .. There was a J1:keggae type one,really r.)t~ood.He played" for qui t e ~~6 long time,and Elvis f -1 os tello came on to pla:/ g Ji ass,and Nick Lowe team~ cos n to sing anaplay kno ui tar ;and Larry Walli L dol ame on to play guitarv bad nother shott space and was lvis Coste llo came on~ ing on(t b e too long ,I '~N:J.fiL:.! o(th 2e Ian Dury.Eest yet 9 I Le~~ink this is what most tho~f the students cameforJ up ~nd you don't need a de­way!ree to know why.The If funny man with the glass e wal~an write songs.He played y,t~ost of the albu~,all of

Thfhe singles ,did some n evv Ri~nes:I don't wan~a go to to~h~lsea,a great tfuirky­caihythnic song,and there whJas one about li~stick. ic~ery song's loa~ed with JR~nough hooks for the

whole of an average punk LP.I'd like to hear him sing a happy song,though ~nd he actually smiled, onceoHe did 2 encoreso After he'd gone,a cheer­leader told us to chant ESex-Ando}Drugs-l~nd-Rock -And-Roll.All of the ·

. band came on,the guitar±d ist picked up the riff, the chant died down,and I~n himself walked on in a bowler hat and ••• I h3d to go after the chorus, last bus,y'seeoi bet he was the best9

1'/onder how many encores he got.this laving before the end is a bad habito

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I l:J ()NI L I j);_ c SL_~UGHTER & 'IHE DOGS/ DRONES--Preston Clouds 20/9/?? The Drones came on ab ·ut II.lr'...m.edia tely there · J3. S

a sizeable crowd of Preston's punk-starv e 1 pogoers around nhe st~g~~ They were •• oquite com­petent,fast:+oud,and irr­media tely forgettable. r_he only song I can rememrar is "~d so sad".The s .. _ng­er's still got that funny haircuto They won't g '1 f a r i U4. te a bit l a ter s~ ~ u-g!.' ~xxcrrubd;;iu;xfl~1i:;,: . .:mRxx

E aht er and the Does came .:>

r on.They disappointed· ,me j aos that ~irst single · ( was quite good,a touch I of originality.I'd like - t o say Slaughter & the f Dogs made me xaNgkSlaugh '" '1ut. tht:.i just made me !I yawn.I' 11 be ~lice and I say I'm sure they're 3 better on record,it WB S

~ ~ bad gig,etc.Some more - people pogoed.They did r ooth sides of both !J 3ingl_es, "Mystery Girls" b by the New York Dolls s dnd ~uite a f~~ more

Been going since June,played ed first gig supporting The Boys.The line-uP then had Son of Sam ·on drums.Pet e:he was too slow for us,and ~e was into funk"-and Chocolate Frog (honest)on guitar. Steve ~issed the next 2 gigs cos he was at Risley Remand Centr•e-"I'm not bothered about image"-he also said he'd got a leather fetish,his girl­friend ha s an articLe of rubber underwear,he used to be a gravedigger on

1Vednesdays,and he's seen e identipunk anthems. ~ I asked the bass player

whether he thought th~Y were selling out,r eleas-

., il.Hi a 12" single:

Rollerba ll 9 times. I asked them how they · got t o play a t the 1·'Tigan Fare e {Nosebleeds , Drones • suppcsP1ly Pis tols). r ''.t.w :what does it matter?

> 'rhe new wave's dead, r .Lnnit,might as well make • ·:,he best of i t?now be-,, ~ore it ' s all over." ;J 'rhank you and good night. ..

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D"&~OLI TI ON are : P ete Sandford--bass Steve Holmes---voice Dean Cowell----guitar Mad Harry------drums f~~~~~~~~~~~~~f play"'·' f~r st g~.g supp-

'"Ne' d h2ard the Pistols were p~aying ,so we rang up the ~alla at the Casino and s3~d Demolition were~ playiDs~lhen we rang up the next day to ask who was plJying~and our name was OD the bill.SO we go t a van and jus t turned up on the Sa.turday. TheY wouldn't let us play at first .cos we weren't k booked ~but t hen they gave us 25 minutes o'" You didn't get reviewed in the NMEo ar know.It wa s that ----Phil McN~ill"o ~~~x~xi~~&~~ix~~~

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Theit influences· are cont inued f r om f3 o .. 1 :rR·o· - oco o m. s .... Y new waveo You said ~ do At_ yean :- .it8s t.h -~ cc , a ~ Wigan you t' d got a ~dln n. .ne syst-em t l:a ~; - r g.te coming O!it of~t out ot it.Like ~t ::;eahpit911 be~' eit;her · f ootball matches you ".llo feelings" or "Gan- see 'the oops setting th gre"l~" mobs against each oth ~~G bo~~ht all your ~qui ~ they oan piok peo~! pr1e~~? ( ~ t 1 s fairly tlash up who are beaten up ;a~ulbson and ~remier)o Makes lite easy tor •

Our managerQCnocolate them~They like people F~?g s i gned a contraot being sepera'te4 vnth him~ so when he lstt RiR:What do you.thiJlk we go t r id o f the mana"'- :t-epub1Ia:elam<.1velltnth a e·r. "o o -bout Ireland and thee rrrn_ "Y 0 d .. r bli .,t • • e. · ve one .tO gigs"and epu oan mc.vement? we naven~ t had a penny JR:Tbe British abould out o:f it ~' leave the IriSh 1 ?r.l~ c.- ~ . . Pai 1 a one. .. r -.. ... e ~o1; bothered abOut s ey and his mob :oney.We just we.n1: people not doing any goo4olf:;: vO hear ll S o it? S great bein.ieant tO be 8 pzoieat ?·~ - s ~:;age ~ ~~ that lout.'lhe Iri.6 ·"!~ e VJ!-.tenn play somewhere have the right to o else t ba n the Lodestar 1:1'01 their OWn OOQII;a• ~os e-~ {~l'y'uody' s seen u~ I've got a terrlbl ~· ~;r.e. cough and sore tbr• . ~. ,·•lhen Steve was at Ria- i7:Maybe you so$ baoat. l ~y the other 3 did 2 philia Job;. ..o-gJ.gs wi. ~h the Boom.town JR:Me,f au• t no J'O 1 ~t.s ~ and some with l!hter familr,I ~!At aao ~~ :·os ~hey1 d been :i.n the familJ•

~~~~tep~~~r~~q~!t~u~n;:W ~-;ll~ ~ away ; l.D'N ~ ~ The:y t h i nk the soene' s 1ll&.. .:8~. dead.~ "Anybody that start ~- -a--· a band now gets calle<l -..K.C.."' bandwagoners. " 1=ttt :l ruture plans? 3.5 ~-! .+H .. ~ 'We wanna play in Loa- ~ •- ~ ' don .. " ' ~ JIIO '1 r-eE1' I See you at • ROllerball' • 7:..~~~("-~ 1