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+ "l:1" we co&e, valking d.orvn R.iFID 4yE t4Cvn{,TNT7 ), ::; ;;:"?j,,i*^t ionrr*: fr"nn c,/o Roush tra"de' ): get the funniest Looks from io Kougn ''ijrd"de?- 7 everyolte He meet..... 2'''2 T,ensi-n,",'ton Pe.rk Hd.in"r)&t By-Pass todgt" r'onrron !r' 11Yt eo.4ql^ I:ti: i;!11"?f;i,1;;;:":,ll""ll.ln*i;"'li"i;j""'"8d^ ne 6qlcri^- ;:-i:iT:"oii"l"iolT;,:'1fiffi l:-i:n;;"1";jru.Cu'Ie"- A,- 'l "1Eli l'Jell (ahen) dolng it keepe us off the streets'fS-?rr-/rfS nor,,, it's a bit cold, and I thought there was

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-a- Scritti Politti are an art band*gulp and moan I till your face turnsblue on forr The fact is theyrve pr-oduced one of the best singles of theyear with rr,skank bloc bolongna tt, tu*rned in two Peel sessions thatt veeclipsed just about anything done byany sta$sering hopeful the b.brcr hasserved up in nontbs r and performedsome of the best gigs seen sinceDavici $6rrie 'risseql aff.They are I Green - vocr*"&s r g:rri tarIt: I - bass, vocals OTom - drumsf vocalsIhey live together in a housing co-operative in Camdor their house isa barely organised shambles, not unl-ike their stage showirgsr They donr tknow where anything is, but they havefun finding it.I asked Greenr the ganglingcentrepiece of the .band, , how the t&n': sname came about.

f rWell r I was very intereated in this Iboolr called rtscritti Folitch6 |written by this bloke ealled ffransc:rl-( ? ) while he was in orisonr iiewas an Italian conmunist.frTom: trlle wrote it as a series of noteswhich were snuggled out of prison andlater printed.rrHe was- inprisoned by the fascists?G: trYes, he was a political prisonef,rl{e uere influenced by his writingr i*henlre started a6 a group, but not anymor o$ti}L r it dos t nr t rnatter , the name I salright.f lAre you comnunists?Ion frErr I think we all voted Labour.Didnr t we?tt ( it appears they diC )

Ftont C.a.Fot 3fttot-""fi I n p,e I re all soc ialists , but i thinkhe| s voted Communist in the past.fli.ii eI : ItYeair r I have vo teci comffiuni st . Ivated twice last time ? once here andonce in Leeds, trying to iceep lhhtcherout * tl ':..!,Tlre apparent uncgrtainty of each otherspoli tic al- af f iliatioirs serve ( reassuri-ngly). to dispel any suspiciorrs I hadabout the band being jus'i another bunchof art scLrool $iartyrs coming to savethe city by use of, the nnihed-up pulpi t" IYoufre not tryins to Eet any great pol- ,itical rfiessase acrCIss vsitlr your sonEs? rl* ; f tNo , not really. You can say t-rhatyou feel about certain thj"ngs but you rcantt tput a message acrossf iust like rtirat. i f you try to do that you just .ena up slonganising, itt s a bit point- 'less * like lonr iiobineca.f r { Ana wholi ster:s tc r:im? )vlhy are you in a band?G: rf I t just seemed a natural thing t,o do.vr' prefer r.rorking within the contexta rock gtroup works j"n rather than thatwnich an orciinary artist works ih. rrelike the people we deal witn in this,side of' things, whereas we donr t likethe ;f'yl::* *f people t*6 t d have to ciealwith in the r artrsorlu | * Anci musi"c is agood way of expressi*g yourself.tlIsnf t it linited?u: rr,tell E verythinsts limited rea}ly"I think you can ds quite a lot withwcrds anci rnusic. rl'i': tf il band has far less lirni tationsthan most artiets" Yf know, there art n'tthat many rul$ r and if there are wei'rant to avoid them.rftorn met Green at Leeds *rt rlollege,

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to tl.c {,nAs 4 the E"ttl.after spending a year sultivating hiemousey dreadlocks in his hometownart school at Srighton. N"ie ls pastseems to be cloaked in nystery n apartfrom the fact that he was an old friendof Greens who was hanging around Leeds.tthy did you turn to music as a formof expression when your d been tau6hthow to do that visually at college?G: tr weli nobody listens to that. I fyou do a painting or whatever r and youare really excited about it and yourveput a lot into it n you turn around andwait for some kind of reaction. iSutit just .isnt t there r it t s hopeless.tlDidnr t you do ar\y performance artthere?Gl ttNo. In fact I didnt t do n:uch tirereat all really. ttIs being in a band nuch of a vocat-ion to you. If you encounteredthe same apathy on s tage as youdid at school, would you stillsc l rii er on?G: lt"ijr.r.rlol i surrrcofire wef ci lc*!lfor another ',,u'3.'r cf expre,ssingour selvs r be ing in a b*n* i.sn t tthe be alL and end, a11. rtldhat sort of refi ct ion have yslrbeen Setting?T I Very gooci ren 11y, the paper$seem to lilte us and resctions atgiSs are Sood.. Ytknotlr ]Jwoplethat coffie to 6iiigs no'rr actrinS-l;rknow most of the son{irsr anr] thatrsincredible. It f s xlore 'bhan 'ire do l ttNr lr'rje n:ake up sonf,,s snstage r;uitea bit. $omet imes half the set isimpr ov i sed . rt


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q Fro r^ t\'g},leil : rtlt's'increclibls what soilne peoplewr it e . , Chr ie t , trangular sound rt . Irnean, where does the c CInver s.r t ion Sofrom ttrere? |Perlraps we ehould a sk Ian Fenms r rwho , as if he | *; lpeen wa it ing f or h iscue lig;ht I has just wa ndered in. Ian I sbeen playing; the odd t chunk t ( oops I ) ofsax with the $crits and Frag Vec recentlyla task which he perforrns ruith toasuef irmLy in cheek {r*'hich is pr stty dirf ic}r1t )and notepad in pocket. Iie spills his bee::,ffioans about lris f ellor,s rockscr ibes andt ells ne how good his own bernd are , ( the;1r t reehit) before bouncing out into ttre nis;ht,no doubt concoct ing anoiher we ird, rd'rond erfuland totally und c ipl"ierable acre of theI''iew l"{usical Sxcess on the wa,y home. U}:well, s0 r*uch for the pre.sse .r,

th'b' prr,;s bring us hanrti lyDid you ever actually thinlrd like to be seen by othereSplay our stuff to people, trformance, 1 suppo$e itfs \t, with the instant reactionhe aud,ience* Theref s noernpt s at Fr o j ec t ing anySe though. "ply arty t erms t o r,',rhat you t rehan tradit ional rock I n I ro11nt to Set away from thosetraditionse and I suppose as

c oLlege we t end niaybe t o taketouards thirigs. flyou didntt like art col1ege.Art college in a cornpleteThe tutors are Fj,enersIl"y arsr l reslised j;irst in rnji f:-rstence did you soffie gccd t}:ou[i]i.

G: ilf suppose $or the only thingI Learnt was a by-prod,u ct of inya'rg:uing; with the teachers. Inorder to put an arsument acrcssyou tencled to read up on thatsubject you were ar$uing about.in that '.'day you Se t a di f f erinsoninions. ?hat hras alL I learrecJ rI read quite a lot, I supposepartly Cue to that experierlce.3ut overall it wa6 h/orthlss I oncethey realised you weren I t going tosit arounC and paint all the t imet h ey Save up on you. ?tf I ffArt college is great f or justlazirp; around in. You can Setaway with clcing fuck all for af ew yeaf s *ltYou start ed t i:e band a s soCIn a syou left?O: tlltore or lesE. iie bcokedstudio t ime b"ef,ore we brere evena {froupo I'nre had thrre weeks to$et s0$et]::tn*t rusd'q f or it.i',5-e 1 was st ill livin$ in Leedsand he had to boruow soneonesbass and c ome Coisn f or theses,gion.ll ,You I d never playp$ anythin,E?i'Il tr$r, not i ju-st learnt the b&sspart for the sih4l,e, it only taok& f e'*r doys f it t's' qlt it e # s$. ttCan you pla.;r properly no,rr?i':tllieahr I consider so. ,,je11enou gl:, an:.,r1,,lay. tt!t'hich is all that ma.tters.If mors Feoiple !.rsrs as i;r;; ve/stu::iCe$ il:iE I ',ye I d have fi vsr:r. raalniusical i'*voluticn cn oir.r hcnis.$cri*;ti F'ol,itti believed in the*-sel"v.csr sild cast all traCi;Lcns,:*sicl u :n crder tc i::et tl:inFisi:tcvinf,:.'j"'here tfi? s no hcit:b.lrCino""ti:: ,ecord cor?iiranies '-r'itlr taF,esrno f,ueinp: for contracts, thcy;uet went ehead and did r*l:at tire.iwant ecl t o. ?iie "iloder is in i heiran*s of tilcse bol,d enoug4h to \g;rab i.t. ':'rue, oth.er bands heve fione i h is, it t "s just that the,*cr:-ts Cid it r:ore ilranat ica11.r( i' succsesfu3l;,,r ) than n:ost.l+as chat &n ir,lpcrtant f actor,Inaltinr,'it alone?fi: trYeahr verli riiuclr so. Ferticu-1ar1;,'at the tjne. ;ie haci tlris cicl ea tllat tirere chou1C. be hundreadsof banc.is nakinf ,J , j.. y. recordsland if we c ould do it , anyone c ould. ttBut youtre not as entl:usiesticaborrt the idea nor*'?G:?t','ifell, lrsr ftts just that inpractise it can prove to be a

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-cbit difficult, tirerets a lotmore to it than just going inFnd taping a song. ttl',1 : tt'iCe ha d t li is idea of ovr-throwing the big labels y I knoruIt was a bit naive I suptross rl/e wanted r and st i1l do want,to de-nystify the-business ofmaking recordsI dls-*rnile allthe mytlrs bit-by-bit. That t sirnport ant t o us. tlT : rf lt also means tre have. Sott of al c ontrol over rshat stuf fis released. fhatf s vr1r imp-ortant to us asweIl, werdhate to be told what to do bysome record company people.!rilow did the single sell?l,lat t 3 tf ivell , we r -pressed itso the total ttras E , OOO n andthey t ve all sold out exceptf or a *c oupIe of hu nclr ed. atRough Trade. rtuihat did you tdo r'rith thq

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you like ascess to a i'iass audi*e , or do you l ike your cult e ta tus?rtidell I don't think tha t justyou have a rile ss arr:,d ieirc e yorlget l.istened to. Int I think it I s more lil(ely tha t ifhave e smaller number of peopleyou then they r*ill be moreanrl rec eF t ive tc r'.rhe tI re Co itrS. A ny'r';ay , numbers Con ' tinterest trsr I just d.on'tj nk l+e rd appeaL to a radio audiene in the d* ytirne , I can I t see theming tha t intere sted . trI re cbviously resgae influenced,yc'u big fans ?I " r es, tr*r " 11 are , which obvios*gives , s a comrnon basis far nurstuf f . ,,ue t ve al"l got R -,ot of, particulEr rl y dub thi:tgs. ,'tiibbs, i>crs tch , Srssi C1arhe , tscrt of peoTrle."

Scritti r:'olittis t scnS,s tencit tr: convclr r$,-iodsrn-ther than riessaFi,i!r ','heirs i* ni,qht n:Lrsic,+ihen ti:e eub*concic)Lrs seqqni.g tc be rrn,*e.:rrtJ-:ed_and. the rninq: nrire ;:bl e to re, shuf f l e rndbeco!'1e recentive. Thn.tts Clne roqsir,tl',i1:;rare ,3" herd hend to riet i.nt*, trn d"iticn:":sllsll'icicnn r-,:Est be f ': rgr:tten u}: e& yi,lt ? reccnfrr:*L*#. by ihi,s ba.nd.,1.-s ;ret t}:ere ,=re r!rr f,1:,ns for :.n al.h'tjn.There is strll roor: fof ir,'':i:cveriicr:t, l;'heScrits rr 1o*se etli:uf:ih fr-r th*re to betrr::orfl for aore i,ieng. "'h-ers in alsa r,.'0r3for ysu. I I cl advise en)'c;tie to {"c, $nct seethem nc'r,J. ,bcritti jrolrtti n-re not eettingout on n ny lc$entle rS r*ad to starri*nr I theyn.fB just ,:-r bu.nch of j.nr1 fr,'ir.irrEls e3perimentio.rila.ncl J 6oi the irnpressicn the ,:psj*ct cr:u1.6 beca:tctll-ed *t .3.ny l$orrient, if they thous'ht t}:eircontrol or artintic grntjfj-cation 1,.rBs d,itrin*.ishitrg- (an cbr,'ious t:y-procluct of -n], 1:.-,.ncl ttha t iJC t,S stcn onta ttrn t rnr d , " Cnn yr,u It.t-}le na.rt in thisi d=,r nCn.bl-e e:.r":eriment?*Go e nci s r

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BACK -T*O ROCK'N'ROLL,0HIILSIIATHE BA NDChelsea have been around. since the earlyd,ays of punk (circat?6 in the u,K. ) ,yetwhere do you ever see a decent nrticle ?They have become the hated band of thenew wave G which is pretty unfair.Sure, they nade nristaks r but rrastheir talk of being ''oh-so-r,?.d iea1 | raay worse than the dann and their ou'tburetof naivety on voting Tory'/ Their 'rrradical ,stance was no worse than say, thet ,of theCIa sh. Gene Oc tober posed in gay ma ggfor soffie money .r before being in a band Hbut so rvhat ? David .l onansen, Oebbie Harry,Gaye lt dvert did it too. So rvould J ohnny.r,ydon if he rrere beautiful enoush. Genedid go over the top in fa c ing his eudi enc euritfr violent outbursts , but tha t trn s nowor6e than the early PistoJ-s or J&.mned.And remembr r CtreLsea where right therein those clays too.; TSe press icant Chelsea to go at.r*-y r butthey Honrt go.

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ehadow wlth every riff. ijeedlees to say, rrene f'ctober sings as r:ell- Fs ever'Jtl-1 never-fo::get the early rsvier,.rs o.f the Roxy clubr l;rhen (lene ttaa ea-l lerlthe best voice in purlk. Horri the press can change ite vjer'rsl!!THB F.lI{ by ,,i fu. n A: nser

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The Piralohas are undoubtedly Brightonrs hotteet band a.i the monent. Born on thecrest of the Jubilee lear Ner,Warel their humorous" cyni.call self=parodying blendf punk, reggaer. pop aad honesf=to=good.ness entertarining silliness, has brought, then,ia a single (liffXl/Coloureel Music) "ttd three tracks on the very pgll receivedt?8 Ip to the verge of a. contract rith a najor record cotr|any. Thisinterview night be one of the last they do ag; a relatively unkno&n,phenonenorn. B1rrrthe;rtrl me&n; The Pirhanagr minug the rhyrthm section of Reg Hornsbury, (taee) and DickSlerie (aruns).I spoke to John Hehner (guitar, vocals), Bob Grover (guiter, vocaile:)nd Zoot Allures (sax, silly nane). Inevitably, talk cf the recorcl deal fea.turedproninent1y1noulconversation'.'so1etlgkickoffthere+ Is there &, deal ln the off in$BOBI Well, there is and there isnft.Until you sign $oilthingr there I snothing; is there ?+ Eut Sou have turned some d,own?ZO0T: 0h, yea,b. We told CtsS to fuck

off yesterday.+ Becauge it sa;g.n I t a"L good enoughdearl ?JOHNs l[e d.idnlt likeshirts,i The people artmuch nicer clothes.8OB,r The first offer we had ras frome publishing companyr to make ana[bum, 'Ihey rooed us on six cans ofheer end tro packets of crisps, Thatwas their id.ea of a free mal .+ So you I re just wa,it ing f or theright d.eal to come along?ffiB,: It von,f t come a-L ong ; we I 11 harreto fight for it.ZOOI s We Yant a deal that will al]owus to ma,ke &: single and. maybe have itflop for Bome reas:on and still be)

able to make &nother one r" without beingkicked. off the Iabel.B0B r $ome t ime s 7, if they think a band. I sgood. , they t 11 s ign t em up ; give I em a,nainute advsnce r. d.o nothing about the irfirst couple of stngles so theytl+ b,ombrand in e f f ec t the'y I ve ru j-ned the band I s'career for a couple of yee,rs, jus.t to stopanyorri exploit ing them to the de triment ofother bands on the laber. The bis companiesstill operate like that. Theyrve got loomany bands, on the label r and. they can ltafford to pr,omote them ailtc+ If and wben you do signa, d.eal ,, andassuming that fate d.oesn i t befall you,r.illimage play a big part in your livee?JOliN: 0f course it will. Welll get a; p.R.matr and all the rest of it.+ Lro you th ink tLrat s id,e of i t is mad e toomuch of?JOHN r tYell, there I s two sides to it. Thef iret thing is that r,e I re no t eas ilyclassified, and thatf s B.: good thing. SotheyI11 tend to concentrate on the

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lvnrlTidun!: eharacter of the beild.. Thenaiin thing ia: getting an engle.BOBI Thatrg,the rord that alra,ys cropguP* a'lrgl.JOES.T But itrs,good to haye a1r angle tobe anr'initividtual thing, nnd aot aomovement thing.+ But ienrt it a contrivedindlriduality?JOHI{I llhatt*. the.other eide of it. Tha.trsthe dravback* the fect that yourve got tolive up to an lnege. We rant an irnagetheSre us; one tbat ve dontt have to liveup to.+ Don-rt trrou think tbait.a' &,b,it naiiue?Surely you roro.rt have an awful lot of sa,yin the na,tter.JOENI Yell, rrve talked. to a fer peoplea&out this' and they seelo to think reirea;ibaad rhorre quite eaey to p.R.B0Br I think theyrll try and erptoit thefaot that ve make fun: of ourgelvea, rhichie the sEqe ag, not having an inage,really.J0ENI So, therers ao such thing as, noinage.3OB,: Our inage is reaility.J0El{: Everybody thinke their image isre&I,{tyr, but itts not. f tbink theyrllexploit our dead"par,humour. _+ Xes, tha,+rs arother thing. f,unouf playsa..big part in, your nuaic, doeen0t tt?JOE}II Yee, but itts aot like fhe Albertosnthough* all piss-takea end the like. Itrs.part of our rorld*vigrr ma.aaaln,. Our reld.=gaiat.&O8,r Nah, I d.oart knor rhat youtre tal.kinga&out. Hu&our to ue iE the ire,ee as beer.It d.eaderna tbe blor a* bit. Our huuour I sborn of sg,ffeaing' aot happlness.J0SNr Itts dlifficult at the noment becausevhen you fire.t etart getting notioedl theyput you in a* bracket= nod, punk, humorousrfhatever. . .+ Do you think youfve got a b.umorousinage, tben?JOH[: No, I d.onrt want us to be knorn justara eonediang. Therers a lot nore to us thanthat. 8ut in the final analysis it doesnrtnatte:r that nuch becauae r,e rve built it upnot througb the pxess but through playlng'to people, and they knor,,r,hat rerre ebooi., + You seem to have nenaged to retain youraccassabil,ity and d.orn*to-earth feelrithout f&lliIag into the "Irn-&rworking*clase-Iad*f rn-aalright,r mould.JOEIIT The nsin thing. to avoid, is trying tobe Joe Pub,Iicl llke Jinny Fureey. Wben re

net hin he rd. jua"t come bsck fron e. holid.ayia Barbad.os. Even hin! The lead einger ofTbe Ruts d.rives around in a eports carvith personalieed nunbes=p1at6s. Theirinage iE a,1.1 so transparent. They try eo

hard, but it d.oesn,tt ring true.BOBr t{e put the stress not eo niuch onrhal re are, mole rhat we arenrt.Werronot superg"fiars or ronderful people.r:ith rings or somethilg.+ 3ut arenrt trrou-worried ebout thatsort of thing happening if lrou beoonereII=knorn?B0B: Theyrd have a. hard. jgb fightingour lyrics.+ A fery of the. grouprs songa thesedeys seem to contain en elenen,t ofsocial commentary. . .Thiugs like Happy,Fanil;ies' Ivlotor Car, Love GMe,..JOHN: No. A few.;of MX songs.Do you see this eid.e oi it obniuginto your nu.sj.c nore?JOlINr Not panticularly. f dorrrt knor,rbat the next songrs goiug to be aboutuntil I rrite it.+ 0kay. Wha.t about the EorEr rhiohssen to be rritten from peraonaotexperience= thinge. like Go,tting BeatenUp'and the three Va.ultage tra,cks?BOB': Yeahn *ell I rrtte songs that areabout ego problems nore thaa. a4rthi,ug.John and I do rrite a,loi of stnilar-etuff, though.+ So y.ou don,r t particularly see anythene d.evelopiug in your sotrigs. DO y,ouTe., Uiourselves prinaftly as enterta.i&ersthen?B0&: r{e prohabfy afi ede ourselvesd.ifferently. The only interteiners lrve.ever liked are tbe ones rho oaa ebeerne up, regardlese of rhether thetrrrregood nusicians, or rhether theyr3emusioi.ans a_t all.+ Br.rt rhen yourre p}rying 1ive,entertaiTlng peopter. do you thiuk thegnlie,tala e.i[l that closely to the 1yricsianywa;r?JOHNc I hope so. Theyrre ouppoeed to. Wetake a:..great deal of troub:le at the soundohecks to ensure the*. the ly,rics rillbe a.ud,ible.+ &rt I still thlnk urost pe.ople go toga&s prinarily to have a. good-tinfn andarenirt too concerned. about listenj.ng tothe rord.s.BOE: Well, re se. people there rith grinson their facesr, which ia rh8.t re judge itby, so sone people nugt listen.JOENr Ird hate to think'that varres,tanding up there al.agging off aII theae,ggonle,we hate, vhich is basically rhatitt: allr_aboutr you knorl and. everybodyio jus"t dancing up and dorn, oblivtoud,_+_the Rock Aga,inet Racien tour gigs youdid.= and this is relevant to aiIl the -Sroups invsly66, not just you= hor muchras that to d.o with publicity=ss6ft1nand. hor rnuch to d.o with genuine

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6rrrtrn,if,qsal!Z00Tl lfle d"itl i.t for the moneeeee,!J08Nr The point ian before the tour, ratdalread.y do&s ahout trenty IiAR gigs inBrightonrn vhich aobocly outside the arearould hax,e even heard about.BOBr I think that, ae a band' onr firstthought wae that it ras,a gig. ye rould.r.rthare done it if it had conflicted rithour beliefel, but I nust ailnit I neverthought about it conscieur\r. B*cism ilas&iur,,rord, to ne= Itve rnever had anything&3q,1;!r.,; aayhOd.y. lYe rre uOt into RAfi juetbecause itrs. a fashion.ZOOtr RARrg,Ulfifa.shionable in a.. ragr notand rcrre gtill doiag it. A11 the littlebaarils use lt just to get their nanes heard..+ That rs rhy I a,akecl the question.B0B: Well, ag: I said., re did it for theSiger but we rouldnft have if it wBS iD:eupport of sonething against our principles.+ Alright, a stendard. intervier qUestionnor, for the eake of our nillions ofread.erg. Hol, ditl you start, and. rhat did.you have in nind at the tine?JOSN: We started. rell= re enjoyed. it,rhich ras the irnportant thing.+ Like so many other people forning bandsini tbe sunmer of t77r 3rou rere excited bythe punk thing, and d.ecided to ha.ve a goy.ourselvee?ZO0ft Yeah, re junped on tbe punk Rockbe,nd.ragon.+ Iitren I firgt aar you' you didnrt seemlike juet another punk band.J0[Nl Uor. re rerenrt. IYeused to tryaaything, just to see rhat vorked and rhatd,iduit. We tbought, mistakenly, that itras about variety, but it e.eens nor thatit rasntt= it ras about unifornity.+ Talkiag about unifornityr Jou used torear police uniforms on stage. Was thatjrue.i a ginruick, to get you noticed?J0trN: The origiual. thirg about punk rasthat it r&B supposed, to ahock, so Tethought i{ all these p.qople rere coning toour gigs expectlng to be shockedr. Ietrsehock ren hy reariag police uniforms- andit realLy did shook then.+ Ies1, you rsre turning the shock rightbgok on. them. Punks a.renrt ehocked. byother puulat clotheg or behayiourr. butseei.ng a rpunkr band on stege rearirlgpolioe uniforns' of all things, must hayebeeu genuinely ahocking= nuch nore sptban juo.t seeing the Lates-t outrageous,alothee their heroee bad d.reemed up.JOHNr Iee, lt hed. a,reaL visual iniact.+ Alright= fron on recnt trend. to ansven more recent one. What do you thinkabout the qurrent ltod revival?J0f,Itr I donrt like the ray itts going.

I mea:e, theyrve got their 'rsniffingGlue'r, and eventually theyrll tiavetheir lflark Penry. Sorneone said. theyrrelike the punksr younger brothers aofnetheir own thing. Ifn annoyed, because fwag really into it. There raa a lot ofenergy generated by lhe Jan, but theray itts going at the noment itre justeo cynical. It got exploited. tooquickly= it ras in the national papersbefore there yas a soene there.BOB; I reckon itrs. s,tupid! llod. resabout being mod.ern and being innovatoreand rearing clothes tha,f nobody evervore before, and. for someone to conealong fifteen years later and callthenselve&,tr{iod.s ie ridiculous. punksare the llod.s nor.JOHN: No, theyrre not. They etill reartheir leather jackets- antt their SidVicious T=shirts.B0B: Yeah, but theyrre stilJ nore thanten years nerer than Dodj*. yourd neverget the original Mod reariag the sanegear ten years later, They usett tochange their clothes every tro or three*eelcel d.id.rarrt they?JOHN: The whole TOts thing aeens tohanre heenr about plundering pa&t eres.Itrs like they look in thelr picturebooks and decice rhatl.to rear thiE yeer.+ I think it's becqube people juetdonrt rant to, live ln 'ttre ZOf s' itrsbeeu such a bad decadeiJOHN.: I donrt. I thi.nk itrs juatbecause people havenrt got enough ideas.3OB: The rhole Mod thing's acontradiction, as far as I can see. Itraexactly nonsmodrn.J0HN: I dontt think theyrre the futureof rock Inr ro11, .but I donrt think anyof the punk bancla are, eitber.BOBI The ray I eee itn either the punkba.nd.s are going to progreso, 'or theyrregoing to fLzzle out and all the oldhairy hairy bands rhcirve ailvays run it,are going to junp back in egain.+ But eurely punk nusic has progressedenornoue\r rith the likes of The Oeng0f tr'our and any number of lNar Susikiband,s?JOEN: Yes, itrs like the bourgeoie kidggetting back in again. The best of itrea lot better than nost of the stuffknocking about at the monent. frve seena fer of thoee band.s, and I found TheMekons really gort of,.. inepiriug in aray. Rough, but inspiring. But I thtnkthe arty bands like Scrittl potitti en


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Politti a few months ago, and, theyTere one of the mo s t, exc i t ing }ivegroups lfrre seen for a long time.Z00T I I find I know far less about whatfsgoing on in the music scene now than Idid when t wasn I t so busy in i t myself ,+ Donf t you get much of a chance tosee many, groups, then?Z00T l We can only ge t to see tsrightonbands normally, because when we rre inLond.on or wherevre re f re usuallyplaying a gig ourselves. I find all Ican d.o is listen to John Peel. If Ihad any noney I I d go and. inve s t igatethem irn the record. shops. That I s whatI used to d.o.+ Are you still not making much noneyout of all these gigs you do?J0Hbl: Naa&h ! We rve got debts. Af terpaying f or pe trol and road.ie s and.eerlipnent and the upkeep of the van and

then paying Tony ( nyf ord. , the ir , manager ) r,there I s not nuch lef t betreen f ive of lls.The money comes in from the gigs and goesstraight out again . $Ie t ve got to becareful wha,t we d.o with it.+ Are you dreading the rhole music bizs id,e of it if you s ign a big d.eat ?JOHNr Werre looking forward to beingsigned up and being on &r wage.+ But all the things that go with it?JOHN: The las t thing we want to do. lsplay in Brighton f orever rror o It t s notthat we. don t t l ike playing here , butwe f ve got to move oo,, Hhat will happenif we s tay in Br igkr ton i s that f or Qr iwhile our gigs rill be packed, thenpeople will alow1y lose interest r andeventually we I 11 be ptayir,r;g in thelocal pub, to ten people agaj-n, likein the beginning. Signing a d"eal is justpart of the natural growth thirrg.

Welle fhe Piranhae ARl,l groringr and i Gantl see them playing to audiencee of tenfor a goocl rhile yet. nut at the same timel theyrre hard,Iy the next Beatles, and Ionly hope for their ee'k6r aad the eake of their potentially large number of fane,tbat they don,ft ovT-eatinate thelr value to the nusic i-ndustry by holding out fortoo uuchl a"4 erd up heing elappeil on the rrists and. e,enrt home rithout any 6upperf,or being greed.y bo1rs. Their cour&ge in turning d.ownr eone b.lg d.eals alreaity is.aituirabler rhero so nanJr ba.ad.e opt fbr the faat huck auil errd up inr.g-traitJackets,hnt theyrre not indispeusah'le tri the nusio irdustry or the oreat,ditish-Fublic;end if they push it too farr the record conpaniee night juet IosS pettience andimtereetr and then sooner or later they WILI b,e back playing to ten"people in thelocel puh.For the tine beingr thoughr deal or no d.eal, they are due shortly to releasetheir second eingle, Yap Y:ap:Ia.p/ Happy Fanilies on the locatr Attrii labelr, rhoeleaseai tbeir tro otbei vinyl excursions to date. lfho knors? It night be ihe next[Are Frieads Electric?" or "Oangaters'r. If gor, it roultl give then vagtly inproved.Bower rith the najors.When I talked to then, I:iound them affable and ready to talk about thenselvestheir music= not playing at superstars or wond.erftrl people with rings. Letrsope it stays that vay. There rag also an agreeeble }ack of carefully thought=outcollective world=vierr for aJ-1 Johnts kidd.ing. During the intervier lhey frequentlyisagreed rith each other and argued. anongst thenselvesn and. that oan only be athingl the ray I.see it. !'ricti.on rhich causes constructive, positive

among ite nenbers is the life=blood. of a group rhich rants to continuallyhaage; gJroy, mature. Thie lot aren,tt a buach of earnest young nen trying to crantheir earnest young viere dorn our throat*1 Pop Group style. Theyrre basj.cally aband, and theyrre there to be enjoyed. rtnjoy then.By the tine you read. this, the fears I expressed further up the page nay provehave.heen uafountted by the ners that The Piranhas have eigned. a iavourablevith a hig conpany. I hope so, because theyrve got a,. lot to offer, an6music *ill appeal to many people.tr'itnql rord. to the Piranhas thenselves: Donrt blor it, Iad.s!IViICK D\trYER


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' f Do sob4ETHtNS oN RtflDs LocAL 9CEN,oR ox -tHE tDS,c --r on A BouT |vAys FoR Nw BANDs ro qiq'oR... ' i',iAY$ TO I'Ar{E YCU FrtiCU$ ( FAXT lNE )You I ve heard of The Fridfe House in Cn nningTovrn? THE'place for banCs (a.ny ba.nd) to i:la.F inthe tr:lst fnd, a.IcrF.ir lieccs of the Mods. ijellthere I s ilioro It I s ,r1 pub ; i:r gig and a recordcornpaily a 11 rollerl into one r. nd run by Tem:iIiuri:hy ( tir e boss ) , Glen ''uririry ( pub m,x.na $er andbo:*er) , and. Jon I'{cGe,:.dy ( ttre i::ost inporta.nt oneto )'ou I cos he I s the ()ne to send t:rpes to ifyou 1.;i: ilt e Eig )

A. Pub v{ith a record conpany?Itrs a pub and bands play there seven ni6hts r lrek ( r,.rhat a"re YCU doing tonight?)By day itrs a record conpany. Teruy llurphy satr the need for another venue severalyear6 ago. He started r.rith band.s l-ike Tom Robinson, The Stra.nglers, The;lezilosetc. etc. and lots of local groups, tlhe Ticl


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.NFoYvlic wa.tcd to rrrn g! . Ar. o\Iernati,ne ojinim t-r,^ tn.l po+sor.s-* J.lla R,ccl.;tl.Or "N d*iust;1 i^iJ,*^t f tl* h,r,qsic r^d^stry-tte ,,;h. cs q, sto.,,foolleh consistancy is the hobgoblinl-ittLe mind,s. ., ( Ihe farnous J ,r;;y

-quo tes frorn $mgrson , ( ph il osnper ,keyboard reptilian) illusi"utingto live the life of the rnost cont*critic of rock'structr-lre and. rn o ther r+ord,s , say vrha t youbut be sure you rre sitting by thehatch when you do so.The prospect of rneeting the dyna*icof supposed. shlt-faces-ff.bout-tor;ntha plush c oc oon o f the r. E! . e.r to say the lee st r interesting. Tothe tables on the enfants terribles

the ( -open brackets- ldet - closeI rochd,ream prornised to f l ingchic of"f ices into a stn te oft;r s the man nigtrt s,r.f, I oFteLting typewri ters*toppling f ilingires burnins oti"*u or p*yCIia t dnotes and free copies of 'blorrcomingri -reels of f ilm flickeringDebbie lramyT'Neil ,spencer bf;droomon the fast coj lapsing waII. gndsole survivor bein6 one honest johneditor stumbling out thr**gtfuras r cordroys, and, piles ofguilt. ythnow the score,all they,ve snidl r had &. mission.Do you ever set sick of this rrrockbiarryou re involvecl in?soft u,est\,ountry accent pipes up fromthe desk. r discover its sourceone 20 year c'ld Julie i:rrrchill-. irtereno fangs or diecernable bald patches,, you get useci to it. Tt is aa f ter a1L 1 f ecord conipenies, l_ilceaf,e afounrl ta make illon,yr toproduc t , you can t t blnme thern forthat.'lprocluctrt- seems g- pretty l*impishfrom sorneone who cla ims to vra.ntdestroy the star t.rorshippins schemethings."But hasn t t .rocli I n I robl go t any niorethan th,* t ? r t knoll , crea ti;i ty ,I El.rtistic expression, nof feelings blah, b1ah..Parsons clipped lissexinto the fray.of courser.but thatrs a veryview. Bveryone has sot toe money to survive r no rna. t ter horrnt anyone is , they should,n I tsorneone purely I cos, they ',r&rtget some. rtyou hcnestly say yourve neversoneone off just to caus a bitsensatibnalisrn to further your ot n

career? Pluq tN.,..,r 3. hueh decende (one s f the var:s*lyPregnant vari*t;r yx* You cerry a rot of influence, afterall- Do you feel any resrronsibiri ty tothe peoplg you r+rite about:':'P: tt'igg11, nol.J you nention it, T supt:oserre have a cert+in nrH0rent of infl-u*nce intha t respec t. -i, r ve honestly never thoughtabout it th*t r/eF, :l" just r,,,rite r.rhat fthinkl aod r rm totally h*nest ,.,he'l itcome6 to r+ritin.e nbaut n b::nrtr sr r;:h,rt_evefr I dontt pre*judn* rrlrrr-,rle" ftrsjust that r donrt hel-i*r* in hcnouringlIleoples reput,- ti,-,11s r l" jr:*t *it ,i611.,,11 andwrite the truth. l lot or ,--,enple ,:lcnrllilte the tru th , hrrt r. c$uldn r t ,Eiv* -qCenn ,rboirt thcse Lro|:-1.e. rlJB:'t:'.ie just cl.*nrt see the .poir:t of hein,gso llolite *nd ,qenerolts to ,snme c:,f thesepeople uhen they clr;nr! cieserve it. rjomeof these 'rsc]: star$ r "brea t :re{:ple l iltenhit just 1:ec,,dt fi* th*y hrve p r:o11 _1ileereilutation' irre just ig_Irire their *,frstthings ancl trea t ther,,: ll *"crd in91;g. rfpeopre clon t t agr*e then they can cone totheir nlrn opinions, ilrey eloir r t hr r/ tot*ke .ny nctice of us.',x;' so )rou r ve never {ione - il.d rrret Fiomernetr'ittr the intentic,n of c-1,_,fp;1 hetchel_5oU


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Perr.y sold his Airfix-eroded integrity for 8500 Dy Tloggrr rY u -rights of the Sniffin' Glue Brittanica to the ancient manager , rplGlye's Adverts, who published them as a t2 paperback, The Be '#a---i"-*lof Snitfin' Glue. lt thereby joined the ranks of the long line of e:pu *',-nloitation books, all written 0nder sweat-shop, slave-labot ;lh/7y,'rit tney had pur-,, fanzining soon'77 the fanzineslne; duplicated,r-grown wimPs.ox rock papers,the Queen, thering unemploy-on - they were/ou would haveileeved single.

-r.-- a*r,+lt r-* r,rwytirrnri oT Tanzlngs hlmsglf, Mark Perry ofSniffin' Glue (what a girl), became just another Blast Furnace whenhe shut up his printing press after Sniffin' Glue's twelfth issue. lnthis farewell edition he enclosed the free gift (no one would buy it!)of his newly-formed band's first single - thus perpetuating the limp

on them? 'IP:rt No. Youve got to $o in r+ith ..n onenmind. There are people that you.thinlrare going to be l{..rn}


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Papers lroo companies for thoee blgexllueive interviews, conpaniesbombarcl bored ha.cks wLth free rec-orde, luneheer Farty iavitationsand buienese trips.rrltre the easiest job in the world'ioffere Es. ;urclill-- whord argue?X- What would you be doing if youwer'nrt in tbis Job?JB: "Probab1y down the till of thelocn I Co-vp. rfTony reakois herd still be on thedockyard.)t- g; it'e Juat an eacape then?I woultlntt of thought it was rauchfun writiug about otber peopLe a1Lyour life. -lfP: ttthat I a probabl-y right. rt'e *aopportunity for ue to write r trhicbwe both wanted to do, aad got paldfor it at the eane tLme. Itfs'certainly not the rnost importantthing in tbe world for uB. rtrsjuet good fob a couple of yeare.rhatte why ve quit. $erre Just abit pieecd off rvitb the routine.r:r,- What a.re you going to do now?TP: rrA filn. TbaneE approached usr*tth the idea I but when theY heardwhat we r*anted to do on the technicaLside they backed out. lre went tothe ts.s.(r. with tbe idea .,,nd theywelconed it with opcn artns. They'vegot an arny of techniciane dYing tohave their rbilitiee put to use.fbey're lookiag upon it ae a ehalleage.rtre going to be the best proggrammeon rock ever. .4LL the other etuffabout rrtusic oD t.v. ie uatered*downehit. l','erve got a r*hole load of vie-ual ideas we want to put to use.rlX- *ohat sort of effecte?TP: rrlote of eplit-screeni-ng andsuper-impoeing bits of filn on oneanother. Iots of thlngs I donrt wantto te1l you rcoE itrlL looee soneof ite inpact. lbe poesibilities oftelevLsion are end1e66.rrJB: It$ony and I are narrating ittwcrve got accsess to all- the film lnthe B.B.C. archives, theY've goteverytbing. h/ut"e getting paid roorefor thie tban for anYthing wervecver done. The looney in televisionie ridiculous, theY juet fl"ing itaround. rf{-nl{iIl you etlll be writing?.IBr ttoh yeah. still contribrrtingto the paper and things. Toneredoing a book.trX- What about?l[p: rrNot tellLng you. T]ts a novel,eo youill- have to wait and see.rtIt tranepire that Parsond wrote a

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X- Did you get in e.ny trouhle bece-use of it'-fP: rt0h Ssah. llondies il,inlra.gementt theA d'rerts r lit*rm 1 ly dcr"en,r of peoFle t]:rrn t-ened, to sue ris r V- rrrhere in cr:uf,t right upto the dr y the book trIn s clue to come out,fheytd i'rp?)lieC fc,r Rn injucti,:,n to ,sto.-, itbeing rel",:serL, but the judge rul.ed th*t itphorilri $o orit. J re*"lly erijoyed coTnnil in*the evir.lence fi'r the cnurt ca se. I thin}.. ift wasnrt a Hriter 1td l.i]."e tc' he l.awysf,.?!-,n Lawyer i'li th a por!; *ni e hA t n ii a t-'''o cke tful- 1 c'f Fp e e,C ?,*{- faLking of slanCer r Cid ;r il}one 6ctun I lysue you in th'+ en d ?TF: rr},lo; nncl thnt just Tt]'ovesi th''1 ever:ir-thing r,.Fel sa id in the bnoh t"ra r; true. r'thf,-r'lise they i,.Iotlld. 've Con. l?X- !+lhors been the bj.gnent infhtet'rce onyour rvri ting ?TF : rtJuL ie rfDo I detect a del+y Sl-,nce bett*een theri gt',1}Y -I,,'B ds ?X- !'tea t sor t o f th ings do you r ea d ?TP: rrl go through phases nf reading thingsby one au thor r I Se t intere s ted in soroe -one n.nd read evefyt{ord he t s }.'f itten. f tvebeen through Kerclu& c r I'it"' gera ld r loo dsof I em.lt

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n he t/as a nere ithisp of attThe l! idstt , nubl ished byish I ibrary ( remember themd I & f liana' where amount tgems ). It sold ?"5 r|o0 cc,pein61 dis*continued. Leatrier to wa ste his dubious tain a gin distill. ery and thtioned dockyard. :rhr r innftsl{red en ad in the B.m.or ttgunslingers", as did J(tfren a r,"lere 16 year- oldr1 in bear.i ti ful downtown nst is history,a!id you vrrite I Johnny t ?o ( tfre publishers ) came a Ito 1."'ri te R book. ire thouworthwhil"e., . so r,:,' d,id. "s bil"led a6 "the obituaryand. you s)"ag,Sed off paactin it..,t book t"rt s an r'ttempt tn dthose niyths ttrn t $r.rrrar*nedr il.d this buisness, ''re iusrlrlss thettve been carriedt 60s , seyin g ttr* t r*ck,q tae talten serir:r;sl;r an* lcokep


19/36

. N;.is*jf - t'dih a t sort of music do you listento?fptt Early Pistols, a lot of ,sprinEs-teen, some Tim EucklX. ttllow street.JB: rtEarly Hoxy , oh r all sor ts reft- lly -nn;rthing th'' tIs good. ?rX - :,fo you ever go out an.d .buy re c orclsfor yCIurself ?TP : ir1t r s funny you should sny th:a t.lJe t ve just started going out ,:.ndbuyins our ewn records =S.is. Tt 'smuch ffiore funr Hl{}.kes it t:iore of anevent. llJB I rr ir'e ge t f ed up l.ri th Tre ing bombar *ded with free recs,Isds, it rii:g sounrigreat to Sotsr but it certainly t;,rlcesa lot of the fun out cf it. r;Te sell.mos t of ttre free ones s.ny',ray r or" giveI gm away. ttAs if te unc!.erline her Point, shegives me' the r oP Srouprs ?tYtt,jL- Is the actuel r:jusic stilj- *.s itilr:*ortant to you aE it htas t+hen yc,u 'ereback in school:JB: ttl\io. l{ocktn'roII isn'tant at * 11. l,'Je I re just notsted in it. rt I s jus t ,1;ood.to have cn in the b^ cltgrot:ndyou ' re tallting r Y 'know. tlYeah I f do . Calcula ted ironY anilall $hat. TheY d*n I t re311Y c:'rabout the stuf f tha t seeps frcm theregorcls they rnnt on sc much :'bc'ut.,tre .?pparent that theY, an'd i:helr,colreagues cn the pr perF are -uoreconcerned. with the im" ges an'* person-&.lities that 80 urith it. *hetruth is, nobodY reallY cares. about rock I n I rol;]' , no t r ea }'r'y 'off the self-irai;ortant veneer ofrock rnusic for *" long rs they 'ifallt t3to , and ffiore Po'.-'er to t em.

A lthough I d.on t t n. lt$e ]rs * #ree wi ththe s:-'ecific cftntent of their cl-evsr*clever Fritingsn J vrish theri: elrery$u;cses,.s in their self*j"npased nission. ;r nd if tha t li:ea.ns I I m no t arcck fan , then LLF yiiurs 'rfiff. te .I',{aybe vrhen the 'industry' collapsesse ! 11 be able tc look n t the artra ther tha.n the artists . Bu t f ornoH, r rAs I step out intc: CarnabY street,that oh-so-tric ms-rket p-1"ace t','hererr f gens and ;,. rlarchY ba d.ge sellsiqte-by*side, anC re,sFectehle bu3-rinessil:en flog cheap ilrugparaphinalia r just fot the tcuris-ts, one und.erste.nds ) ., I een 't h*lPbret notice the sericus elr.*rreflsionson the f-cs of the hcprdes of pu.nles,hippies nnd mods elike Rs they p$r:'-de s-long living cut their Littlepiece of the rncl-" dPgn.fil . , *:idsvicfir*ised feEtrires fl*.r,e d*r".rn r'ritha $tor*n i c gr i"n ' r'f t IS onl-;r r* ck I n '

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20/36

l- -nlrvicr. It{Jt'[--SINGTES

Never get nuthin' neither tri th this. i lik',edl1r4i'.'.i;:*g, but i{:'' seems the;i t re just conteirt to69 , and if that I s true they c:r"n s]'t cvii, i t.Come into the open .r FII{ITR,\ ?ICI'IThe trouble is, bearrtiful as : etllines voice is tit I s Rever had the inrliviCual charecter of ,tia*uxis r and here she seerns to be trying to ncundas smooth and bland lcommercial) as Debbie }Iarrf'rtte an obvious attemqrt tn get airplayr itilC theynay be sucsessful .:"lbUm cUt r {rilcl they iii"i } besltgseggful. 1lUt bett'ieell yau ernC ne - itf s potreally too ho t,Found out too late - 999Tbey were good once , bef ore rrFeel ini, alri gh t ' ri thIf yod like 6O year-old punks rn: king lii yer r-t:ld

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lbe band which makes old rnan rock ntroLl put in his teeth'get his first hard-on in years. IIot as good ae the surrmertoo nuch:) but stiLl overflorving vrith ,.iispos,'ble energy.fh.e monochrome set - MoNCcIIR{.r}.i.i silT rough trader6os sounds dressed up for the r8(-s. If fhe Valvet lJnc']-erground vere frcm the:iest coast the resu-l.ts may have been l-ike this bcpfing dirge. Neverthelesstway better than rilost - rrfrst.ade3eb1,e / you*re depl-crrbLerr - itts al-I fluch "tlot of fun.Never I ad nt"ithin

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Memories - PUBLIC It1,1,G8 ',don't fergat the l,td. virginHow rnuch longer wil-L P.I.L. have to live in the shadow cast by the PistoLs?They're creating the most incredible raod.ern dance end idiots ere sti.l-l forkingout for the conttnuing swindle variations. This is superb r+hite punk discomusic, long, dark and proud.Smash it up r T$E DAI'1NED chis',',ric1(llmost sophietiea-ted. rrore ftve Ehmunds than dAryneil. Ttre captd.in lets rin urithhis new found lead and someone fiddles with 0n organ at the back. Sou canrtblane them for trying to rnove on a fraction, fut itris lacks just,'about everything. 'iop of the pops fo


21/36

Ikrleearn Photogrn phyCelluloid love r SA s0bgxPerfe c tion

LAT exTRA ' ORCHESTRALtvl A N o u v eRs 45' Et?rlQtqw'ouT AqAtN onr Ff,cTt'8$.EX CELS EVERYTHTN q oN THrsPRqE I CEPT 'THUnSm.(S.

Straw Dogs - "$TIFF I,IFfT,HFTI.IG}iR.g.Flore pi ti ful- than an#{ry " I I vealwa ys thongh t .lakes v*icescund.ed l ike .a dent is ts dril1mounting * brick rrrSWR.Y. Rringback the *evice-or forget it.

Kil].ing .Toke *cpr * I{ILLI}fG Jf'KHIialici$us cl-n *te$eA debut ten*inch .Pr frorr: ab,* nd thn t n re a c 9mpl e tlY unknownque.ntity to ff!. Very T,yd'oil-1i1cescr#-tchings r scrnpings t n-nd thin6sttra t g* bump nor,r and # Sh,in. Abllody gaoci debut :i c tun 11y. S Fp-e"rently John T-:eel h;.*"e st*-rted topl"ay this enC Tiroriiises lr sessionsosn r sCI :tc) cloubt tlre;r | 11 behip and in the F,ounds altsrnntiveche rt by x*-Irts.s r \Ugi-y }"ianLiark Fe*;,rs *H*:fi-rl3:"11** ..$emi-csncir:Hs rrintg sl:at c'utover tinn*y pian* anrS. r*,*nicgu i- tar :rr: is . ,t n F- ntheri' f *rth*"se *f us t,ih* feel evffir:ithingis tr-t:ong trith the lv"i,r3d ' Ilove th* {:entirnepit*: ; br: t T waul-dn t tbuy it, Yet t- no,ther Sf *tlT.' tor,-'*. tch *u t f r-:'r thc: | '

Nuc J.ear -levic e * TIl:i i-:TRE I'lfiI,5RS$orry, thi* wa tered*d-ctsn "$atSgyaf & record dt]s,tntt bel*ng here.Try Time *ut 1* ds 'Col* cuts i *-e - $TIV I3ATGRS?hi s is tha t itew York *u'Po?Fnu'the Ile=d Hoyn "inf t it? G*tetabbec t* de*th or ssElethingqdic?ntt he? ; Thrtrs rigEht"the fn bul,oris eequel G i ER]I il'BtlCtrtrysn 1i#Fespi teisnt t a

cl,:r ys .tc playthe :'ronderfnL titJ.e, thispa tch on the Da t.* PanikAnd Y*u I d think the)'f d lenrnin syilc b.y nolr i',iotllcln t t you-i

Dock of the bay -Auto- FuggestionFrom eafety to where ...? ,r JCYfta.rcogl ? PIVI fiTONFaet UEarcOm is tta comic for the earett, or so thelads at Faet tel} tlg. Itte a 12 incherlasting 2A odd 'minutes, complete trith acomic and a F,osterr aJ-I for just over ?quid. the idea is to get recorded stuffout from bands too youn6 to Se t a bona -'f ide contrac t r and. to supply you r+ith ,= smuch information about then a"s posnibletas cheaply aF possible. A rnore '.',iorthwhilegimmic you l*ron I t f ind anywhere. It I sabout time independant label-s investi$*- teda fellr aLternetivee to the *.ctual use endf ormat of the vinyl . Hopefully this isjust the be6,i nni 3S. Joy Sivisiorl r probablythe best ltaown of this brrnch, were & bitof a. let-d.o\.ln to ffi. Suto-stlggesti'or:seethes aLons anid a mass cf vausely trsug-gestedtt sounds and snippets of speeded-'uptape ( playins backwards ?) . It h* s thegame fl,llellity of ctillne$S fi.s i',As i:oseesedby the Doof,s I building ta ttre enevit,=bleclinnax a t the end, , bui somehr:w it d,$sen ' tquite i+ork. From Saf ety to wher ' . . ? is; slightl,y upbeat ktnltz of the undecided.Tlrur*Aays t Perfeetion is s.k. , but theyset theinselves apart r'rith the beet and,most bizarre version of the old *tieRed,ding ge& ,gitting in the dock o f thebay. It eounde like tlre Velvets c ircaLoaded, loose and slurrd. ?his alone makesit eIl worthwhile. lguscraxr from Cleveland(not Ow-hi*yow, Teesidei. Corning from there*talls they t re probably Roxy L'rusic fEtns r itcertainly sounAe it. Their barely controlledhysteria shows their ycuth, and it I s good to$ee bands like this getting a break. il'i:eyeertainly donrt let therfiselvee down.A ltogetlrer I Bf eat value for mcney r greatenob value'tfo, I-Jatch all these three banels,Hessase to You RudY - THe ':Pst'*l r'Stonefhis label has brought out 3, ,now 4, nicec o f fe e *table/nro d ish /r *ggg e ishr/da nc en"bIesolutions to the revolutions. llow can the yfa i}? they t re on telly rff{rre than Farkinssn( thant< god ) . Nothing much to do r,-rith n nyth-ing, but good rrrhile we treed bt;r ter.Plastic smile - }{ERTCN iJA RT{& SBeggars BanquetFros the label who still can t t believe howeveryone sw&llowed Gary Ftro one comes ano therbunch of dippf,s. r dontt like this, but rCan f ,t unc!.erltand, why I l{ods ' don I t seem toeitb*r*'";;;;t[i"e alout them'seli"ing outi,I mean I would Tlhe l{ho or secret A f fal-rever do that?

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22/36

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23/36

a urall of speakers blastingttNo feelingsr'. A dancefloor co-witfi bodies ddnc ing solo ,pulsating m ss bump:ing into each 'h*ving tfunr. those srightlyfgces cruise the coruidorstheir latest clothes foruv light illuminates falser making thenq evsn more unreal.stranger, you r d better 3:aintfac. r oall a, see-y&-later situationt s all "I must go buy a clrink',I s all looking for my friendspeopl-e f was supposed to meet*t go buy my drinkI stand against the urallaII stand a gB.inst the w6l1l-this pla c e is so sa dwe rre all losersheart and 1osing friend srnatterfeelingstr.. rf Brtlee{ber?Jbhnny didn I t mean ttra tknow what ,l-ohnny rile*.nthad his head screwed onnot llow-

a 1l of uato dierrall fLowergglorif ied opert houaesfor friends who'11 never a.rrive'lLke t|" good times. o ,rtfhe FXusic HachinettFitzgerald sits anid the pottedof Polydors "hospitality lounge "

he coneiderg playing '::ith the Frloiind 'rd virl,eoequ iP#rent in the c nrner r but d ec ide s t r::recite a- fev nor. noem$ frorn the tattered,exercise br:ok {in hin kneel Scrqwled rLo'rrn ins.-: f s r tr'* ins and r,r8iting :{oomg , they buildinto e rireEs *f exnerienees,End, ohsefvstiatrsrr'iss*ta.li eB c,f the rnoral s, politics r ha blts*nd institutions we all love to hate. liisiriting is s-bout fnlity. IJe is literal ,unl ike r sflF r a Bor,,rie CIr a Burroughs, he flb.kesno etternpt to disgr:ise his intentisns wittrcut *out c]'rarica. tures and ?rhunt the hiddenrneaning " lyric isr$ . He is hone st . Theref orehe 1e..ves hir*seL"f r'ride o$en to simpl-isticcritisism. His ]:on*sty can easily be mis-constru.de cils neiveity, his down-to-ii'arthlyr ic;r 1 ntyl e as irnrna ture writing abil ity.l:jo n'* ttrra]}y he ' s been the t. 1. get f 6r sn idej*pen concocted by rockscribee who ar tooout:of"'-touch to understand or too secdre tocare r &F& h6ve just one more single to retr' i e,.',riref{ire roing home to tep:.. Althcugh he ''in'tgod.s gift to EnSl ish vgs r his writi.ng isa f t en insp recl and thoufiht-Ff,ovoking, T knnwhow l:e f eeJ.g.Itrs a lot lii;e th*tr the lt{nsic iiachine.?'tYealr , J wro te thn t ages a go , a Il, these ,''."runkswere jue t boi=:pin I around trying to I ook con-tented r, Ild in control, ttl{6 feelingst' was on.Tt just seelied ft bit ironic at the time" Itc:' It be rref y s:= d, , th,* t pl" c . rtfha t poern 1 Rlong with hundrea ds cf others,will probably never see the light of dny.F.itusernld maf be erratic, but he is prolific.Thi s f,ea r he t s toured all- over liritain , anddone gigs in l.reland , Holland '' od l'ranc e,

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24/36

the 17 track l'Grubby1.p.1 a book of Doems,the "AII ser*n uptt & tffmpr-nysel-ftr eingles on the way;not rare for him tti'slipnew naterial at gigs (or onradio sessione) eithenasked about his workl.oad,sniles and looks s3.ightLyI work on the theortrr:I In going to drop dead atmonent trrou see, tha,tts notmorbid theory, it's just aof practicality. If I ilike that I'd pro-never get any work done.gives me a Eense of panicworkl to leave rny mark onworld before I go. I justthings as they comerdor*nme Little book. frve got

of stuff at hone.rrIe it theraputic?I 6uppo6e it is,lrve got it down on pap6rfeel contented for a while,itrs out of my systen. Ma-everyone should d.o it.ftyou 46 paranoid as a lotyour stuff suggests?Oh yeah, paranoyamy life. Itve been na.de thatby other peopl.e.ttdosrnft require too nuchto see why. lloweverLondon is supposeil to blot of people dontt take kin-to vierral oddities like thifoot not mucb, hat perchedtop of streeked b:'rnetr dan-.eamingl aseorted colouredhang offs, soneones ab*o-sandles oa grubby, b^re

-r'l/ictin of their lack.feelingp/victim of theirof brains.rt You know ifeelLng? Eers a naturaLtarget.you been picked on a lot?suppose r bave, yeah. nlltime at school. ,lt's not sogetting beaten up or anYththough, so much ns beingdifferentl-Y fron otherr Euppose it stennedrny size" I was alwaYoof being different floqearly age. It's Lao,e ofreal}yl i nean, r didn'$kaow if ny parents liked nenotr it took ne ye re to workoae o,ut. weLl, X finnall"ytr; the cecision that if r

was gcing to be treated di-fferently, thenl might asuell neke a oint.out ofthat difference and survivevifhptrs vhy you et..rtedwriting;i:one of the reasone, yeah.uuet to prove to a1]. thoseidiots t school that f ansomebodyr yikaorv...Se grins. I recaLl the sen-tinent. The rock,n,roll(freak/ ahow is rnade upaLmost entirely of teenagerejects. Towneend, tsowie ,Dury, Botteu...ttHello, Itm a reject,does one arm han$ down. longer : r'"uptimismT RejectrlXou're very independantthen?rrYes. 0 yes" ri'hatls one ofthe few things that f dobelieve in, indipendF!rrc.You've got to be .os indip-.endant rs possible. I mean,any origion.l thoughts ycubrv come from you being .nindividual. Mine do, I hopeItd tit


25/36

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- t&CI| 'I,ydoa? Ob ycab r Catbolic granner schooLafd el} tbat Iot. n;;-t;-tfr; ["iis brougbt up in that environeat*lcl to[ tblat aad agk queatione a bit earliertle* nrttlI rtlpt c!. lt doca. It I e an obvioue thing to pickllp elr trrrTtll,agre Gratrcrated r all theee peopl,etafll.;3 tou tberc gtorica and thinga r Lt 's a btt,btl .to taho ttLaotq Itf e natural to aek qucstions,brt tollft rnppoacd to elt back and accept it all.I ttlrl. tt nkm'you a blt aore rcbelloug . 'I foundlt rXl'itr;l'tally unbcll.cvablo- I do beltcvc thatO?fffiIr ot rorctblng la arouad aonswherG. It etrikes_|tfffi. lo rt lf tt t a ltke eoncthing fron a sc{-f iffi. fltt tbcar thlaga uatching uB like ne wercCc tfu trlly, t3ldlag our llveg. If n not sutre if Illll ttrt ldee tbou6fr 'lt nakeg uE out to beffib Ot rouf.tblagr t dontt rant to be anybodl'cgtrynntt rW; til 'aycr trlcd acckl,ng the an6wrs to thoeecEtttlolrtt; {idr I qlltt !t. tbc pol.nt rcaIly' I Gatrtt underst-rrl r11 tfrar proPlc gottlag into tbeee religloas

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, ' r$l tb1r6rr.llkr ,proplc golng a_wfl and ehu!_tlng,W|ulht4elfrt 111 rcnaatirlci and thingcr f! all- seemsEliilili-Af.t."t, lo nc' r havc thougbt or booking

at poaLag the qurstlons. People should think,and aupply thcir own answers. If I help anyperBoa to think a bit more about their ownprrtlcular deetiny r and to take a nore po6-otivc rolo ia' their ordn d,estiny, then that I e8ot to be good. Youfve got to anash thingsdora before you can build a bravr new uorldor vha tgYor. tfQl Do you think a revolutio$ will happen here?trl doart kaou, I hope Bor otherwise lrn wastetng nJr tine. f ntght aa rell be churning outstuff like Rod Stewart or soneone. No changela golag to halpen overnight.?1Qt So you thtnk'you catr u6o music to instlgatepol.tttca I chaage ?rUcllr BB I eaidr Xou ca! use it to make remthiak, pcrhape nake then aak thenselves queet-Loas. Tbc reet ie up to then. I nean, itteobvl.ous trhe effect things like ttAnarchytt hadoD pcople. Uhen tbat cane out I rushed, out andgot tbat r I uented to be in on aaything like tha ttbatl Punk shored how diasatiefied people wererlth thinga, not Juqt nusic, but everything. "It opeaed up a uhole lot of-doore for you.nlcehi'tbat crploaion at the beggining reallyorottcd lcr cyeryone eeened to be doing somet-Ldagr I uaa goiag out and seeing b'nds agal4,ullcb. I hednf t done for Jrearsr ard I was meetingI lot of pcopl.e who thought like ure r So f thou-lIt I atght a6 uelI get up and play tbern mytolttr rhlch I rouldaf t have dreaned of doingbrfors. lnSrusy, l, trae ln thie awfuL bandr and,.r11' tbo rcst ranted to play old Stones thingsefi crap ll&c that r s9 I left and went out ontt outao I rrally feel a part of that movementrlt plaaca rc ott rhea pebple Bay that I haveffSllg to do rtth it. Tba uhole cllnate waacid cf clu6c, it uas rea1ly encouragiag, rrdt li.Iod e lot of rbat urt goiag on and being said

myeerf into an asvruu for a t"fi"vg"$ ll:"*o' -.,j};l'll"n:li :1"1t:'"nlriilr"i*", th? -"""t Iof the ,rn"fa and tnel- g"fng-back to lt' Juatto. get yoo"u"i'r eort;a"outl 'But r don't thinkeeeklng those ansner;-";; wortb it ' I don I tknou. tlyour ,eci-flr idea is reminicent of dozenaof booke, 'what do You read? .rf Nothing. *1e11 r t ""hi-"nytrrios' I I vo 8otquite a few books b;;-i o"o"Ily 8et, bored bythem after the flret {"*.ptgcs' I find ithard to get invol'ved in then ' I have no greatinfluencee foon ttil"it' if th't's what youmean.Iprefertow.tchthetel.lyreally..''.'FSchucke.Atthiepointone.'f!}e.gd'vaBta8egofbeingsigned ,i;;"; bis r"u"r is _nai.) e e r'parant 'ule are brought in "*lo*a of cold ^"ott:-.:fLarger- p"iiilt rela'xes ' tn }cee I f ew 6wt'ggand teffe-me a bit about bis Past'frlrle dad I e dead, tu*ilcs to _the factory he 'worked "ir*iiu'srr"i;;; itt" t*' and I Il'veat hone wiLh me ui"i"" ana her 'trueUandr anda cat r 4nd, me l"'lun of cours o bUp t " l'u:" real'lygood, putting up tilu- me ' I was oll the dol'efor three year8 *oi-r ep"nt *I*'e at hone Juat,riiti's i"i- e"ttins in i'"^t ":l; l"Hiilurt"an office for a couP1e of Y"iIl^"?:";;ha ted that r and' I elrt o f worked' in tbleeort or connounity ;;;;"" thing aerell t wberepeople ""."-;itl. t;;;;- protleils- "na stuff, butI didn I t think it .;; ; nuctr erood. I en Joyedbeing o, ttre doLe , "i-r*"a .ilavin* dif f erenthours rron moet ploir"l -""a it gave I$e theinspirrtioo to ,tii! thinger so r wouldnftget i,ilit;" indulses in idre chat I it' s notbard to """ whv h!'s been riuerl:|-" Iitp in6orne of the lese ;t;el""tive paperg'. He r Efairly r sf, 8o1ns ;;elq;oti"""ioe ' he lookslike a clown , h9 - says soqe- rraillytt thinga 'ItlEeagxtowritr;i*-offaajustanothernovelty, anothet'Xfa trying hprd to be aseccent"i" anrl shocking aa possibl? I ^]h"pa6ies of yeeterdnys P't p:"" 'i""' llttercd' withthese token t"i"il" it*oing theirl5 ninuteeof falne' B)' tbis glug" in- the prrirceediage Irearieioe"init ien't the caae here'PF : t'r ' i--3" j ovi"e tbis t'

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h4oRE PFrrRl t< ,.. jtthinge z'ea1ly; rhe way th-ey re recorded, ytseel Ifind it hard to sit dorn torecord thiaga in a studio.I canrt eettle down. I likethe inetant re.ction you getgige, vhich you obviouelydon't get in a little roon,things I do tend to coneout aE being a bit cold andglippantq but Irn getting'over that problen now lcosfrve got mysetf a good tapeand t hope to exper-inent with that, so thingsrapidLy inprove frooOn.rneln yourll n.?ke exper-mental music | .uro Fitz?No. Itm not really thatnterested in that sortthing, not renough to domyself anyway. I nean l.f l-1tbinge to see theirand get used to beingnrybe even juetall my stuff there.',to your imngel donrtbl.ame the {rre6s for it?an extent. They neverme anything interesting,very predictabl-e andrlguilty as f ask the(obvious) guestion.why ilo lt?I euppose it sticksname in the paperr theother time I In nentionedwhen I get slagged. off inreview section. I doartit bother me'ltnin* he doee) 'just that I donrtto be judgect by their

stanfurrds, which arethe sane. Irdant tostand:.rds of mY owrl.rtrounds his conments offconcludingthe vrhole, journalisticniL.tlyou 6ee why Patrik Fitz-is the dgrling of theBack to the beat.I play people fhe Para-Wardr they alweye seemsay...(he cuts in)bet they eay Cruel-lestsounds l"ike Eowie!rlHuaky Dory actually.laughe ) trReally? HeLlfunny rcoe'thatr6 onethe few Bowie 1.p.ts Igot. I suppoee itrs

the acoustis. i'ie thought itr{ou1C be nice to put just asax together with an acous-tic and have nothing elsewith them except the vocalsIt lenves n lot of spacs.Bowie ha s d.one tha t ; so Isuppose itre a natural cor[-por rison to make , but I knowwhen I trote that song r ltwas back in '?2 I think,and I waen I t rea llY intohis stuff then anywayr Iknow why I wrote that songtoe. It was a.bout nY beetfriend at school. ' IeII r shewas a girL nnd didn I t gc tothe same school as ffi r so iit Has a bit difficult ' butwe worked Bomething out. rlHe smirlie, but dosrnrt eLa-borete.f ftf s true to say Bolrie wasan inf luenc e then .ilI like him a lot. I supposehe was the nearest I everhad to a hero f igure. I rsa. -lIy admire his klriting abil-ity, I respect him f or wtrathets done. I didntt liketf Lodger?f at f irnt thou$h tbut it t s grown on me rotro tledidntt have a lat to saY onthose Capital things reeent-ly though r I was a bit disea*pointed. tlr You vlere invclved h/ith Henpitt ( Bov,rie$ f irst nn&nn Ser \earlier on in Your cnreer.I{ovr did thn t c ome about?trWell , be ing rea 1IY n+ iv r-1. just tlrote to him " rldasked him to be mY lTlane.ger.I thou6ht If d be whislieclaway and be made an ovef,-night star ! I ron llYthousht it I d be that easY.i r1rwaf, I Ken helpecl rne aIot. He susgested that Itake singing l esscns toi.mprove rny c onf idenc r andI did ' and he got rne inter -ested in the thea tre andthings which I r d, neverthought of . It

r, t-Ihich L ed. to y,our playat the floyal Court-ttYeah, t&tbytalkt. ItHas pretty $or:d that.$ome bloke ju'st a sl'edme to rr'rite A plaY r s0I did , T,'Je got a I oa dof youn$; kids t0 actin it And sort ofinvent their o1':n char -ic ters. TheY were tletYgo*d. nr IJha t future plans ha veyou gc't?rrgeli ybu knop J|vebeen sort of hiberllztingfor a While, tlell f fmstBrt ing tc.r eig I b itrflore nowr Trm doingguite A fetr gigs nrornd.the country CIn riy olr,rll' tand s$me proba blY onthe Fenetration teur'Nothing t s redrl 1Y'$ortedout dt the rnoment 'cosIlm r'rithout I contract. r, t the momrlt. !''tl,Jhy ie tha t ?riJf,rs just that liiycon tra c t with PaIYdcrran lout , anel theY I rehqmiqs and harinfi al:*utf 9.rfi9,to'ing it " ?ltr .,1 re yotl g'-:,ing to go bn ci:with Srnelf irionder ?"1,{e11 the r.rhol-e ;m int 0fne.fioing to trolYdc,r brasto Set a lot of l'Icrkabray f ror: thet5. ii)heY1.,r]'. pissed crf f I'Jith it -It,e bnly tsete ( Stennet )and his r+ife r3oing ittc sort of helP Peopleout A bitr nnd When Tbtarted selling qu:-te I1o t i.lf records tlie:r 8c'tfed up with the extrawnrkLoa d. rrr-You dicl- gigr'; in Trel.a nrlrec ently"d idtt t t You :ttYeah, 9olYdor lilte nethero T was met dt the

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bloody 6reat limo, yrknow,I thought "fuckin hell"like! Iref"nd,s weird, itrereally .ol-d fashioned, inthe hotel they thought Iwas a aut or sonething'cos I v{as werring tbisKinono thing. It seens avery bigoted country.The gigs were good though,except in Dub1in thebepunks uere trying to belike relfast punks andhad a bloody great fightuith these Catho1ics, and= bloke r,as stabbed, whichwasnrt very nice. fhe iron-ic thing wae they didn'tknow I vras CathoLicl Iorigicnally went there niththe intenticn of doing aRoots thing, yrknow, findingyour ancestors, but theywere al1 dead so.I didn,tbother! rl(,{:Are ;rou going to do anymore poetry books?Itt donrt know. I did thefirst one rcos the people at?.II.A.P. (fower ltanlets ArtsProjecti are friends of nine,and itrs a sor.t of goodEast Bnd caurie yrknow. ! maydo a songbook, reos loade ofpeople write to me acking'forcopies of ny songs to playland I spend r*eeks writin6 theihings down, which is diffic-ult rcos I canrt write nusic.Q: Eave you got a lot of ngwna teria 1 ?"Some yeah. I bavrnrt beenwriting a lot lately becaueeIrve been coasideriag retier-ing. Irm not sure if what lrn''doing ie that worthwhiLeanyntore. irve been re-eva1u-ing everything. lrn aleopissed off with the recordindustry side of it. Ird liketo write a song and bave it: out straight awa.Xr but thewhole proceaa takes too 1on6,and by the time sonethingrsout Ifve f,orgottea about it.I like the instant reationthat nueic is suppoeed tohave, if I didn't rrant' that*rd probably just rritEatories and. poenE.tlAt first l though this retir-rment tling was juet aquoteable ploy, but it doesaeem . tha't Patrik is, serioueS-ythinking abott bis role in theL7

ttbuy me,/se11 me rt rec ordingroutine.rrltrs just thr,t Ttm a bitdisench'nted with it allat the aoment; I probn blywouLd have cuit before ifI didn ? t ha ve c omitments(fre gl-anc e s over hi s sholtl *der a s if the PoS.ydcr brasshn d just r+a lked in ) tta nd fenjoy perforrning if thereation is posotive fr*mthe people !;s. tching rrle rSo If11 probnbly continueto do what 1 am now, itjust seems very clastro-phobic in ldngl-and. f lsentto '"1 rngterdem rec ently an dit wa s rn lly free := ndeasy going over ther r thenI got back to i,ondon inthe rush*hour, it ?rr sraining of course andeveryone wa s d,. shing a.boutlooking ntisrp b1e. Ithoug;ht I rra s go ing tocr.rck upr it was a f,eaIshock to come b,*,ch and seethis city as it re.11y is.That didn I t help na tter$. "Are you going to move ??rf doubt it, I live hereand in sorire ways it t sgreat, itrs my home afteraLl, not that I feel- atalL patriotic about it.I wouldn't mind Living onthe rsle af Wight thou{iht ttDo you feeJ- hemmed in?f tVet'g much so r f In type-cast aB a muaician here,I consider myself nore ofF. writer than a music in n.I I d lihe to be reffiemberedfor ny writing rather thanmy music. rlIs your writing irnproving ?ItI think 5o r rnost of thestuff I I ve done up to nowhas been fairly lightweight.Just scratching the surfrc.f ts,r uniting gloonier songsnow, Jf$ not woruied thattheyr 16 gS.oony r ' cos they r remore important than the oldstuff. rtm Just tryins topinpoint trhat I s blrong uiththe schenne of things r usingshort, acoustic pop sorgsorfr It souneis lilte .Jac quee ;:reI'ttHa I I really like him. Igot an alburn r:f his in Francewhich is reeLllY piood. VerYr.rei.rd sort of caberet stuff.I I ve also got one bY

of aLl peolrle,singing lirel song6 inenglish. Itd Like to bea-ch the stage when I canwrite as rrlell as him.rllHave you any plans forrecording ?ttt''Jell , maybe ItlL usethe Honey I get from thetour to get some studiotime and d,o a few things.I t m no t sure Er t the fiionl-ent. irhat I may do isdo a few catchy one6tha t I Ll- Se t Eie in thecharts, then I can dovrha t I like af ter it.i: need noney a t the lronl-en t. tt

rt t least he t s honest. Ihope that he dostntt needto resort to radio fodderto get Fome more recogni*tion, it r-rould be a wa ste.Che day I-'atrik FitageraLdsVenenoUs W0lt'ld-Vieg iSuratered*down and nme"desa f e'? will be a sad orLe.Although I don't agreersith everything he Say6 ordoee 1 I do befieve thatas lopg "r F threre is roomfor sqme honesty in thisI buisnessf that relye onits half-truths and fleet-ing images for its fastbuck r then thre is roomf or patrik Fitzgerald.ttHhatever happetrB r I t11never sell many rec -nrds inrny carefr I d,onf t expectto, thatts not why ltm do-ing a 11 this. ,$o long p 6some people listen it I salright. tr *I suptiose so ol"Jetrie out on the street now,interview over, I have aparting shot. I ask hinttrha t he thinks of the comp-a-risons made between him 8-Johnny Ol-arke.trThere I s no comparison. Hejust r.rants to rnake peoplelaugh, T r*ant to melie t emthink. Itm not a stand*upcomed,ianr ard I ainf tj oking 3 rfllhe next fer'r rnonths willr*itness the enerf,ence ofthe rler,' ;;;"rt Fitzger*Ld'- ntta 1'te wilJ- see r


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na"{ thought it was great nnd g,ve.rne fifty quid to finance the nextone. It just got bigger from thereorr. Caroline Coon dor+n the l{elodylpker got interested aad then al1the bands started getting in thepapers. The last one, issue 12,is stipposed to have sol-d 15rO0O.I packed it in thea tcos ii'uasgetting a bit boozy and self_impo_rtant, yrknor,l rrwe were dosn thepub the other flry a[d...fr1 thatsort.of thing, like ?,igZag orsonething. It r d done u,hai it 'dset out to do. f wanted to moveon a bit and do something else. Ialways want to do that. T justvrant to be as creative ae I can inthe time 1tve got. Like f|ll gohome tonight tnd paint, no one ti,ilLsee them but thatrs not irnportant.If everybociy did things inltead o f,eitting r+atching the telly all thetime ittd be a 1ot better gener;rIIy.rrHave you *irays been like it"otrItl{o. the school I went to nasnrtinteresteil in that. r wanted to bea footballer. t stiLl Like football.I go down palace at the noment. Itwould be nearer for me to see Milh'allbut r juet go to where the beetotuff- ls being pJ.ayed. f used to goto -tuLhaml and q.p.R.1 and CheLsea.they where glamorous io me. rhayalways had players that Looked likeraale modelsl now they have pl=yersthat play l-ike rnale mode1s. I thinkall_ that supporting one cl.ub is justei11y. Fuckinr stupid idea th"lt!rt-l'Jhors on the new striff?frA felv new 'reople. Annie Wombat ofthe $issioaaries, San out of theTransmitters, a bloke from the LernonKittensr all sorts of differentpeople this time. I want to lreepworking with different per.;ple forever, I l-ike th^a.t. Iive got a sin-g1e with Dennie corniag oui in a weekor tlto. ',-Is Genesis P. O*idge involved stiLl./rtlror I bardly eee him anymole, he.sal-r.rayb busy with uristLe and all hispro jects.,,&ow did your connections cone about?,t'r,e met at this dinner p.rty! He llEedoy etuff and tre became friends, he justhad second annual.report out and f iist-ened to it and tilied it, this was aboutearly t77. We got together on a coupleof thinge which where quite interesling.He l"et u6 use his studio to rehearse in

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A couP%oFPiranhas, prime i;oversRock GardenI The l{overs moved otr r gavethe unorigional fsgynesaof ttreir name totaf- iusti*f ici: tion , and rnoved o f faga in. They I d achievedth e ir obvi ous a ims ( looki *ng l ike the l{eartbrea.kers ,sr{eeting the obligatory; swea t , sounciing l ike theerafiorlF etC., ancj pleaSedthe headbangers in thepro08Er r eFsonally thor ,I couldn t Bee the point.Ttre Pirahnas are a diff_erent }cettl-e of f ish etc,e tc . rhey I ve estabLishedenough so's not to havetoo much to prov r butaf,en I t well-known enoughto be abLe to eit backand rest in their littl,egroovs e lhis could bea heaL thy situa,tion to bein, but not in their cn6eo' Clos they H.d VB ea t ba ck.not workload-wis r butthey . ve got their f orma tand they seem to rrant tostlck with it. rf you I veaeen I em once, then theiralL-important novelty

value weare off . .c ewpeople would, .6ee the samef iLn twic . . oarrd, they I reu6ua11y tha t predic table.rhe snile spread,s thinneraB the Music hall humouris repea ted , the d,arc beconea robotic I the onceinnuend,oes start tosound like 3rd form bluejokes. rt,seems like ascript, the movenents areso neat it seeme almostcheoreographed. ThankfuLlyly though r the band wereelightly the better fordernon a lcohol tonlght t dueto the uard,ens nore c ivil--ized licensing hours) andthings rlrere a little morespontanious. The autom-a tic del ivery hra s blunted ,they were almost eloppyfor'a change, and uohnnywaa the onLy one in unifo-f,tu. t'hey seernd, rvi t ty a ga in ,nowhere more so than withrrSpace invadersr,, ( good toaee nore nevr stuf f slippedwithout the usual- apol-ogies) whichl oomplete

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