Poly Styrene Film
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Enjoyed that, a very sad story really. Lora Logic ended up at the Hari Krishna temple too, doing the whole spiritual eastern mysticism nonsense. I wonder if she gets the irony of her name!!!
Really enjoyed White Riot afterwards. Think I might have seen myself in the footage of the march from Trafalgar Sq to Victoria Park, but it was so long ago that even I struggle to remember what I looked like! I recall X Ray Spex opening that day, Poly was right at the top of her game at that time, before she began to unravel.
Really enjoyed White Riot afterwards. Think I might have seen myself in the footage of the march from Trafalgar Sq to Victoria Park, but it was so long ago that even I struggle to remember what I looked like! I recall X Ray Spex opening that day, Poly was right at the top of her game at that time, before she began to unravel.
AW111 said:
I hope it turns up is Aus one day. Germfree Adolescent is the first track I recall hearing.
And you needed fairly esoteric taste to find a radio station playing X-Ray Specs in 70's Australia.
I can imagine! John Peel aside, not many radio stations would have been playing them in the UK !!!And you needed fairly esoteric taste to find a radio station playing X-Ray Specs in 70's Australia.
I saw them as a support act many times, always great. Then saw them at the Hammersmith Odeon (as it was then) when they were headlining, supported by, from memory, John Cooper Clarke.
Back in the late 70s in London, it was a gig every other night (probably why I ballsed up my O levels) so it's hard to recall who played where. I wish I'd kept a diary now.
Fabulous times.
Back in the late 70s in London, it was a gig every other night (probably why I ballsed up my O levels) so it's hard to recall who played where. I wish I'd kept a diary now.
Fabulous times.
Never really got the Gang of 4. But some of the 2nd division punk bands were fab live. Eater where a particular guilty pleasure, they often played the Railway Tavern in West Hampstead. The Lurkers were my local band and they were great too. Their LP, Fulham Fallout is still one of my favourites. Penetration I liked, 999 and loads more that don't spring immediately to mind. I also saw Tubeway Army very early on, didn't really know what to make of them, but Gary Numan certainly had star quality.
Lotobear said:
I recall seeing X Ray Spex, The Clash and others at the RAR gig in Victoria Park London in 1978.
So many great memories from that day. I recall marching along, and ahead on the pavement stood a woman of about 60, in a tweed twin set and pearls, looking down her nose at the passing punks and assorted ne'er-do-wells. As as we drew level with her, she produced a pile of papers and shouted "Revolutionary Communist, get yer Revolutionary Communist" TwigtheWonderkid said:
Never really got the Gang of 4. But some of the 2nd division punk bands were fab live. Eater where a particular guilty pleasure, they often played the Railway Tavern in West Hampstead. The Lurkers were my local band and they were great too. Their LP, Fulham Fallout is still one of my favourites. Penetration I liked, 999 and loads more that don't spring immediately to mind. I also saw Tubeway Army very early on, didn't really know what to make of them, but Gary Numan certainly had star quality.
The Leyton Buzzards were another good band on the circuit. I think they morphed into Modern Romance and carried on into the Duran/Spandau era. (Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey)Gassing Station | Music | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff