Comments on: Mark Perry – Deptford Fun City Records – 1980

By: Ritchie Rich

Ritchie Rich — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:25:46 +0000

Its been a long time, many “waters under the bridge” and we all get older and wiser. Just love reminising (I know I cant spell) All the things that were good and bad about life, my life, music, the times and punk are just summed up listening to ATV, the mans a GOD the music is brilliant, it stands the test of time and I love it.

Bless

By: cynical old bastard

cynical old bastard — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:02:48 +0000

Dear Chris
I dont doubt or deny Mark Perry’s legacy, and for sure I would not have been half as interested in the “punk scene” but for his excellent contributions. But I can only “speak as I find” – sorry, its another crap cliche I know. I was introduced to him by Karl Blake (Lemon Kittens etc), a mate of a mate, in a club in New Cross, and he was a total see you enn tee, as I said in my initial post. Now I make no claims to be Mr Personality, he probably thought I was a dickhead too, I was just taken a back, thats all, I had thought he would be more the person you describe. I guess everyone has an off day.

By: John Serpico

John Serpico — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:41:30 +0000

Out of all the class of 77 it was only Mark who braved potential mockery by building a bridge between the punk and hippy scenes. Disillusioned by how his punk peers were all flocking to be signed to major labels, Mark set out in the summer of 78 with ATV to play a free tour of the UK with Here & Now. This was Mark’s way of demonstrating how he thought the spirit of punk should be: free, experimental and wild. A spirit (for some) to be perfectly captured by Crass, who Mark would later become a huge admirer of. For me, it doesn’t really matter what anyone might say Mark was/ is because he will always have my respect.

By: alistairliv

alistairliv — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:45:15 +0000

Sniffin Glue inspired Ripped and Torn which inspired Kill Your Pet Puppy the fanzine which inspired Kill Your Pet Puppy the website… so without Mark P. this would be a blank screen.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:27:54 +0000

With respect ‘feet of clay’ is a bit of a strange definition for the person who has without doubt the greatest lack of interest in the music business or capitalising on his legacy than anyone I have ever met. In fact to a quite bewildering degree. I’ve met him more times that I care to remember but the last time we spoke was when I contacted him on behalf of a BBC producer who was wanting to include him in that big ’25 years of punk’ TV program. To which, despite their inducements, his response was “I can’t really be bothered with all that any more…and i’ve got my college course this afternoon”.

and whatever anyone may think of him (and I am more than aware of his faults and failings) in my opinion it was Sniffin’ Glue & ATV who put the whole DIY ethic of punk to the fore, arguably without which It may just have been a collection of speeded up Chuck Berry riffs and a coathanger for Westwood & Maclaren to sell their clothes off. And without which few of us I expect would be on this forum now.

By: gerard

gerard — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:27:00 +0000

To balance that out then, I’ve met him too and think he’s a really good bloke

By: cynical old bastard

cynical old bastard — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:06:15 +0000

if thou art addressing me dear chap, through meeting him. feet of clay and all that. the music is still superb though.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:50:34 +0000

and how do we arrive at that, Confucius?

By: cynical old bastard

cynical old bastard — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:42:19 +0000

ATV brilliant but Mark Perry was / is a cunt.

By: Haych

Haych — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:22:24 +0000

It’s seriously out of order than this stuff isn’t more widely known. Big thumbs up for making it (re)available…