The ghouls from Milton Keynes, playing at the Wapping Autonomy Centre alongside Rudimentary Peni and What Is Oil? and other bands.
Indebted to Chris Low for the cassette, which is a very good quality ‘crowd’ recording. Part 1 were linked to Rudimentary Peni, and indeed the two bands played together on a few occasions. Both bands were interested in the macabre and were also quite near to each other geographically. Both bands would become far more popular several years later, guess they were ahead of their time! The Part 1 E.P. is uploaded onto this site somewhere and is well worth searching out.
Photos from the Autonomy Centre performance courtesy of Jon From Bromley. Thank you Jon.
luggy
January 27, 2008 at 2:52 pmSaw Mark for the first time in 20 years last year. Came round to where I work to do some repairs, couldn’t work out who he was at first without his ‘onion’ haircut. There were a few of those haircuts in those days including Fod and Rob Vex who inspired the dire Turdburglars song of the same name. Mark was good mates with Scarecrow and had the best ‘onion’. Got a photo of them in Bayston Road here:
http://a124.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/41/l_2c3487d006c38232bf52e9f241028043.jpg
Jerver
January 28, 2008 at 9:22 amwow, where is that picture taken from?
Penguin • Post Author •
January 28, 2008 at 9:55 amIt was the rear of a ‘homemade’ card by Part 1, stuck into my copy of the 7″ single. The other side hade writing on by Mark. Don’t know where the actual picture originated from though.
Chris
January 28, 2008 at 5:13 pmDoes anyone have a copy of a very strange cassette members of Part1 did called “Onker The Dwarf” ? I’ve still got the cover (will scan it for you micky along with the zine covers) but fuck knows what happened to the tape. Seem to recall it being a bit like the Magits single (another thing well worth posting up here if anyone still has one?)
crow
January 28, 2008 at 7:27 pmhi luggy
good to see the picture of bayston road again
scarecrow RIP (ha ha)
crow
January 28, 2008 at 7:28 pmps. I’ll look for the onker cassette…!
crow
January 28, 2008 at 7:34 pmpps Part 1 were one of my fave bands at that time, but one the best groups to play in Wapping was the DIY group WHAT IS OIL? who made an EP , the best track on it was Human Suffering. Sadly, the singer (and a close friend of mine from that period) Duncan Jack (AKA Duncan Dung) who is sadly no longer with us….does anybody have live recordings of What is Oil?
crow
January 28, 2008 at 7:36 pmppps should read Part 1 were “one of my favourite bands at the time” sorry Mark F if you should read this…
luggy
January 29, 2008 at 12:11 pmAlright Crow
Long time no see. Got a photo of you & Fod looking rough the morning after a Crass gig in Welwyn in my MySpace pics.
Penguin • Post Author •
January 30, 2008 at 12:43 amSome pics in the KYPP photo gallery also…inc Lugworms stuff!
Martin C
January 30, 2008 at 2:36 pmLove the pic – is that from the actual live tape or lifted from somewhere else?
Chris
January 30, 2008 at 5:11 pmThe Part1 tape never had a cover. Just a tracklisting which I gave to Penguin. The photo he has used above looks like one of those creepy Victorian ‘automata’ or porcelain dolls, and reminds me of one that I’m sure was on a Nurse With Wound sleeve (the LP with the Jacques Berrocal cover on it)
Penguin • Post Author •
January 30, 2008 at 6:49 pmMartin mate, like it says above, not sure where the pic came from, but it was the rear side of a card stuck in the 7″. Front of the card had a message written on from Mark from the band.
Mike Oxlong
January 31, 2008 at 11:43 amI remember these guys, doubt they’ll remember me though! Used to live in West Bletchley where I think they came from (not at the time they did though). There’s still a bit of original graffiti on a bridge with their name on it!
Excellent band, excellent blog and my KYPP badge has survived, but not the ‘zines!
martin
January 31, 2008 at 5:16 pmthanks for the info!
Graham Burnett
May 31, 2008 at 10:21 pmRe request for live What Is Oil? material – i’ve just found a tape in a box of the gig they did at the Spread Eagle in Southend on Sea, December 1981, when they supported The Apostles, Cold War plus various local Southend bands. No idea of the quality – may have broken down over the years, but if anyone is interested i can send it to Penguin for uploading on this site? (unfortunately I don’t have the technology myself for digitising old cassettes at the moment).
Oliver / Cult Punk
June 12, 2008 at 11:24 amGraham,
I’d be interested in that tape. Am very interested in Part 1 and S-Haters, the other “dark” post-punky type band that Rudi Peni actually had on their Outer Himalayan label.
Am also trying to get in touch maybe with members of Part 1, esp. Mark Farrelly??
My interview with the S-Haters on Blinko’s label is here:
http://www.cultpunk.com/?p=183
I can be emailed at kvltpunk ATTTT gmail dotttttt commmmmmm
cheers!
-Oliver
luggy
June 13, 2008 at 10:51 amOliver
Just left a message on Mark’s phone (not sure if he’s still on the same number though) telling him about your post, so hopefully he’ll be in touch.
John No Last Name
June 13, 2008 at 11:01 amhuman suffering? That brings back memories..
“Human suffering from diptheria
Human suffering from feeling inferior
Human suffering from Pol Pot
Human suffering quite a lot”
Though almost as much a classic as
“Rob Vex Rob Vex he is my friend, Rob Vex Rob Vex comes from Gravesend Rob Vex Rob Vex he wants a gun Rob Vex Rob Vex is an onion onion”
Now the only question remains is why do I still remember that?
Oliver / Cult Punk
June 13, 2008 at 11:50 amThanks so much.
My email is kvltpunk ATTT gmail dottt com if he’d deign to contact it or something.
Cheers!
-Oliver
Ian S
June 13, 2008 at 2:54 pmRumour had it Mark F got done by the Post Office for mailing obscene material.
It was meant to be a drawing of his showing Jesus on the cross being either attacked or sucked off by a giant centipede thing.
F
June 13, 2008 at 3:11 pmCheers Mr. Luggy!
Still on same number…
Alas this evening Sub Sect out, but be a pleasure another tyme?
Oliver, have sent yew email detail.
There is no shame in “fave” Mr. Crow! Bless yew…
Ian…er…yes.
F
Oliver / Cult Punk
June 13, 2008 at 9:48 pmHmm, I haven’t received any email….
kvltpunk@gmail.com
maybe some mishap in the spelling of my email address, etc.?
cheers..
-oliver
Oliver / Cult Punk
June 13, 2008 at 9:50 pmOops, never mind, just got the email.
For some reason it went into my spam folder along with penis enlargement ads – hah!
-oliver
Austin, Texas
sunshine
April 20, 2009 at 7:44 pmAnyone know what sort of flange or pedals Mark used to get the guitar sound he had? Also sure wish someone dug up these tapes and reissued them, one of my favorites since I was a wee lad back in the 90’s (haha).
Penguin • Post Author •
April 20, 2009 at 8:26 pmHopefully ‘F’ will answer your queries sunshine – I have emailed the ghoul to awaken him from his slumber to answer these specifics…
chris
April 20, 2009 at 9:44 pmI believe the term is “a trade secret” 😉
F
April 21, 2009 at 2:52 amNow…now…’Sunshine’…
I’m afeared can only go as far as to say it was, and is, rather a large beauty of a black box with knobs on one end, holes at other and, drew keenly at source, the suck of two nine volt batteries…of course, there be the interplay of mine own fingers at some point, but these are the ‘hen’s teeth’…claro hombre?
I’m sorry if not being too helpful here. But I bless yew for the enquiry though!
sunshine
April 21, 2009 at 6:07 amHa Ha.I’ll go with a solid state amp and maxon ad 9. Maybe a fuzz box. I do hope this stuff does get reissued as I touted around boxes of Part 1 LPs through the years (picked up for 2 or 3 a pop from vacuum distro when they went under in 98) and gave them out to people I figured would “get it”. They did and now I have none and they are a bit pricey on Ebay for those who want it.
Cool you saw and replied though, Mike
andus
April 21, 2009 at 10:29 amIt sounds a bit like a digital delay box.
Penguin • Post Author •
April 21, 2009 at 11:03 amWould they have been available in 1982? Analogue delay perhaps is what you mean’t Andus. Does the same thing… 🙂
andus
April 21, 2009 at 11:56 amYeah thats the one, analogue delay, we had one in our band in 86.
Ruben
April 27, 2009 at 10:16 pmDoes anybody have lyrics to any Part 1 material? I would really want to know what they are saying. I recently got the “Pictures of Pain” LP but it had no lyrics sheet