God Told Me To Do It…but did I listen?

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God Told Me To Do It.
Saw them twice, once at Redvers Road Wood Green and once at Gossips Soho. I was one of the ‘dregs of punk rock civilization’ that Richard North mentions in his review! But to be fair it was probably the Hackney Hell Crew, and assorted hangers on, who to a (unwashed) man turned up in force to celebrate the Royal Wedding (Andrew and Fergie) that the snipe was aimed at.
Hopefully not me anyway! 
The band were fun, chaotic but musically a bit of a shambles. I’m sure that was the point.
The flyers and posters on the other hand are legendary and the best thing about the band.
The stunts that the members of the band were involved with, are also legendary.
My press articles, flyers and posters are all here on this post.
If anyone has the ‘Psychic TV Are Crap’ flyer or poster (shown on one of the news articles) then please leave a comment as I would love to chat and perhaps discuss a high res scan, or perhaps if you feel generous, the original flyer to add to my collection!
Photographs live at the Arts Centre Redvers Road Wood Green unknown photographer. Let me know who it was and I will credit you!

Music mostly by Crass, radio collage and mix including the Thatchergate tapes by David Tibet

108 comments
  1. Penguin
    Penguin • Post Author •
    October 3, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    Anyone got a decent GTMTDI live tape I could snatch briefly to upload on this post?

  2. Simon (rosy cheeks)
    Simon (rosy cheeks)
    October 3, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    Animal has a live at the blue house (bootleg) tape
    will prod him to come by

  3. Hillbill
    Hillbill
    October 3, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    Didn’t find any Kardbord Box pics in the end…..sorry. Anyone read Ian Glaspers new book – Trapped in a Scene – cracking read!!

  4. Penguin
    Penguin • Post Author •
    October 3, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    Si, please prod your animal. That would be grand.

  5. luggy
    luggy
    October 6, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    That must have been the Blue House gig that caused Animal to send me to Coventry for a year, as was his wont. He didn’t like me criticising him for hiring an Iranian bouncer to lay into the punters

  6. not
    not
    October 7, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    I cant believe you still bitch about or even concern yourself with stuff that occurred so long ago. And was f-in boring then.. I remember you as being somewhat creepy in that you always hung out with people ten years or more younger than yourself. Lugworm? F-in chickenhawk more like..

  7. luggy
    luggy
    October 7, 2009 at 6:48 pm

    Don’t get the chickenhawk comment if that’s you, Animal. Don’t know how old you were at the time but I think you had left school. Not sure how old you think that I was.
    I don’t think Bill Auld (R.I.P.) would have chosen to live with me if he thought I was dodgy in the way that you are inferring.
    By the way this site is mainly concerned with stuff that occurred a long time ago, I wasn’t bitching but thought it might jog some memories of the Bluehouse gig & your attempt to emulate the Sex Pistols at the Nashville Rooms.

  8. John No Last Name
    John No Last Name
    October 7, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    Nice way to complain about someone bringing up ridiculous stuff from yonks ago by bringing up ridiculous stuff from yonks ago. Everyone including Luggy was really young back then and though there were some creepy people back then that did enjoy the company of young uns he definitely wasn’t one of them.

    Luggy what makes you think ‘not’ is Animal? That comment really doesn’t sound like anything he would say unless he’s really changed completely.

  9. luggy
    luggy
    October 7, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    John, don’t know who else who would have got upset about my comment. Apologies if it isn’t Animal, I still got on alright with him last time that I saw him a couple of years ago.

  10. alistairliv
    alistairliv
    October 7, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    Perhaps it is the Iranian bouncer?

  11. Ian
    Ian
    October 8, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    Yeah, there were a few spurious types back then but the only importuning I experienced was from old Ray, who was really just a lonely old man.
    Maybe I was too ugly. Im going to start a self help society for those who are hung up because they were NOT abused as kids..
    John, please forgive me for the protracted silence, Ive been absurdly busy and the time that gets delegated to email is often incompatible with writing cheerful, chatty and entertaining communiques.. Anyhoo it HAS been twenty odd sodding years..Not that I love you any less for it my rose. Will send you a proper state of the nation in the near future. Hope youre well.
    I

  12. Ian
    Ian
    October 8, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    And the clue as to whether that “not” was Animal or “not” (?) would, I imagine, lie in their choice of psuedonyms…

  13. alistairliv
    alistairliv
    October 8, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    As in the Pistols/ Bodies?

    “I’m not an animal”…?

  14. Ian
    Ian
    October 9, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    You, Alistair (doubt if you would remember me) are a man of no small import, directly instrumental as you were in bringing into being what would become Coil.
    Thank you

  15. Penguin
    Penguin • Post Author •
    October 9, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    Alistair and Coil? Did not know there was a connection there. You live and learn. You sure you are not thinking of Zos Kia though Ian? Al released the debut 7″ on All The Madmen Records in 1984.
    J Balance(RIP) and Sleazy from Coil were close to this lot, and both Coil and Zos Kia shared a cassette release together in 1983/84 which was a very early release by both outfits. I used to have it actually but it went walkies in daze of yore. Gutted, cos it would have been on this site by now.
    Will upload something from Current 93 instead I think tonight!

    Luggy and John, to put your mind at rest the person called ‘not’ is not Animal but someone else that has contributed comments to this very post throughout the life of the post. So just someone pulling your leg mate!
    ‘not’ and the legite contributer have the same email details.

  16. Ian
    Ian
    October 10, 2009 at 3:14 am

    Yeah, Zos was an early incarnation of Coil – J.B and Sleazy. See the *Nightmare Culture” stuff W Boyd. Also “Sewn open”..etc
    Same email details really? The rotter….
    Earth covers earth….
    I

  17. alistairliv
    alistairliv
    October 10, 2009 at 9:09 am

    Thanks Ian, but Penguin is right. I was involved in releasing the Zos Kia single, but never met Coil. The Zos Kia connection came through Min – and it was Mark Wilson / Mob who set it up. The other Psychic TV / Coil connection came through Mouse. She was briefly in PTV and later was friendly with Coil.

    And then Sarah (who lived at 103 Grosvenor Avenue) used to baby sit for Paula and Gen…

    Did I know you then (1984ish)? Where did we meet?

  18. slyme68
    slyme68
    October 10, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    ian, is that you of the chess and the wizz and the skating in the kitchen? i was wondering when you’d crop up, you liability, how are you? sy

  19. uta
    uta
    May 9, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    I think you should upload a copy of the flier that had “Kentucky fried Britain, you’re finger lickin’ dead on it”. 😀

  20. uta
    uta
    August 6, 2010 at 8:42 pm

    It was Colonel Gadaffi fried Britain anyway, lol. My brain is fried.

  21. fanny adlam's family
    fanny adlam's family
    August 17, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    can anyone confirm or deny rhumours that gtmtdi are to reform

  22. womblout
    womblout
    August 17, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    is this anything to do with the Fanny Adam’s Family – i presume the L is some sort of a pun ?

  23. peparami
    peparami
    August 17, 2010 at 7:44 pm

    kill your pet puppy – i’m not an animal . .

  24. captain birdseye
    captain birdseye
    August 17, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    let sleeping dogs lie – it’ll just be like eating reformed meat – corned beef sandwitches – sweet F. A – rest in peices

  25. ray ss
    ray ss
    August 20, 2010 at 12:33 am

    i can put tapes onto mp3 if anyone wants to send me an old punk recording i might like, i like everything on kypp so far, ill even reimburse postage since i live in america.

  26. ray ss
    ray ss
    August 20, 2010 at 12:37 am

    whats that mp3 posted above that says music mostly by crass, why is it posted here?

  27. Penguin
    Penguin • Post Author •
    August 21, 2010 at 10:56 am

    The David Tibet mix up of Crass / others / Thatcher-Reagan Crass tapes would not fit anywhere else and although I witnessed GTMTDI in a live capacity I have, and still have, no recordings by that band to upload onto this post.

  28. mikeyG
    mikeyG
    September 16, 2010 at 10:37 am

    Only just stumbled on this topic….remembering GTMTDI from back in them days…..

    I was in the Hope & Anchor in the 80’s when we had them play a bit….and then there’s the Libyan connection…..

    The Kentucky Fried Britain flier can be seen amongst the photos in the Facebook 80’s squatters group – amongst a bunch of others from that time of squats gigs and all that stuff.

    The Kentucky flier thing can be seen on this page (theres a lot of photos to browse through).

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39238539639&v=photos&so=465

    The group link is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39238539639

    A few of the folks on here are in there as well, such as Luggy, myself and others no doubt 😀

  31. John Eden
    John Eden
    March 10, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    A couple of links from me up there – two pieces on GTMDI and the Libyan Embassy Squat / KFC graphics and their resonances with the Libyan protests today, and the squatting of Gaddafi’s son’s Hampstead mansion…

  32. Mick Bladder
    Mick Bladder
    June 11, 2011 at 4:54 am

    Amazing what you can find on this internets lark, innit. A whole slew of repressed memories unlocked in one fell swoop.
    R.I.P. Bill.

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