Part Time Punks / Where’s Bill Grundy Now ?
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Alistair Livingston
November 16, 2007 at 2:05 pmO my god…can it get any better than this? I have the record somewhere and still love it to death. It is an absolute classic piece of punk which sounds nothing like what punk is ‘meant’ to sound like.
Back in my All the Madmen days used to get sent – how can I put this politely – shed loads of sub-Crass/ Discharge punk thrash demos. I remember writing polite/ despairing refusal letters to the groups saying “Punk does not have to sound like this. Listen to X Ray Spex and the Television Personalities… and try again.” But by then (84) it was a bit too late. What a waste… as Ian Dury said.
The Gary Bushell note is the icing on the cake – OI OI! [Historical note for younger readers : Gary Bushell went on to champion a style of idiot punk which somewhat lacked the charm of the TVPs.]
Even more amusing is a story Johnnie Waller [Tony can you fact check on this? It was a conversation in a pub with you, Johnny and Mick Mercer but damned if I can date it -Zig Zag Club era I guess] told me …. that he and the other Sounds journos ( from their offices above Covent Garden tube station from memory) could look straight into the St James Street (?) Covent Garden squat and occasionally got over excited by glimpses of naked punk flesh… anyhow, gives a people, time and place link to the Charge/ Barracudas benefit for Tony D. flyer which is here somewhere.
Where’s Gary Bushell now?
admin
November 17, 2007 at 2:03 amHa ha. The memory of Geoff Barton passing the binoculars to Garry Bushell on the first floor of Sounds editorial office sounds familiar. I used to freelance for Sounds at the time, whilst living in the Covent Garden squat, and occasionally I’d be in the Sounds office as they were watching punk sex.
I got used to bringing in my typewritten copy to the Sounds editoral team and hearing their frustrated groanings on watching Bob Short or Dave Sex Gang get dressed or have a wank.
The flyer is in the opening gallery in the photobucket world which is our gallery. Pictures.
gerard
November 17, 2007 at 12:20 pmTVP’s were brilliant and this their crowning moment for me.
I fear the imagery described above has scarred me for life 😉
As an aside, when I was writing the Crass book, Garry Bushell was extremely helpful and friendly and the quickest person to reply to my emails, in stark contrast to some of the right-on people who didn’t bother replying at all.
AL Puppy
November 17, 2007 at 9:54 pmOh dear. Gary Bushell actually an ok dude? Suppose it is a bit personal. He reviewed Zos Kia/ Rape (one of the downloads available here) – which was one of the few records released by All the Madmen during my brief reign there. Gary decribed it as ‘The worst record I have ever heard’… at the time I took it as a compliment.
admin
November 19, 2007 at 12:35 amI want to be called Tony Puppy not bloody admin.
Penguin • Post Author •
November 19, 2007 at 12:38 amYou could change your name to CHEESE for no particular reason…
Chris
November 26, 2007 at 4:26 pmAn absolutely wonderful, timeless and truly seminal pop record. Funny how a couple of songs that practically wrote the blueprint to ‘indie music’ still languish in obscurity and unrecognition.
Penguin • Post Author •
November 27, 2007 at 1:28 amAmen Chris !