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On This Day – Johnny and The Moondogs

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On this day in 1959 Johnny and The Moondogs played an audition for a talent show. Sadly they did not win. Why should we be bothered about a failed band? Simply because they later became The Silver Beetles, then The Silver Beats and eventually The Beatles. It seems that Lennon took names seriously as The […]

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On This Day – Vince Martel Born

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On This Day in 1945 Vince Martel was born. He was the lead guitar player in a proto hard rock band Vanilla Fudge who recorded “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”. The Fudge, formed in 1966 by Mark Stein and Tim Bogert were originally called The Pigeons. (There must be a series of posts about band’s […]

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On This Day – Tin Machine Play Cambridge

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OK, not really a red letter day for Rock but on this day in 1991 Tin Machine played the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, UK. It was part of the It’s My Life tour and was the second version of Tin Machine (Eric Schermerhorn joined the band on guitar). Tin Machine was a strange animal. Fronted […]

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On This Day – Eddie Cochran Has The Summertime Blues, in November!

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On this day in 1958 the Wonderful Eddie Cochran made the UK Charts with Summertime Blues, one of the classic rock songs that has been covered by many, many artists. Sadly, EC died just some 2 years later. He was in a taxi with Gene Vincent and his girlfriend Sharon Sheeley when it left the […]

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White Denim – Influences on Their Sleeves

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As you may have gathered White Denim are The Best Band in the World, at least I think so. One of the things I like about them is that they wear their influences on their sleeves. Especially their love of the mighty Captain. Listen to this; About 2.43 there is that great break, heard it […]

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White Denim – Small and Mighty

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Ever wondered the source of the music that goes with the Persil Small and Mighty ad pictured here? It is the best rock band in the world at the moment, the small and mighty White Denim.

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The Stone Roses Reform – You Heard it First Here (Part 2)

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So all rumours and pre-announcement leaks were true. The Stone Roses are back together, or will be in 2012 for 2 gigs in Manchester (where else?) and then a world tour. There will even be some new songs and, perhaps, a new album. The gigs will take place at Heaton Park in Manchester on Friday […]

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Stagger Lee – Nick Cave

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No other reason for posting this than I played the album version (Murder Stories 1996) and I remembered this live versio. Anyway, who needs an excuse to play NC?

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The Stone Roses to Reform – You Heard it First Here!

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In fact, you probably did not hear it here first, it is all over the media. Even in the Daily Mail (that well known organ obviously has its finger on the pulse of Yooth Kulture). That being inspite of a press conference being set for Tuesday 18th October to make “an announcement”. It now seems […]

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Blank Generation

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There is no real reason to post this other than it refers to Blank Generation and my fave guitar player Robert Quine with a couple more clips of him one with the wonderful Fred Maher. If you like this blog please donate to support it.

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