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THE ROXY LONDON WC2 - A Punk History By Paul Marko BOOK £19.99
(IT'S FINALLY OUT!!! MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO DO THIS BOOK, A FEW
HAD STARTED DOING THIS BOOK BUT ONLY PAUL MARKO HAS ACHIEVED IT.
BASICALLY IT TELLS THE WHOLE STORY WITHOUT PULLING ANY PUNCHES THE
TRUTH, THE HISTORY, THE BANDS, THE PUNTERS, BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE
MYTH BEHIND THIS GRASS ROOTS LEGENDARY PUNK VENUE. 510 PAGES PACKED FULL
OF RARE PHOTOS, STORIES AND QUOTES FROM MANY OF THE BANDS THAT CUT THEIR
TEETH AT THIS VENUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS THAT HAS
EVER COME OUT ON THIS GREAT BRITISH CULT THAT WAS CALLED "PUNK ROCK")
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THE RHYTHM METHOD - By Nicky
Forbes BOOK £15 (WHO
THE HELL IS NICKY FORBES I HEAR YOU ASK….WELL, HE WAS ONLY THE BLOODY DRUMMER OF
‘THE REVILLOS’ & ‘THE PORK DUKES’. (PLUS HIS BROTHER WAS ‘EUGENE
REYNOLDS’
OF ‘THE REZILLOS)
THE BOOK, THE RHYTHM METHOD,
SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR EVERY NASCENT POP STAR OR ARMCHAIR MUSIC FAN. YOU
DON’T EVEN HAVE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE REZILLOS / REVILLOS TO ENJOY MAINLINING
THIS OUTSTANDING, UN-PUT-DOWNABLE MEMOIR, WHICH IS PEPPERED WITH THE SPICY
MINUTIAE OF ROCK. NICKY FORBES, A.K.A. REVILLOS DRUMMER ROCKY RHYTHM, DRAWS ON
HIS MUSICAL ESCAPADES IN THE 1970S PUNK SCENE AND BEYOND INTO THE 1980S,
RECALLING MEMORABLE ANECDOTES THAT ARE PART TRAVELOGUE, PART RITES-OF-PASSAGE,
BUT ABSOLUTELY ALL ROCK’N’ROLL. AMONGST OTHERS, NICKY HAS WORKED WITH GLEN
MATLOCK OF THE SEX PISTOLS, KEITH LEVINE OF PIL, DAVID VANIAN’S PHANTOM CHORDS,
TENPOLE TUDOR, THE PORK DUKES, AND WITH SINGERS AS DIVERSE AS POP PRINCESS
SINITTA, TO THE CLASH’S JOE STRUMMER. PUBLISHED AS A LIMITED EDITION BY SUFFOLK
AND WATT BOOKS, AND WITH A COVER DESIGNED BY RENOWNED LOWBROW FETISH ARTIST
VINCE RAY, THE RHYTHM METHOD IS DESTINED TO BECOME A CULT CLASSIC)
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OUR GENERATION - By Tony
Beesley BOOK £19.99
(The Punk and Mod Children of Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster 1976 – 1985) ('OUR GENERATION' IS THE UNIQUE AND VERY FIRST ACCOUNT OF THE PUNK GENERATION OF SHEFFIELD AND THE LOCAL REGION TOLD BY THE AUTHOR AND OVER 150 DIFFERENT AND VARIED VOICES OF THE ERA. FROM THE PRE - PUNK DAYS AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUMMER OF HATE OF 1977 PUNK AND BEYOND, THE STORY TAKES IN THE MANY CLASSIC GIGS, THE CLOTHES WORN AND SEARCHES FOR IDENTITY, THE GROUPS FORMED AND BROKEN, THE FANS, THE RECORDS, THE VIOLENCE AND LAUGHS ALONG WITH MANY PHOTOS, FLYERS, RARE TICKETS AND MEMORABILIA OF THE ERA. THE BOOKS MAIN FOCAL POINT IS THE PUNK EXPLOSION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE LOCAL YOUTH, BUT ALSO TAKES IN MOD REVIVALISTS, 2-TONE FANS, NEW ROMANTICS AND PASSING ANECDOTES FROM SOME OF THE MANY WELL KNOWN PUNK GROUPS WHO HAVE PLAYED AT FAMOUS LOCAL VENUES SUCH AS DONCASTER OUTLOOK, SHEFFIELD LIMIT CLUB, ROTHERHAM WINDMILL AND SHEFFIELD TOP RANK. MEETINGS WITH SOME OF THE MOST NOTED PUNK GENERATION MUSICIANS SUCH AS JOE STRUMMER, PAUL WELLER AND SID VICIOUS ARE ALSO REFRESHINGLY TOLD BY FANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS. THIS STORY IS ABOUT A TIME OF EUPHORIC EXCITEMENT AND LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES WHEN A PROPORTION OF OUR LOCAL YOUTH CAST CAUTION TO THE WIND AND FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST EXPLOSIVE, CONTROVERSIAL AND INFLUENTIAL MUSICAL REVOLUTION SINCE POP MUSIC BEGAN...THIS IS SHEFFIELD'S EXPERIENCE OF THAT TIME...THE STORY OF 'OUR GENERATION'. THE BOOK IS 444 PAGES AND FULL OF MANY FANTASTIC RARE AND EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS UNIQUE MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES FROM THOSE WHO WERE THERE AT THE TIME. INCLUDES WORDS FROM CHARLIE HARPER (UK SUBS), TV SMITH (THE ADVERTS), JO CALLIS (THE REZILLOS) LOCALS ARTERY, VICE SQUAD AND MANY MORE MUSICIANS, FANS, PUNK ROCKERS, MOD REVIVALISTS, NEW ROMANTICS AND POST-PUNK FANS. NO CORPORATIONS INVOLVED…THIS IS A DO IT YOURSELF PUNK ROCK PRODUCTION AND THE VERY FIRST OF ITS KIND! THERE WILL INITIALLY BE A LTD EDITION RUN OF A 1000 COPIES AVAILABLE)
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"Bored Teenagers #5 Launch Party"
on Friday 11th September 2009 Featuring 5 Original Bands from the golden age of 1977 "BLITZ" (two original members from the old Roxy band) "OPEN SORE" (two original members from the old Roxy band plus 'Tubeway Patrol') "THE TARTS" (three original members from the old Roxy band THAT include "Max Splodge on drums) "T.H.E. (PETE NEWNHAM)" (two original members from the old Roxy band 'Tiger Ashby' and EX 'Cockney Rebel' member) "THE NEGATIVES" (three original members from the band that released "Stake Out" & "Love Is Not Real")
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"The Queen Of England",
Park Street, Slough
on Saturday 25th July 2009.
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This web site is dedicated to the youth explosion that swept the UK during the late 70's and early 80's ....We follow it through all it's different stages. Punk, New Wave, Powerpop, Mod...
Our aim is to document all the bands that were involved in this exciting period of the UK music scene. No other music has shaken up the industry since Punk began!
Along with this web site, we run a compilation series on Vinyl and CD to accompany it.
If there is any band that you would like to be featured or feel should be featured then please get in touch.
If you were involved in any of the bands featured then please also get in touch as we would like to interview you to add to your page.
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