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24.01.2022 ‘Appy birfday John.
11.01.2022 In the case of the Scientists, what a difference a few months makes! From bottom of the bill in ‘82 to headlining over same name talent in ‘83. The Lipstick Killers, meantime, were always gonna be the stars of the show in 1979.
11.01.2022 By the mid-60s, Roulette had not had a major hit for several years. When James appeared with Hanky Panky, a single he recorded in 1964 for a tiny Michigan label, Levy sensed salvation. Hanky Panky had sold well around Michigan, but achieved nothing more until, in 1966, a Pittsburgh promoter found a copy and got a strong enough response from dancers to bootleg it; he sold 80,000 copies in 10 days. James, a teenage father who was providing for his family by singing R&B and Beatles covers in bars across the Midwest, did not know about his hit until the promoter tracked him down. Taken to Manhattan, James signed away his life.
09.01.2022 Buzzcocks were a big band for me, when I was 20 or so. I still have all of my original records and a bunch of other stuff from that time period. I used to go up to Penny Lane Records, right by where I worked as a chef. I bought that first Joy Division 12, An Ideal For Living, there. They had loads of them in the cheap rack nobody knew they were going to become big."
03.01.2022 It only took Rowland 15 minutes to write, and from the word go it was supposed to be a joke. When Nick sang it, he sang it as if it was torn out of his soul; when Rowland sang it, it was a sardonic piss-take - Peter Milne. I was never able to do that song justice, especially back then. Rowland must have been squirming (laughs) everytime I sang it - Nick Cave Being overblown is a part of Nick’s historical practice. The thing is, I think most singers do over-emote. A part... of what is great about Nick’s performance, and the way he pushes it hard into an area where you have to deal with him. - Mick Harvey "It captures that whole St.Kilda thing. That’s where that song lives - Ollie Olsen It was something so total, and it was loved by everybody like a great song is supposed to do. But, o the other hand, you write that, you can hang your fucking guitar up and do something else, it’s so accomplished - Nick Cave. Excerpts from Boy On Fire // The Young Nick Cave by Mark Mordue
