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Harle and Almond’s essence to fore in The Tyburn Tree
I know I’m getting older, I don’t really need reminding. But can it really be 33 years this coming summer since I first heard Soft Cell tackling Northern Soul classic Tainted Love? It was a while before I properly took … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Hogan, Billy McGee, Dave Ball, Gloria Jones, John Harle, John Peel, London, Marc Almond, Marc Bolan, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Soft Cell, Southport, Tainted Love, The Tyburn Tree
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From Kentish Town to Chicago, via Shalford – the Hugh Cornwell interview
THEY’RE the stuff of legend in my old neck of the woods – the days The Stranglers rehearsed in our village scout hut. I was there myself within a couple of years with my first band – the 1st Shalford … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Chris Bell, guildford, Hooverdam, Hugh Cornwell, London, Madonna, Shalford, Steve Albini, Steve Fishman, Stranglers, Totem and Taboo
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Hugh Cornwell – Totem and Taboo
In which Malcolm Wyatt swaps notes with Hugh Cornwell on the former Stranglers frontman’s latest album, Totem and Taboo, a surefire winner as far as both are concerned. Following rave reviews in the UK, Hugh Cornwell’s new studio album Totem and Taboo … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Chris Bell, Chris Goulstone, Hooverdam, Hugh Cornwell, London, Madonna, Steve Albini, Steve Fishman, Stranglers, Totem and Taboo
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Hats off to James Herbert, a master of his art
THE kids of today have got it easy, of course. All that young adult fiction out there, waiting to be discovered. It wasn’t like that for my generation. My transition from Clive King’s Stig of the Dump and J. Meade … Continue reading
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Tagged Clive King, Colin MacInnes, J Meade Faulkner, James Herbert, London, Stephen King, Surrey, Sussex, The Rats, The Stranglers
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