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Examining the Pleasure principle – the enduring appeal of Girls at our Best!
‘We’re not looking forward and we are not looking backWe’ve lost the warranty, we’ll never get our money backMy baby’s buying me another life, getting nowhere fast.’ One of the most influential bands to emerge in the early 1980s, Girls … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Thrills, Carl Harper, Cherry Red, Geoff Travis, Gerard Swift, Getting Nowhere Fast, Girls at our Best, Happy Birthday Records, james alan, Jez Pritchatt, Jo Gaffney, John Peel, Judy Evans, Leeds, Leeds Arts Unversity, Leeds Conservatoire, New York City, Pleasure, Rough Trade, Sexbeat, The Butterflies, The Gang of Four, The Mekons, The Wedding Present, Thomas Dolby
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Whole lotta Sweet’n’Sour shakin’ goin’ on – Baby Shakes talk transatlantic special relationships with The Undertones
There was always a healthy relationship between the NYC and UK punk and new wave scenes, each movement inspiring the other, from the inspirational effect of the New York Dolls and Ramones on the Sex Pistols and The Clash onwards, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby Shakes, Billy Doherty, Claudia Gonzalez, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Dimple Discs, Get Over You, glam rock, Judy Lindsay, Mary Blount, New York City, Nuggets, Ramones, Really Really, Ryan McHale, Stephen Mailey, Sweet'n'Sour, The Undertones
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‘Eddie’s my name!’ In conversation with Eddie Holman
Eddie Holman was up at 5am the day I called him, and two hours later the 68-year-old Baptist minister and soul legend was definitely on a roll. That was Philadelphia time, five hours behind the UK, the man credited with … Continue reading
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Tagged 53 Degrees, Eddie Holman, Falsetto, Harlem, Hey There Lonely Girl, Jackie Wilson, New York City, Northern Soul, Philadelphia, Preston's Got Soul
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