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Celebrating the Sounds of the Street – Introducing Solid Bond in Your Heart: A People’s History of The Jam
‘What’re you trying to say that you haven’t tried to say before?’ Yep, it’s the ‘Time for Truth’. After spending much of 2023 working on Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade, I can reveal a few basic details … Continue reading
Treading Gently forward – beyond The Jam with Steve Brookes
When I spoke to Steve Brookes earlier this week, he was at home in Camberley, Surrey, having played Thames Side Brewery in Staines that weekend, this accomplished guitarist and singer-songwriter clearly enjoying gigging as much now as five decades ago, … Continue reading
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Looking back on The Jam, 1982 and all that – back in conversation with Rick Buckler
This time 40 years ago, Rick Buckler must have been wondering just what was next, Christmas and New Year behind him, the ultra-successful group that had been his life for the past decade disbanded, his future uncertain. But as the … Continue reading
Looking back at 2018. Part one – the first six months
As another busy year draws to a close, let’s take a trawl through 2018’s WriteWyattUK feature/interviews, selecting a few choice quotes from within, starting with the half-year up to … well, in the words of Neil and Tim Finn, ‘You … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Ajay Saggar, Bill Bailey, Chas and Dave, Chas Hodges, Chris Hewitt, Chumbawamba, Damian O'Neill, Darron Robinson, Dave Peacock, Dave Robinson, Dave Wakeling, David Baddiel, Days of Future Passed, Deeply Vale, Donald Trump, Dunstan Bruce, Fun Boy Three, Gaz Birtles, Gordon Gibson, Gretchen Peters, Heather Small, Holly Ross, hygge, Interrobang, JC Carroll, Justin Hayward, Knebworth Park, Lee Thompson, Levellers, London, M People, Madness, Mark Chadwick, Mark E Smith, Mark Steel, Mary Whitehouse Experience, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, One Man's Madness, Preston, Rick Buckler, Roddy Radiation, Simon Fowler, Steve Smith, Stiff Records, The Beat, The Clash, The Common Cold, The Fall, The Jam, The Lovely Eggs, The Members, The Moody Blues, The Sha La La's, The Sound of the Suburbs, The South, The Specials, The Swinging Laurels, The Undertones, The Vapors, The Wesleys, Tom Williams, Top of the Pops, Wilko Johnson
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Celebrating 40 years of All Mod Cons with From The Jam
Somehow, while based in Lancashire for nearly 25 years now, I’d never visited The Grand in Clitheroe until last month, yet now I’ve caught two great bands there within a month, with two of my teenage heroes visiting – Hugh … Continue reading
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Tagged All Mod Cons, Andy Fairclough, Blondie, Bruce Foxton, Buzzcocks, Clitheroe, Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, Give 'Em Enough Rope, Love Bites, Mike Randon, paul weller, Pete Shelley, Ramones, Rick Buckler, Russell Hastings, The Clash, The Grand, The Kinks, The Stranglers, The Who
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Getting by in time – back in touch with Rick Buckler
To misquote A Town Called Malice, I’ll start by apologising for the things I’ve never done. On a family taxi duty the Sunday before last, I cut my eldest daughter short as she told me what she’d been up to … Continue reading
From Weller to the Moon – in conversation with music writer Ian Snowball
Ian Snowball was writing the foreword for a book on a Merseyside football casual turned Para when I called, having also recently co-authored Beatles-related novel A Hard Day’s Month with his friend Mark Baxter. There are many more publications out there … Continue reading
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Tagged Dexy's, Don Powell, Ian Snowball, Keith Moon, Kenney Jones, Maidstone, Mick Avory, Mick Talbot, Mod, Oasis, paul weller, Pete Townshend, Red Planet, Rick Buckler, Steve White, The Jam, The Style Council, The Who
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Spirit of ’77 – All Around the World with Russell Hastings and From The Jam
It was a cheap shot, but when I called Russell Hastings back seven hours after rescheduling our initial 10am date due to a dodgy signal, I couldn’t help but ask him, ‘So, Just Who is the Five o’clock Hero?’ “Ha! I … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Fairclough, Belfast, Bruce Foxton, David Moore, From The Jam, In The City, Leo Sayer, Liverpool, Mark Brzezicki, Mike Randon, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Russell Hastings, Sex Pistols, Slade, Suzi Quatro, The Cavern, The gift, The Jam, Tom Heel
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To Be Someone – Talking about The Jam with Den Davis
When a 1,500kg truck bomb was detonated in central Manchester in June 1996, the collateral damage included a vast collection of vinyl rarities belonging to Den Davis, collector and avid fan of The Jam. A few weeks passed before Den … Continue reading
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About the Young Idea – talking about The Jam with Nicky Weller
From the moment you turn right at the desk inside the Cunard Building’s The Jam – About the Young Idea exhibition and head down a mock London Underground tunnel lined with promo posters publicising the original records, you’re in for … Continue reading
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