In the early nineteen eighties when freaks, musicians, poets, dreamers and others on the margins of society were still supported and patronised by the state in the form of the dole, art school dropouts Howard Purse and Doug White landed in Bristol and [less]

1977 Bristol & I was playing guitar in my very first band, a college rock band playing my first gig at The Granary, mostly doing covers with a few original songs thrown in. But for quite some time I had been writing lots of songs at home, experimentin [less]

The Crazy Trains were formed by ex St Bede's pupils and long standing friends John McLean (vocals, harmonica) and Paul Grudzinski (guitar). Sharing a love of The New York Dolls, Chuck Berry, The Faces The Rolling Stones and 60's garage R&B, they set a [less]

Many times since the Electric Guitars disbanded in 1983, I've heard hints of their sound in popular music or caught an unkempt coiffure or a substitute for an instrument, that's reminded me of them.

I always thought that when the time was right, when [less]

When the Great Book of Bristol Rock is written Essential Bop will probably merit little more than a substantial foot note in the chapter headed 'Post Punk and Stuff'. Such reputation as they have derives largely from a series of anarchically intense l [less]

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1.P.L.H. Euro Terro 1
2.Dig A Hole
3.Johnny Pulled On His Motorcycle Boots
4.I Am the King
5.O.K. Brutus Sta-Pressed Power
6.Peggy Lee Sups Scarlets Wine
7.Faster Pussycat Blues
8.Spank Spank
9.Twitchin for What The Nightma [less]