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'lBE E.m ______--:::,. 5f_vee:zed aJt of
(Heath Hotel • • • • • •}I arch 24 til) "' ?ie.t~ b-j \)i\1.
The
It
third
th friday of the newly opened v enue •
gu~tars
Th • ~a was th eir first
. w.as Th'e turn of '!HE END , a Coventry 5 pi
gig Wl'th a new
ece .
w1th
drum• bass,organ • d rums , and ~
e set started w-ell 1. th a sol~d
. er.
real·~ ty"
was f'a~/ollowed
· by' w "Running , in a 0~ I • type number called " Terminal
away"' ULTRAV

al~igh a!~l;Lad d~:O ~y"' li~~~

a ainf'ul , puncny,reggae song called "D d Sl.Jnlar style. The third numb
t" which slowed the set foltlo wed by"Fading
a st years flowe " • e nex two so.., -s ''H '
the lowest point of th t rs ' were fairly boring and ..()"' -
~r
e was
faud~e~ce, ~hether gu~tarl.sts
a slagging of the . e se • - At this poin t the tw . script" was
don t know, but I this was becau o engaged in
Despite this outb o~ l.t pol.ntless and annoyini se no- one was dancing I
(their
'li!E END best song) ::d :;,~a~~yt ~67kted ~ie thblind"
' y ofup tn "In~ect
• life" ' "I d en tl. ty arcade"'

enjoy ed en t ertaining sound , a nd despite certain i ncidents , !

Their ~usic
often d::.sj o~t:~
~ 1
oudt· an d:l poi·ler f ul but
. , '' ne ru.'l::ler ·w' 1
excelle:'" ~nd ···h ·· -' 1 st t'n,
· re"' t o f . t 1 ~.,
~:d s band is O.te of me fe~l .!ll glr l g roup seemec to grind to a ilal t
band· s :lrou.!d •uo try to s ell th e1r . appeared · to excell · n:... "" ey a re no tsneout-
.
s t 3.:1d1nc; n u si c al ly but t •·
0bUSl.C a&n not t n eir COdies , ("sinly t~.1t musci ::ns and ma.:· .. ey a:e coope-
Thecause
· nobody
. . 1 s)
\·:ould -!>ay fo r ..~h e1r although catch •Y of the1r numbers
el.r :nusl.C see::ted to .1..tVe pro::~u· er: t memo r :..ble 'Phy we:e not particularly
,heavv · -~1 uences al tilou •il tJ · •·
~ ro c.k l:u at a T R~ e~ d~d a desperate attempt
~ave al~ t.1e inJ redi en ts for ~:l , ;~~K' ,._ . num er, possibly ' flu!' J..tv Y~ ~
J.uey thseemed. to. en JOY · t netl s elv e s , a!ld so•
g r~up ; l. . e . expen sive clo tnes end did
to~ten perox ide blonde . - .:. e maJOrl. ty of t:J.e aud ie!lce .

There .as the usual 'IQK ROBINSON audience h ere tonigh t - students and trendie s ,
a scattering of punks , plus 60 J apanese k ids - (from Japanl !l ) . It was a typical
TRB c¢nc er t as •-ell- ie . tnere were some good songs (for the audience to clap
a l ong to l ) , too many slo gans ( without the music to back th"' up) , and a •eneral
goodt ime , friendly
The songs a tmosphere
that stood out w·e re. " Too good to be true", "Blue murder" ( tne Liddle
To . . rs song) , "Law and o r der " (a solo ' sing-along' t hat used to be don e by DolpniD
before he left the group , and is now done by t ho keyboards p l ayer) , " Bully for
you" (th e l ates t single , sounding a bit like an early Kinks song) , " 2468 KotorWilY",
"Jont take uo fo r an ans·..re r ", and " Aint gonna take it".
The band iid 2 eoco reo - the first one star ted with "hr tin" ( gr eat nem e f or a song) ,
wh!.ch didA t g< t as "" ' • r•ac ti on ;roo the audience as I bav e known i t to in the
,ast. Then c""e "Power in th 'ar<ness" - tn 1Xe usual speech i n the middle, and en
added bitthe
"1 near which 1 lothat
rna3J1 v e~ -theresnot much national fron t in Cov entry is that the
Conservatives and Labour do it so well. " . . ... clap , clap t clap.
For the second encore we got "Jumping jack flash ", played quite well.
I trY to convince myself that I dont like the TOM ROliiNOON B&ID , but they' re no t
all that bad.If they cut out sooe of the overt poli tical slogans and concentrated
on the 11Usic they would be much better for it.
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GORDAN A - VOCALS
BRI.Aif - BASS
ALAN - DRill-iS
CHRIS - GUITAR
ANDY - GU ITAR

The CLIQUE played a better set tonight than t ney did at the University a few weeks
ago.Apart from the small stage the Heath is an ideal place for up and coming bands.
The CLIQUE were out of place on the large,bright University stage .
Tonight the groups playing was improved,and Gordanas singing was better too;how-
ever she seemed to wam up as the set progressed , starting off r i th weak vocals and
putting more in as she went on.It was the same with her stage mannerisms ( a bit
forced we thought) - she was very static at the start, only movine around towards the
end.Her singing is still 3iouxsie influenced,but with some vari ety tonigh t , eg. - she
varied the tempo of her singing sligh tly,but not enough to keep un with the r es t of
the group) . ·
The be st songs were- ''H igh on the altar" ,"Crying sname",(not played as well as
last t i:ne) , and the encore,"The hero" .
The CLI~U~ have a lot of pro~ise and are worth ~oing to see when you next get the

THE TAR;}ETS

GARY JACKSON - GUITAR/VOCALS

ADY DICKS - LEAD GUITAR/VOCALS
PAUL STRICKL.A!W - BASS/VOCAL.3
P ETE KL'W - DRUM S.

This is the first time I 've seen the TARG 3TS and I was qui te impressed . They are a
good,musical , rock band with some great guitar w.ork .Ho wever some ~f the ac-tual mat-
erial is lacking: they need to develop so:t~e sort of character. Thel.r songs say so~ &­
thing without being too 1 street leve! ' ,as they are a fun band , who try to establl.sh
some sort of rapport with their audience.
The numbers which stood out tonight were- ''Never thougnt it would come to this",
"Teenage lament" ''Man in the !lliddle" , (whicn reminded me of ' Man in the box' by V2) ,
"Time s up" , (.!!2..! hte BUZZCOCKS song).''Hope I die before get o~..t",Ricilard liell' s -
"Blank generation" , and "Wordless and breathless", (one of tnel.r best) .
Towards the end of the set the si!lJ :?r start<!rl J u:·:-; i ; ;.; around, but there wasn t much
room on the stage. They did their eneore sitting down !
There wasnt much response to the TARG ETS, I tnink most people had come to see the
CLIQUE tonight as they started drifting away b efor e the TARGETS finished t h eir set.
A. pi t;y as they are a good group and deserve more support.

The group aonsiete of -
RIPPER - BASS
.ANDY - DRUMS
GRAHAM - LEAD GUITAR
DAVE - FBYTHM GUITAR
The lead and rh ythA guitarists are
brothers.
The gro.up started the avenin& ott
with a sonc e-alled "Working Cllass
people",it was a good number bu~
it wasnt th eir best sang that n~ t
They ha d a good visua l ima ge, good
clear lyrics,a catchy beat, and a
v ery good d rummer. The sound i~ a
touch of metal impr ov ed rock. They
have a good singer, rl th an indiv-
idual voice - it cannot be c ompared
to any w:ell known singer. They could
be a good band for the tuture . For
each number the singer has a slightly
di fferent To i oe.
Their son g s h ave sollle earl y STONES
influence , 1rl th a sligh t touch. of
BOWI E. I t did s tart to ge t bo r l.Ilg io-
sard s the end . They played some
fa st rc<!:k n roll numlllers one of which
was LITTLE RI CHARDS " Tutti frutti " , and
also "10 guitar s" .Of their own work : ..
liked " Sick politic s " , "Football hooll.gan
which the crowd danced to , " Contemplating
su icide" and " Tattoo paul" .The ones I
d idnt l ike w.ere "M e rry go round", " Co caine
on my b rain '' was fun but even so , I d J.d-
nt like it.
THE WILD FERRETS a r e a very enjoyable
band . They need some fast numb er s , they
hav e a f ey numb ers which wer e too slow.
If they bad come on later in the ev ening
more p eople would hav e got up to dance ,
unfortunately they didn t tonigh t.
A new heavy punk band tha te been on the
scene in CoYentry for the past 3 mon the.
They consis t of
S'ro - VOCALS
STEVE - GUITAR
MURF - BASS
GRAY - DRUMS
The band started with "S t rike out" , a fast
heavy punk number which the e-rovd liked.
I reckon RIOT ACT are better than the
MEMBERS musically speaking. They have a
Tery good preeene-e, some feed back cou ldnt
be helped. The group didn t mind the !ollov
-ere shouting SUK 69 slo gans, tbeyve got
a good crowd following but ri tb the wrong
people - it reminds me ot 2 years ago when
punk came into full s wing .
RIOT ACT have got a good strong pulse beat
i t keeps the adrenali.n beating, i te not bo:l'-
ing. They keep going fast and l oud and are
v ery goo d fun wi th chanti ng l y r i cs. Tonigh t
i t was a very fu l l nou ae .
Other song s th ey di d wer e "Numbers",also a
cover of "Pr e tty vacan t '' - bri lliant. Th ey
p layed for a bout an hour: their bes t num-
b ers are - " Strike out" , "Pretty vacant",
"Numb ers", and "Tougher than you" . I think
they shou ld drop "Oh what a state", "One
way" , and "Legalised per secution" .
The crowd wen t that mad that figh ting broke
out between SQUAD f an s and RIOT ACT fans -
s tarted by some r oadies throwing glasses -
boots go i ng,f i sts fly ing, glass,bo ttles f l y-
ing ev erywher e . Two guys I saw were badly
injured,blood pouring f r om fo r eh ead and
che ek. - and to think tha t the Hea th is the
only public house the pu."lks h ave f v :: seeing
new bands , i t is disgus t ing that a thing
like this should happen .Af ter t onigh t ther e
will prob a bly be nowh ere to s ee bands.
I HOPE YOU ARE ALL PLEASED WITH YOURSELVES
YOU FUCKING LOUTS - YOU SPO IL IT FOR EVERY-
ONE IN COVEi'lTRY .
Now ther e might be nowhere to play , thanks
to you.
As fo r RIOT ACT - they tried v ery hard t o
stop the t rouble and v iolence , but it wa s
too bad to d.o m ytbing about it.Now you
know h ow Jimmy Purs ey feel s about the troub-
l e at ~AM 69 gigs.It looks like RIOT ACT
wi ll be banned from playing anywhere,and
when they do p lay it wi ll be a s el l ou t
jus t to s ee them play liv e . - Lots of l uck
RIOT ACT , and k eep it up STU .
One las t thing - they shoul d bring out an
EP . - the songs I would ch oo se would be -
"Pretty vacant","Tougher than you","Strilce
out",and "Numbers" which is my f avour ite.
 FUN MEN?
d formed in summer 1977 .
First .:;i_; Octo ber ' 77 at 1h'ar'tTick Univ ersity an~ ;SOt banned .
Recorded " Such a spiv" single in January 1978.
Released on April fools day ' 78.
Got banned nationally in ~l ay ' 78 due to legal action over name .
Changed name to .1>EFEli.DANTS and re-released single in August ' 78 .
Drummer Dick left in Harch ' 79 .
New drumoer Lord .Scott joined on Anril fools day 1979 from tile aogos~U ALS.
First gie played ~1i th new line up 0 ~1 April 15t.l at :1o rwicL. Boogie house .
Future gigs ••• 'l'our of London 3, 4, 5, ·'iay 79
'tdll play local gigs at heath in Coventry, Crown in Leamin~ton ,in

Sunday afternoon,Lea~in J ton Spa,the other side of ~~e railway bridge , the
wrong side of the tracks . DEFENJ~\TS explain their situation during tea .
You ~ay not h ave heard th~ recently so nares wny •••

-"well , we havent ha d a drummer basically. "

~ AV E -"'ii e havent done any local gigs recently ' cos there nasnt been anywhere to play
apart from the Hand n Heart, and t.~at closed down . Oh yeah we did Warwick
University - with the V. I . P. s,t."lat was in january".
Pause . In ~'1e :nean tim e tne .JE.F~"l JA., T;:;i exolain to me tne business side of
the ·.Jusic , t.'teir :iifficul ty in finJing an. agency who would nelp til.em find
pl ac es to play fur~~er away - like London .
- ile havent JOt an a :; ency , l"lell a lot of other bands havent got agencies ,
o ther oands in Coventry !lav e been aaving trouble ge tting a 5ency deals as
l-Tell,:.ts just a question of ge tting people to co.1e a4_: E" v .- you,whether its
a record contract or an agency you want tney seem to taka so long in doing
a simple thL'lg like that. "
GA."'l.Y - ''Yeah, I think the first t."ling a band needs, instead of guitars is probably
a tel epnon e . "
Talking about agencies , an:i the like , the band h as t h is much to say -
DAV -;: - "I don t think we'd b etter mention any naoes had we?"
GA::\Y - "iVhose names ? 11
DAVE - ''Any bo dys names 11
GARY -"Al l ri~.1t , vre wont1:ention a 11J na:.1e s 11
iJAV .• -'' like .dil.CJ.;"
.;ARY - "C.:j3,...:..I , :1Ustn ' 1: ::~ention t nem "

Tr ou"ol ~ is before tney start e;ettin,; any't1here be band must play a !'ew times
1.0 Lonio!l because a -·ents or r ecorJ co.:. oan1.es very ra:-ely vi sit Coven try . aut
t:1ey .1 ced ' an a ge.'lcy o to :'ini places to play in Lonlon . ~a~Y feel tney can' t
play a round t!le area :::uch l onc;er becaus - -

"We ' 11 be playing up our own arse , we n ee~ t:o r e c:.~ . ·,th e mon~y ,.,.e• ve earne:i has
dwindled an:i d'l"lindled and now we're in debt , we need new equ1p:nen t and were not
gonna 5et it p layin~ around nere . "
so its probl~s ;-;i th drummer, :nanagement, a~ency, t h at tr• .:! band want to sort
out . Al so trouble with social security wr.o see:n to tnink tneyre earning
vast amounts of ~oney being in a band.
DAVE -"Th e social security are anti-youth culture i n tnis country."
GARY -'" Cos its "'.)!'OVir.c.:..al Lea:nington , t hey dont understand ,n ever h ati a pop group
in Leamington . Their brains are dislodged , :~oa t of t hem . "
 The DANTS need a benevolent manager who ' s rich,who wont interfere with
t h eir music or anything else on t~ e a rtistic side , o r as Gary puts it-
"\iho wont actually do anything except supply you with money".
All this ::~ igh t sound too much like business , but its best to know wnat you
are up against. The companies want to make money ou t of the band , they're not
going to sign anybody because they like the music ,af ter all , tneir favourite
· ph ras e is "good product" . As if we didnt h ave enough already . The finished
article , ::~ oulded i n to s :tape , streamlined fast car perfect leave it a lone just
a dmi r e it wi th your eyes - but do!l t you change it.
The DEF~~D&iTS are tn i~ing of ~aking a~other singl e . Their first ' Such a
spiv ' , h as been r er eleased s inc e i t c&n e off t ne p r esses a year ago, but its
not r resentative of their sound now .

Rich Tft)wbr\~je-...
\~Cld r:xu,'-b.cj boc kl~ \Joe~\.

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lri Scott j
DNIT\S/IIItUfl)$tS .

DAVE - 11 1 t h ink we n eed to do so:ne tning else ev en i f its jus t to ~et our nSille in the
pa pers again."
They' d like to see an L. P. released with local bands on it - 3PECI A.LS,LARD WP
22., ..;()DS WY ~,SQUAD , etc on it, i f anybody ha d the :no~1ey to lay out .

They dent see much al '.:urnto.tiv c tc -:I. e 1 get to London , find a record company'
route to suc cess . Some f riends of t n eirs helped run r a d io Jackie , a pira te station
which survived for 10 years . I t got c losed down a few weeks a go .
GARY - " They were running it from the ::~iddle of a field , they'd go to the middle of
a field at night and set up the tran~i tt e r and leave i t running and nide
in the bu shes . Sometimes t.1. e guy ,.mo maci.e tt~e tape would be in the bus.r.e s
and t!1<.> ::wlic or G.P . O. would arrive and confiscat e the equi-p:nent . "
But pira t e rad io h as its licitations , b ecause not too ~ any peopl e know about it,
but it mus t have an audience . Apart from pi rate radio , Zig Zag and Joan Peel are
about the only ways that bands outside London get to be heard about .
Back to the D3FENJ~~TS who by now have a new drummer and should be playing at
the Gr een u in S tratford on tol th.
DAVE - "OK here we hav e Gary' s quote of the week 1- 2- 3···"
GARY -" I think the er pharmaceutical side of it is just a s imp ••• "
DAVE -" I think you 've just farted "
GARY -" I think bands should be governm ent subsid ised ~'
" Its not too bad , ! mean w~re h aving a meal t onigh t".
' 76 :BOREDOM I '79:E.VEII:I800YS IW'PY!
Tha 27th Marcil ~1a 3 V··r.·y •r.ret and miserab-
le .We managed to get in the Cov. theatre
before the BUZZCO CKS did t heir set.
They got a good crowd reaction with
young girl s running onstage , grabbing and
kissing Pete Shelley and Steve Garvey.
It remined ~ e in sooe ways of t he BAY
CITY ROLLER days . There were a soall
group of abou t 20 people who tried to
spoil it for the rest of us . Pete Shell ey
s topped playing a:1d of"f 3red all the ones
who were causing the trouble their money
back if they would leave,and giv e the
r est of the people the satisfaction of
enjoying what was left of the evening.
I s aw t he BUZZCOCKS when they first
played Coventry at ' Georges ', but tonigh t
I just C'Ouldn ' t ge t i n to them as I would
have nonn ally . Tonight there was no mag-
ic , they played variations of early BUZZ-
COCKS nun b ers , ~~d also some new stuff.
I reckon ta ~y have bot a brilliant
drummer . Fro::l the first mmber to th e
last he made a great Lnpact . 'i here does
he ge t the en er gy to go on all ni gh t?
I NTERVI :i.'W
Pe t e Shelley was v er y friendly tonight ,
kissi ng some g irl f~~s and siening auto-
graph s. de went upstairs to the bar and
hai cokes all round ~ ?ete s tar tei ta e
conv ersation , by which t~e I was intrig-
ued by this littl e oan with a lot to say
f;;,r .. .r;;.,·:: .he ia a :i"ly !I.an •.-ith a quiet
voic e.
lie told u s tha t for appearing at th e
Cov entry tneatre tonigh t t hey get £1 , ~0
for a 50 mi nute set. However ~e does not
consider playing liv e as ~~e ult~a t e , as
AH INTERVIEW Wtm
A:T'E. SHEi!:EY.
most bands do . He get s the same f eeling
do ing anything concerned with the band.
He said that the BUZZCOCKS ' Spiral
s ~ratch ' ~p will be re-released soon on
it' s original New Ho rmones label. He has
also written a lot of songs for a new LP ,
but says t!lnt they are no t BITZZCOCKS
songs (a solo 1P ?) .
I asked h im why his last single -
" l!!verybodys happy nowadays,. had such a
simple verse and cho rus. iie said s tudy
t he lyr ics and they t ell vrhat I was t.'lin-
ki ng at ~'le ti.oe .••. ost of hi s songs are
about expr e ssed feelings , which can still
be r elated to, even no w. h e thinks the
r ecord is typically BUlZCOCKS styl e , and
was not put out just to en t er tile charts.
Pete a~r )t~ S Ec. ': tn e .dUZZCOCK.l audien-
c es are ge tting younger , with an average
a ge gr oup of 14 year olds (last weeks
Travolta fans) . But he still feels he
is not selling ou t in order to be fa::~ous,
he is doing so~e thing he believes in.
Ev en so , tle does not dismiss the pop star
image , i t i s L~possible to when,just on
his new single , h e made £6 , 500 for him-
self.
He is very genuine to his fans , and ans-
wers all his own fan mail etc .
Do :~ he regard nimself as a person people
can turn to in an hour of need ?
"Yes , in many ways I do " .
I regar d Pe te Snell ey a s a r ealistic
numan bein5, the ' people s friend' . If only
people woul d lis ten to ilim fo r what he has
to s ay . Its all in his lyrics i f you take
the tim e to listen. -
"Life' s an illusion,
Lov e is a dr eam" .
BY
!OM AND J'UL/E
 AI V£R'/ SHoRT NOT/c£ /

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The ,...roup r ae en tly changed their name from the

HO.tiiDR.> as they found out t na t t here is a band
in London w~th the s~e name , which has already
brough t a sing! e ou t.

H15TOlY OF THE BAND

The X-CERTS have been together 10 moo ths, playing 12 gigs in that time.
About a year ago Gray started pl aying rhythm guitar ; he looked for ages for
someone to pla y bass and drums - with no luck.Tnen he found Kev for a drummer.
About 11 months ago Gray bought a cheap bass ani star t ed playing that.The two
of' them played for a :non th , then Dave saw them - he had been playing guitar for
6 years and had been in various Nectar/Rich Kids style bands before - after 2
weeks he joined them .
At the moc en t Gray works at a trav el agents in town , Kev is a' professional
:nusician ' ( ie . on the dole ) , and Dave has recently started work at the .t-lu sic
centre.
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ma g ; just what th Nice to read your
one thought of 1 t e.,:;ea needed, pity no-
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op~~ly constructiv )
1) Try not to
offer
e cri ticiSIIIs.
LETTERS
they are pret:O eo~~ o;e~board on GODs mrs
elop. Your revieW'S 0 / th:. ~eed til:le to deT-
~Olt the:a quite well; knowinl.nd~a te that you
LETTERS
o the band members t
a Clique .
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g e songs, naaes
e c.You must avoid beinc
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LETTERS
be go.od . (Not just n ge Y/local bands WOUld
heavy metal bands h;;e •;;:sf~ bands:- even
3) What about tryin
K( enilworth.Besides :a~ sell in Lea:llington/
::BAPEs, DEFENDANTS su~g"' some ace bands -
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they are even more ' T""RRA.NEAllS etc)
Coy. kids. starve~ of ~usic ~
4) The r ev 1ews
5) I lik
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are good: - kee .
P 1 t up.
-LETTERS
H e PARIS:- bu t thats my Opinion'
ope the Cri tic-isms
the rood wo rk.
•
are useful + keep up LET TERS
RON ~ l RT
EARLSOON, • r-: ~&n.ks to -
COVaiTRY . us his a /Hark 0 a bourne
P • S • 1 h ave been vo eA' · !'rom h J.m
· l"t at Poetry mag. 1t . !'or- send;-
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rhythm guitarist ( cu)1st. with NO PLUG, and - 155 Aldel!ll i a available
ETer heard of th 811 o:ce w~ th the SUBTERANEAN~ ( Easte.rn gr-!ster l"d.
c-redibility. .? - howe that for street L coll tribut· Coven;:r en,
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WHAT HAVE WE GOT ?
The .£5 L.P. This is ou trageous and I suggest a boycot of all L. P.s. Nick what
you have to.
The 99p single . But singles are definetily the best value around , with coloured
vinyl,doubl es , gatefold sleeve s , picture sleeTes ,l2",10 ",6" , (and even 7") , free
T- sh irt offers, free elephan t a ••• its fantastic. Millions of ultimately co llec t-
able lables,from the precise new music stark 'Fas t Product' to the bubbling
animosity of STIFF . There' s something you like somevhere .
Loca lly,we bad the 'Flya','RU12','Squad', and ' Specials' and ' X-Ce rts ' i n the
pipeline . Your favourite crrouph there somewbere,isn' t it? Only Virgins and
Hansona are any good t."tougb - I also suggest a boyco tt of BMV , because of them
~harging 99p for a single just because ita coloured . Cbeapie bins in Owens,
Wooliea and Boots.
RJ..l)IO - Rights t o our own radio a ta t ion are currently being fougb t over in the
true red tape beauraucratic fashion- I t'll be 1990 before we get one , and It'll
be crap anyway. But we' 11 all be dead by then . In a city this siz e , ·.fe should have
bad a station long a go .
GIGS : BIG GROUPS - Ita anybody' s guess whether a g roup will bother to come to
Coventry o r not - Some,like RU3i do ,but other smaller, (but infinetly better,
natch) , don t. eg. The HEMBERS , DJMNED . Everybody ougb t to come here, there are
350,000 of us - surely thats enough , even for someone with as bi g a bead as
Devoto - ano tber one missing us ou t.
LOCAL GROUPS - :hall er v enu es - do I r ea l:y i .<lV <l to list them? - are great.
40 or SOp, and you can see one of the 15 or so Co-.entry groups - maybe its 20 or
so by now.. Go to a small pub, see a good band,maybe see them afterwards, buy their
single next day for 75p - wha t more could you ask? It you don t like anythmg, then
ro out and do 1 t yourself - thata what the pistols did.
But wait- 'God saTe the Queen - instrumental Tersion'. Perhaps you'd bet ter
keep buying overpriced L.P. s anyway.
GIDRGE G. -
4LLESLEI PARX,
COVE:ITRY.
 I asked them about their influen ces - Dav e ' lost h i s credibility' by saying
that his' hero ' is Mark Farner of GRAND FUNK (and he buys all tne RUSI and GRAND
••• FUNK albums.»ray reckons he is influenced by DEAF SCHOOL,and he hates borinl
heavy music . KeT said that ~1cCavery, the KlllK.S drummer was his only influence.

GIOUP THAt~ GOJMG TO PULL

GOVENTll OUT OF tT'~ rut''
(X-tE.rf$)
ter our comment s in th e revie Wl of the Mu sicians Union comp eti tion, the ,roup
thi nk that they a re NO'ffi!NG LIKE THE J AM . The struc ture of tile'1r songs is comple~
ely different, and they t"l il1k ~ 2 compa risons a re d rawn j u s t bec ause they are a
3 p iece band .
On the M. U. colllpe t i tion - They though t it was good to s e e so many l ocal g r oup s ,
for f r ee and there should be :tore ev en t s like this , al thou gh they didnt think a
lot of the actual competition itself. The da y in Ho rizon stud ios wnich they won
in th e competition was used to record their up co= ing singl e , o n ZAKA records -
"Feelin3' i n tlt t: groove" c w " Weekend" , it should com e ou t some t ime in May.
Brian Ja:nes,wno was involved in judging tne compe tition , said that he thought tne
X- CE..'qTS were a very good songwri ting t eam,stronger than the JAY. . He wants them to
go down and play in London . However, at the moment the band are happy to stay in

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Coventry and play locally - they will be doing a l o a d of gigs to tie in with their
single release .

e have p, ayed tL ey thought Hereward

A few no tes on venues - of the pl aces tn ~. and th~ ' Crown and Cusnion ' . pub . ~n
College,in Tile Hill , Cov entr~: b~o~~fb~~o~bl e here with tnere fans bel.ng l.nvol-
Birmingham tne worst - tney a a
ved in fights .
uper a:nbi tion a - t
The group nas some s d k Farner to co::tplen en t i •
. l to chart an rl ar
DAVE: a swg e . . N
K::V : to jam with B~ll ~ so
i n and mee t Ray Davies.
GRAY : a chart singl e tnl.s year.

The X- C.:.RTS rehearse 5 n 1.gn ts a •.-:.H'.< , snaring tne basement of the travel agents
where Gray works with BLACK PARROT 5~IDE . They are now looking fo r a ' good nard-
working' keyboards player to augment the band , because in a full gig (which they
didnt play at the Univ e rsity) , Dave plays keyboards on a couple of numbers,and tney
want a f'ull time r eplacemen t .
By the way, Dave wants people to come u p and talk to them af ter gigs - he says they
were ignored at the University ~ •• and thats a bou t it, we 'l l r ev iew the single as
soon as ~e ge t hold of a copy . I hope its a succ e s s for them .
'lllE DIGITAL D!NOSlURS

l.i neup :
Gorilon ' .1aobitz. ' Frn.ncis :
Lead/ Second Guitar
Steve ' ' or s e ' I ayo:
Lead/ Second Gui t ar
Dave ' Rah~itz ' Francis :
Second Gui tar/ uas s
C. H. Spotts :
IJ v '. cc/ lr t'
Cr ys tal Jlends :
Voi ce/Acoustic Guitar
Whoever plays:
Bass/Drums

I don ' t really uncersiand this Group , I don ' t think that they understand themselves ,
nevertheless • I first encountered what was to be the nucleus of the
' Dinosaurs ' in 1977 , t~en masqueradine un1er the name of ' C. fi . Spotts ana His
Very Own Voice 1and ' with a bare lineup of acoustic e,uitar , lead Puitar and harp
t~ ey beran the bones of w~at •:e now know as ' panic Music ' . 'fhe:-• rehearsed .. a
cole danp eel lar deet.. t eneath 82 \-]ellington Road in the heart of :·e::-r~· 'iarr ,
~ir'" in~~A M , •.r ith an occasional seccnd r.uiiarist ' Cowpat ' and ir. the space of a
week had writ Len we 11 over twenty songs . Unfortunately , then as now , the.v were
not r roficient MUsicians ; which, rer.e~ber , prior to this new a.~ was a cardinal
~in . Amonf"St the songs they played me •:ere ' The Snare ' , ' Problems with the Puss ' ,
1 Rolli':1C' River Blues ', ana earlier versions of 'fi1 5. 94 Blues' and ' l·zy Strange

? xperience (in Your Roof) '. ~~ey were hardly toeether , yet they did pe rform
just once , emergin( to play one cig at the ' Crown and Cushion ', Birminghaw, i n
f.a~' of that year . It was a disaster and off the sta -e they bounded after :~us t
one number their musical aspiratio:~s , public at least , seemingly gone . They
r~ tlrrned to the ir re~pective studies of arc~itecture and electronics and continued
t o live in that house .

That ice ace was until Januar:-· of this year, when I encountered two of them once
more . They were now five and were prone to borrow others when the mood took the~ .
They now had scattered amonrst their ranks some 100 songs - but not all of them
knew how to play them! Still the advent of punk had wiped the musical boards
clean, or so the me1ia told us , and strangely the ' Dinosaurs ' with little
r elevance to anything in 1977 , seemed now not so decadent . Sadly , the opportunity
to oee t her. in this city at least just didn ' t exist . How one gets the confidence
to go onto the alien gig circuit of London havinc. not been weened on a more
hospitaole home circuit is beyond me . So I saw them in a front living room , i n
their house , Coventry , which is probably the main stare for any of the many groups
now rearing t hc-msel ves in Coven ~ry . A rare chance , however, to see them did come
in !·;arc~ of t ris year at the \olarwic.< Uni versit:: Rock Contest. Without either bass-
ist or drummer , their short set lacked both beat and t imin.r· , and a gain they weren ' t
very good , but they seemed happy enourh , dressed in their bandages , leathers and
multi- coloured pyjamas .
They still leave me confused and I don ' t kno~ what to make of ther.: , or the songs .
They range from the lulling yet mockin€ love/neurosis lyric of ' Fingers and Thumbs '
to the manic psychadelic thump of ' Scream in~ Old 1,:oma.n on a Bicycle ' supposedly
written about a mad professor- type who rides a bike around the streets of Coventry.
Running and riding away in fact seem to be a reoccuring theme in many of their
lyrics . I ' ll leave them to leave you with words from their title song ; ' We ' re the
di~ital liners and we ' re still on the run • • • ' ('Digital Liners ' April, 1979).
Discogralilll: ' C. H. Spott s and His Very Own Voice Rand tprivate L. P. tapes ,
April 1977) , X-Certificate tape {pri vate tape 1978), ' Mellow Yellow'/~ngers and
Thumbs' (unreleased single January 1979) , ' Extinction' (L.P. March 1979) .
 STIFF

."ill albu:: likely t o appeal to a 'll.di e

sud~d-•Ce witn .:. ts r. ew w ..~.ve a_,d 60's influ ences .
' ilo:ne' ::s n robably tne :nost ilport.:mt track o.1
the a lbur:. - aot because i t says anyth ing ~
but because it describe s tne hassel and
frustrc.tio.l of teent1.;ers .;ro·.~i 1g away frotu
their pare.1 ts cor.trol w;.ilst still livi t.~ a t
!'lo::~ e , !iO very accuro..tely . 'L .:/i'.:) .,;~, .1.'0 YuUR
PL.~t.8E ' se.ys it all.
•·. O!:lt of t'•e tro.cks e.re .,.,r:. tten by Le::1e Levien and Les Chappell but
sever._l trac~<s a re penned by ou t LJiders . 1 Tel epa tny ' and 1 .3ay ;~rl e. J '
0
are wri tten by Ol .. e J . 1 . eill 1 Uese tzo;J.CkS l ~lC ~( t:l e 1390Si tiVi ty and
fluidity of her o•..m tr.:.~.cks 'out t:'ley a re r e.cey even r a ucous a.la I think
it is pro bnbly .;ood plar~l int; to pu' tnem o :~ tile album _s tne li!51 t
humour balances her ~o re sez-ious work.
1
To .i eh t 1 a ick .:..o\~e co_-::;>ositio.: is a pret't"J love so •G \db ph ntJ·
of sc. p l '1,Vi:1e "!..: • b"P:>Y rhythr.· { - great for :ia..tci 1g. ' I t!ti.L< i~e ' re
a l o1. e lO W' is a really i i:Jipirl so . . g -::iven some cre::. i'oili t ;; by . i;:;::; L ..
Th e re..!l!l inin..; tra c,< s :1re ver; ~oo:l tney iltclu..:i e · _uc~<Y ... u:tber' very
popular a t tne :to~ er. t, 1 Sleeping .:: eauty' !.t.td 1.1 01.e.1Lr J ..:.reo...<lown ' :i.:.s-
pla:: so-::1 o :na .ic wail i..lJS a:1<i ::.~s-,a scre ..:.."'ls a .l ..;o_e\~ here _ ' 11 sure I
.1ear <>OJc re )...; ..e i.1f l..1 ~ 1cec: .
1
1 i..1 'l t , OOv , .JGJ ' i ;, "- ve_ · :a ~ . ex:: i ·.i:tJ t r~c . ~ a ....:. .::ert:.:.io 1·ror ....
see:t t o be s.::..n.; i 1 ca;::i t::.l le tter:; - ~,_)jQe ...c .ievE!:l eJ. t eo ! ' 'fj <:w .... _
touc;:' i e trul,• !'0-:l.:l. .. ~ -c ...:o .. .:; 3 ...:l_ot -. 1:_>1-to.>ic f..:.c.::- up 1 _.:; J .. c
. w...: :-e:!or t er st_ted , lis·.;c.• t) :_-;; ~• . tecid." f_ Jou . .-:;~~! .
VIRGIN
The ~ •..!1-IBER 3 nav e come up •,Titl'l a mainly excellent debut albu:n . It en-
CO!'!passes a vari e t y of styles - pun:c , reggae, even rock n roll.
Sid.e l s tarts with ' Electricity ', an instrumental w.lich is .sood (I don
usually like instrumentals) and has a reggae feel. It goes straig:tt into
' Sally ' an upte:npo so!lg about a !!!Od els dorTn!1ill path . llext is '.:Jono-a-
go- go ' ,also fairly fast , witn a powerful chor~ d . ' Don t push ' carries on
at the same pac.e, it has a Russian cossack style break towards the end -
1taey, hey, hey, hey,". The classic ' Solitary confinement' closes this side ,
(a different version to t:le Stiff single - with sax appeal . )
Side ~, track l , is ' Frustated,Bagshot' with an ~ddie Cocnran style
int ro and a chorus of "If I 'm really,really good - will you let me watch
which runs into ' Stand up and spit',a laid back reggae song. iiext is
a new version of 'Sound of t ::.: !J1;bu::-b..:;' - as good as the singl e .
' Phone in show ' is about cheap en t ertai.nmen t from local radio , \d th a
phone call break in the middle . ' Lov e in a lift' is reggae influenced
but speeds up towards the end . 'fuen finally theres the title track,' .At
the Chelsea nightclub' , recorded live . Ano~~er excellent track with brea
lyr ics and a ' 1-,y generation ' riff .
After being disapoin t ed by the John Peel session, I was surprised tha
this L. P. was so good . It oanases to cap ture S.):.Je •.J f their live magic,
and is worth getting if you liked any o r all of their singles.
" By you rself • by yourself, bu y yourself •• this record . "
 ANGELIC UPSTARTS - I ' M AN UPSTART (Warner bros . )
The ghost of early Sham 69 is nere on this record . Tnis is what ~~ey used
to sound like, when t hey were good . - "I ' H .AN UPSTART, hEY , WH AT YOU GONii A
DO ?" - gravelly vocals ov er a fast tune . This is excellent , and well prod-
uced by- surprise , surprise , Jimmy P~rsey .
The B side LEAVE I':E ALONE (not the saam nunber) is a beat number, reminiscent
of the Rezillos, but wi tl' a. yob on vocals. - "Just go away and leave me alone
Also good ,and surprisingly well played .

CR@SS FEEDI!m OF 'lRt! 5".000 (Small wonder)

You do not buy this record for the music,you buy it for the energy,the beat,
and most of all for the lyrics .
There are 16 tracks on the .i.. . P./E. P. 'Asylum ' , !Ul anti-religioua ..;o .• ; ,aas
been censored and 1s left as a minute of silence and retitled ' t~e sound of
free speach ' (its available from Crass if you send them a cassette)
The first track is ' Do they owe us a living' , a fast song lvi th a strong chor-
u s - "Of course they fucking do t 11 • ' Snd result ' is no thing special. ''fueyve
got a bomb' is good 1'1i th its break in the middle . Crass then prov e punk is
alive by singing 'Punk is dead' (in the same way the Pistols proved they cared
by singing "',¥e don t care ". ) - t!tis is a put down of all t..le commercialism. ~
' Reject' is not ".lc:. .:;c>":. J. . ' General Bacardi 1 is one of the best tracks,its
a coli.IDent on tile hippy revolution. •:aanned from the Roxy' is another attack an .J
the gove~ent/army. Side 1 ends with •;•s song' - (theyre repressing us ~ ) •
'F ight war,not wars ' opens sid e 2,a simple message (and true). A caange of
vocalists for '\iomen ' -sunt; b¥ a wom en.• "Fuck is womens money, war is mens money'
' Securicor' is an attack on that ' private ar.ny' ,' Suaks' is a put down of relig-
ious/poli t :l.aal beliefs - 11 ls it really working".
'You pay ' ,is another poo:r- ~:- '!:::c..c; • •fext is 'Angels' - areally strong track
con trasti n5 plastic TV progra:i1llles 11i tit real life (as in .~o r ~~ern Ireland) .
"dhat a shame' falls do·m ~•i th li ttie or no tune. Then tneres 'So what•, with
snearing vocals,attackin& churc.:1 and system in one song- " So wnat if Jesus
died on the cro·s s/so what about the fucker I dont give a toss • • • so •nhat psO
what, so what. " - perha ps the best track on the E. P. It ends ~rith a repeat of

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' Do t hey owe us a livin.:;' , retitled ' o'iell • • do t hey '.
I hav e no t ~1e;;.r ~ an 1.1 b1.:.:. ,.• ; t as much at tack/put down on it before . In
amongst it ther 3 are a lot of truth s , but I hop & they put mor e into the music
in future as it is a bit too basic and this will soon get boring. 0 therwise
this is a good record , coating about £.2 .
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~E FLYS - N.AHE DRoPPll~G FLY v. FLY (:~n)
Get ready for the next FLYS single - as the chorus line of the song says,
it is Amaaazing ~ Featuring David on vocals , ~~eres some good lyrics for

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all you posers to sing- along to . Theres sOI:e nice juicy guitar playing too,
and with a ca tc.:y tune like this , all I can say is - ma':e ··ay for :1 :!:.. ::.
The B side is a novel little instrumental . The guitar wirk in i t is mos t
unusual - good if youre feeling li!<:e a jerky dance.

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A single well i•o rth adding to your collection .

X- RAY SP~ - HIGHLY Li?.i..&·ll~ ABLE ( &H I1fT. )

J This sounds very 40 ' s style , wi til its swingy sax - echoes of early rtOXY :·1USIC
in tnere ? Its very low key but grows on you , and the ly:-ics are good.
The B side - 'lARRIOR m iiOOL..'ORThS is yet another track off t.ne L.P. , but

.r., ·;l··~ .; t rn .~ n
a very good one : again a quieter Spex track, which seems to be th ei r new

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SEX. PIS'IDI,S .:. SPUNK
Sid e l : ' .:)ev enteen' ,'Satellite' ,
' No feelings ' ,' I wannabe me ' ,
1
Submission ',' Anarchy in the U. K. '
Side 2 : 1 God sav e the Queen' ,
' Problems' , ' Pretty vacant' ,'Liar' ,
1
El'ii ', ' New york '.
(some tracks appear under different
titles on the record label)
SPUNK is a studio recorded album ,
Dav e goodman produced , with hatlock
on ..bass . With the exception of 2
tracks t~is is a bootleg version
of ' Bollocks 1 a."l.d I think this is a
be t ter album.
Although the production is cuch
1 ess beefy and c"ommercial than that
on ' Bollocks' it s t ill nasa lot of
the Pistols powe r behind it, and an
almost live feel about i t, with the
group t alking between some of the
tracks - an album wo r th getting.
(P . S. I ' ve never seen ' SPUNK' in a cov er but
it does nave a label wnich sometimes shows up
in strange places - even on a GEi~ ESIS bootleg)

THE CLASt - Y.diTE RIOT r;~ l-lAl'ICRESTER

Side 1 : ' Nanchesters burning', 1 1977', ' Bored with the U.S . A. 1 , ' Pressure drop ' , ' Hate
and war1 , 1 48 hours ' , ' Deny',' Capital radio ' , ' Police and thieves '.
Side 2 : ' Oheat',' Remote control ',' Career oppurtunities',' Jani e Jones ' , ' ~lhite rio t ' ,
'Garage land ' , '1977' .
Si C.r: one of this live album is the best, with its excellen t v er sions of "Pressure
drop" and "Police and thiev es" -(which Strummer intro ' s by say ing - " T'nis song was
written by a wog, so if you don t like wogs, you know wher e the back doo r is. '' )
Both tracks are better live but are spoilt by the poor sound quality of the LP .
Side two isnt too bad, its got - " The new CLASH single, by honour of the gian t
corpora tion weve sold our souls to " - "Re:r- ot.:: co_l t ro l " . !(est of the oth er tracks
aren t too suecial.
On the whole a good al bUll! , and until "Capi t a l radio " is re- releaseri , (if ever) , a
good v1ay of getting h old of that song.

E. L.? . - '!OUR OF 'm E ANERICAS PT. ON E

'Tarkus ' , ' Erup tion' ,' Stones of year s ' , ' Iconoclast',
'Has£ ' , ' h an tic ore' , 'Battl ef ield 1 , ' Epi ta th ' 1 'Aqua-
tarkus ' ,' The endless enigma p t. l ' ~ 'Fugu e ',' The end-
les s eni gma p t. 2', 1 Tn e sheriff ' ,' Ta ke a pebble ' 1
'Lucky man 1 •
The ri rst of 3 album s ,it s tarts with 'Tarkus',which
remain s the s ame as the studio and off icial live
ver s i on un til • Aquat a r'.ttus". t:m erson pl ay s around on
h i s k eybo ard s (even playing part of Greigs ' Hall of
the mountain king' ) i ts bet ter than the offic i al
albUJ:J which is to o long .Side 2 s tart s with " End l es s
enigma 11 ,next is 'The sherif f ' ( the f irs t -:=il:w they
triec i t live according to Gr eg Lakes intro)then
theres the begining of "Take a pebble 11 (conti.nued
on p t.2)with more of Emersons keyboard s . Last is
11
Luc~;:y man" ,which is no better than the offi~ial
vers2on .Reasonable sound qua it.y ror a bootleg.
Parts 2 ~ 3 next month.
JB.
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SPECIALS , U. K. Sl 11.,; , T S D,'l'~~!J .
GIGS ======t~l
lyceld, Su_11JA.y t:lth •• pril.

Unfortunately A.rrivec to0 1-> t e f1r the 3pecicl::~ Ret, hut did heAr svme of it while
wai tin g i n t he que u e ou tsio e <~.lid it s.:mnd~d up to th~ir usUFi.l hi/i,h A tar.dard .

Mana ged to ge t in in t itue t o cntch t he 1' . :. ';•Jhs , Wot> 't•vt- Vtt~t1y inprovdd si. nce
t heir efforts at thP 'hmd .c~nct 'leart last y~.. r . fl1uy plcly~:~d ,,. LOad ti15ht set a nd
came back for an ~ncore to ple.-.se toe larf!~ ··no loybl fo llndnt.. tr.ey ap ;.>tH-t r to ha v e
in London. Didn't catch any of t he t,i t lef' ()J' th e ir f>on,_.ft , hut t '1ey 1 re all e,ood
rousin t, rockerfl, &.nc t ;t.: crowd were v1el l n.nd truly w~:~.rned U!> and r ec.dy for tht' Da"ln

After a long interval , t.1"" Ll •,h ts went do,:n an the sound of t !'Jio' r.ation::.l Antnem
came thr ough th~ p . a . n1en su?rlenly , t hP "le.r.mod wer~ :>n st H.:;e , wit1 Gaf)tA. in
Sen sib le u nder th e spotl i C"ht fvr ",Te t "3oy , .T~:::t r:i rl '' . 'l'nen on Cltl:le 'Dav~ V~>.nili.n
with a n appar en tly l)alc.l head &.nd uvf>r~rov;n ears . On closer RCr lt iny , t '1 is t •1rned
out t o be j ust part of tf-le costu :oe - but i t. had ~ e fovlec.l !'or A Nirw h . Ye P , vP.ry
e ffect i v e - hE: could nasily iAve ,,~ t te ~st!:lt in thif' yt-·tr'!> r c .•1 ~-· ·~ :>r.ff>ratu ''
if only t he old fi.n~er nails had il~>~ll ., b il I 1n,. •• r .

The bl\nd playt!d H. t,:ood n i > tur u of vld Htt~ ll i::l' r.on,:::A , incluoinL two ver sionr- of
"Ne~ 'tose''. ~·le uew st·~ff , li«e " '.· 1 oc.ly Lee" und ''Love! f'o:1;~" (tt,eir new sirt,"le)
s til 1 hP. ..; t f1e t;'lt!:l anc po we r vf th t=: l r i ..;ittHl ilf'tmed , ~ctnd t 1t<> ·;a.,Jtail1 1f' lePC 11ley.in("
is just as re.w m<l <: ACitiu.._ a.l'l Ur i•• ... lt1t.eR' .

T'leir eoet YA. s ')l<'t.,ued with interrur.

ti 1ns thou1 rh , anti •· 1-t~l ·dtl a. f'0•1l'
p . e . nnd ft. broke:l ... uit·< r l'ltrini,
t hey never re~1LJ .o t into full
svlinc') • (lut t hl:' '/nnir,n V')l!11l11 W~·J'I
I"Pll to the f1rP , :·n.., • • ;"el'C' ·'· "':1
t rt>"'.ted to a. dr u .tt no ln ( rl'tl<~t.tb, 1:
t !"hJ!H' Y·JU l'X- hi.;H>i "~"?\ . Tnif; is o•:,•
t Ling the l!a.1~nvd ,. 1 Vll;l.Y~ E') c ·~1 fit -
Rat r.:{1.ll ~· 1 et ri. ri .. 1 t •• Jlr
beE'fJ ba.Rr· BIIU :>"H·; ·••irl d~ rt· - I':'JT
• ) \·,er to t•i:· oice1. ' ~ ·'·~IC;)T""'
fel'lttlrej i t' I :!"1'11'11 t, l ' , •)!' t'It .Ci '
l':ei t h 'oon styl-:> - ' fi., <' •~'·J t0
fin i~h ~ Sf"t 1 _,. l r r • J ·r ·- • hi.
deq•onrlent •u• l.he C'Ott! t1•" • :1t l 1Hl
nnd .; t ....::ts uu~ t0 . . . t.r· •1 : ·:· 11 ...
dam:H:t\t-d t.•~ t l! 1t0S!J't~->l'• :· J It \VI 't .
r till ' i. t Y,"i.. q t'·u r . it - h:.t' it
could'v~ bPen r r~ht o~w .

Tt Z lH ;-. l.l , 3;.-ro•'l ell:·F ,

Tu esd ny I ., t 1 " ri J_.__ _

This was tit'" t r-111 t , i~ we "l • «'1 ov.

t'1e JJ .. ru,~d · ,.,. c-,,dbl vf . .1. •rt
Lroup , t hn tut.;; , fH ilPd ton., •. r· ,
but n )t••e ~o~n ')n.: •>rlufl i.Jl o-:e l1r1 v !'c. !.':.,;
:·t<•._.e wi th A tllit .. r Kilt. a it'Utof •• l ,f
!'Ont;R and atteh•pted tu ws-r'" t!lP Cl'u'lll~ •
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up . ,:e were l'l.lret<c: ,y ltfJ I. ~~~ ,uL'' t"'lu, ,, ,

anc ~·•ly interdRte•l i n t ·,,, D1· ::w•"d . 1 t l!H' t t " .:v Rt.-•e:•. NHJ . to t'1•.: f' trtd nn of the
Nation<~.l Arthe• ~-'t.Rin, •,t w;.t"ll Vo,. L-.11 rl.'it ,, ~t-.e.:f> tf>i,; ti.nP 1i.P 1:•ir we~. h~c.<
i n all i tH Rl:\:lOtl'1ed r'.n(' 1'11•"'€·{/ SJllf:'Oil.)Ut' . ':'•, • ,,,~t lo'lS ,H' t !t~ I·<Oe ''.P nt t'le
Lyceur., rut tnit; ti• ... , ;" !' wiil!tPl'rllr.t,,, .

The t ~ lent~ o" t'1if; c,r>•l;> ,·,~r*" v.ell-oisplny~d Loni •1t . - 1~~; t t r)C>·' lP-Rd vocnll'l
on s ome nun1b1?r~ whilt t"c ·,.pt.1•i·1 ~.l;;:,,r drur:,s . "'•"' 't:'l tnt!ir 1wr. <tfi 1el' "'fl
other )ev·•l€'' f:On<s, inc!ujin "''••ln" ~.!l~ tt•f- Swet·t'::; nldi•· · "11Pl l rnr)T1 f~1it'1 " /
 GIGS AT THE 'HEATH
Johnny fre e. t: . e ElCTRJ.S and Tom from ALT~ATIVE SOUNDS have arranged a gig a t the
Heath Hotel , Foleshill road, on saturday 19th Ma y.
Bands playing are - 'mE El(TR.AS, 'lRE CLIQUE, &: HOIUCIDE plus a disco
Opens at 7pm , first band on at 8pm .
(buses 20,30, 40 from the Burges will get you there.
If this successful we will arrange gigs there every saturday . Any band interested
in pl aying the Heath contact - Tom, 124 Lower ford 'st. Coventry. - Send an sae and
state what kind of music y~u ?l ~y ?lus nnyt.in J else of interest , (info . photos etc)

for eeVERTI\Y
p~~:.
lll7;J~Je emi'l\~
~ p~e :. f. 2:50 or t!Quipment by
~.H. ~aine. Roland . C;nlsbro, MM. Wem.
C~tromc. Pulsar, D.J .. Project. Fender.

4 pa~= £ 1·2.5 Gobson. Yamaha. lbanel, C.S L etc .• also

orqa_ns, electric pianos. svnthesizers, al l
leadong brands , or guitar strings. including
Rotosound, Gobson. Fender Ernie Ball
J% f03- = 1Sp o· Addario etc.• guitar access~ries Including
Fretboards. Necks. Scratchplates, Control
Knobs, Pick·ups, Machine Heads. also stacks
of music. educational onuruments and lots
of bi ts and pieces •
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING - WHY NOT CALL IN OR ' PHONE
3/4 White Friars Sti'M1, Coventry. Tal: 102031 58571
A ccfis. B•rclayc.rd. Fln•ncr arran~ from TO" deposit
~sh discounts

Offers good
wholesome food 3.t r easonable prices
plus 3 t3ke - away service . It Jlso
acts as a meeting place and ~n
information centre for loca l a rtistic

·····~
EXTE NSIVE and radical events , together with
RANGE of radical and studeut boo~s , regular exhibitions of work by local
journals , pamphlets , posters and artists .
cards . CHEAP new remainder books ,
and SECONDHAND BOOKS to buy and sell. 13 HIGH ST. COVENTRY
Fast and efficient orJ er ing service , TEL. 25634
plus mail order .

(appart.:•ntly rl·-titlHo " Grtl>· t. ~ i f' 1'jt:·· "L i'hey c l ir.K1."<e" wi lh "!~~· .. l ose" n.n •J "f~e:~ t
f' ·~l't t Neat " Bnd t hen C;qUe hac.{ for P.n er.crn·e of "I :;'eel nlri,;n t " · l'nen tn e ':·{;1 t ai.n
CB.!'le bE<ca< 'lt.,ain, r- tri!; l) ~d off , ~-~.nd ~·:>r _ ·•·. ura .er 1.0 vin,, " be tte r tltun Oli.vir. !e wton
.T'lhn t:onl~ ~-:ve;.: do . nJ.J.<ed o r c.: lot ·H-d . .•'o ~ lowinL !.'l"lUer.t:; !'lwu teo f r om th E~ liUOience ,
Hl:lt d id a dru.u r:olo, hnd then tttat rl:lt!l ly was t n& end .
/
This b a nu al w ay r-~ h<tve fun H.nd £Ttuck t~bout t) fl r.•. \c:e , hut tlJey'r t:l "~ talente" l:> t t oo,
end wel l w.:>rth anyone ' ~ r1oney . They've ~.lreRdy r,ot t:nour:h rtew ~O n r, s wr it t t~n for
two albums , but un1 eS tl their :c:i n.;le '' Lovo -:one" sells welJ , t he recorj C•Jr.tj'<iliY may
not r;.. iv e t he t.O - i1.n-ce.d for t t> et. t o hlHke any ~!b u ms . CA.n we aff:>ro t o l~t t"lil\ "lcq:>pen
I think not . I g otta fe~lin 1_ i.nFitle of 1ue t !11, t t his is a creA t. b11r.;i wi t n a lo t of
unreali Ped 1•0 tuntia! . S 0 - b uy th e Aincle and don't force a Lroup t his 0 ood to
l eave t heir talents unrecorded . HeMembar, t h is iP a lread y our Reco nd chance .. . .•.
E.lQtne
1976- LJNE UP- J"er:ry DG\Mm~ (i4ybrds)drurns/IJ:Jm\s), 1-lomce_ Pa.n+er:
19 7 7 0, T\6~ \Xl.viS (guihr)~ n£4) ~~ ~le.dnr' , Chock E/ iot (911 i
-t'\0\J.J in S1de__ E.+fe.G+ J 4- J-1 (lSassq. dnJms) -~ il'\ Ham
'fop 2..2.
Re.c.oro ~ -b of ~res .

Bo.nd ~rm~d with ke~ce (So:s-s) 1 Si\v~N-o0

Huh:hiV\S00. (drums) 1 Ly f\VO. \ Gt>lcAi"3 (~u-i-b.r) 111 rn
Srrick.\a-r\d (&ss) o.nd ::Je"i (L<e.'}boards).
flrs+ .5i3 of N:Sid~\\cy oJ -+h~
~h 1-lot~\ vrJer
r Av+-o m"'-hcs sup po~~ Vr6af'\ Bl"tgh+',
1
+he Y\O.fY\e..
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Ce.r-hhec\' ,'Lvll d Bays' 9-- 'S<r_vo.d' . 0\9cH\ wcu\o C"\.~
--ht- Of\ sb3e J 5C> l plo.~~ in ~€. o\X:A\~nce_ -~c.\1"9
-\-he ba.f\d !
Nov. /iorv.ce_ persuaded -b leave 'e,~k~r' (lead 'S\l'j~r,
Mo.":5o 1 f\oUJ ~" 'N\ud') . L~f\Vo.\ + S\\Velfcn ~r&uad~~
+a ko.\le... "Pho.roahS ki"3dorn''
\e. \rf Ho. \ \ (ft,~er S1 ~er
Dec. -n w,+h 'S~u"'d' ) ~;plac~s
TY\ o..s \~o.d s'n_ger .
Mana3er r\O. 1- Pek. Wat-erf'f'Qf'\ (Sou I D.J) -ktke.s
bo'f\0. -\-v ~rldCf\ -b ~coed 4 hcks- 'ba\Uni~ of o.
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'r'R..W e~ '' 1 Sa-y u.Jcllker-': "leo M\.th ioo yoo!j "~ ''LiH)~ B i k~~
11
 Ma.f\a.~~li.. ~~\s --b pc..y 'Studio h\\\ 1 ·h-ies -fo
to da.f\C€... o.l'\<l i ~ d\~ m\ 'Ssed.

~)( pistols qf Mr ~-e.s

errys deb..>{- surpor-tlr\j
blow'"' ou-\ by Steve &-:9/,·~h o,f\d 'Roder.+'-~ rmdies.
Who .f.old U'S +o _go o.v.Jo-y. Re-::ide.ncy o.+ 'Mr Gees~'
be.3\f\S. .
Feb. Roddy Rod\a-l-{ofl (Ex 'kJild boy-5') Joi"'s ba.nd os 2ro
9uikri6f.
Maf\~r no. 2.- Chris G-ilby (a £o.it\+-s 4 LCJ.Jn+ Bishops
Manaje.r) e,hQ~es nam~ -b Coventry Au-b~cs :h.y-
1
\Vo.\kers ~brids ~-tc.. fries -b ~d- rid a( "f'e.rry.
I

\Joh""Y Ro+l--€.f\ Sc\).gh+ a.s ~~locem~n+ . Meo.f'wh.i Ie..

G-eo~e-5 te.:side.f\G~ C.OI\-l-\1"\\.les. ~l'd plo.y 3 ~s ._.v,_ •..,_
1

U\b~~ , ~-ero.tlor"\ ~' XIC + 1'he ~i(\+s cJ- ~

Mo.rq_u~-e. +or v.hich-. we. f"(.cet\kd. f1o.
::Jer"f Be+--s 6us-\ed Of'\ v..Jo.y back fn:,rf\ Hq\i~t<. ~~
SN\ok\n3 vo-t.
i J Mr G~s ~\o~s, K:.s\d€f'C~ ~(\ds. Joh.M\~ ~tlef\ -h)rns
----.---'--- dowf\.jOb W\+h Coue.C"\i-f'/ ~rro.-Hcs. Maoo.9e1 no. 2
9oes bo.e-k k AocsMlia- Ma"oa~r ~ ~- M\ke.'fl..e ~\-m~'
t-\o\'Se.rf\oJ\ S-\n.rts d\sr00.\ t€.:sidenc.~
a} '&oldm E.o.8~'
B\rm\~~~m · Bal\d plo.y '5up~r-t -b 'tl,e. Clo.sh' o.t-
Borbare\las bu+ 1The_ Clo.<Sh' don+ +um up. 8,and
f'(\af'\a3e.S ~ 0-\krt not.
May b\sm~\ t-e~\d-ef"'cy ~+-'Gold~('\ ~~ Cot\+inv~s. E::o.rd
.svp.ports '+he. Closk' a+ &cbare\la.s. lhe. cbsh -hm
up bJt ~"' 0r:5o.f"'\ packs up- pa.f\·1 c ! SvPporT Sh~ll'\
o.+ 1'1\o.yh,.ir (EruYY\) , sbr+ pla)'i"9 "ot<i -t;.shio"€.0''
~33ae... ..._ rock~-kad)' classics. \ rt\e.et- Befltie. R
in Lo."don ( irdmd.tX:£d b(r<.~rJ') . fMf\a3~ -\o -lulk
ovr wo.y \t\-6 su,opor+lh(3 +-he. c..b~h or\ -hns+
~w 0-o..-\-es ~ i-h:ir -bur. Roddy 1 1-\oro.a:, ~ lerrf
po.ck up t~~ir JObS.
 Clo. '5h tvur be.3 \t\S. C f o.coh persuade &m·,e. Qhcdes -6 lei
UtS dO whd-e.. ~ur,
Up 00r -ectm\~s ~ £2..s -fo
cAC'\d

fso a ni_gh+. We. ~Ve 4n prnu7de. oor OJ..Jr\ accom-

ooo.tof\ 1 Vo n , madue.w o.nd ~1. D.Jti~ +-he.
~~ Ne\51\le (-the. \lXldA..e.) mi ~es +he brd af\d s+nN:s
S\t\j\~ OY'. 0 CDLJp/~ Dt f'I()NV6~rs !
Dun"'s toor we have 'aO..uef\.-h>r.t?..s' which. lnclude
Sl€.€.p n3 on ~ ~ m~ ve ~~ ~ o. duo. I- c a rriq:J~ v.ny in
po~nr:g m \n 1 \r--.. ~land. Sleep\r:9 in a. ~ezi\9 col~
pot,c-e c.-ell \11 WVerpool 1 for +~e +~e+=f- of ane. beer
slo.ss. Wi-lnessi'"'3 bloodshed 4- vio~~ aL -\-!..,~ G-btJM
Apo\ \o a ~d. Cro...t.AJ!.ey S por+s Ce.rJre, Sou+h. Lor'lclo r\.
And beJ"9 besei3ed i~ o. ho-k.l by IT>(;~ hit\)' re:be\s.
Aug. No-t\-\\f\3 hoppe.r\€.0
Sept. e3oha-h CX\S V-.5\~ ~ Rho_d-es ~ .6:_ f'l'ar\~er ~ 4- _
~qgle. 6\JeA c.ot\kc+ t.uhich (Jlt.fe> h,l"'r\ Ccf'lkl {;- 4 "/€ar.S
Od~d: 8\Jarnl\+~ us no+hi'"'3- Lawyer o.dlrises vs no+
k . S\:3". MeaT\v.Jh\~e. ~ ~s us 'rehea~\~\ o.i- h-1 5
'Y?-dwo.'i. s\di~s o.t Comdef\. t-\~ Sa.'{S Nevitle cnr+-b~
II"\ +hl. b..l'd o.f'd hus ll5 Sl€.~pi'j o.l\ ih Or"\e. f:ilfh_~ """"'···-
oh hcu..J We. s~~ ~ 5\\ v~r-bn _9oe5 rOo.d.
Oct. Be~ ~s us q_ 9'.9 \f\ rb.ri s. s\\\J~~~~~ i_s sen+ home~
hcHJ\r-:9 wm"9 f'o.Ss pori-. Most ck baf'd h1kh. -b Fh.ns
'eos vo.n prov\d~ \s +oo ~r<\a.t\ . I ar¥\ atkck~d \t'\
S'Aower by r'f\oc). ~ch womaf\. We a.~ +hmwf'\ oo+-
of \r\ok\ 4- our (3~-kf"S. o.re.. co"'-h seo.~ b-ecause_ ' ~€..
Do-('(\(\-ed' &k"fw -\-h:£.re.. +he... week- b~feR:. of'd.. d\df\T
.tpo.'l ~' ~e._ da. N\~~s -4--h.~'f ct\d . 1-\~e. a r:g\)fY\-ef'\-\- .
-be-~eef\ r\ \Jo.\ 8o.l"-.._~s+-ers.- ~~-\-ua.\\y 6\\\ i~ P:"~-e~
o.~ t>\o..'l . ~,\ o.Sk<5.
\J-.\e. Hcxace... '' Wool d. ~au. l\kQ_ to
hld~ v..n+~ l"le.. ?'~ , \-\orne-e.. ~pli~s ''No'' !
s·11V~r~n Ves ba.f'd. Y?Ad ~ hifY) _