The Passions or The Clashions?
The Passions or The Clashions?
I've always loved this song. That's 101er Evil C Timperley on the Memory Man. And I can't say for sure but it very much looks like Snakehips Dudanski sitting in on the traps. This song is about Gogan's crush on Clash roadie Steve "Rat" Connelly, who did some acting work in Germany. Too bad Mick didn't hook up with Barbara Gogan instead of Flellen Floofley. He did apparently hook up with Clive's Memory Man though. It was love at first sight.
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Always liked that song and love the guitar sound.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Bonus factoid: Timperley was soon replaced by Memory Mannist Kevin Armstrong, later to go on to fame and fortune as Bowie's pet shoegazer. Here's another killer 1981 Memory Man demo reel with Armstrong also on vox.
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I preferred Mick's delay orgies over that phase-drenched sound he had in 79/80. It worked nicely with some of his clean guitar playing on LC, but once the distortion was added to the mix....
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Agreed. Phase is for heavy blues. Same way envelope filter is for funk. Phase sounds very tasty with that dirty Twin Reverb sound but like trash for slamming out the power chords on your Marshalls.
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I met 'Rodent' through the director Wolfgang Bud; they appeared to have been tight since Bud filmed the 'Munich footage'
Rodent was showing Wolgang shitty, old 70s snaps of the pair in Germany (?) back in the late 70s – they had the regulation black leather jackets of the time.
They were both really nice and Wolgang revealed he'd set out to film Deep Purple originally and it was all about getting permission...he touched on troubles with Bernie about getting access to the band, to film.
Rodent was showing Wolgang shitty, old 70s snaps of the pair in Germany (?) back in the late 70s – they had the regulation black leather jackets of the time.
They were both really nice and Wolgang revealed he'd set out to film Deep Purple originally and it was all about getting permission...he touched on troubles with Bernie about getting access to the band, to film.
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Didn't Armstrong also briefly play with Morrissey? I want to say very early on in his solo career?
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Indeed he did.WestwayKid wrote: ↑31 Oct 2018, 10:07amDidn't Armstrong also briefly play with Morrissey? I want to say very early on in his solo career?
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Rodent. That's it. I knew it was vermin-related...Hammy wrote: ↑31 Oct 2018, 3:44amI met 'Rodent' through the director Wolfgang Bud; they appeared to have been tight since Bud filmed the 'Munich footage'
Rodent was showing Wolgang shitty, old 70s snaps of the pair in Germany (?) back in the late 70s – they had the regulation black leather jackets of the time.
They were both really nice and Wolgang revealed he'd set out to film Deep Purple originally and it was all about getting permission...he touched on troubles with Bernie about getting access to the band, to film.
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Isn't it Roadent? I recall that spelling from LGIT.
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Note the Local Hero track is essentially a tribute track to Mark Kermode's all-time favorite band. Is there any Kermode-Clash linkage?
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It turns out Mick was actually using the Roland Space Echo and then the Roland Chorus Echo. I should have remembered because I spent quite a bit of time staring at Mick's impressive effects setup back at the Cape Cod Coliseum.
Those little Roland goodies were not cheap. I saw Killing Joke the night before that show and all Geordie was using at the time was a Memory Man and a Big Muff.
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Those little Roland goodies were not cheap. I saw Killing Joke the night before that show and all Geordie was using at the time was a Memory Man and a Big Muff.
https://youremyguitarhero.wordpress.com ... 1980-1983/