21st
September 2002 |
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may have heard the rumours
about a forthcoming PiL reunion
due to John's comments at the end
of the Pistols Inland Invasion gig
last week. He was JOKING!
On
leaving the stage JL spotted a kid
in the crowd wearing a PiL T-shirt,
to which he commented, "and
to this guy here I will be back
next week with PiL". That's
all, don't get too excited... |
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| Time
Zone - World Destruction was
featured at the end of The Supranos
on HBO this week. I wonder if anyone
knew what it was! |
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| Invisible
Records will be releasing a
2 CD Chris Connelly compilation
in November. The still untitled
set will reportedly feature unreleased
Damage Manual material, along
with tracks from the likes of Rev
Co, Fini Tribe, and a selection
of solo material. Pigface
are nearing completion of their
new studio album. |
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| Remember
you can still ask original PiL drummer
Jim
Walker anything you ever wanted
to know, thanks to the special e-mail
address Jim set up via Fodderstompf.
Take the chance while you still
can. |
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24th
August 2002 |
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| The
Sex Pistols have been confirmed
as headliners at the second annual
KROQ / Levi's Inland Invasion at
Blockbuster Pavilion, California,
USA, 14th September.
The one-day festival at the 65,000
(!) venue will feature 2 stages
and a host of 'Punk Rock' bands,
including the likes of Blink 182
(oh dear), The Offspring (oh dear),
Bad Religion (well…). UK bands
Buzzcocks and The Damned will also
feature.
The gig will be recorded by KROQ,
and should also be filmed. Tickets
can be bought for the 'low dough'
price of $35, including parking,
from Ticketmaster Locations etc.
See the KROQ
web site for further info.
The
recent Crystal Palace gig was NOT
officially recorded or filmed, but
was heavily bootlegged.
We
are still working on making the
recent F&F Crystal Palace
gig programme available via
the internet. Watch this space… |
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| Once
his Sex Pistols commitments are over
John Lydon will be pursuing
various musical, TV and film projects.
Again, watch this space… |
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| After
some small teething problems with
distribution the Keith Levene MurderGlobal
EP is definitely available now,
via the www.murderglobal.com
web site. |
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| An
interesting article on 'Post-Punk'
by Simon Reynolds, originally from
Uncut magazine 2001, including
many PiL references appears at;
http://members.aol.com/blissout/postpunk.htm
Thanks to M |
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3rd
August 2002 |
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 The
Flip PiL logo style T-shirt
mentioned below is available on-line
via a company called Skatamerica
for $16.99. The shirt should also
be available at any good skateshop. |
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1st
August 2002 |
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|  Due
to all the excitement with the Pistols
this kind of fell through the cracks...
John Lydon introduces the
new skateboard film 'Sorry.'
(you may have saw his shirt at the
Pistols etc). The video is made
by skateboard/fashion company Flip.
They have an official
web site which is still under
construction, alternatively you
should be able to order the film
in any good video/record shop, or
skate shop.
If
watching a bunch of kids slide up
and down stair handles and walls
for an hour is your thing then check
it out. As John comment's, "As
brilliant as they are on their skateboard's,
they're fucking idiots off them…"
Also
worth mentioning is that Flip currently
have a line of T-shirts based
on the PiL logo, which are
actually rather smart. |
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| Ted
Chau's Candyheads
debut CD single 'Falling Down'
is out now on Libellous Media Records
(LIE-05CD). A very limited pressing
in transparent orange 7"vinyl with
colour card sleeve is also available.
Anybody having trouble finding the
single can order it via mail order
from AMULET RECORDS: Tel: +44 (0)151
531 1838 e-mail: rich@amuletrecs.demon.co.uk
A promo video for the single
has also been shot. Candyheads play
London, Purple Turtle, Camden,
August 7th. |
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| Wobble
Live Dates
August 23rd - Pukkelpop
Festival, Brussels (Jah Wobble
& Deep Space, with guests Natacha
Atlas, Shahin Bardar and Temple
of Sounds)
September 2nd - Teatro
Principal, San Sebastian (Gipuzkoa),
Spain ÷(Jah Wobble & Deep Space) |
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| Martin
Atkins is in the studio working on
a new Pigface studio album. |
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21st
July 2002 |
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|
Keith Levene's MurderGlobal EP
is now available via www.murderglobal.com.
The 5 track EP costs £7.95,
you can order on-line through a
secure connection, or by mail order.
Tracks are as follows;
Killer in the Crowd
Object B
Aztek DUBD
Aztek Legend
Sound Stage 1
Check
out the Fodderstompf review here. |
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| Less
than a week to go for the Sex
Pistols gig at Crystal Palace July
27th. The band are holed up
in rehearsal's, with the set promising
to be full of surprises. John Lydon
is expected to make various media
appearances throughout the week.
If you're still swaying over tickets,
remember one thing – This
IS the Sex Pistols, you know you
HAVE to go…
New
York band The Rapture have
now been added to the line up. You
may be interested to hear the band
do a cover version of PiL's 'Memories'.
The lyrics remain the same, however,
the band have completely restructured
the music, which seem strange to
me, Mr Lydon said exactly the same
thing…
Readers
of the now defunct F&F fanzine
may be interested to know the zine
has made a slight return
as the official gig programme.
However, it's virtually unrecognisable,
36 full colour pages featuring exclusive
news, reviews, features & interviews
with band, along with a whole host
of rare photographs. The programme
should make a great souvenir, of
what is set to be a great day…
Oh,
and by the way. Sorry, the programme
is not covered by your old
F&F subscriptions!! |
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3rd
July 2002 |
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| Jah
Wobble's Solaris play a one-off
gig at Villa Ada, Rome, Italy
this Saturday, 6th July.
The official Solaris live album
is now available in the shops.
Deep
Space also have the following
dates lined up;
10th July - The Studio Club, Charring
Cross Road, London.
13th July - Dour Festival , Belgium.
(Deep Space / Temple of Sound, inc
Natasha Atlas)
2nd September - Teatro Principal,
San Sebastian (Gipuzkoa), Spain. |
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| John
Lydon arrives in the UK this
week to promote the forthcoming
Pistols gig at Crystal Palace
27th July. John will be making
various media appearances over the
next few weeks including an appearance
on Channel 4's Graham Norton
Show, that'll be fun!
Never
Mind the Support Bands… |
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30th
June 2002 |
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| The
release of Keith Levene's new EP
has been put back a couple of weeks.
The EP will now be released under
Keith Levene's name and be titled
'Killer in the Crowd', after the lead
track from the EP. The EP will now
also be available in shops, as well
as mail order. More info soon. Check
the www.murderglobal.com
for updates. |
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| The
latest issue of Mojo Magazine
features a tongue-in-cheek letter
from Martin Atkins addressed
to John Lydon regarding John's recent
comments about PiL in his Mojo interview.
The letter reads;
"Dear
John Lydon,
In response to your comments in
MOJO 103, although I remain proud
of my contribution to the group,
I have a lot more going for me that
having been he drummer, co-writer
and co-producer in PiL for almost
five years (79-85) and as many records.
I next joined Killing Joke, Ministry,
Nine Inch Nails, started a couple
of other bands -- Murder Inc., Pigface
and The Damage Manual, as well as
Brian Brain -- and doodled with
the Opium Jukebox (the sitar-laen
NEVERMIND THE BHANGRA tribute to
the Sex Pistols is stunning!). I
own my own studio and just produced
the new Gravity Kills CD. My record
label Invisible is a touchstone
for independents over here in the
US -- we are about to celebrate
our 15th anniversary and release
our 250th CD and I also own an umbrella
distribution company helping 15
other labeles unite to fuck with
the majors... You know, John, kind
of like all the things we said we
were going to do back in 1979...
Good luck with the covers band and
your next solo CD -- whose wedding
are you playing at?
Martin Atkins, Chicago" |
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22nd
June 2002 |
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| To
tie in with the forthcoming release
of Keith Levene's new MurderGlobal
EP, for 4 weeks only Radio
Fodderstompf will be broadacsting
a Levene only playlist. Basically
everything featured in our Keith
Levene discography. Enjoy...
Look
out for forthcoming features on
Keith Levene in Wire &
Mojo magazines over the next
few months. |
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14th
June 2002 |
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| Keith
Levene's official MuderGlobal
web site is now up and running.
Although early days for the site,
it already features a meaty biography/picture
gallery, news updates, and MP3's
of Keith 'Violent Opposition' album,
along with a few rare remixes and
outtakes from the sessions... More
soon, this is just the beginning.
Keith Levene is back...
www.murderglobal.com |
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9th
June 2002 |
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| Ever
wanted to ask original PiL drummer
Jim
Walker a question? Well, now
you can...
Via Fodderstompf Jim has set up
a special e-mail address
for people to get in touch. With
the exception of our recent Fodderstompf
interview, Jim has remained
very elusive over the years, here's
your chance to contact him while
you can. This is a very genuine,
probably one-off, chance not to
be missed. Contact him at; publicimagejim@aol.com |
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6th
June 2002 |
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| Rotten
TV (finally) receives its UK
TV debut tomorrow night (Friday,
7th) on VH-1, episodes 1
& 2 will be shown at 7pm &
10pm, see VH-1
web site for full info. The
shows are being screened as part
of the VH-1 'Punk Night',
which also includes 'Punk Top Ten',
and 'Punk Unpinned', featuring a
new interview with John.
See Fodderstompf
Reviews for more info on Rotten
TV.
John
is interviewed in this month's Uncut
Magazine. |
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3rd
June 2002 |
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| BBC
PlayUK
broadcast their 10 part punk documentary
series The Punk Years today
(Monday, 3rd June). The shows
will be aired back-to-back tonight,
and again tomorrow (Tuesday 4th
June) 9pm - 1.30 am.
The series contains new interviews
with John Lydon, Jah Wobble and
Keith Levene, along with a whole
host of other punk celebs.
John
Lydon also appears in the BBC1
documentary God Save the Queen,
broadcast this Wednesday 5th
June, 11:15pm.
Sex
Pistols Box Set & Jubilee
compilation released today.
God Save the Queen charted at
a respectable number 15. |
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29th
May 2002 |
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FIRST REVIEW!
KEITH
LEVENE MURDERGLOBAL EP
No he’s not dead! Far from
it. Keith Levene is back, and he
still only knows what he doesn’t
like...
June 18th sees Keith Levene’s
first solo release in nearly 13
years. After years of record company
turbulence, Keith has decided to
go it alone and release a new EP
by himself, his way... The 5
track ‘MurderGlobal’ CD
EP will be available through
the official MurderGlobal web site,
and by mail-order (more info soon).
The tracks are as follows;
Killer in the Crowd / Object
B / Aztek DUBD / Aztek Legend /
Sound Stage 1
Although very much a solo release,
MurderGlobal is more than just Levene.
Continuing from the PiL umbrella
theory MurderGlobal features a whole
host of contributors, some prominent,
some behind the scenes, but all
working together to help sow the
seeds of the MurderGlobal manifesto.
All five tunes are pretty hard to
describe, which can only be a good
thing. All are very different; a
great mixture of rock, electronica,
funk and dub. Although parts of
MurderGlobal does feature the classic
Keith Levene guitar sound we all
know and love, Keith doesn’t
limit himself to just one sound,
or one instrument. All tunes are
fresh and definitely now...
Killer in the
Crowd
A full blown Levene ‘rock’
track, ‘Killer’ has to
have one of the best intro's I've
heard in years! Layers of raw sound
with raging vocals, and a subtle
funk influence. Not to mention a
classic Levene guitar break at the
end...
Object B
Choppy guitar with steady pumping
bass along with Eastern violas and
cellos. Very atmospheric with unexpected
tempo changes: an eerie and unintentional
hybrid of PiL’s Fodderstompf
and Led Zepplins’s ‘Kashmir’!!
A classic Levene ‘Sound - Track’.
Aztek DUBD
Layered, primal sounds, together
with weird effects and a building
drum rhythm, ‘DUBD’ is
unlike anything Levene has done
since his PiL days. This has to
be most unique track on the EP.
It should played at clubs and scare
the shit out of people.
Aztek Legend
Another Keith Levene ‘Sound
- Track’. Leading with previously
unheard real horns, ‘Legend’
sounds like it could be from some
fucked up sci-fi gladiator movie!
And as you’d expect from a
Keith Levene composition, it’s
completely different from ‘Aztek
DUBD’...
Sound Stage 1
The biting rhythm makes this track
sound almost industrial but the
huge ‘funk’ bass takes
control and drives the whole tune.
This is ‘Commercial Zone’
2002! A stand out track at a different
tempo to the others. They should
definitely play this at clubs.
MurderGlobal (Keith Levene) are
currently working on a new ideas
which should be released sometime
in the autumn through a well known
record company – or maybe not
if things carry on as they’ve
begun. There are no plans for a
tour (says Levene), however, there
are always possibilities of one-off
MurderGlobal events...
www.murderglobal.com |
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25th
May 2002 |
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| To
help celebrate the release of the
new Opium Jukebox - Never Mind
The Bhangra : A Tribute To The Sex
Pistols Invisible
Records are offering an exclusive
T-shirt of the new album, available
in either neon yellow or neon pink.
You can receive the T-shirt if you
order $20 or more of merchandise
from the Invisible
Records website.
More details are available on the
site.
Thanks to Luke
Stokes |
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John
Lydon's 'Cash for Questions' interview
is published in the new issue (June)
of Q Magazine. It's a pity
some of us didn't send in better questions...
The June issue of the dance culture
magazine Seven features an
article on punk and the Jubilee, including
an interview with John Lydon and Neil
Barnes, by Kris Needs.
The new Mojo also features
an interview with Lydon. Asked about
PiL he states he plans to continue
as a solo artist for the time being.
He also dismissed the idea of a PiL
reunion with the original line up.
Mojo also features a review of Wobble's
'Shout At The Devil' CD, along with
a brief interview. |
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18th
May 2002 |
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| Keith
Levene is set to issue a new
CD single on June 16th!
The 5 track EP will be available
through Keith's Murder
Global web site, which should
be going on-line in the next few
days. Sick of record company delays
Keith is keen to issue material
very soon. Although, expect his
forthcoming album to be released
through a well known record company
sometime in the autumn... |
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| John
Lydon is a studio guest
at tonight's (18th) Sky TV
coverage of the Prince Nasem
fight. John will be commenting
on the Colin Dunne fight,
who is also on the bill.
John and Rambo are good
friends with the fighter.
Coverage of the pay-per-view
event begins at 8pm on Sky
Box Office (UK).
Interviews
and press conference snippets appeared
in various newspapers on Friday,
most notably a 3 page interview
in the Guardian.
BBC Choice Liquid News also
ran a feature on the press conference.
John
is currently putting the finishing
touches to a new solo single,
which should be ready for release
soon... |
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16th
May 2002 |
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| Well,
it's finally confirmed, the Sex
Pistols will play a one-off
gig at London's Crystal Palace
Sports Stadium (yes, Stadium)
on Saturday July 27th. Tickets
are £32 (& booking
fee) and are available in the usual
outlets. See F&F
News page for full info.
John
Lydon held a press conference
today (16th) at London's Cobden
Club. Various footage has already
appeared on TV, and tomorrow's newspapers
will also cover the story in depth.
Wednesday (15th) saw John appear,
along with Chas Smash from Madness,
on TalkSport's James Whale Show.
An interview with John also appears
in this months new issue of Mojo
Magazine.
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11th
May 2002 |
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| A
Jah Wobble remix is featured
on the new Holly Vallence
single 'Kiss Kiss' (London
Records). The single is currently
number 1 in the UK charts!!
Wobble
is currently writing the score for
French Film 'The Fury'. There
is also a new 'music library' release
of Jah Wobble music on the Digital
Vision Ltd. This is NOT a commercial
release, and is only available to
film/production/TV companies (or
anyone else willing to stump up
£500). These recordings are not
available through 30
Hertz.
Wobble has also done a bass session
(5 tracks) for Tori Amos.
As well as playing for the Afro-Celt
Sound System.
Thanks to 30
Hertz |
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weekend only Invisible Records
are giving away a FREE T-shirt
and CD with every order over
$20. Full details on the T-shirt
and CD are available at the Invisible
Records site. Offer ends Monday
May 13th at midnight.
Thanks to Luke
Stokes |
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| The
Armoury Show, featuring John
McGeoch and Russell Webb, have
just re-issued their 1985 album
'Waiting For The Floods'
on CD, through Track Records (TRK1008CD).There
are no extra tracks added.
Thanks to Karsten |
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9th
May 2002 |
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| John
Lydon is interviewed in today's
(9th) Sun Newspaper. The
interview was conducted back in
March while John was in London.
The second part of John's interview
with Chris Moyles was broadcast
yesterday (8th) on BBC Radio
1. Various pix of John, along with
audio clips of the interview
can be found on the official Chris
Moyles BBC web
page.
See
F&F
News page for full Sex Pistols
release info... |
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| Cabaret
Update!
JOE
GUIDA plays New Jersey,
Grasshoppers in Cedar Grove, 23rd
May with The Blast.
LOUIS
BERNARDI plays New Jersey, Kenilworth
Inn Hotel, on 30th May with Fortune
Entertainment. |
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8th
May 2002 |
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| John
Lydon was interviewed on the
Channel 4 (UK) breakfast show 'Rise'
this morning (8th). He also
appeared in Tuesday's (7th) Independent
newspaper. The same interview will
feature in full in this month's
Esquire magazine. |
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2nd
May 2002 |
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|  A
new bootleg PiL white label
has recently surfaced. The 10"
single credited to Musique
Concrete SA, and titled 'Third
Edition', mixes the backing
track from PiL's
'Careering' with the vocal from
Neneh
Cherry's 'Buffalo Stance'...
Unusually for a white label it comes
packaged in a quality cardboard
sleeve, continuing the PiL pastiche
of the title by using a pic of Neneh
Cherry done in 'Second Edition'
style artwork.
Considering it's little more than
a novelty record, the mix is ok,
although maybe the bass could be
more prominent.
Rough Trade Records are apparently
stocking the single.
Thanks to Punk
Rock Paul
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Lydon appeared on Wednesday's
(1st May) Chris Moyles Show
on BBC Radio 1. Various pix
of John can be found on the official
Chris Moyles BBC
web page.
Official
details about the Sex Pistols
live show should be announced in
the next couple of weeks... |
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27th
April 2002 |
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| Jah
Wobble and Deep Space are playing
the South Bank RFH, this
Thursday 2nd May. Deep Space should
be on stage around 9 pm. Graham
Massey from 808 State is also on
the bill. See the official South
Bank web site for full info...
Later
the same evening, 2nd May, Wobble
will be DJaying at Alan McGee's
'Death Disco' club night
at the The Metro Club, Oxford Street
(opposite Virgin Megastore), London
W1. 11pm-3 am.
Thanks to Alan
McGee |
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turns out the previously mentioned
'Copkiller' DVD had already
been released on DVD in 2000 by
SBR Inc (DVD 20669).
Featured 'extras' include; interactive
menu, trivia quiz, scene selector,
biographies, critic's review.
Thanks to
Dino
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18th
April 2002 |
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| John
Lydon is interviewed in this
week's 50th Anniversary Souvenir
Edition of NME.
The magazine also features various
Pistols info and images. Sex
Pistols live rumours continue
to circulate without definite confirmation...
NME will also be publishing
a 'Punk Special Issue' as part of
their 'NME classics' series
on April 24th, featuring
various Pistols / Lydon info, along
with archive reviews etc. Q
Magazine are also publishing
their own 'Punk Special Edition'
this Friday 19th April. Although
the Pistols are heavily featured,
PiL are barely mentioned...
John
will also be appearing in the 'Cash
For Questions' section of May's
Q
Magazine (#55). Send
your questions to cashforquestions@q4music.com.
Q will pay £25 for
any questions used. |
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| Jah
Wobble is lined up to play at
this year's Punk Aid, 6th
October, The Mean Fiddler (ex
LA2), Charing Cross Rd, London.
See Punk
Aid web site for full info.
Thanks to Philjens
& Cathy Laz |
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Update
from Keith Levene on his Murder
Global project;
"The new record is really surpassing
Levene Quality Control. I'm really
getting excited now as the ideas flow
through so much more quickly as always
happens when working on a good project
that begins to take on its own life."
Keith Levene,16th April
Thanks to Karsten |
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| Various
PiL People Updates
Thanks to
Karsten
MARTIN
ATKINS
Martin has just completed a new
record called 'Opium Jukebox
- Nevermind the Bhangra : A Tribute
to the Sex Pistols'. Essentially
a remake of the Sex Pistols 'NMTB'
album done in the Middle Eastern/tabla/sitar
sounds!! More info soon...
Martin is also preparing a book.
See the latest "Martin Speaks" section
on the Invisible
site for full info.
JEBIN
BRUNI
Bruni recently appeared on 'Sometimes
a Circle' by singer-songwriter
Louise Goffin. The album
was released 12th February. Bruni
plays optigan organ on all tracks.
TED
CHAU
Candyheads will support All About
Eve in the UK this May. See
the official Candyheads
site for full info.
LU
EDMONDS
Lu is currently on tour in North
America with Billy Bragg and
the Blokes. The US tour will
be followed with three gigs in
Ireland at the beginning of May.
JOHN
LYDON
Some unreleased John Lydon
tracks have recently came to light,
thanks to Karsten Roekens...
John
Lydon recorded two reggae tracks
in a studio near Freising, Germany
at the beginning of 1990 for 'Music
of Quality and Distinction 2'.
A various artists compilation, presented
by "British Electric Foundation"
(a pseudonym for Heaven 17). Ten
Records (DIX 108), released September
1991.
Heaven
17 folded in October 1989 and decided
to return to production under the
pseudonym of British Electric Foundation
(which they already used on their
first record in 1981). All the tracks
on the record were recorded March-November
1990. From the liner notes: "People
we approached: John Lydon first
person to agree to do album, recorded
two reggae tracks in Germany, excellent
but didn't fit into eventual album
concept". "Thanks: John Lydon-the
world WILL hear what we did."
Lydon is also credited (among others)
with "research". Other artists featured
include; Tina Turner, Terence Trent
D'Arby & Billy Mackenzie.
Karsten
recently contacted Martyn Ware (Heaven
17) who produced the two reggae
tracks with Lydon. One track was
titled 'Punishment' (which included
the line, "No one shall escape
the punishment of John"), the
second Martyn can't remember! What
happened to the two songs? Martyn
Ware: "I have searched high
and low for them,and they have disappeared
off the face of the earth."
Needless to say that the album
is awful, however, it would be interesting
to hear the two tracks. As stated
earlier, the booklet does state,
"The world WILL hear what we did!",
but well, we haven't...
SAM
ULANO
The infamous Sam 'Ritz' Ulano now
has his own official
website. Sam plays The Garage
in Greenwich Village, NYC regularly
the first Wednesday every month...
He has also just published his latest
drum technique book, 'I Love
What I Do'.
Thanks
to Karsten |
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