....WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5TH 1977
"I'm much older than most people doing
punk. I'm ten tears olderI'm  the other
generation - like the old lot! But I like doing
the new stuff! I was playing when the old lot
were in, but I stopped because I didn't find
it very interesting...You get people saying
"I've always been a punk. I've always
fucking done it". I mean, I've played in Irish
showbands, all that kind of rubbish. But
who cares?"
- Knox (The Vibrators)
Sex Pistols play the Paradiso Club in
Amsterdam, Holland tonight which was
recorded live for a bootleg. They are
supported by
Johnny Thunders And The
Heartbreakers
and the Vibrators.
Strangely no mention of
the Pistols or
Heartbreakers performance in this
Vibrators gig review which appeared in the
NME a week later.
The Stranglers are in the recording studio. They lay
down and record practically 3 years worth of songs
over a 6 day period with producer Martin Rushent at
T.W. Studios in Fulham, London. Plans for a debut live
album were scrapped (thank fuck) in favour of a studio
recording. Which will be later unveiled as the classic in
my humble opinion 'Rattus Norvegicus' later this
Spring.
XTC
XTC from Swindon, UK audition for CBS having just
done demos for PYE and Decca records. They
eventually sign to Virgin later in the year.
Live Wire Fanzine  -
First issue was put out in January 1977





"I got interested when I used to go to the 100 Club
and the Hope and Anchor in the early days. It was
amazing watching the Pistols and the Damned with
loads of energy. It was great that they behaved like
human beings and you could talk to them afterwards
- not like being miles away from Rod Stewart or the
Stones and then watching them ride off in their
limousines. I intend to keep the mag going mainly for
small bands who never get a look in... if you don't
like Live Wire don't just throw it away, write in and
better it yourself...."
- Alan Anger 'Live Wire' (January 1977)
Knox of the Vibrators was old even then! (DC Collection)
Sex Pistols JR at the Paradiso Amsterdam (DC Collection)
Stranglers in recording mode (?)
Live Wire #1
XTC live
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