....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)
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.
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)
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)
