1977 was such an exciting time for music. Every week there was a new record by a new band. It was a weekly trip down to the Import record shop. Every Saturday. On Sunday night we still watched Countdown which was almost 95% rubbish but you were just waiting for a glimpse no matter how small of some of these new bands from the UK or New York. One night they played a snippet of Grip by The Stranglers. In those few seconds, I got a pretty good idea of what they were about. Pounding drums, rumbling bass, raw vocals, and an organ! The video was set in some underground club by the look of things. It was bloody exciting. And if it was on Countdown then it would be in the stores on Monday. And it was. Great album. Rattus.
6 months after Rattus they released their No More Heroes album. My Mum sent it to me for Xmas. And she wrote Merry Xmas Rob in the center of the sleeve. Not very punk really!
6 months after Rattus they released their No More Heroes album. My Mum sent it to me for Xmas. And she wrote Merry Xmas Rob in the center of the sleeve. Not very punk really!
My band Little Murders supported Hugh Cornwall in 2017 and in fact last night! And in a few hours time, we will be supporting him again. He's down to a three-piece. But the bass rumbles, the telecaster sounds like magic and Hugh still has that growl. And he plays Grip for an encore.
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