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Originally posted by MARTIN H
Gizmo! I never took you for a New York Dolls fan! Johnny Thunders my guitar hero and the only person I have ever bothered getting an autograph off. That band were responsible for a whole load of music that came later, Guns and Roses for one. Joy Division we sometimes cover Transmission in my band an absolute classic. As for John Peel he was a massive inspiration, we once many years ago did a gig with him and as an encore we played transmission and I can remember him at the side of the stage doing a brief Ian Curtis dance/shuffle with a grin on his face. Happy memories!  |
Given a choive between crap UK prog rock in the early seventies and garage band stuff it was easy to get into the Dolls, they infuenced almost every decent guitar driven band. After that it was into the Ramones and Clash, you do any covers of them Martin??
Did you record the John Peel tribute night the BBC ran after he died?? Think its still sat on me Sky + box. He was the most inspirational DJ ever, always looking for new tunes and open to listening to anything, it opened my ears to a lot of stuff but more importanty changed my attitudes to music. I was working in US when he died and couldn't get a copy of the NME with the tribute , don't suppose anyone kept it did they??