May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
From the latest edition of Long Live Vinyl. A timely nod to Pripton. I guess he’s the reason this blog exists after all… Personally, I still think Dead Vandals was the better song, but was obviously less ‘punk’ in the strictest musical notation terms. Thank god it was the B Side at least.
It was 41 years ago today (an Easter Monday evening) that a newly formed punk outfit called Johnny And The Self Abusers took the the stage at Doune Castle in Glasgow. This motley crew of Weegie misfits comprised within them one James Kerr, esquire…otherwise known to all and sundry as Jim, and one Charles Burchill,…
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I love the writer’s frustration in not being able to see them play. Esp. the second of the gigs he wanted to go to. Geez, you had to be over 21 to get into Saints And Sinners?! Look at the median age of the guys in the band! What a crock! Bloody hell!