Fantastic rendition of Stones classic by artrocking pioneer Patti Smith, whose voice sounds as good as ever on this track. It's from a forthcoming album of covers called 'Twelve' which has more guest appearances than an entire series of The Simpsons. Tom Verlaine, Flea, Rich Robinson all have a hand in it, and even playwright Sam Shepherd pitches in with a bit of banjo. You'll have to wait till April 24th for the album - this should whet your appetite in the meantime...
Best new band in Glasgow, by a mile!
...Any more snooker cliches?
...Second track sounds like a more snarly mid-60s Who. Excellent.
...First one sounds like Sean Ryder having a flashback but second track is a killer.
...once you've drunk a bottle of Maker's Mark in Copehagen?
...The more I watch it, the more I like it.
...Sex on Fire is good once you've drunk a bottle of Maker's Mark in Copenhagen
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I didn't think the media's obsession with female body weight could have got much worse, when I'd been taken aback by it 12 years ago. How wrong I was.
Or, maybe I'm just more aware of what's going on...
Excellent slice of full on old school rock from The Binges. Recommended by our readers, it's now a firm favourite in the artrocker.com office.
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Fantastic rendition of Stones classic by artrocking pioneer Patti Smith, whose voice sounds as good as ever on this track.
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The Bumps come highly recommended in the latest Alfonzo Demo Kitchen column. They're rated 'LCD laced sugar cubes' by the moustachioed culinary one.
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Promising Good Shoes style indie pop from Oxfordshire teenagers.
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Malcolm McClaren
Did try and sign the New York Dolls before starting his shop in the kings road SEX I think I remember it being called and when he couldn't sign them (N.Y.Ds), to a deal in the UK he left the states and started the band the Sex Pistols in the UK. This is well before alot of people though the punk movement started in the latter part of the 70's if my memory serves me right some one could look it up but in the end like most things it was a flash in the pan it really was over when the Ramones released the end of the century album for me anyway though I might add my tuppence worth in to this little debate.
Must read book featuring Patti Smith
- How did Mo Tucker get to drum for the Velvet Undergound?
- Did Patti Smith dig Keith Richards?
- How did the Velvet Undergound get its name?
- What ever happened to the MC5?
- Where did the term 'Punk' originate and why?
Answers to all these and more are found in 'The oral history of American Punk'. I reccommend that all fans or Rock, especially those with a curiosity about the early Punk scene of America to read this book.
The word 'Punk' to many means the Sex Pistols, Tartan, bondage trousers, London and the late 70s. Those people are right in some respect yet wrong at the same time.
For, Punk had its origins in New York with the Velvet Underground in the mid 60s. They were true mavericks in every sense of the word, they rejected Flower Power and moreover wrote tunes about subject matters that nobody else at that time wrote about e.g Heroin and a bondage theme in the form of the classic tune ' Venus in furs'. They also dressed in black and participated in far out light shows and stage performances.
The book begins with the 60s bands - Velvet Underground, MC5, Stooges right through to the highs and lows (mostly) of Patti Smith, New York Dolls, Television and Ramones - the true pioneers of the Punk scene of the early-mid 70s.
The books also explores the begginings of the CBGB club, the origins of the term ' Punk' and famous people -hanger ons, groupies and icons of the genre.
This is a must read book which gives a true insight of the figures and happenings of this scene, it is worth every penny.
By Nico Rebel
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