Montag, 24. August 2009

GROWING UP IN THE 70´S

BACK IN 1973 GLAM ROCK(OR BETTER KNOWN AS
GLITTER
ROCK IN THESE BACKWOODS)BECAME AN
OVERNIGHT SUCCESS IN GERMANY.
I WAS 11 AT THAT TIME & MY FAVOURITE BANDS
WERE MUD, SLADE,SWEET,SUZI QUATRO & SHOW-
WADDYWADDY
.I HAD A BIG CRUSH ON 50´S ROCK
& ROLL TOO,THERE WAS A SO-CALLED ROCK REVIVAL
GOING ON TOO.
THE FIRST 45 I BOUGHT WAS ALICE
COOPER
-HELLO HOORAY
,BUT I COULDN´T AFFORD TO
BUY A LOT OF RECORDS,BECAUSE I SPEND MOST OF
MY POCKET MONEY ON MARVEL COMICS.I GOT ACCESS
TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF 45´S THROUGH THE
OLDER SISTER OF A MATE-SHE WAS BUYING MOST OF
THE STUFF THAT WAS COMING OUT & I WAS LENDING
IT OFF HER(WHEN I GOT A TAPE RECORDER I BEGAN
TAPING THEM).ON SATURDAY EVENINGS YOU COULD
WATCH THE UPCOMING GLAM BANDS LIP-SYNC ON
GERMANY´S MOST FAMOUS TV SHOW CALLED DISCO.

MOST OF THE
GLAM BANDS
YOU COULD FILE UNDER :
a)HARD ROCK : HELLO,SWEET,T.REX,KENNY...
b)ROCK´N´ROLL: ALVIN STARDUST,RUBETTES...
C)HARD´N´ROLL: GARY GLITTER,MUD,WIZZARD...
d)TEENYBOP : MIDDLE OF THE ROAD,BCR...

I CAN´T REMIND ANY GLAM ROCKERS VISIBLE ON
THE STREETS BACK IN THE DAYS - PLATFORM
BOOTS,BOWIE-HAIRCUTS ET AL-AT LAST NOT IN
MY PART OF THE TOWN(I WAS LIVING IN THE
SUBURBS OF FRANKFURT)-IT WAS FLARES &
SLIPPERS HOOK,LINE & SINKER.
THE ONLY ONES THAT STOOD OUT WAS A SMALL
CONTINGENT OFSKINHEADS IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD,
OLDER BOYS IN THEIR LATE TEENS.THEY WERE
IN A GANG,HANGING AROUND AT THE TUBE STATION,
LISTENING TO MOTOWN & GIVING US A HARD TIME
(FIRST I LEARNED ABOUT SKINHEADS WHEN I WAS
WATCHING AN EPISODE OF THE TV-SHOW SOFTLY
SOFTLY TASK FORCE,
WHERE THEOLD BILL HAD TO
DEAL WITH A GANG OF SKINS).
IN THE MID-70´S I TENDED TO BUY MORE ALBUMS
THAN SINGLES & STARTED LISTENING TO BANDS
LIKE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND, MOTT,
ROXY
MUSIC,KISS,LOU REED,
DOCTORS OF MADNESS,
WHAT I CALL A.O.G.(ADULT ORIENTATED GLAM).
1976 I DISCOVERED PUNK ROCK & BEGAN BUYING
SINGLES AGAIN.AT THE END OF 78 I TRANSFORMED
FROM PUNK TO SKINHEAD.THERE WAS NO SCENE OR
ANYTHING IN MY HOMETOWN AT THAT TIME,SO I
WAS STILL HANGING AROUND W/THE PUNKS & KEPT
ON LISTENING TO BANDS LIKE SHAM 69,JOOK,
COCK SPARRER,GORILLAS,(THE ORIGINAL) SKREWDRIVER,
SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS,MENACE
PLUS REGGAE 45`S.
IN THE SPRING OF 79 WHEN I BOUGHT THE FIRST
TWO TONE
-7 ("GANGSTERS"),I GOT IMMEDIATELY
ADDICTED TO SKA SOUND & STARTED TO DRESS
SMART(SUITS AT THE WEEKEND).
1981 WHEN OI! WAS KICKING OFF LOTS OF LOCAL
PUNKS TURNED INTO SKINHEADS OVER NIGHT - I
COULDN´T STAND THE MUSIC(ONLY OI! - BAND I
EVER LIKED WAS THE COCKNEY REJECTS)SO IT WAS
TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON.I GREW MYSELF A QUIFF,
GOT A PAIR OF CREEPERS & A REBEL FLAG-PATCH
& BECAME A TEDDY BOY.
GROWING OUT OF THE 70`S INTO THE 50`S

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