The Hurricane`s Blog!

JOHNNY AND THE SELF ABUSERS!

2009-02-06T11:48:00.000-08:00

Johnny & the Self Abusers were one of Glasgow, Scotland's few punk bands, albeit a rather bizarrely entertaining one. Hailing from the city's south side, their gigs featured their own light show, replete with DayGlo skulls. They also looked the part, wearing generous amounts of makeup; one of the singers, who often went by the name Pripton Weird, lacked eyebrows. Signed to the Chiswick label, the group released one single in late 1977, Saints and Sinners. Inner turmoil busted up the band around the time of its release, dividing it into two factions: Alastair Mackenzie, Michael McNeil, Donald and John Milarky formed the Cuban Heels; while Charlie Burchill, Brian McGee, and Weird (better known as Jim Kerr) formed Simple Minds. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

And here are some cool demos from the band:
http://www.adrive.com/public/469370cf1a96203f68895a69fdfc94f1f1bbd041fcb5fa9cc0a0f0ccea008fd6.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/8d0153329e96841c309bfee2dcd581bcfe0dbcb9764c06f0b97e37039aca3203.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/764d8da6e520e903cbe0e2453a5f3036780e1fb70b59f11e2c1a3c5b0536a848.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/f616459bb374649177657229ffc8ad4b631fdf0ded7bd7066cad7ba52a3b5156.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/43276acb537def3a0c78ed06ae1a1e08040f688c2606e90e28cd4ba10e9be10f.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/f3529fde23449de6902009ecae111b952bc93ee58b28120148db7072fddb428f.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/42164d0d8d8d1f685bf24d314009c73b37bdc9de7625ce64d286c0d92f2ca4b1.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/3738e7496694969fe15a81981f7913ae78dd9d56b19262e52a58ccc75f41486d.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/14558fa0007c72b5766a479d68ad663f9865895fd3b6321c9747d291c82d843a.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/4091a0e9694a844088f06410702fd3724bb6e48d367546fc1b142dc26bf376c2.html

THE SLITS

2008-10-18T15:31:00.000-07:00

THE SLITS live on the john peel radio show!
(stolen from wikipedia)The Slits are a UK punk rock band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The members were Ari Up (Arianna Forster) and Palmolive (Paloma Romera, who later left to join The Raincoats), with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members Kate Korus and Suzy Gutsy. Palmolive was replaced by male drummer Budgie (aka Pete Clarke), formerly of The Spitfire Boys and later to join Siouxsie & the Banshees.
Anyway,all that aside,here`s a great bootleg of the slits live on the john peel radio show.Enjoy!!

http://www.adrive.com/public/37d2db88b39b9ee0df11c252bea248a1a5cc68983c7794aae31cb06e0191a6a2.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/ef2ffe54a563aa69ebe1e81182c9d97e2e840b8cbb79bf0f36429620656a2af4.html

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http://www.adrive.com/public/1044481833fac34dfdc44d9cd090517e270dacfea5b03edb92076eba998d9885.html
http://www.adrive.com/public/73396f7ed2d647bf392670ea690af6f42edd6be22c3b6c986f9aa5947732b0a9.html

BLONDE & BLUE

2008-10-18T14:54:00.000-07:00

BLONDE & BLUE live at Tramps,NYC,09/09/91.This band are another one with links to the new york dolls.On vocals we have Alison Gordy(ex oddballs/Johnny Thunders backing vocalist),Sami Yaffa (ex Hanoi Rocks and current New york Dolls bassist),along with veterans Stevie Klasson on guitar,Jamey Heath on sax,and Chris Musto on drums.If youre after their album then visit
http://www.geocities.com/alisongordy/
Also there's a great interview with Alison on
http://www.d-filed.com/alisongordy.html
ok,here`s a really great sounding gig by Blonde & Blue from Tramps in NYC back in 1991!It really drives home the fact that Alison is a great performer! Enjoy!!

http://www.adrive.com/public/e44c4159b12dcf35421f540d9536a97299be9e5e62b32a072a4b38bbd16255cf.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/fbdfe7b3a8d43a18cfd9bc582939e0646d2ad160b73accc2584581631bce7cfc.html

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http://www.adrive.com/public/c2a33fa4a326ec4b96d2b31f5968cd99336d7f4107d8f198974a2a1c8948fba6.html

THE JERRY NOLAN BAND

2008-10-18T12:36:00.000-07:00

THE JERRY NOLAN BAND live at Gildersleeves on the 7th October 1983.It`s one of those gigs that has taken me a long long time to get my grubby little paws on.
Its a really great show and has a guest appearance by Walter Lure.The sound quality is pretty good as well.The whole gig is recorded as one track.i was going to split it,but as it took me so long to get i thought i`d not tamper with it.anyway.i hope you enjoy it.here it is:

i`ve re-loaded this one, so it should be working again!

http://www.adrive.com/public/c79c9cdef041163687e456a178f7d1f08e78780bccfaca6504eb0fed7ea171ae.html

THE NEW YORK DOLLS

2008-10-18T04:11:00.001-07:00

Generation X

2008-10-17T16:03:00.000-07:00

Generation X were one of those punk bands that could actually play!The Billy Idol & Tony james combo was amazing.Tony went on to form Sigue Sigue sputnik and Billy Idol became BILLY IDOL!!Here`s were it all started and back then it really was sex,drugs and rock n roll!!

ok,heres a recording of Gen X live in Osaka in 1978.The sound is great and it`s a really great gig too!Enjoy!!

Here`s the links to the tracks:

http://www.adrive.com/public/91aaddf686b55be416eeec7550b78dd46311d7fb4733af47a6aabcb993d96166.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/4b38587924c7531ba0c8e033c7ed1a5ad40eda811d55df0e342530f8d5aca3d8.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/b4a8533b8e4284a5780a8eb9c7e3900d4060ef8385b849788332fa546fe3c8e3.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/ce86cdfdcce6c53042f6ac0eca337ddbe73b23d2c1a3f25c4d4599ee7cf0ac64.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/9a85d5a0b0ffcd25c8a30761b8d5bcf229e192d25be06fb95ab7af0904c46f32.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/e47ea04e31fc079d44b7feb975f9d1f77df8524a06f7c606b4991574c30edbef.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/392d442314c81ed5f3f3bed152083afc0c968807dbdce719be28c2c87e27009b.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/c059a21315b02ee5e92558b7698dbeb170d3f54acd24372cf59b9a434ce2f3f0.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/9ccfe7d222e1e8dfc5837603f0f70ac0227a5f69b4a7e795adf2389a12df59c4.html

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http://www.adrive.com/public/b71fe3037f14482b2839efbb220224532c215f6023f6384d55e594a75e77c1a3.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/5c615420ab8a8db27393477ac08b33b1083b18a7a01dbba135bc5012348fe32c.html

THE LONDON COWBOYS

2008-10-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

I`ve been after some unoffical London Cowboys stuff for ages but to no avail.I happened to mention this to a mate of mine who sent me this fine concert by them from "Burton (I suspect that its Burton on Trent) UK, 13th may 1983.Its a really great gig and the sound isnt bad either!

i`m not sure if jerry nolan is playing on this gig or not.i kinda doubt it but i shall leave the final say up to yourselves.At any rate,the London Cowboys were and are again,a great rock n roll outfit!For more about them,check out their myspace page at: http://www.myspace.com/londoncowboys

The tracklist is as follows: 1:Bad Beat, 2:Let`s get crazy, 3:Design for living, 4:Hook line and sinker, 5:A Bigger splash, 6:Girl that i love, 7:Burning sounds, 8:Animal pleasure, 9:Streets full of soul, 10:Courtesan, 11:No Lip, 12:Take a chance, 13:Touch too much

http://www.adrive.com/public/9b7bd7618f04aa03f3b49069c23c864111ec5c6b2490e4d4704ee2650fd543c7.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/8dadbc2f5faa01133677994c80b30c31a96357af382b4db91a84ade1cec01dcf.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/712fd0311b93aa0cd089035f50e5a84c5f662574f0d4fb62ed7c80b608f4f939.html

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http://www.adrive.com/public/e3df67f9785153ce89c368531982df4e36c8802c12c13a057abd0e71da560036.html

Plastic bertrand An 1

2008-09-27T08:38:00.000-07:00

Plastic Bertrands An 1 album is one of those albums that i turn to every once in a while purely to hear one song (ca plane pour moi).The album as a whole is pretty damb good,but that track is totally huge!its one of those "lets just rip it up" kinda tunes that gets me going every time.it really holds up well against a lot of todays music and has been rediscovered by a new generation through a uk tissue advert.

Bertrands later music was the worst kind of euro pop known to man,but for a brief moment back in 1977 he was a force to be reckoned with,a punk pop icon and france`s second french speaking artists to reach the billboard top 100.

So here is plastics masterpiece "An 1",ripped from lp (as it`s never been released on cd),and presented to you for your listening pleasure!

http://www.adrive.com/public/04bffe35f3421db1ddcdd9664d4aebe8389ee6abc18bb46453aeeeb834fb8f66.html

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http://www.adrive.com/public/7f0154def7d427514fbfc092934aba9ecc14d1f3c2ea9026a84b9bac659230a3.html

for tracklist visit: http://www.discogs.com/release/374360

THE FAMOUS MONSTERS!!!

2008-09-07T07:06:00.001-07:00

Ive had to edit this post as mick Atkins,sadly passed away yesterday (08/10/08).He`s the leather clad demon on the right of the monsters photo.
He was a good friend and a great guy,and will be sadly missed.He got me into Johnny Thunders and we went to see the dolls at the meltdown festival together.so mick,if theyve got the internet up in heaven,and your reading this"Look after yourself up there and when youre jamming with JT,Jerry,Arthur and Gio,an old version of Bad Girl wouldnt go amiss for us guys still hanging around down here!It was great knowing you!!Sweet Dreams old friend.we miss you!"
(original post:)
Ok,this one is interesting!!when you know people who are in a band,theyre just the guys you know that are in that band.but here we have what, in my somewhat biased opinion is what could have been the begining of something great!!the band were "THE FAMOUS MONSTERS".A london outfit with Giovanni de dommo (from the sniveling shits)on vocals,Tom crossley on guitar and vocals(from the phobics).Also on vocals we have none other that patti palladin (from snatch,the rituals and with our very own Johnny Thunders).on lead guitar we have Mick Atkins (ex waisted youth guitarist) and on drums we have Andy Scott(ex waisted youth and one time hawkwind drummer),(also Topper Headon from the clash played some drums with them but i`m not sure if its Topper or Andy playing the drums on these demos.)and last but by no means least Paul Toal (ex urban clearway and one time member of the moores,a band that were infamous yet never played a gig).These demos i got from mick the guitarist(who gets a mention in Nina Antonias book about peter perret,as perret produced some of waisted youths stuff).(i`m not sure who`s playing sax on the demos)the band met with the usual ill fate that bands of its calaber are predisposed to(death,drug adiction,and all the trimmings that go with it).so to say that these recordings are rare is an understatment.The band never released any material!!These demos,and maybe one or two live recordings that are in the band members possesion are all that exist to prove that this band ever was,bar the half crazed rememberings of anyone who have the pleasure of seeing the band at one of their rare live performances back in the day.Anyway,i asked Tom if he`d mind if i gave anybody copies and he said that it was fine by him,so here you are my lovelys.For your listening pleasure,and for the first time ever,may i present to you the masterpiece that is "The Famous Monsters only surviving studio recordings".These really are too goodnot to be listened to my lovers of good music everywhere.Rock N Roll was meant to sound like this!enjoy!!!!!!

i`ve re-uploaded this one too!!

http://www.adrive.com/public/74aa33aad4577b7402d5b00444352d5515be78d709b3c7372ac4b7ca5bf00516.html

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2008-09-03T13:30:00.000-07:00

Ok,heres the ep from patti palladin and the rituals for download.its a really great ep and showcases her acoustic side.It was recorded in 1994, but was never released commercially.to all who know patti no introduction is necessary,so,for the benefit of those who dont,patti was in snatch with judy nylon and was a long time cohort of johnny thunders having recorded the copycats album with him(i know its a brief discription but who cares!let the music do the talking!)so,enjoy!!!!

ok,heres the links for the tracks:

http://www.adrive.com/public/faa85bf7df670a1c17d0a4a9bdf22dcfd31cae14aeeefed0f7bc82ff94a527f1.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/a2417bfdc3ff6b362104e3f2585a3b5123db759d2a192817bed5650e3b316177.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/8e4b5b4603996a33c51f34bddffc1327ae1d6857421dba00b20c238a15ef8048.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/9f68841269a653f6401093bc040130850337f5cf7aca4ced593d5c6f1593d1d5.html

http://www.adrive.com/public/854a94e523cba59512d7e170acb22208fddf6ca03080c66488deb0dc90db5308.html

the first post on my blog

2008-08-31T15:55:00.000-07:00

ok,here`s my first post.i`d like to thank you for taking the time to check out my blog.its a work in progress and hopefully it`ll be entertaining and that you`ll come back and check it out again.
there`ll be some cool downloads for music that ive collected over the years,along with random ramblings, photos and stuff that i generally find interesting.musically it`ll be a fairly eclectic collection of stuff,and there`ll be various other bits and bobs of interest too.like i said this is my first post and first blog and as it is,i`d just like to say hi and that i hope life is being good to you all out there!and to start my blog off,heres a link for the tracks that are The Killer Kane Bands 45 ,featuring ex new york dolls bassist "Arthur Killer Kane" and wasp frontman "blackie lawless" its a real piece of rock n roll history.ENJOY!!!!!

side a:
http://www.adrive.com/public/3f4308b9076c9e2efa64fa91fc37b0aaa1a599006e23f88dfa2135b01f8cb7f1.html

side b:
http://www.adrive.com/public/b33edcb8cb9d284fb002fb3af9c385ff822b6d116ae8bf1a99308acfba5396fa.html