50 Years of Liverpool DIY #12 : Bill Drummond joins the Liverpool School and Illuminatus!
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This is what I was getting up to at the weekend.
And lovely to meet Allan Williams' children.
Not only did Allan effectively start MerseyBeat when he replaced local bands for the departed Eddie Cochran slot, he told Bill Drummond to start Big in Japan
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Norman, Sean & I are in the Paper today about a special screening and Q&A event happening in our old home town of Bellshill. @hifisean.bsky.social @grantmcphee.bsky.social
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The double helix parallel evolution of Scottish 80s/90s indie music. Despite the 1992 subtitle of Scene Within a Scene they both effectively start in 1983. Same God but different prophets.
50 Years Jung order of screenings for the event on the 6th of June at Mathew St.
These will be playing in the former O'Halligans Parlour all afternoon.
So, plenty of time for everyone to have a chat, share memories and reflections; have food, a drink, go and come back or watch some rare films
Members of BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub and The Soup Dragons will gather on Friday, June 5 at Bellshill Cultural Centre.
6th June 1976. Liverpool's Lesser Free Trade Hall moment : The 1st Jung Festival.
A new Substack article
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Joy Division were booked to play here, 46 years ago today.
50 Years of Liverpool DIY #9 Dream.
The two dreams which changed a city and the very strange story of how they opened a warehouse on Mathew St.
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49 Years of Scottish Punk: Glasgow's Burning.
An extended story of when the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads and Television spent a weekend in Scotland.
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Proof that music can change people and cities
On the left, 50 years ago today: Sex Pistols at Lesser Free Trade Hall (Paul Welsh)
On the right: Tony Wilson Place, 40 years later
With lots of money and great records made inbetween.
Hopefully new footage gets released today
50 Years of Liverpool DIY #12: Bill Drummond Joins The Liverpool School
