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ALMelody Maker's weekly editorial meeting some wag comes up with the fateful wheeze ofsending me along ‘with the intention of being asrowsllydisruptiveas possible, tose what kind ofteaction such impoliteness might provole. Seems ikea plan to me Sooffl go, getting there early and hitting the bar. Shearriveslate looking like she's ben dragged backwardsby the heels through a hedge, herhand ‘bandaged, theresul ofan accident the previousnightat ‘agigin Pars. Said injuryis evidencein beropinion that beinginarockband stkebeingin thearmy, which seems fairly preposterousto me. ForreasonsI can't recall, weare soon arguingabout Blue Oyster Cl, the vvery mention of whose name has meralling my eyeballs ‘theatricallyan muttering loudly enough forhertohear ‘vague obscenitiesabout poodle-haited short-arses. "My boyfriend'sin Blue Oyster Cult"she smaps."Sodon't start saying had shitor1l throw my food at you. Except formy boyfriend, they an'tthe bestlooking bandinthe world,” she concedes reluctantly. "But they gotthe ‘most stamina and heart, and they've ive like dogs.” This makes me laugh derisively and leads toa lot of fractious banterbetween us 7 includingsome disparaging remarks about her guitar playing, my description of SithLemykeye’ whichasinept she takes raucous exception to. Seething, she picks up the plate of sandwiches infront ofher and truetoher earlier promise lingsitatme. duckand the plate bounces with an audible clang off the head of the guysitting behindlme, Jeavinga piece oflettuce on his forehead thathe doesn'tnotice untill peelitoffand slaphim with twhen he threatens tohaveme thrown out. Patti, meanwhile, isloudly defending hernew LP."What doyou want from me?” shescreeches, “Tellme who you wniteforand'llteview the record. ‘Radio Eh the utitslt,isavery sensitive, heartfelt and courageous voyage. I'sus improvising aloneina darksstudio with ahurricane coming, with the moon shitting onus. Thisiscolourful stuf... whatelsemade her sucha unique performer? “Everything Ihave inside me, whether its cosmic or telepathic or my knowledge about Egyptology orhavinga baby or being raped or beaten up, everything wonderful orhorrible that's ever happened tome. The temple ofmy experienceis my body, and that’s what! use onstage.” She then announces she's declaring war, presumably on the music press otha partofit that’s been recently so unkind tober, hich makes usallsitup. “Calle the Field Marshall ifitmakes you feel beter,” she shouts.“T'm the Field Marshall ofrock'wrll. And 'm fucking declaring war! My suitarismy machine gun.” And with this, she stormsout, faithful retainers scamperingin her turbulent slipstream. 'mbackat the barbeforeshe getstothe door. sever, enjoy heissue andif youwanttogetin jl meat the usual address AMecpor ‘ouch you can en allan_jones@ipcmedia.com uy a2) uncut)ene ay‘Tcan fuck like a dog and incite ariot!’ The astounding story of rock's ultimate maverick, KIM FOWLEY. Here to plug his autobiography, keener to talk about “the penis of death’ Photographs Henry ilzjCo swersthe phonetn the middle of Dian nightitsostensibly tadiscuss oof autobiograpic: nd thenext wile we played. ie midle-aged burn housethebook gey Pop would writ, the one Leonard Cohen should have written, Fowley began writing poetryin 957, “the best yearinyoct’ollandalsothe year | oe poliofor thesecond time. My polio came backaspost: poliosyndrome when asso, then Lgotbladder ‘ancerin 2010 egano vritethe book-for Kicks Books who alsorun Norton Records, vile undergoing treatment. They stick neclesand camerasdown the penisholeand digthetumour away. Theydothateverysix months or five ars. So have polio, positional vertigoand {he penisofdeath but still get more dane than mostpeople. goin thebospicaland amon morphine with bladderbagsanblood and pus everywhere, and get onthephonet the voicemail of kicks and rattle ava. ‘Wsanunusual method, buta productive ones jowleyhas produced three volumes of his lunorthodax memoi.“overwro%e, but everything ldoisoverthe top" headmis. Eight poems havebeen turned into songs by Mick “The poets you read could be out there making love to middle-aged burn victims for money” Collinsof The Dirtbombs, and will bereleasedion {woFPs by Norton Records. Thetitleofthebook comes fromasong on Fowiey'scult 1968 Outrageous album, "Up/Caught In The Milley Down’. “Garbagemeans ith, sleaze, paln, rrr and sufeting, Somebody has tobe the cheerleader or those emotions, so hy not kin Fowley, th ltimatemar?I'mtneonlyauthor ‘know who can do prose, poetry, fucklikea dog, inctea iotand viteasongthatwilether make youdrinkabee Foley hasaleaciyheld an eventulreadingin Brooklyn, wherehe performed with ? And The [Mysterans, Reigning Sound and The Sonies,ane intends toring his particularbrandoflunacy'o the UK. “Iwilldoreadingshopefuly in fetish ‘envizonments, wherever theres burlesque, croticleatherandlatex. hwon'thea polit reading. lead whilesomebod isshooting uphetoinorfistfucking theirgsifiend. lel probably be more interesting han the Olympics Lord 0f Garbage by Kim Fowieyis published byKicks Books ands outnow 6 uncut ju “This is all about busting some jazz cherries!" Neneh Cherry rolls back the years and lets rip again... ENEHCHERRY WAS, recontlyhanging out swith heroldfriend Tessa W Police irom thesis. ower tryingt figure out how sot involved with the Londan punk scene,"she laughs. "met Tessa, and then Adrian Sherwood, and then The Pop Group. Then Gareth Sagerand nice Smith left The Pop Groupto start RipRig + Panieandithey rang me ranting measasinger. barely sunginmy life. But save ita, Inmany ways, Cherry'snewallum, The Cherry Thing recorded with Seandinavian punkejazztri The ing revisits hereariy'8os catecr thatlong predates er spell asthe charttapping, starbehind™Bulfalo Stance” and"7 Seconds isa complete evisitation," shesays. “That scenehada hugeimpactonme, was on 5, ‘when [movedito England and gotnvalved with those guys. Andit'sacicle] needed to close.” The herr Thingalsopaystribute to stepfather, legendary comet player Don Cherry Alongsideso ream Baby Dream’), The Stooges (Din Tough To Die"), The Cherry Thngfearuresa version offlon Cherry's "Golden Heart Hediedin1995, and thathitso hard that Ieoulda’teven istenta hismuste ore When Mmlec three yearsback, chatwas ‘even worse, and itbroughtbackall these unresolved emotions about Don, Soitwas importanttorevisthis music Together wit herhusband, producer Cameron McVey, and their twochildren, henry ‘moved from Camden to Stockholm seven years ‘ago, and keptalow profile. Shepresented a BBC cookery show in2007 with heres friend Andrea liver (alsoaRipRis + Panicalumna), but made littlemusi.hwasConny Lindstrém, ‘journalist cub-awnerand “cheerleader” for Stockholms uniquejazzscene, who introduced CCherryo The Thing, atro comprising Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and Norwegians gebrigt Haker Flaten @oublebass)and Pa Nilssen-Lowe rum). Cherey was blown away, and suggested they work together. ‘Youdon't get many jazz bands like The Thing. They play songs by Pj Harvey and The WhiteStripes, andollaborate with Thurston Moore. After ou firstspellin the studio teame foutwitha migraine. twas that hardco Cherey willbetousing with TheThingthis | ‘summer, butanyone requesting "Manchil right disappointed They" just have to cat that This tourisall aout turing some heads, winning people ; ‘overand busting some jazz cheries.” E ownuewss ‘The Cherry Things released by Sraltown Supersound on juneAQUICK ONE Inspite ofthe cxganisars best sffors Keith Moonvilnothe Seer Olympicapening coremony Roger Daltreyconfirmed enUSTVthatthe Srommerhadbeon invited teling wy kre, “Ourmanager sent anemailback Saying. 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While workinga long string of temporaryjobs (Tomato or cucumber picking, workingin the parks.) Fay quietly amassed astockpile of songs and mmsical ideas. “W's just something that, happens," hesays.“Itsnatual like goingforawalk Orbreathing. [don't writesongs for them toendup ona record, ustwrte them, Fayappearsto be one of thosededicated but uundemonstativeartits who fel ite pressure to expose heir work. 2007 liveappearance with 12 uncut) juty 20% normally and redlscover chords that Thadin'tplayedforatongime” od friends turn upon Lifes People too. Ray Russell, pivot ofFay's 1972 band, addssimmering sullarto“City OFDreams"; and while Fay ackles Wileos Jesus" alone, Jeff weedy curnsup fora ‘buoyant duet on This World” Itcame froma 1-year old home recording, from ‘when justgoca tie keyboard withasequ nits" explains Fay." When ead it properly and sangitwith theband, le like wassinging with ‘Wile. Whac cheband haveachieved i temendous.” sonnscunver Lifes People'sreleased on Deal Oceans, August20 a Stop me, ifyou thinkyou've heard this one before ry re arausicnas alwaysbeen based on sex, food looks and glamout. Older readers may ecalla shot of George Harrison captioned, Relax, gis, he'ssingle!” Ofcourse, inthe worldof propersock, this attitude coesn'tapply,somuichso that Tkeepexpecting photos ofmy favourite starstohave, "Rela, itl, he'smarried written beneath them, ‘Wedan'jude ou favouritecult, heroes by theirlooks, which sus ‘aswel. Inthe world ofauthonic rock, prety lads grow beardsto look ougherand tractive ladies hidetheirwinsomenessbehind agiantaither, You see artists make thetransition fromsexytocult. Adam Antnow resembles ackSparrow’s uncle, Kate Bush favours hugeumpersandsings fromunderneathasianket, pssiby David Bowie, still more attractive than somespecies of songbird, staysathome. Sexiness becomes ahindrancetotheseriousarist, ‘which swhy Bob Dylan nowdresses like hisowncheap waxworkand Joni Mitchel postions herslfasthe angrest headmistress inthe world Even fom ones, whose entire carcerhasbeen based on ‘demonstrating tothe world what 's would sound ikeifit ‘could sing, has entered the world of antisex. Hena lange dyes his hale ‘or wipes his brow with adies undergarments. Now fllowing ‘unique path ~equivalentto,sav, JohnnyCash dividinghis time between recording murder ballads ana beinga judge on American dol Jonesremindsus with snes elder statesman lookthatheisa serious artist for whom the pop magsarea distant, rvolousmemary Tewastalways thacway, ofcourse Once frustrated byhisefusalto answerany of my questions theway [wanted him to, Lasked Tomo ‘what itwas like toea sex symbol Hotixed me witha ter glare."That tome," hesaid, “slike being asked Dyacripple what t'sliketo walk Hard oargue with that, reallyAVC I: eT qr ies NAN AUDIENCE WITH... DrJohn Interviews ohn Robinson The Night Tripper tackles your queries on his eventful life, from the dangers of Methadone and the benefits of N'awlins voodoo to biting off chickens’ heads. ‘OROVER40 YEARS, he'sbeena Doctor, really Mac Rebennack~the 71-year-old ‘musician whoperformsas DrJohn ~is rather more stately thanany normal physician. Hishatatjauntyangle, is walking tickrattlingwith eclectic souvenirs, acherootathislips, he seems morelikeavisting dignitary from some incredibly exote foreign clime. Which soreallyan ineorectimpression.Aman with deep roots in New Orleansmusicand also thecity's spintualculeure, Drfohn's worldview sas unique ashis life experience ~ex:junke; ex-con; ex gultarlst~Isalarmingly wide. Atourmeetingin his ‘central Landon hotel, Macis aman entirely on hisowen wavelength bbutwho happily receives any enquiry on tha frequency. Forall heisa good interview, musics how D:John communicates, and i'salanguage e's been evolvingsince hestarted outover 0 ‘yearsago. 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But, fr Bobby's information, Ithoughtit would bea good idea for Bobby: he was playing with Erie (Clapron)'shana when they was Derek And The Dominos. {thought Bobby vasa goodsinger ‘and agood musician, buthe ust needed tohave something called. perseverance. Because Iculdsee hewasgolngtwowaysatonce. How did youendupinprison? ‘Gerard via email Mj uncur suey 202 ‘eachyou lshowtobeabetter ‘iminal.Thetearemore people in prisonsin the USA than thereever ‘was, and thar'smainly because of ‘dug I¢snotasmartidea, to put people in drug culture in prisons. Therearealtematives How do yourate Hugh Laurie's piano playing? PhilNewman, Brighton Tthoughthe played good. Myce fiend here assistantifiend Susi med me onto thigh Laurie her friend knew hs fend and whatever andallofasuadden, wenttodgarecord with himin LA, Hesentmearecording with Bessie Smithsingingasoulsong, and Leut it forLaurie's debut album, 2011's Let Them Tat) and itwas cool, and heplayed pianoon tanethatwas 00, oo. When thingshappenike that espinal ‘Whatdid you thinkofworking ‘withallus Brits onthatAnutha Zonealbum? Paul Weller Liked that album alot. Paul Weller turned me onto songthatwas bya guyfom Scotland, and realy loved that song(*Don't Want To Know", by John Martyn. sa ‘ood mantras ifwe don'tknow about cevilwecanputitoft tothesideand know about good things. Ieswhatweshould allstrivefor jason Pierceandme—we wweremeantto be arguing. Ther’s cettainpeopleinmy let wasmeantto arguewith,and he's ‘oneofthem-Tloved toarguewithhim. Wewouldhavethe bestarguments— would felexhilarated afterwards. I's positive argument. If anyonetape recorded ‘our conversations, they would thinkwe belonged in mental institutions, Whar'sthe name of his band? Spiritualized! shoulda forgetaname ike that! Not many people know youhad ahip-hopphase. What's the story behind "Jet Set" (1984)? DrRHallett, Leeds ‘Aguythatwas playing congaswith ime, hisnamewas Duke Bootee. said, "You're not goingtomakeany ‘walmoney doingthat. ourbest shotisproducingrecords, you're god with that." hehad helped ‘with somothing or other.So edd that, andhe dd start producing records, Hewrote"Ir'a jungle out ‘here, sometimes itmakesme wander.” Andityras Grandmaster Flash's rst hit.Heswrte some other songs forotherartistsand he hadastring ofhitsand he was ing wellasarecord“There's on , kinds of eee Net C6 emia Oc something, Il roll with it. fT don't, thenlaint — ence) ee eae aproducer, and felt eal proud that Téhelped push himalong, that. Andhedida track, andTthought, "Yeah! There'sonly twokindsof ‘muse: good and bad, andi ike something, Ivo witht IFT don", ‘then ain’ gonnarol Youquitdrugsafter 40 years ing, Was thatarelief? Guy Parfect, Chichester Leltasenseof elietwheneverthad ‘ogo through customs, through borders. FortayearsTusedtocarry alittle metal fishing box with ters int from theUS governmentsaying Iwasa Methadonlan. Butyougotto consider, where ia druglike thiscome from? Methadone maintenancebecamiea tap - they ust wanted ro keep people anit. Myfirstwite, shediedasaresultof beingon Methadone for 37 years. Shewasallerippled up, and dats otagood thing. ‘Whichofallthe tracks you played onatthattimels ‘your favourite Iate'sos/early 96ossession? %SRandyNewman Professor Longhair's*MardiGras in | NewOrleane”Ofallthose sessions, atsticksinmy mind, because Professor Longhair untuned the tarumset before recording "Hey sn New ‘hedrumshow heuntuned them, anditmade therecordssound very.» Mardi Gras efl great for ‘hat song.—tmade esound ike ‘thecewasa parade band coming fdownthestieet,twasavery spontaneous way afmaking 16 | uncuryjuty 2 “I got shot in this finger. Ican still play guitar... butI forget this finger don't work, so it just goes ‘bonk’...” records liked that websad todo the ‘whole record atthesametime, there was nooverdubbing we recorded one track, They were all recorded with Cosimo Matassa hewasarealhipengineer. Hehad gotintotheidea that mie placement ‘wassoimportant,sohe would, Iike,asaxophone player to get upto themicwhen hetookasoloand the trumpetplayer would playatan angletothe mic, or whatever. He got thebestsounds allofthedme, WhatwasaDrJohn show like inig68? Alones (Mrs), Lewes Peoplelikedit, they neversaw shovwslike that with Colinda dancing nude, withbody palncon, ‘They never saw things ike Chicken Man itingthe heads off chickens and drinking theirblood. He'd ip [the chicken oa snake that they cotldntsee, and thesnale would ‘att Itwasalarge back snake, sothecrowdcoulda’tseett, and woos thechicken disappeared. ‘Wealso hae magicians Iwould comecutofapuffof smoke. 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She was RITTHAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO “Fifty years ago, we started something very big, now we're celebrating together in a very big way” Brian Wilson The Beach Boys have reunited for a 50th anniversary celebration including a brand new album ‘That’s Why God Made The Radio’. Full of glorious harmonies, lyrics and arrangements this album truly showcases the overwhelming talents of Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks. Available on CD & Digital psc DN Ce Ou mL Gy % amazonco.KING CRIMSON PROG SCHOOL! The class of Crimson Bill Bruford Joined Genesis, then formed Bruford's Earthworks. Partnered Wetton in U tajoined Crimsonin 98. Robert Fripp Collaborations with Eno, Bowie and ‘more, Reformed Crimson periodically from 198 ‘Currentlyin Slow Musie improvproject. The Humans: overseeing Crimson remasters. Michael Giles Released MeDonale And Gilesinion Session musicianinthe 1970s; co-founded ast Century Schizoid Band with ex-Crimson alumni 2002. Currently in Michael Giles’ MAD Band. Greg Lake Formed ELPin g70.Replaced John Wetton inAsiainthe'Sos, Reunitedwith ELP 2010 NowinGregLake Band. lanMeDonald Playedon TRex's*Getlt On’. Founded Foreignerini976, Jamie Mule Quit music business Rumouredto live quiet inScotland, Pete Sinfeld ey Produced rst Roxy Music LP. Roleatedsolo LPStill0973) and wrote IyriesforELP.Pennedhits for Bucks Fitz, Celine Dion, ClffRichar ete John Wetton Played with Roxy Music and Urish Heep: formed UKin1978 with Bruford. Began prog supergroup Asiain1981 18 | uncur soy 2012 Storye RobYotng e court of the Kings SOM KING CRIMSON had “quite an original approach . torock,’ understates Greg Lake. They certainly did: E Asthe '60s ended, Crimson’s fiery creativity gave birth toa bright and extravagant series of albums and — : inadvertently — toa whole new genre: prog rock. Surprising, desperate — and shocking... Even Jimi Hendrix was taken aback! HEREWASSOMETHING completely othersurrounding Ulsgroup." Rober Fripp has said ofKing Crimson'searly years. "Idon't believe we went from falturetoinernational suceesin nine months withouthelp fom somewhere," Indeed, King Crimson'sstarusasa British rockinstitutonbas lasted a great deal Jongerthan nine months. Although hard ‘okeepinfocus~they'veundergone shifting lineups stylistic switchbacks and periodicrests~ Crimson hasbeen CriMsON WAS teadsingerandstarttomakerecordsthat “rectalsednotewaldkcee chemistry... Mnicit'Woutyovenseraing msatheasaeazos ater — WHE Added (oer cnvetasgrattents anne tele Canon onc ceueyeto power~itwas ctreywealcaynges otcabeaper deco, likea brain, sen ond lepine tand dara cocuenesceseme living brain” oe ‘rio ings rom his Dorset GREG LAKE aoutt Fourstings instead ofsix—how schooldays, the brothers Michael and Peter Giles, Formed inthe Bournemouth areain summers967, thetriocaughtthe ame wave of Pytbonesque, teashoppe psychas the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Their album The Cheerful Insanity OY Giles, Ges & “King Fripp ~also featuring thevocalsofex-Palxport Convention singe Judy Dybleand former Armybandsman lan MeDonaldon woodwinds andsaxophone, had not sold well, nd their label Dram was growingimpatient “Thebandwasa strange out, [must say.” recalls Greg, Lake, wo had shareda gular wacherwithFrippbackin Darsetand wastbeninagroupcalled The Gods. "Kindofa ‘comely group. But thelabel weren't hanoy abousthis, because they weren'tseling any records, sothey sad to Robert, Ifyou ‘wanttostayonthe label you're goingto hhavetobecomecommercially relevant Get dha can that be? Ofcourse, Ivery quickly learned the bassisnothinglke guitar, andit'sanartformallofitsowm, Andthatcameasa bitot shock tome. hao swot upon bass paying, which lid very rapKING CRIMSON eater es brothers were TTHETIME, Fripp and the‘ living ina flaton Brondesbury Road in northvest London lan MeDonald introduced fiend, Pete Sinfel, a young starry-eyed poet win had spentagood. portion athe ealy'osbummingaraunelthe North African ippy tall and had tried ta starta band of his own, without Greg had beautiful tenorvoice, which inspired metog some words orm o sing." Iwas infield who suse thename, baselon thechavacterfiomhisiyric“In The Court OFie Crimson King’ Itwasn'tBeezebub"he insists, “twas ustsorofthe dar forces ofthe worl.” Like other band names ofthetime—Led Zeppelin, lackSabbath ended upwritingthelyrics, assisting with production, ally conceptuall success. Sinfieldbecametheinvsinefithmenber. who “FEPP WOULA — ~icalsojuschadamemorabletimbr. “You getall this lvely reap calmly drag | Steamentvrmiemttedancratevanst Sronicamconcepeaivtvleo"inomatkalyswpox | SOMething out hebestceainthe om ashe putsi of his 20,000 le the one who wnotealtihe poems anh the Lake, and tro strange bohemian background hesays. Robert ca of gui frontmen’. Buhl eccentric constitu froma staid slictor'sfamily in Dorset Ho kept his YEAS OF Fuitar | peerop'specilar energies “very quey bane paperbaccbooksnpastc bags, ane minewere scattered tice” paren” affins Lake, thatthe band was count llovertheplace Butor woandatal yeas the practice ithall hese components makingupthiscbemical. wa combination worked achemistry five individual people fine musicianship. with “When Gregoras asked toi, twasstilstuck niles, atte an original approach brock. These that werealy ies Frippland,allvery cleverclever lanand developed was what people cal progressive musi, butl intodicean element ofsengueting somthing of doth ally we ere thet, esse ge Pepper tome vel lamboyant Gothic weight. Gress talentand was progressive record, Btinancas,thatwa fenthusiasmis ikea big pairofbelons. Theres this how webevan,aditwasarparentthatbeetct srallspareand hel pulfanayand suddenly e's RBS Kine rimson would have would be toshockthe HEG OUP DYNAMICS wereunconventionaland ally unstable Fripp, the notional leader or at san) only payed guitar, withvoe Wetton, inevitably percevedas the audience, People wouldbe shocked. remember secing imi Hendrixone night atthe Revolution cla, and hevwastaken bac! its when everybodys nade tintoaflameand added somebarmonies a {Mike would put somedrums behind, stick awordortwoonit, and Fripp wouldcalmly say "have anda for that, and dragsomethlngout of his20,000 yeas of guitar practice” Injanuary1969,theas yecunnamed group listening®hacone es another and escalates, You ‘can betalkingabost miliseconds ffeel-and response time, Yuhave tbe good enough to dathat, andthe playersin King Crimson wereall good enough todo that. And that wastheaided powerthat theband had itwaslikea brain, alivingbrain’ Sinfield adds, “Itwas25 yearsofexperienceall ‘fammedin, and ideasand frastationsalleoming out nsalled themselves inareheasalspacein FulhamPalace Road, and set about writing the ‘material that would become thei fstalbumn. -Whenwestarted playing twasimmediately apparentthere was something special” recalls Lake, who became the group's vocalist Sinflld says: "Before, they couldn'tsing very wel, but That lsbound to generatea bit ofheatand exctement Withoutfrictionyou don't get eat! 20 | uncur jury 202Forhispar, Fripphasoutlined the chief ingredients in rimson'sformula:* Musical skill,commitment, desperation, surprise, Barry Godber’salbumeover,thetime ofthe word, technology, the Ford Transit van,apatronin Angus Hunking [lan MeDonald's cle, who loaned hem che money to buy avehicle,PA and Mellotron] managementand recort company, the unstoppable growth oftherecord industry between :968and 1978, thewidespreadsocial acceptance of rug use. Butabove ll itwas thepresence oftheGood Far Thefistewoalbuims, In The Court OfThe Crimson King and In The Wake Of Poseidon, feel more akin othe prevailing folerackand romantiepastoral psycho the moment, han the blazing progressivechow downsof their later years (carlysetsincluded Donovan's “GecThy Bearings" and The Beates'“Luey In TheSky With Diamonds"). MeDanals Mellotron, reeds and vibesadd lush, organic texture, while Michael Giles’ drummingrils the glleo'ssals with ep, propulsive motion, Yet while the rusicianshipis stella, rom the lng improvised coda to “Moonchild” ‘otheRenalssancefalramblenceof "Cadence And Cascade", you couldsensea feral energy coledinsie. ‘Witness “nstCentury Schizoid Man’, the opening ‘wackon. Crimson King, which started with Sabbath ike gaugingchords an boiled averintarantic, te curlingimprovisatin. Iwas thistrackfilledeith Sinflela's paranoid Iyrie("something that gathered allthemadinessofthe world” ashe puts that resonatedso well with Barry Gdber's unforgetable sleeve panting ofa screaming, gurnlng face. tthe Fillmore Weston December 15, 1969, thelastnightof ‘their UStour, they ceicated the song io Spiro Agnes ‘That night proved fateful. Gilesand MeDonakd, fearful of flyingend sicko the tour grind, anmeninced ‘heywanted out. Lake, meanwhile, hala meetingin ‘he hotel bar thatchanged hiscareer,andaltered the course of British progressive rok. "On the same bill {at night wasa group called The Nie, and met ® | Keith Emerson nthehotel after theshow. Hesal, ‘how's Crimson doing? Isai, Justhreaking up’ He sad, "Well, 'm ust finishing with The Nice- maybewe ‘oul formaband together? And thatwas that.” The seeds ofEmerson, Lake & Palmer andthusawhole ew ergof progressive rock - were sown thatnight AKEBRIEPLY RETURNED in March 97010 provide thevocalson Crimson'sIn The Wake OF Poseidon, i ybove sleeve painting by Tammode Jongh was patterned with floating heads, based on the theories of personalityarchetypes of American psychiatristRichard Gardner, infield “Thad been interested in esotericideas, fanedmystery, magicand circuses; twas my fri. hada grandfather who wasa member ofthe Golden Dawn...Wehada German housekeeper whowasa member leapezeartists| The Flying Wallendas J My modherused otakemetothe Magic itle All ‘Artworkby Barry Godber “Barry walkedinto the studio with this slbum cover wrapped up in brown paper. ‘ArtworkbyTammede Jongh “This is entirely basedon Jungian maske. The archetypes are 1 fac Artworkby Gini Barris 4:"Giniwas very young.She heard the albumeand Itrusted her work. It Everybody wasjustsilent. Wewerelockingat andyouaretwo opposites:thereisaface and wasthefirst thing she did. Water, ar, earth the face of "Schizoid Man’ Itwas was nodiscussion that was the album cover. twas absolutely stunning. Game, set and match. hort while later Barry dropped dead of aheart attack: rie. There the onebehind the back of you. liked the idea, sol threwitinto song, andfire was the philosophy behind t Ithas that Book Of Kelleillustrated manuscript thing.” pot 201 |uNcUT| 21KING CRIMSON this wasgoingon books, sc Poseidon was also seasoned with ree jazz fragments, courtesy ofpianst Keith Tippett and saxopbonist Mel Collins, who continued as parcothe lineup that produce Heard (1970) and stands(v97). This incarnation, withtan Wallace on drumsand Boz Burellonbassandvocals, {developed intoan undisciplined sprawl which, coupled with Sinfiele'smellow landscapes, sat at odes with Fripp's increasingly craggy sound. “Formentera Lady" the opening trackon islands, markedlthe tipping point, “Robert works in avery strict, conerote, disciplined way," explainsSinfild, “Bo2and Melwerenotthe mos disciplined afpeople neither was|. Teen to Spain, and wasratherfullof Mediterranean els, warmth, dusty roads, sunsets.and wanted softer, Ahmad Jamal/Miles Davisyfeeltothe music, while Robert wanted todo Parder music). wanted something morerelaxing In hatsituation youstart becoming disrespectful to your partner. And this was what happened. started cuttinghimoff,andhe quiterightly got ‘iredof that, tothe point where he sald, ‘One ofushas goto 20, and 'mnotleaving." Having dismissed Sinfed, in spring 972 Fripp folded away the group and sought out an ‘emtelynew cast ofcharactes for Crmnson'snextphase, ound me,and Tread esorer ES DRUMMER AT that time, Bll Bruford, wasan uunashamed Crimson fan an had fllowee the banal’ progress “likeasick groupie’: When Fripp invited him tooin the new lineup tempting nm wlth gifts of books about magicand hermetic philosophy, hebailedoutof Yes lke shot. "Iwasaware[Crimson had hada ‘evolution and the blood was on the carpet and stuff, but just read thelist percussion player Jamle Mul, who was kindofan avant {gandis; John Wetton from Pamilywbo was ‘thego-tobassplayeratthetime; and [vitinst| Davi Cross, wholdidn'tknaw at all, and sai sign me up” Wetton was et ‘another Boumemouth-born alumnus of Fripp’ school pairing Brfrd with Muirwas aninspied choice: thelatteremenge fram 2 London'sFreelmprovscenealongsie Derek 70 scDboxset ey Cotfromsimilar oF 960 lve Fromthemisty | clothbut patched | tapos ndradio Malltronof | withKeith fersions Includes "Epitgphviathe | TippettandMel Filmore lst Gormenghasty | Coline freejer, farewell gige etching Poseidon frernNevember “Moonchil"and | inhabitsparalle! | robo ruggedrockery | worlds of myth cftaistCentury | in Tho Wako Schild (Of. andthe iReaconfident, | gsrhpresent exponsiveand | day(‘CotFece’. debut 22 uncur|juty a Cetus” hicks offacavaleade ofewaialesque imagesand panting. Yer Jon Rader ipa mid Fpp's bclards guitar Flowichosonthe letrack, Rosyasa Mediterranean sineet and ‘executed witha light jaseytouch, thistrantions| srercao Pate Sill bowing coutwiththe “Formentera Lady" and! “Solos Tale Percussonists Murad Bruford runamokinthie playground otek ‘Tongues. Porta" descends ulrghtwor abandon, ite “The Great Deceiver coumicjiggery heraldsone of Crimeon'smost vwedalbure Check Fpp's sesringsaloon “The Night Witch’ Balleyand Evan Packer, Histmpressivearsenal of percussivedevices, played with wid perfectly intoa group which ‘was nowineluding purely instrumental experimentationinto their setlists. "He'd come from theart world” Bruford aficms, “and the world of new improvising freeatonal guys, and Iwas thenevkidoffthe block with hefastest The skimmed own triomale apuggish conslaughtwhose Impsctstsiten snyone from Senels Addition andRed Hot ChikPeppersto Radiohond A tantalising ignporttoroade never taken,Fe ¥ rs orn parses =] | paradiddlein Kent. Muir wasted notimeatall in pointing ‘uttome -and this was my fist reatanel only drum lescon realy that the music doesn texisttoserveime; that exist ‘oservethemusi. It been showing off unt then." The first ording from tisensemble was Lars" Tongues In As record described by anotherlan MacDonald ~ Assistant Eaitr of MME ~a8" challenging record, butts rewards ae very substantial, evenifyou'dhavetobean odd mixture of person olieitall withoutteservation That was because it wasan odd mixture ofaband — “Itwas a band with muscle, sensitivity, different colours. I itched somewhere between epic rock, total freedom and the kind of funky electric fusion perpetratedat the time by Miles Davis, Mahavishno Orchestra and Herbie Hancock wanted itto ark’ Tongue was Jamie's phase” reveals Bruford “fradlamondinabit roughage apparent isan go on forever. ental dellcacy.timpled something lovelyina whole ae unehofnothingmuch Whiehwasthistagiemewdyinhe | Bytit didn’t riddle oftheaurl roughage Satess nd ibe lackli74} isaphrase, ofcourse, byDylan Thomas, that appropriated, JOHN WETTON probably legally ast jstscemed obeaboltlythe Soundthat the group wasmalingor trying toma: Thesroup, tough, remained oat, "One othose me ups that wassil reat breakfast thee vague | ‘morning ou considered yourself lucky,” as Bruford Soo puts it Muir absented himselfoutustbeforethe lease of Lark’ Tongues..:"Hewentofftoa ‘monastery orsomething, Suddenly Iwas control aaa Tacos ae a Ee arereemirs a ae eter uestyerntcetataen — and intoducedan old buddy, Richard Palme: James. asthe group'snew lyricist. "On Larks Tengues..they werealldaneto order, the threelyrcs” Wettonexplains. “Tsenthim over acassette—helived in Munich by then with the tne jotted dovenion piano, and voee,anlback would come the le, absolutely alshed, watertight and printed out r| SHE'S BRE UP How Crimson imploded in 1974 Bill Bruford: “We wore at Olympic Studios in Barnes, and Robert [Fripp] decidedin his wisdom ‘tate wasn't going to express any opinion, John [Wetton's opinion was as good. my opinion. This ‘was spectacularly unhelpful. Trying tomake a record like that was ridiculous. We wanted him tobe the boss;he didn't want tobe.” John Wetton: "Igota telephone calltothe effectthat Robert wanted to take a sabbatical. ‘iow long willthat be? And the answer was maybe ayear, maybe longer. | ssid. OK. downat you gotta de, put the phone down and sid, ‘Oh Fuck! We frustrating when youind aniche, work very hard at something, i's oinginthe right direction, and suddenly itallstopped” (EDtheltazar-edgerifage aless And Bible Blackant Red (ecordedas ross bowed ou), both worlds away from the wooly outpourings of progpeerslike EL, Genesisand, Yes. Forme that entire periodsmells ofa Holiday Inn,” complains Bruford, "Thethingbecame so aggressive, I think because of endless US tours here youarein thebacke of ashed, know Davi Cross wasn'thappy with ty and me and Wetton cummed int the‘ fiyingbrick wall whieh you had tovther duck orplay with. And kindof regretthat. It tok mea longtime earn tobe usta whisker moresubtle onthedrum kt"*Weveredoingendless tours of America,” adds Wetton, “and when you're oninfrontof fen Years After orlron Butterfly, you have tite hard, and show them vyou'vegotsamekind afmuscle. Ina 5,000 seatarena, there's no room for ussyfoting” ‘etton'sphraseisareminderthatFrpps sights werealso pointed inciferentiretions:hisongoingexperimental Collaboration with Ertan Eno hac begun two earseartier with NoPussyfooing, and heal produced Matching Male and jazz ofits Centipede and Ovary Lodge. Under the Influence of mystical thinkers ke Gurdjeffand Ouspensky, Fripp began to abandon onto ofthe group, with terminal results. Red, released. atthe close of g74,wasthelast Crimson lease untls98's wholly diferent Discipline. Itwas certainly thee oftheline of evolutionary evclopmentthathadhegunin 1969. "‘Thiswasaband ‘with muscle, senstiy diferent colours mourns Wetton." wanted ito go cn forever. Buiter" "You grope alongin he dark," adds Bruford, “with candle anda itofsting, hopingto find your way along adarkcortidor-thatsabit like bowitfel.”®© {goth anniversary CD/DVD-Aeitions of King Crimson's Studio albums from In The Court Of The Crimson King to Red are available from Punegyrc,withtheexception of Larks' Tongues In Aspic~iobereissued late this year sty aon} uncuT|23Story: Andy il Photos: Pieter Van Hatem ALABAMA SHAKES Earthshaking! The South has risen again! How ALABAMA SHAKES became the best — and the biggest — new band of 2012. “They make me think of when I was with Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Duck Dunn and Otis Redding,” says Booker T. “Thaven'tseen that type of group coming together for a lot of years.” '§ AROUND io.Satthe Paradise Rock Cabin Boston, Massachusetts, aweleominglitlecib ‘out theuniversity istrict, where America’s Dhotestnew band, Alabarna Shakes, arejust ‘warmingintotheic headline set, ‘They reaboutfivesongsin,afiery slice of fathack funkrock called “Always Alright", “with Britany Howard whipping upastorm, scrubbing chords from herSGwithachuming shythmic momentum that puts mein mind ofthelegendary Sister Rosetta Tharp, er head thrown backin ecstatic abandon as theband charges forthefinis, And then, something strange occurs. The sang ends, and the exawd ust goes totally apeshtcrackes, with avolcanic ‘outpouring of wild applause and cheering that goes way beyond mere appreciation tosome deeper, more demented ‘one offervour.Anditustdoesntstop, but keepsrolling ‘overand ove, preventing the band from starting the next song, the crowd determined toestablish the depth ofits approval. Britany smilesatherbancmates, bemused. ““Whatthe fuckjusthappencd?” sheasks, ‘What jst happened was critical massbeing reached, nef those moments when i'sclara bandhas grasped ‘he zeitgeist so firmly that tcansweepeven the most disinterested of puntersintoa hysterical froth. 1s something'veonly recently witnessed at Arcade Fire shows, and i¢tokthema fewalbums toreach that postion, Atthis exactpointin their et, realised that Alabama vyerymuch arockband, andit'shappeningso fastfor thembecaure Wssogoodandsoreal. Although alot'sbeen writtenlatelyabouthow everyone's gotten fragmented affinto theirlittle cliques and ‘groups, think there's stillalonging fora eT ne [eee bey, [don’t need to ell you - you're probably one ofthe ‘our culture-itjust takes umaccionliatoetnmrrccsne [estes SEtpbtusuanetnecconctcaeycs senate aoe ee ne het aomyanin | theihtematinal | aes See Notthe band, tha'sforsure.“We'veall been trying to Seuteerene= ie ‘igure out what kind ofstaaswehave,” says bassist Zac Cockrell. “Itkinda changes. They told us the ther day, before the record came ou, they were predicting acertain Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers ‘number onthePillboard chart. The Billboarachart? Any ‘chat! Bearded andsportinga baggycap, Cockrell asthe laidback, grizzled demeanour of Lowell Gorge, anelthe lnsouclancatttudetomatch, “Then they tell you how few salesittakesto get onthe char," he continues witha smile “thought it would take about two millionrecordstogeton the charts! But, ou know chingslikethatare popping. "ink was in denial fora wie that things were happening fst, butthingshavetaken off now.” Ttspeaks volumes for theilevel-headedness that when theyhad tabite the bulletand give uptheirdayjobsto pursue thelrmusical dreams, they were caret losing the Security ofa regular paycheck, from jobsas unglamorousas Postal worker (Britany), veterinary technician Zac)and nuclear plant protection worker (rummerSteve Johnson, ven now, they're taking success witha sardonicgrainof salt, When Tmarvel at how thelr UK mid-weeksales placed vem atNo fora while, guitarist Heath Fogg curbs any ‘enthusiasm. "That was for twoor three davs,thenit ‘droppedito thre," beacknowledges."Itsalldownhill from here! We peakeasiy!™ REBACKSTAGEINeShak desing TW eeertenreitomtn esr ‘Seance on eae ato intatorl net theavosrgsnny Anessa, Ald pentose ity “gee, oun hoe owen hae aipintrpantavestucthasegan bac sttostol Ten ere orale Th pafsout casey oe strane oe ht onan Soy tom esa ctl enon When oat ttowstodin athens they mentonthe da eds Coren henge ning “Rusts orang ing atest Tale at sty aoe} uncut |25ALABAMA SHAKES oragrocery store, or drive up and down rads, back and forth. I’ likea mega-sized ruckstop between, ‘Nashvilleand Birmingham, “Youcan goinnercubing,” enthuses Brittany. Ths, t ‘urmsout, is thelocaleasual watersport, involving being ‘owed aerossa lake onaninner tube, Sounds ike fun, “Basically yougetin thecreekandyou'eonaraft, kind, ‘ded behind a boat" sheexplains.“I’sactually really nice. Oryoucan ustgo floating” “Iesnotaboring place o grow up butthere'snotalacof activity happening downtown tohang out or” says Za “Mostaf the time was spenthangin’outin parking lots, argulngaboutwhatyou'regonna do, and neveractually firetstarted the idea for'Constantin Dreamin Arezzo Italy, when we were finishing anltaliantour thada terrible nightmare. was dreamingoFthe ‘onde the world. Saint Francis wasinthe dream, weeping blood, o [Sanaa eS Peter enrry \\* She'sstartinghersoup when Tarrveatthe restaurant She wearsadarkjacket, blue jeans, white Tshirtandasmall rucifixpendant. The menuis breathtaking: €36forasteak. "Have whatever you ike" she ‘encourages. In fst Kids, her award-winning memoir af life ‘with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, shewritesof Mapplethorpe cong her for having uncouth able manners. Today she orderslamb cutlets, whichsbecutsinta tiny squares, wines intheltsauceand eats with her fingers. Horses, after37 yeas, remains her designated masterpiece asa rockartist Just Kids took Smith 0 unprecedented levels of vaidationinthelterary worl She'ssince been workingon atleastone novel, swellas the poetry shewrites everyday. Lenny Kaye, er fitful gultarlst, remarks: "The good thingabout Patsthatshe des artinevery medium, Theteare books inthe pipeline. Photographs, installations, special performances. Who knows whereshellgonext DButshe still believesin albums, these time-honoured collections of songsof diverse provenance, witha. twas sodisturbing that Iwentdown into the so-minuteepienear theend, “Constantine's Dream” ke square-Ineededair- previousepies- “Birdland Horses), “Memento Mai andthe church was (Peace And Noise), "Radio Bashxlad” Tramp) was ‘open. Andthere wasan entivelyimprovised. Smidhenteredchevocalbooth withnot |) effigy of Saint Francie word on paper. Her narrative spans ninecentures ana anda painting: hasan inticate timeline involvinga sane (Francis of Constantine's Dream by Pierodella Francesca (ebove). thought, ‘Wow. 'mehannelling this church! lspenta year studying, goingto sve tho sites of Saint Francs if andallof Piero dela Francesco's paintings. found the correlation that Piero dolla Francasca diedin the same year 1492] that Columbus reached ‘America.By now lm startingtomapthe poemoutinmyheed.| study alot oFhistoryto beable toimprovise.” Assi, a Renaissance painter (PirodellaFrancesca) and anexpiorer (Christopher Columbus}, but Smith never ‘turbles.“Tmprovisinglswhatshe does," shrugs Kaye. Thatdoesn't makeitanylessimpressive. AtNew York’ ultra bohemian Chelsea Hotel whereSmith ved with Mapplethorpein1969-7o, she was uiendly with three great Beat huminares: Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso ‘and William Burroughs. was Burroughs who urged herto ead Peter Reich's A Book f Deans (1973) which inspired rdland” ~anditwas Burroughs whotoldherthat she was shaman. There was defintely some evidence fort Hee liv performances were renowned for thei feverish whiting dances, their elecrifyingatmosphereardl their tendencyto go beyond improvisation into possessed babbling. Reviewing oneconcert, the New York Times'John Rockwell expressed concer that Smith mightsomeday, veer over teed int insanity. Burroughs told hernotio question shamanism, but to use 38 | uncur|juLy 2012 Iewithout fear. Tas he twas like goingintoatrance. She saysne, itwas more about inexplicable clarity. “W's ket youand weretalkingandallofasudden yourskull was crystal and] couldsee your actual brain. Butwe'dstillbe talking. [mightnot even sayanything to you. OrImightsay, ean seal the movements your bain. Is.casual.” She smearsa pleceofcutlet in sj and bringsittoher ‘mouth, “Tmacasualland of person.” HE UNIVERSE OF Patt Smith san intoxicating, I rapkuouisand attimes overwhelmingly intense place oe. Like the French poots whom she studied precoclously inher teens - Rimbaud, Bauelate,Velaine— she writes nan ecstatic language full of wondrous visions and sensuous metaphors, asf unable to stop herself from deseribingal the beauty tragedy, votence and passion that she'sobservedin the world and in herimagination, The fact that she found her primary formofexpression in rock'n'roll was, shesays, never intended. Butroek’n ll would not havebeen the samewithouther.TaLenny Kaye, she's agiantofthe oth Century,anartist who doesexactly what artismeanttarelevatethe soul”. Shes been criticised for pretentiousness usually since shemakesno bones about poetry beinga higher calling. Therewasatime, post Horses, when shecouldn’tao anything right. When shehada surprise hitsingle (Because The Night, 1978), shewas accused of sling out Ayearlatr,she was soangered bya Julie Burchill review that she ead italoud onstage at Wembley Arena, “People ustbitches, she remembers.“They haditinthelt ‘minds that was becoming this big rockstar. Orthey said [was supposed tobe punk tock ane nowIbavea popular singlesolcan'the punk rock. Fat shit! Iewasalovesong 0 ‘my boyfriend! Don’t confineme. Don't confine men your smallkea of what 'n supposed tobe doing.” Patt works onan intuitive level commentsfay Dee Daugherty. “She'salwaysbristled atthe word'career. She never plotedtoachieve stardom orcultvateanimage. She hhasnthad ammanager since 1977 which gives vouan idea of how much se cares about acareer.She'san atistand worker. anything she'sant-caret. Smith stessesaguin thatshehad noambition tobe. singer when she rtived in New York inthelate"6os. "Ifyou sawme then, I wasjustaskinnykid fom South Jersey. a reallyruralarea. I wassmartand wel ead, but was not sophisticated. was awkward, [wanted o bean artist But then thisstrange feeling came overme...whatsthat word apresentiment...when Isaw Jim Morrison onstage. This.happeneeltomethreetimesin mylifebefore] started peor, One was hearing The Byrds""So You Want ToBe ARock'N’RollStar. One was seeing The Doors, nd the other was seeing The Grateful Dead at the Fillmore Eas The 970Dead concert, whichshe attended with er friend ob Neuwirth, wasnotable or acurious event. Smith, possibly overcome by potsmokein theauettorium, atemptedto clamber ‘music, Haditnot bee Angel, Patt Sm singing"DarkS¢ tageand improvise poetry tthe forthe quick actions ofa Hell's would have debutedasalive performer with the Dead. SFP Van ERAL ESCAPED Czechoslovakia before th AM vedorder.Hisfamitybesananewlifein New York where van, a musician, found himself laying nan eay neupof Blond before joining PattiSmith’sband in 1974 asbassistand second guitarist, Smith and Debbie Hany, ominally pattofthe same CRGD'ssphere, could not have been more differenti aspector intent. Harry was blonde photogentc; kitenishly destable.Smith, with her sel scissored haircut ane dangerousintlligence, was provocativeand challenginginalmost everything shesang and wrote, Shedlidn'thaveatdtude, She vas atu, “She wasthe most original person on the New York music scene,” says lan Kral, "Most female singers were very feminine. Debble, fr instance, oved Matownana pretty songs. But Patti wastotally about inspiration, She would ins96sjust rae ancl closed Soviets seized contrlof Pr startreadinga poem, then tossitasde and gointoa stream ofconsciousness, was fascinating, I feltike this lady was invincible.” Jay Dee Daugherty: "saw her play asa fan, "4, Somebody had shawn mea picture ofherin Racker vagazine and thought she looked like Keith Richards. saw herplay with tro, wasinnovatve, heartfelt, nigueiberatingand sexy as hel. thought, Thisis theband want to play wih.” By hetime THE DEBUT Tu “The ides of kid ping has vay horrified me. My mother was young girl when the Lindborghbaby was kidhappedfand rmurderedin 1932). My mothernevergot over thet Everytime we were late, she'dsay ‘Where were you? You couldhavebeen, kidnapped!" wrote about Patty Hearst because etfirstshe was misting, then she robbed abank, then therewere pieturesof —§ her withamachine gun, standingin front of [her captors] the Symbionete Liberation Army’s lag, lustwrote the song as aresponse toa those things. wasn't writing my own songsyet.s0 Iwas using other poople'ssongeasa Vehicle. The reason we did'Lend OFA Thousand Dances! $e and’Gloria'on to Horses was because liked repetitious three-chordrocksongs but didn'tunderstand that could write my own. | didet realise that you could use those chords millon times.” sy 20m | uncut 139PATTI SMITH AIN'T IT STRANGE WHO WAS WILHELM REICH? Smith’sclassesong “Birdland” on Horses, was inspired by abbook about the paychiateist Wilhelm Reich (897- 1957)-Reich servedwith the Austro-Hungarian army inthe First World War andstudied with Freudin Vienna inthe 19203. Fleeing Nazi Germany int933(he was portrayedby the proHitlerpress.ase decadent Jew), Reich enjoyedacareerasen analystin Scandinavia before some ofhismore tunusualmethods, whieh Involved touching his, patients ndinstructing themin“orgasm therapy’sbegante ln1959Reich movedto ‘Amerie where some believehemayhave become mentally il. Hie paranciaand obsession with orgasms and bide (nottomentionhis ‘loudbuster' machine, whichhe claimed could rake ain fall) awhim incressinglyisolated andinvestigated by the BL Fellowing a federal ‘order that all copies cof his books should beburned, Reich was found guity of contempt ofcourt and sentencedtotwo years inprison. Hediedin Lewisburg Penitentiary inNovembert957.a weekbeforehewas due tobe relessed conparale. 40 juxcur| uv 200 Daugherty joined, the Pati Smith Group had taken fouryearstoassemble Smith's life-changing coalition ofrockan the written ‘word had begun anywhere itwasatSt Mark's Church-in the-Bowery onthe night February 10,1971. Lmpatientto get noticed and loathing the restrictions of Beat poetryand the genteel reading circuit("those wretched teas"), she invited a guitarist, Lenny Kaye, toplay lect gitar while she recited. Their audience was spectacular: Andy ‘Warhol, Lou Reed, numerous poets an every majorrock ‘ride in thecity. The performance wasanicanaclastie mixture of poetry feedback ina church!) anlthe highly agitated onstagemanner that made Smith sowatchable in hindsight,” says Kaye, "itwasa -very significant occasion. But athe time itwasonlymeantto bea one-off Performance. Whatwe were doing was sounusual that ¢ washard a knowhow iteould be turned intoaregularevent.” ‘Twoyears elapsed beforeSithand Kaye tried tagain. Bat as Kaye puts the clockwork fur lives wasalready turing". Asthey beganadding other ‘musicians ~pianlst Richard Solin 1973, then Kral-Smith wasalready thinking ofmusicin terms ofa cascade asacontinuous flowing bed” ontop of ‘which she could “spewendlessiy". Smithand her groupbecameamust-see sensation. Kaye remembers gigs consistingof “pop songs. "Mack The Knife.anda feldofsonienolseyou could ‘idea car through.” Smith: “ gottoo much attention People wereoflering merecor contractsattheend ofan 18minute poetry reading. lewasalt of money. Idi thinkldeserveit” Kaye: "Iftherewasatraition we were placing oursolves within, was thecejazz/poetry tradition nde East Village.” Itveas ironic, then that Smith would beeame synonymous with punk. Even now her name's historically ned with the likes ofthe Ramones and The Dead Boys, “whenall they haveincommonisa CBGE'Sstage. Smith, a loyal Stones and Dylan fan, didn'teven endorse the asic punk doctrine that the ld guard shouldbe overthrown, loved theold guard! just didnt like the new guard. \orted that rock'n'al was winding down andl oue ‘cultural voice wasin danger ofbeing lost.One ofthe things “Twrote Horses for Michael Stipe. Iwrote Horses for Morrissey. And they found it” that ncuced me tostart recording wasto be the ke with his Fingerinthe dyke, Twas wating forthe new saviours ta comealong.” You didn'thinkyou'd be thenewsaviowr? “No! Never eltmy rolewastookd the fount the tuoopsarrive. thought probably make onerecord and obackto working ina bookstore” She aughs."You know... was justwaiting for The Clash” ‘observes ay Dee Daugherty. “New York 1o75wasthe place tobe, Maybe in 1976 or ‘was London ~the ICA or the 100 lub. And whatevertis today les say ‘Williamsburg Brooklyn [tall comes together through clecumstances, fateand arma, and tmay never come together that way again, twas time. Having conquered CBGBS, putoutanindependent single Hey Joe"/*PissFactory")andsignedtoClive Davis’ Aristalabe, Smith wasteady 10 make Horses “Horses wasallinPatt'smind,” van Kral declares, “evenbefore we gottathe studio. Alltheemations,all the poetry, was already ner.” Thetecording of Horses wasexcting, “mystical” (Kral), chaotic, frustrating and saw mare than cone scteaming match between Smith and producer fohn Caleas the ex Velvet Underground man ried to marshal the Inexperienced band intoa routine. What made dificult for Calewasthat thetwomostambitious~and longest~ pieces on Horses were improvisations and,as such, utter volatile, “Bicdland” wasa vivid dream in which the psyehiatrst Wilhelm Reich haveredoveraNew England farminaspaceship."Land” wasmore metaphorical. Who was Johnny? What happened in che hallway? Washe raped? Stabbed? Orwasi the transfer ofsome sacred and arcane energy from the boy's body into fonny'? “Iesawhilesince 'velistened it.” Smith esponds when ask fora précis, but Johnnw..he'sthepre-punk rockckid. He's ikea William Burroughs wiki boy. He's entering the world, ready ttakeiton.It'sametaphorfor thebirth of roek’ntoll. tends with the death of jimi Hendix. When says, ‘Tr he shoets.. here was a ‘man,’ thats jit in Notting Hil, dying in bed.” Rien, 1d pace;fresh.....42 SEE buy your cds, dvds and books from fopp bristol cotege geen / cambridge stney st = if they suck we'll give you a swap or oryour lolly edinburgh rose t// glasgow union sté byes rd // london covent garden & gower st // manchester brown st// nottingham queen t‘When Johnny cuts his vocal cords, are you talking about rock’n'ellslfdestructing? “Idon'tknow!” she laughs. "No, Ithinkitwasmore.. opening them up. Thete'saconstant metamorphosis. He ‘onenstip his ocal cords that mightbe myself actually, finding my vice inrock'n ll eS gota penknife,a jack nlf a switchblade, When you think of Blackboard jungle orjuvenile delinquents, the image ofthe black eather jacket and switcholadeis therock'nolimagefor my generation” Introducing itself with ane of themost famous opening ines ever Jesus ced for somebody's sins hut norman”), Foyses was instant acclalmed.“Tewasa declaration of principles, states Lenny Kaye Typically of Smith ambiguous poetry, some interpretations couldbe perfectly understandable while being factually wide ofthe mark. :nlsteners heard the frsttwo songs (lori and “Redondo Beach”) and presumed they were about lesbian relationships. "Gloria, jn Fact, was notaboutewo women ‘and "Redondo Beach” wasnt about wo overs. “Tenover occurred tome," Smithsays. "Redondo Beach" was writen formy sister after we had an argument. did't predict that Kiderpretaton, But mupotanalyticalaboutit ‘When 'msinging, shift gender very easily, ol probably — although leant really rlivewherel was ‘when {was ing Glvia’ ~Iprobably was singing that song froma male polntof| view. But wastoying withitaswel.'ve alwaysbeen heterosexual, butT don't Phaveany qualms aboutshifting genderas anartst Singersdothatall the tm When oan Baezsang‘Farewell Angelina, “Twanted to understand the full human NIANUARY the Pat Sit Groupdit something rarefor them: they opened for anotherbandonan American tout Bob Seger TheSilver BulletBandwere ‘more commercial and much more successful. Smith, by ‘anita, had been settnguised toannovingsetbacks:scathingreviewsforher album Rado Ethiopia her follow-up to Horses) and ‘censorship ofher single “Pissing nA Rives" which was bleeped byradioandsoldina sleeve thatasterskedis tite. Raalio Fehicpiais remarkable forthe range of voices that Smithadopts- some of them extremely disturbing fom alitiegirt whisper to theunstoppable forces ofl. Task bherwhy she experimented so much with her singing. “Rado Ethiopiawas aperiod when Iwas exploring my woice -the souncl of my voice —morethan the wads was saying The reason forthat was becauseastrange thing happened to me. llthe Improving that camesoeasilytome suddenly dissipated. Igotsiekof language. wast oss for words." “Ain'IeStrange’ ftom Radio EDhiopi wasthe most physically demanding song ontour(“andsilis”shesays). twas taosiammuseel,, experience ema tna homosexual peopein ou following, but Talwaysfetthatthat wasbecause our musicaddzessed the disenfranchised. Whoever they might. People who were ‘Weird, People who were nerds. People who stood out forwhateverreason.” -Alionated teenagers, sensitive waif, artisticmisfts. ‘heya discovered Horsesaan impresslonableageand heldon itor dea lf. In ime, Snith would stare ‘meeting some of them. They'tlistened, absorbed and become performers themselves. Michael Stipe, ono Morrissey. “Exactly” shebeams.*Theyweremy people. They were ‘exaettythe people had in mind. wrote Horsesfor Michael Stipe. Lwrote Horses for Moctssey. And they found i.” motherhood” ‘monitor and grabbing themicrophone,a signal forthe chorus tore-enter.Butitwas aboutto gohortibly wrong. On January the third date ofthe Seger our in Tampa, Florida ~Smith complained to Segerthathiscrew weren'tleavinghet ‘enough space onstageto perform properly. That night, she ‘ams, they gave her even es. At thedramatiepotntin “Ain't range" her feotreached forthe monitorand she ‘overbalanced, tumblingolfthe stage backwards intothe Curtis Hixon Hall's concrete orchestrapt. The band stopped playing, Smith didn’t move, jay Dee Dag thought shemight be dead, “Ifractured my spineand my neck,*shesays. "Thad {4ostitches and several fractures. There vebeen many PATTI SMITH i BOSS TUNE HOW 10 WRITE AIT SINGLE. “Wehadtomake record" Si remembers. We didn'thavarmany songs becausel'd been down liehespitalised] sincemy ‘secident chose Jimny lovineas producer. who was ‘engineering Bruce albuminthe studionext door Brucehadthis song buthe couldn'tgeta handle onthe Iyrics. Bruce gaveit to,limmy. Seo Pattilhes this Jimeny gaveme the tape andi didn't Fstentoit.thadthe tapeinabasket. One night Fred, tho livedin Detroitand wholwas really mitton with, was supposed tocallme, We didn'thave any moneyin those days,sowe only talkedonthe phone once every 10 days, because long-distance cals were expensive, Hewas supposedtocellat 7pm, andiwasallexcited Eight olock,he hadnt called. Eight thirty. fl wasreally cool would've ssid, Fuck you' andl Inoticedthe cassetteinthe basket, andl thought listento that darnzong'Iputitin the cassette:player and thought,"Hmm,it’sin rmykey..thechorusis slready written.alll, gottedoisfilinthe verses’Solstarted ‘writing them. Thet'swhy Iesays, Loveiearing... the telephone’ By the timeFredealledat, Tdwrittenmny only hitsing!. “Because TheNight™ reached No in Brita andNo sin America uty 201) uncur) 43PATTI SMITH KICK OUT THE JAMS-MC5 Live album recorded inDetraitat full-on hysteriapiteh. One inflammatory anthers after another. 19-year old Fredinthe ight channel) and co-gutarist Wayne Keameracelike a pair cof ttackdogs fighting HTIN Mes Besides his firecracker solos, Fred's songs dominate the’s' final studio album. “Sister “Anne” and "Skunk (Goniely Speaking) areimmense tracksin US guitar history. Glorious «CD boxset of late'70sconcertsby this ellossFred-ed Detroit supergroup (whose drummer wos Scott Ashotonof The Stooges). The timate showeate forFredsawesome guitarsound:loud, Unrepentant and thriling, The box sstaleo includes theband’s only single, “city long’ Eo rumours. "0h, shewas stoned Ilwashlikethat Iwas beingcarefulon thestage because therewasn'tasmuch roomor light. [didnt whit around asmuch asisal,butwhen [hit themonitor with my fot, twas hhalPhanging over thelipofthe stage.” Has she ever blamed Seger orhiscrew2We needed more space and light, and wedida't get ityandI hadanaccident. roseare thepractical aspectsofit. pissed me off, anditwasn'twery renal bbuti’snothing'm gonnase anybody over Hospitalise, lying ~ lntaction, she A ceassessedherlie."1 5 vasanogant, wry arrogant. The accident mademe pullback ookat myself. teforced metogothrougha T eriodof self-examination. Inthatsense,mnotsorryit happened." Shemadetwo more .?s (Faster. 1978, ad Wave, s979)andrecumed to the road. “Twasn'tas physical onstageaftermy accident. stillhad plenty ofenergy, but had to develop defence mechanismsto protectmy ‘eck.”She'snevercompletely shaken offthe effects oftheaceient. “Tstllsuffer ftom I. My neck. still get discomfort spinal discomfort. I's nothing leant live with, Butitwas important ‘ome. twasasign thatitwastimetwevalve earned that the universedid not revolve around myself Beingan artist doesn't make youlbeter than anyone ele. wanted touinderstandthefull human experience, ‘Thatmeans motherhood. Thatmeans becomingacommon citizen” “Fred was fearless. he was good at everything” Wp THAD BEEN introduc io Feed ‘Sonic’ Smith by EL sennykayeini976.Fred Smith camewith serious credentials. Heid been guitarist intheMC the generals ofthe Decoltrockrevolution - playing hisMosttelikeamachine gun, (daly, because he't starveso young, Fred was threeyears Pats junior, Kayedeclared him America's reatestroc’nl, guitarist The only problem was that Pat knew nothing about the MCS. "Tsawhimacrosstheroom, she miles, “and {hadino idea who hewas.|lookedathimandhe looked atme, And ustknevs Though, ‘This mans going a bbeinmylife” TherwoSmiths ellinlove. Sonic's Rendezvous Band - Fred's explosivenew group -pened for Patiin Chicago, Detrotand Cleveland, Butshe dln’ feel that was appropriate. “Being suppart bbandisnottherolefortheman yottiove. rather have supported him."Shedecided comavero Detroit (Frets home city) ~ whieh raised eyebrowsin her band and nso79, after they'd playeda concertinan alin fotballstadium, she made herfial announcement. "That's," Daugherty remembers her ‘re done." Only x8 manthsatter“Because The Night" had given them a worldwide ht the Pati Smith Group were finished. han Kral was devastated: “Toved the bband, loved the friendship. felt betrayed. Lstil have the songs that were destined forour nestalbum. Ithoughtit couldhavebeen ourbestwork.” Smith’stetrementfrom mise was not announced othe press Gradually tbecame clearthatit would bea long termabsence. Kral: "Shecompetely dsappeated. There wasn communication from heragain™ There werea fewF7pP 800TH, THEsingerin ames, heard frombis JJ end Lenny KayethatPattismithwasaboutto A pertorm again, the circumstances weredeeply upsetting, Fred had died afaheartattackin Noverber1994 and Patt’s younger bother Ted had sufered fatal stroke afew weeks later Patan Lenny were goingtoda an acoustic gig in Detoitasa memorial “There wereabout 200 people.” Booth recalls. “Isatin frontot er fr nearly four hours, She read poems and cried, She oll stories. Lenny requested she read a poem foc To lewasavery complicated poem. She started and gave up. Se was going, Come on, Pat... gettingangry with herself She camebackto and suddenly her voice went into place 'venever knovibelor. was almost ike her yes glazed over She go very fierce. Thepoem lasted about ‘aminuts, At theend, she turned to Lenny and sai, ‘Next song!" They went into "People Have The Power Everytime shesang'pegple have the power tfeltlikeshe was sending lightning up myspine.Shetsmed toLenny,"Nextsona!” ‘Then she dia Kurt Cobain cover that lasted 25 minutes, Tewas one ofthe mostincredible things ve ever sen, In1995,16 yearsafterher departurefom the ouring circuit Smith realised thatshe would havetorecommence oxt husbands oning hci adobe ynever Sntothe whe nitro expecta heard of rida Kahlo, ut ifKahlo convenient cametoherrescuewas Bob Dylan, who offered alle ta dass ~ the riliant artist with spinal injures heratwo week our of America's East Coasts who marresa ellowartist-~amore persuasiveanalogy his openingact. ncertan whether people 'sBob Dyan, Smith's songwriting hero, whorecovered would even remember he, Smith puta band romhis1966motorcyciecrashby lvingalifeof together that included Kaye, Daughertyarel bet split, normalcy and hile oldfeend Tom Verlaine, Dylan, who'd attended Patt gave birth toason (Jackson) in 9S2anda hisfitst Pati Smith gigin 1975, was more daughter (Jesse) in 987. She describes her daly itn ns ofafanthan shekevt ‘he Familyhome:*Twould spend the easy morning ting then spend tenet har ang caret SMITHS ELEGIES cHidmaensmbtheferandoielanns tenes ihe ws theremin thay? I'M PAYING MY went in cuca the ow cept ante 0 G ‘nedanteotiietacthacerame cdotsint, || RECDEPTS i developing her ora ofexperts, redtaugh irl inpy hgurnahaniwentonccchodanttccamcaprne | {| THEIR WOR plo Heals became aneaceln gol He wasavery : ‘powerful athlete when he was young. He boxed in school, - Hewas scouted by the Detroit Tigers [baseball team] as a ' shortstop. Fred was good at everything. Hecould have been : astockcardriver. He was feariess in everything he did.” g Patna FedSmthcllabrate onl one abun ream Of eeasecamiamenoxpetationtn 98. frst published poem. when! 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Smith and Dylansangasong together each night~ “Dark Eyes rom Empire Burlesque and “that litle tour she says, "got nyconfidence back.” In Boston, she accklenallyspilleda nd gotdown on her handsand knees ‘owip tp. She didn’ twant disrespect Dylan by leaving the sage dirty. Tilclean up Teno pralem with that, AS avifeand mother, ve clesned up milion of me ‘Gone Again 996) her istalbum in eight yeas, was weltenin Fred’smemory, with Patt ~onthettle tack setting words to music that Fred had composed before ds, We hada priva nto You should co seeing che fateful eviews of Dream Of Life. "Cross ove boy.crass over” she calls otto him in "Beneath The Southein Cross", sone sospellbindingthatyouican seeher arms outstretched andherhead ted athe stars. She wasboek and sa was theshaman, Welefthe restaurantsometimeago. We're sitingin et hotel oom, Now thatthe interview has reached the iate’gos some questions move her totears. Thinking about Kurt Cobain is too sacl forher. Talkingabout her children COldashioned kids... nerteaching forthe tissues. She getshalfvay’inoa staryabout Michae! Supe tellingher sh she'll over the place "Thiscompletestrangercameinto nylifeand. he helped mein every Way. and. ™msory Wesay nothing forawhile Ilookaround theroom. tsa ‘generic London hotel raom, cramped butt. bouquet of lowersand.a ghettoblaste ate tne only personal toches, Something about its simpli reminds me afascene that ‘cers often in ust Kids. Smith salways arranging her workspace, Shestraightensher pens, puts one obect nethodically alongside another, She brightens up. Yes! Sheaimits toa fascination withartsts workspaces. She loves going on plgrimagesto sce the desksand easels of et heroess Delacroix, Victor Hugo, Dlgakov.Itellher the story of Bob Dylan visiting Neil Young’schildhood home hem phas special, and nWinnipega few years ago, and asking the awnersifhe ‘oul havea tour Dylan ald paticularattention a what 46) uw THE CORAL SEA _ “[thought Td probably make one record and go back to working ina bookstore” wes ahuge MyBloody Valentine fan. Kevinand! met and just adored him.Hehesan abstract way ofspeaking that takes you right tothe spheres. | gave him The F Coral Sea'and we eat among ll his guitars and pedalsat hisstudioin Camden. We ust trusted each other We didn't do any practising. Kevin wanted. sofa onstage. During the performance, somethinghappened with one of hi pedals andit got louder andlouder.|couldn'teoncentrate.s0 lust throw the bookaide and improvised the rest ofit.At the end, Ijustlay downen the sofsandlistened to Kevin. He wat creating worldupon world taking me to place where language was obsolete, That evening was an uncompromising merger of rock'vrll and poetry andit's one ofthe things 'm proudest of. rsbedroom, gazing out ofthe window, ne loves the stay. Herecome the wasonceNe lostin hong waterworksagain. "You must think Tm the mostemotlonal petson.'msuchasucker, Things makemeery. That's beautiful sor ItDylan ever wants guided tou ofSmith's childhood home itstil standsin South Jersey alittle two-bedroom house, notbigenowsh fortheirfamiyofsix. She thinks Dylan would beshocked Ithesaw't, Asa teenage, Part usedtosleepon the couch er inthe laundry room, What might interes Dylan more than thehousearethe szrounding elds, Th fields are where Pat fistbegan to dream, toimagine and to writeherown stores. Inother rds, ifbe wants atrue pilgrimage, Dylanshould esson thehouse and more nthe fields. ® 1e4onColumbia Recon; Pats Bangaisreleasconju plays Hop Farmer June3a: tours the UKinSeplemberTHE LONG AWAITED NEW ALBUM FROM DEXYS ONE DAY I’M GOING TO SOAR Includes SHE GOT A WIGGLE, INCAPABLE OF LOVE, & NOWHERE IS HOME OUT 4TH JUNE amazoncouk’ BMG free Super Seve Dlvery and United Free One Day Delivery with Amazon Prime are aval. Tems and Conditions app. Se Amazon cou for deta,AAT aE CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES Good times! The Chic superfreak looks back ona glamorous career, co-starring Bowie, Jeff Beck, Madonna, Debbie Harry, Duran, JB—and the Thompson Twins!Something perfect, anc something haywire. With RobertPlant,Iidmy asa producer, Jeff Beckcame tothe studio with nat anesong. He walksinwitha cassette of Vangelis, Chariots Of ire, And hesayss Nile | fuckin’ ‘etwas watching the movieand Ithoughtto myself, Ishoulda fuckin’ done that’ Lersredoit.."T™m going, "Icamebseretowork. You ame here ia Vangelis cassette.” Icanstillsee that white cassette With Madonna, bckingthe Thompson Twins. She was oneof thebiggest stasin the world, butthoy didn’ tinite her tosing on "We Are The World” Soshe singsatLve Ad, then playstambourine with the Thompson ‘Twins, and eaves! There's this big finale, with every superstar inthe rote bead you dont wane Ttold James Brown here that he wrote the most genus rc Thad ever TY eae: "Thinkin tessa etna tle in iradisicxtotiononcecaidiearranmingnptot iescdialininttOMOh | man,tvegottacatehthisplane! Then hey played oneofhissongs. And allistiowt nemieandbwototstednigpinlyenthelehatesionkwolle inet stnd tnd gous Boesch mn Kl minder. Rod Stewart sang,“SittingOn The Dock Of The Bay"here, andl