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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols 13:44 - Jun 10 with 8581 viewsthame_hoops

Has anybody been watching the Danny Boyle tv show series on Disney+, pistol. Based on Steve Jones book “lonely boy” I know there are a few punks on this board.

I thought it was fantastic, very well acted.

I understand John Lydon is upset with it because he wasn’t consulted, there are some interviews of him on YouTube where he discusses this.
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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 10:03 - Jun 18 with 2186 viewslondonscottish

It's (very very loosely) based on Steve Jones' book, Lonely Boy which I read and loved.

Danny Boyle's take is all a bit Four Weddings to me. He did the exact same thing to Trainspotting. Why do people in the film industry do this? Having said that, me & the Mrs are on episode 3 or 4 and enjoying it for what it is.

If you want a proper history of punk, the A-Z of Punk is brilliant. Presented by Mark Riley & a bloke from the Tall. One of the (many) running jokes is the number of bands that Chrissie Hynde auditioned for before getting her break..

https://podtail.com/en/podcast/a-to-z-of-punk-on-6-music/

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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 10:35 - Jun 18 with 2123 viewshubble

Talking of the history of punk, a few years ago I had an interview with one 'Mr. C' let's call him, for a position running a publishing company. In the course of the informal meeting - it was in the Frontline Club, Paddington - we got to chatting about the late 70s, when we had both been into punk, and he revealed he'd written a definitive book on the history of the era, titled.. Punk. Apparently it's <i>the</i> definitive book of those times. Then he added 'Actually I was the bass player in a punk band.'
Really?' I said, interested and impressed, 'which one?'.
'The Lurkers,' he said.
I looked at him more closely now, because I had been a Lurkers fan along with a whole bunch of mates and seen them play many times, including spin-offs like Arturo Bassick's 'Pinpoint'. In all that time they'd only had two bass players - Arturo and Nigel.
'I never saw you play with them,' I said.
He was non-plussed. Clearly he had assumed that the Lurkers were obscure enough that he'd never get questioned about his alleged role.
'Well, I did..' he asserted, without so much conviction.
Except he didn't. When I got home I googled him and sure enough his claim is published as fact on loads of sites referring to him. Just to make sure, I contacted the Lurkers drummer Manic Esso, via a mutual friend.
'Never heard of him,' was Manic's reply.

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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 12:55 - Jun 26 with 1880 viewsDannyPaddox

“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 10:03 - Jun 18 by londonscottish

It's (very very loosely) based on Steve Jones' book, Lonely Boy which I read and loved.

Danny Boyle's take is all a bit Four Weddings to me. He did the exact same thing to Trainspotting. Why do people in the film industry do this? Having said that, me & the Mrs are on episode 3 or 4 and enjoying it for what it is.

If you want a proper history of punk, the A-Z of Punk is brilliant. Presented by Mark Riley & a bloke from the Tall. One of the (many) running jokes is the number of bands that Chrissie Hynde auditioned for before getting her break..

https://podtail.com/en/podcast/a-to-z-of-punk-on-6-music/


Spent the last fortnight listening to Riley and Hughes A-Z of Punk. Wonderful stuff. It was my book at bedtime. Mark Riley had some choice anecdotes being in the Fall and supporting a good few of the bands mentioned. However I was a little disappointed there was no mention of QPR in the Q episode. I mean which football team still regularly has and would have had at the time members of both the Sex Pistols and The Clash in the crowd. I say Never Mind The Bollocks …

[Post edited 26 Jun 2022 13:41]
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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 13:55 - Jun 26 with 1801 viewskensalriser

“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 10:35 - Jun 18 by hubble

Talking of the history of punk, a few years ago I had an interview with one 'Mr. C' let's call him, for a position running a publishing company. In the course of the informal meeting - it was in the Frontline Club, Paddington - we got to chatting about the late 70s, when we had both been into punk, and he revealed he'd written a definitive book on the history of the era, titled.. Punk. Apparently it's <i>the</i> definitive book of those times. Then he added 'Actually I was the bass player in a punk band.'
Really?' I said, interested and impressed, 'which one?'.
'The Lurkers,' he said.
I looked at him more closely now, because I had been a Lurkers fan along with a whole bunch of mates and seen them play many times, including spin-offs like Arturo Bassick's 'Pinpoint'. In all that time they'd only had two bass players - Arturo and Nigel.
'I never saw you play with them,' I said.
He was non-plussed. Clearly he had assumed that the Lurkers were obscure enough that he'd never get questioned about his alleged role.
'Well, I did..' he asserted, without so much conviction.
Except he didn't. When I got home I googled him and sure enough his claim is published as fact on loads of sites referring to him. Just to make sure, I contacted the Lurkers drummer Manic Esso, via a mutual friend.
'Never heard of him,' was Manic's reply.


Did you get the job?

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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 17:07 - Jun 26 with 1731 viewsBoston

“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 10:35 - Jun 18 by hubble

Talking of the history of punk, a few years ago I had an interview with one 'Mr. C' let's call him, for a position running a publishing company. In the course of the informal meeting - it was in the Frontline Club, Paddington - we got to chatting about the late 70s, when we had both been into punk, and he revealed he'd written a definitive book on the history of the era, titled.. Punk. Apparently it's <i>the</i> definitive book of those times. Then he added 'Actually I was the bass player in a punk band.'
Really?' I said, interested and impressed, 'which one?'.
'The Lurkers,' he said.
I looked at him more closely now, because I had been a Lurkers fan along with a whole bunch of mates and seen them play many times, including spin-offs like Arturo Bassick's 'Pinpoint'. In all that time they'd only had two bass players - Arturo and Nigel.
'I never saw you play with them,' I said.
He was non-plussed. Clearly he had assumed that the Lurkers were obscure enough that he'd never get questioned about his alleged role.
'Well, I did..' he asserted, without so much conviction.
Except he didn't. When I got home I googled him and sure enough his claim is published as fact on loads of sites referring to him. Just to make sure, I contacted the Lurkers drummer Manic Esso, via a mutual friend.
'Never heard of him,' was Manic's reply.


Ha, love it.

Many, many years ago, Sounds wrote a story re some nutter at punk gigs and the general mayhem he was getting up too. A couple of days later myself and a mate of mine bumped into a bloke at the Music Machine claiming to be said lunatic, raving on about the extent of his mullarkying.
We let him go on, had a good laugh, the nutter in question was my mate.

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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 17:39 - Jun 26 with 1703 viewshubble

“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 13:55 - Jun 26 by kensalriser

Did you get the job?


That was the last I heard of him or his job!

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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 19:08 - Jun 27 with 1570 viewskensalriser

I knew that! I was just being mischevious. Lucky escape, working for someone who constructs alternative realities doesn't strike me as a lot of fun.

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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 08:17 - Jun 28 with 1445 viewslondonscottish

“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 12:55 - Jun 26 by DannyPaddox

Spent the last fortnight listening to Riley and Hughes A-Z of Punk. Wonderful stuff. It was my book at bedtime. Mark Riley had some choice anecdotes being in the Fall and supporting a good few of the bands mentioned. However I was a little disappointed there was no mention of QPR in the Q episode. I mean which football team still regularly has and would have had at the time members of both the Sex Pistols and The Clash in the crowd. I say Never Mind The Bollocks …

[Post edited 26 Jun 2022 13:41]


LOL.

There were so many good stories. Endlessly amusing and interesting.

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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 09:48 - Jun 28 with 1420 viewsthame_hoops

“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 12:55 - Jun 26 by DannyPaddox

Spent the last fortnight listening to Riley and Hughes A-Z of Punk. Wonderful stuff. It was my book at bedtime. Mark Riley had some choice anecdotes being in the Fall and supporting a good few of the bands mentioned. However I was a little disappointed there was no mention of QPR in the Q episode. I mean which football team still regularly has and would have had at the time members of both the Sex Pistols and The Clash in the crowd. I say Never Mind The Bollocks …

[Post edited 26 Jun 2022 13:41]


remember around 10 years ago the club shop sold a t-shirt-

"God save the queens park rangers" in the same font as the pistols picture
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“Pistol” series (NON QPR) 5ex Pistols on 16:08 - Jun 28 with 1319 viewsMoonshineSteve

Got one. Love it.

I am still Steve but no longer in Dagenham.

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