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posted by
davidt
on Thursday July 14 2005, @10:00AM
From MorrisseyTour.com:
Thursday, July 14, 2005 OK stop e-mailing me Okay, stop e-mailing me about the Morrissey collaboration thingy. Also it must be a very slow week in Morrissey news for that to be top story on Morrissey-solo.com. It's not so much a story as it is an interesting tidbit. Initially I was given permission to release the details about the new collaborators but then a week later I was asked not to. Apparently the band is nervous that if the info gets out Moz will change his mind or something. I dunno. Also, I got the impression that the guys in the band were only collaborating for a few songs. I didn't get the impression that they were writing a whole album or taking over for Boz or Alain. I haven't seen any correct guesses. No, it's definately not Oasis! All I can say without giving it away is that they were an 80's band. I think their peak period was 1980-81. They played a gig last year so I guess they're still going in some capacity? There's a book about them due to be released soon. As soon as I can release the details I will. But probably by then someone would have already figured it out.
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Cockney Rejects... (Score:4, Informative)
Now, for the music experts, what do you see coming from a collaboration like this?? I have no idea because I've never listened to them.
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Tidbit? (Score:1, Insightful)
I would guess.... (Score:2, Interesting)
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To tease, torment and tantalize (Score:0)
And it tis... (Score:0)
Pretenders (Score:2, Insightful)
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morrisseytour.com sucks (Score:2, Insightful)
but you went ahead and released the info anyways even though the band requested you not to? well that's nice of you.
then you insult us at morrissey-solo because we made a big deal of it even though obviously it's big news. you're a jack ass and your site morrisseytour is a joke (well ok except when there is actually a tour going on)...but plese, show some respect to everyone involved. if morrissey pulls out of the collaboration we have you to blame for it. oh but of course it's just a tidbit.
you relesed it because you wanted the attention.
The Jam (Score:1)
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It is Sparks (Score:0)
Does it make them feel important? (Score:3, Insightful)
Unfortunately there seems to be a trend with Morrissey's web-based fans to want to appear that they are "in the know."
Any genuine fan with true gossip about Moz would keep it to themselves.
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Van Halen (Score:3, Funny)
"The Stray Cats" ? (Score:1)
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Why post the item if they didn't expect interest (Score:1, Insightful)
Why on earth would someone post about a topic if they didn't expect interest?
Who in their right mind would post a topic about a potential collaborator, give 'clues' and not expect discussion?
Why would someone then perpetuate the topic even further by giving more information??
Confused. You will be.
Why not a whole album? (Score:2, Insightful)
Morrissey should use one track from each of them, the cream of their output, and collaborate elsewhere for the rest. This would instill a freshness his recent work has much lacked.
I'm just passing through here..... (Score:0)
Donnie.. Mr Note is delighted with your progress.
Reality.. Nice to read of your happier times.
Melissa.. still Miss her.
'Corn Rigs and Barley Rigs and, Corn Rigs are bonny.. I'll not forget that happy night among the Rigs with Annie..'
God Bless You All.
Mr Note.
Hall & Oates (Score:0)
Goddamit! (Score:0)
Morrisseytour.... (Score:2, Insightful)
You sure must have put them at ease since no-one else knows who they are...but we only know a collaboration will happen.
How about not reporting anything in the first place?
Now Morrissey knows that the band in question is nervous that he will pull out of the deal. Maybe he gave them his word, now it's all shot to hell because you're basically saying that the band thinks he is a sensitive flake. Nice going Morrisseytour! As the name suggests, it must be a slow time for you guys when Moz isn't on tour.
BTW, you're still trying to throw us off. I say this mystery band had a peak around 84-85, possibly came onto the mainstream scene around 80-81.
- Sherlock Rome
OUT
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and another thing.... (Score:2, Insightful)
Three people can keep a secret only if two of them are dead.
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PiL (a wrong guess?) (Score:1)
Phil Strongman's PiL biography, 'John Lydon's "Metal Box": The Story of "Public Image Ltd' has been delayed until at least next year due to several re-writes.
SECOND EDITION (2/80)
PARIS AU PRINTEMP (11/80)
FLOWERS OF ROMANCE (4/81)
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Suzy and the bendknees (Score:0)
Damn, although technically it could be me, after all I kinda peaked those years. Susan, Julie, Jo-Ann. But how the hell did Morrisseytour know about the book?
Partnership of Intolerable Loathing (Score:1, Interesting)
But, I beleive upon meeting Mr. Lydon, Morrissey said he was disappointed and felt as though he were speaking to his Grandmother.... " I could see that. John is rather self-righteous and preachy. Still I love'em Both
- Man of Vision
woah (Score:0)
Sweet and Tender Hooligans (Score:3, Insightful)
Reference to Morrissey is in question 5.
On the book to be published August 2005: As lead singer of the Cockney Rejects, Jeff Turner was responsible for some of the most explosive gigs in musical history. Adopted by West Ham hooligan mob the ICF as their band of choice, Jeff and his band frequently had to deal with the kind of violence the ICF usually reserved for the terraces. Although he never condoned their actions, as a teenaged boxing champ, Turner often found himself in the thick of things. This is a story of what it’s like to go from the East End streets to being a teenage pop idol and back again. Gripping from the first page, Cockney Reject is his astonishing story told in his own words.
"My true story of bravado, triumph, tears, betrayal and despair. From having the world in your hands at 15, to staring down a barrel at 17 and going from the TV screen to the Labour Exchange in two years. Hold on to your hat, because I never held on to mine!"
Interview: 10 Questions with..... Mickey Geggus
1. What are you currently up to (studio/live/etc)?
Currently the band are playing festivals in Europe, as well as writing songs for the next album, which we aim to release in September. Along with this, our singer Jeff Turner will be releasing his autobiography (co-written with our old mate Garry Bushell) so we'll be undertaking a full UK tour in September to promote both.
2. Give us a brief history of the band.
We formed after the original punk explosion in 1979, and got a deal relatively quickly with a small indie label who released our debut 'Flares n Slippers' EP, which stayed in the indie charts for months, and got us headhunted by majors such as Warner Bros and EMI.
Being Queen fans, of course we fancied seeing our debut album on the same hallowed label, so we plumped for a 5 album deal with them. Life in the East end of London was never quite the same after that.....
3. Who was/is are the biggest influences on the band and on the music you play?
Way before punk, myself, Jeff and our then bass player Vince were dyed in the wool rock fans. I bought Led Zep 2 when I was 11, and was brought up on a steady diet of Nazareth, Queen, Purple, Aerosmith and early ZZ Top. When punk exploded, I still thought that apart from the vocals it was just great rock n roll, the same went for The Clash and Generation X. There were still great hooks and stuff there, not like the punk that came years later when most bands didnt know the difference between a hook line and a fishing line. Thats why the Rejects were very keen to explore our rock roots later in our career.
Bands that still influence us are the aforementioned, as well as such stalwarts as UFO, The Damned, and The Gonads (hic)
4. Do you see the interest in the Cockney Rejects' style of music growing in the UK and Europe at the moment? And worldwide?
What happened there was that in the US bands who had grown up being influenced by us such as Green Day and Rancid started flying the flag, thereby getting their own generation of fans to check us out. This had a sort of kick-back effect in Europe, which led to a widespread revival of interest in the Rejects, which is still growing to this day, thankfully!
5. What has been the highlight(s) and lowpoint(s) of your own career to date?
Oh, numerous of both. I suppose that the bad lows include the Birmingham riot of 1980, where many people got hurt, including me! I guess that was our Altmont, so to speak, but then Keith Richards didn't end up with half his face hanging off and a GBH charge hanging over him as I did that night! In gentler times, I was especially proud of playing the Royal Festival Hall as special guests to Morrissey at his Meltdown show last June. At least it made me mum proud!
6. What would you like to achieve ideally by the end of 2005?
Ideally I would like to have the new album and the book, all co-ordinated to run alongside our UK tour i
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Collaboration guesses... (Score:1)
It'll be interesting, but ultimately it won't be Moz as the lead singer in a band,it won't be Mr Marr for sure,and sadly it won't be the brilliant Mr Boorer.
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The Buzzcocks (Score:2, Informative)
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The MorrisseyTour Twat Strikes Again (Score:0, Funny)
This is another example of her trying to feel important. She should just stick to that awful website she runs and sell that creepy "merchandise" that only the saddest of the sad would ever buy.
Bad Manners (Score:0)
just (Score:0)
If it's not Oasis (Score:0)
Just a thought (Score:0)
(who is working with Nancy S and Jarvis C) I would guess Jarvis Cocker/Richard Hawley combo would suit
Morrissey well.
Just a thought.
Nick
It will all end in tears, common people. (Score:0)
great news
Madness.... (Score:0)
All I can say is... (Score:0)
Something about you giving 'hints' seems egotistical and arrogant. Not to mention very childish. I wonder what kind of odd person you are from the start, to be giving out rumoured information that should have stayed private.
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Well, well, well... (Score:1)
You've just proven that you know nothing..thanks!
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Bad Brains (Score:1)
M.O.Z.
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People here are so mean! (Score:2, Funny)
Joy Division (Score:0)
HEY MozTour Girls.... (Score:0)
Right...time for a Poll...."Who do you think..etc (Score:0)
2. The Stray Cats
3. PiL
4. Siouxsie and the Banshees
5. Madness
6. Bauhaus
7. The Jam
8. Sparks
9. Hall & Oates
10. Pretenders
11. Gang of Four
12. Soft Cell
13. Van Halen
14. OMD
15. Spandu ballet
16. The Durutti Column
17. The sisters of mercy
18. Hue & Cry
19. The Buzzcocks
20. China Crisis
21. The Undertones
22. Bad Manners
It's OBVIOUSLY Throbbing Gristle (Score:0)
You know you've just been waiting to hear Moz's distorted voice screaming over a cacophony of noise, and now you'll get your chance - 2006 can't come soon enough.
Supposition (Score:1)
Sk.
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Cockney rejects (Score:0)
it is the Gang of Four, believe me.. (Score:0)
GANG OF FOUR!!
MOz is going vintage punk rock... just like his childhood dream...
though for his age, it is no longer fit, well, it is moz!
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I Think I'm Turning Japanese...... (Score:0)
-The Treading Lemming
"Galleries for guns may seem like no exchange at all. I can give you armour if you'll keep me warm"
Kraftwerk!!! (Score:0)
Re:Kraftwerk!!! (Score:2, Interesting)
"The band are notoriously reclusive, so much so that it is rumoured that their own record company do not have their phone numbers. Another notable example of eccentric behaviour was reported by Johnny Marr of The Smiths, who, in trying to contact the band for collaboration, was told that their studio telephone did not have a ringtone, as during recording the band did not like to hear any kind of dissonant noise. Instead, Marr was instructed to phone their studio at a certain time on the dot, and the phone was answered by Ralf Hutter at that moment, despite showing no sign of ringing.".
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Foster & Allen (Score:0)
The Libertines (Score:0)
The Reynolds Girls (Score:1)
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Devo!! (Score:1)
what a crazy collaboration that would be
hehehe
garrrr
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New Dinamic duos (Score:1, Interesting)
McCulloch/Marr