Marky Ramone tells: Why I didn't punch Bono

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By Pete Howlett

Pete Howlett

22 November 2017

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Ex-Ramones and Voidoids drummer, author and sc-fi fan Marky Ramone starts his first Australian tour in almost a decade this week. Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg reprises the back catalogue of the Ramones with Marky driving the backbeat behind a crew of hand-picked punk rock players.

Pete Howlett of Adelaide band The Pro-Tools was given the chance to pitch him 10 questions. Here's the result.  

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• pro-tools
• pete howlett
• marky ramone
• blitzkrieg
• australian tour
• dee dee ramone
• bono
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Pimped By The Gods - Billy Tsounis & The Amazing Androids (self released)

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By General Labor

General Labor

21 November 2017

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If you are just surfin' around the net on the lookout for this week's dime-a-dozen Richie Rich, aggression free, smiley-faced, redundant, Ramones tribute band with the obligatory Lewis leather apparel and Betty Page hair-do's, this might not really be your thing. But if your chakras are open to some really far-out psychedelic, cosmic consciousness, vibrating at a higher frequency, maan, this might be your new trip-room soundtrack.

Junkyard Prog, Freak-Jazz, Magic Mushroom instrumentals from other solar systems, other dimensions, other times. Kooky, Otherworldly, Stoner-Pop reminiscent of the Hendrix Experience, Blue Cheer, MC5 jams, King Crimson, solo Steve Vai records, it has an interplanetary sensibility, this guy obviously still communicates telepathically with Sun Ra, and Captain Beefheart, and Brian Eno and Lee Scratch Perry, ya know what I'm sayin'?

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• mc5
• california
• billy tsounis
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• circus of power
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Drunk and Disorderly: Episode 34

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By The Barman

The Barman

20 November 2017

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• disorderly
• the on and ons
• exploding white mice
• peter simpson
• powerline sneakers
• stukas
• little murders
• molting vultures
• king khan
• conspirators
• the stanleys
• cub calloway
• the fleshtones

I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol by Glen Matlock (Rocket88, 2012/revised, 1990)

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

20 November 2017

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Get this book. If you don’t have it, get this book now. If you do have it - but not this edition - get this book now.

If you do have a copy of this edition, get copies of "I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol" and give them to your friends, relations, people you know hate punk rock, everyone you know who reads biographies, and especially, your other half. 

Why? Apart from coming across like he’s speaking the truth plainly without over-egging the thing, it’s occasionally so funny it makes your cocoa go down the wrong way and come out of your nose.

Or perhaps that’s just me; try this: After the Grundy Incident, "I didn’t speak to my mum for about a week. When I finally did talk to her, all she could say was, 'Glen, it’s terrible what you’ve done, you used to be such a nice boy, no every time I go to work … they call me Mrs Sex Pistol.'”

I had to change my top and leave it in the sink overnight to soak out the cocoa stain. 

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Ex-Pistol elicits miles of smiles

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

19 November 2017

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Glen Matlock's Adelaide show was such a fine, big smile-stretched-across-the-face, hugely enjoyable gig. Not because of the association to THAT band, but because Glen is who he is, likes the kind of music he likes, and brings it into you. 

If you’re hesitating about whether to see this man’s gigs - don’t. 

Just go. 

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• australian
• small faces
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Gin No Suzu b/w Ride on Cowboy - Penny Ikinger (self released)

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By The Barman

The Barman

17 November 2017

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There’s more than a touch of Birdman about this Australian-Japanese collaboration recorded in Tokyo - and that shouldn’t be a shock. Deniz Tek’s involved as a player, co-writer and arranger. His guitar’s all over the both tracks of this CD single, with the rest of the backing provided by Japanese players.

“Gin No Suzu” - apparently it’s Japanese for a meeting place at Tokyo’s main railway station - is a neat rocker, one of those driving songs built on a tightly-wound riff and Penny Ikinger’s assured vocal. It’s more straight-up than Penny’s noir rock and psych pop outings and would sound great as enlightened radio fare. 

“Ride On Cowboy” is a touch darker with a chunky bass-line, double-tracked vocal and compact guitar solo. If this is indicative of the album that’s currently being shopped, bring it on. 

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The Dark Clouds preview is one wild ride

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By The Barman

The Barman

16 November 2017

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• dark clouds
• hard rock
• mfp

Illness forces Clouds to postpone

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By The Barman

The Barman

15 November 2017

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• australian
• the clouds
• postponement
• falling joys

All-star Melbourne gig celebrates powerpop's beginnings

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By The Barman

The Barman

14 November 2017

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Australia has produced a number of fine powerpop bands over the years. One of the first – the very first according to US bible Bomp! Magazine – was Adelaide’s Young Modern. One of the most successful has been Even.

The link between both bands will be underlined by a special show in Melbourne on December 9, where Young Modern will team with Even's Ashley Naylor and one of his other bands, The Triad.

Young Modern will be celebrating 40 years, while Naylor and The Triad will salute mutual influence The Byrds.


Young Modern debuted in Adelaide – supporting Radio Birdman – in 1977. The band was formed by singer John Dowler, a seminal figure who's been talking about Big Star since the '70s.

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• john dowler
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