Welcome
to this very special episode of The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show, which for this
week only has been renamed The Paranoid Squirrel Punk Rock Show to celebrate
the 40th Anniversary of “New Rose” by The Damned which was released
on the 22nd October 1976.
Last Saturday on the actual anniversary day Croydon hosted a celebration of
thislandmark event at the end of St. George’s Walk under the Nestlé’s building
by the side of the now closed Greyhound venue that in its day saw the likes of
The Ramones, The Damned (obviously), Motörhead, Black Flag, The Buzzcocks, ELO,
Johnny Moped, Deep Purple, Status Quo, Queen and The Ruts treading its boards. Kicking
things off was Captain Sensible bassist on the “New Rose” 7” with an
introduction from Councillor Stuart Collinsand then a Q&A from John Bownas,before
the Captain took us through an acoustic version of “New Rose”, “Happy Talk” and
of course “Croydon”. Then after shortly afterwards the man and legend that is
Johnny Moped, aided and abetted by Slimey Toad, ramped it up for even more
acoustic shenanigans. Consequently, this week’s show is slightly shorter than
usual as you just can’t substitute quality for quantity.
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