Johnny Moped Punk 45 No One / Incendiary Device Chiswick vs. Pistols Clash
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I lived for a year in east London in 77-78 and recall buying a bunch of 45s from a record shop in Walthamstow that was selling off recent and new 45s. Amongst others there were several from Chiswick Records, a few Stiff and Beggars Banquet. I bought them to collect rather than listen, since the graphics, attitude and energy were refreshing then [and now].
This Johnny Moped single appears to be rare and a bit of a classic - see also Bobby Soxx !
And check this:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/02/basically-johnny-moped-punk-rock-documentary
"Listen, Johnny Moped were better than the Clash and the Pistols put together," a young Shane MacGowan assured me 30 years ago"
Wikipedia:
Johnny Moped were a mid-1970s English punk rock group from south London, who once had Chrissie Hynde (later of The Pretenders) and Captain Sensible (later of The Damned) within their ranks.
First single "No-One" later featured on the Chiswick various artists sampler album Long Shots, Dead Certs and Odds On Favourites in 1978, while b-side "Incendiary Device" made number 15 in BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel’s ‘Festive Fifty’, the so-called ‘lost list’ of 1977.
punk77.co.uk: Roger Armstrong of Chiswick Records. How did you come to sign up Johnny Moped. He seems slightly off his trolley. Any memories ?
Moped was and probably still is eccentric to the point of being legendary. Live the band were one of the great punk acts and certainly further out on the edge than any of the others. I got to know them via Capt. before we were involved in the Damned. He brought them to our attention.
The conventional punk influences were New York Dolls, Stooges, 60s garage and pop etc, but Capt and various members of the Mopeds were big fans of the early Soft Machine. At one point they used to stalk them from gig to gig. Hence the Mopeds had this wild highly musical thing about them.
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