The Forum Melbourne Australia 7th February 2020

 

As we wait on yet another inevitable tour announcement here is one of the few gigs that the band (and indeed any band) managed to play in 2020. Their gig at the Town Hall in Auckland eight days later would be their last before COVID-19 closed everything down. The gig has added poignancy for other reasons of course.

Melbourne 7th February 2020 (Crew photo)

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-HuTzleelFI

01. Waltzinblack

02. Duchess

03. Norfolk Coast

04. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

05. I've Been Wild

06. No Mercy

07. Nice 'N' Sleazy

08. The Raven

09. 5 Minutes

10. Unbroken

11. Golden Brown

12. Always The Sun

13. Time To Die

14. Skin Deep

15. Nuclear Device

16. Peaches

17. 15 Steps

18. Walk On By

19. Something Better Change

20. Relentless

21. Hanging Around

22. Tank

23. No More Heroes

The complete gig is also on Youtube as well should you with to kill a couple of hours on a miserable, cold lockdown Saturday.

Ruts DC Electracoustic Volume One Available Now

 

Times are hard.... the pubs are shut, but my problems pale into insignificance when you consider the thousands of bands that have been unable to play in 2020. I cannot imagine the frustration right now for those musicians that we have grown up with that have long since lost the backing of record companies and are out there own their own.

I don't mean this to sound like a passage from Oliver Twist but Ruts DC are just one of the many bands in this predicament and yet they have managed to produce an acoustic album of the songs that we know and love. 

A bit late for Christmas I know, but nevertheless treat yourself... after all, if you are south of the Watford Gap you're not leaving the house any time soon anyway so what have you got to lose!

https://rutsdc.com/electracoustic

The Lurkers 100 Club London 14th September 1982

Here are The Lurkers in one of their many incarnations. By 1982, singer Howard Wall had departed and been replaced by Marc Fincham who teamed up with stalwarts, Pete Stride, Esso and Nigel Moore for a 1982 album release 'This Dirty Town'. The reunion was however short lived, as the band parted company once again in 1984.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-EMYqu1fSOl

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-I5XpujdKMa

01. I'm On Heat

02. This Dirty Town

03. The Rain

04. Our House

05. Freak Show

06. Wolf At The Door

07. Drag You Out

08. Ain't Got A Clue

09. Heroin (It's All Over)

10. Crowd

11. Pills

12. Shadow

13. I'm On Heat

A Stride, Moore and Esso version of the band are back this year with a new album on Damaged Goods Records called Sex Crazy. How this version sits with Arturo's Lurkers I dunno and I'm no going to venture there.

The Lurkers in the studio 2020

Nigel Moore, Pete Stride and Esso.

Coming To A Golf Course Near You!

 

Back to reality TV for you you nylon haired fuck nut! May we never see your like again for a long time (that bit may be a little optimistic!)

It's Lockdown Time Once Again

 

..... only this time it's cold and dark, Gin and Tonic in the garden has lost its appeal. There is nothing left to sort, tidy or clear in the house, Lockdown #1 saw to that. So what to do?

We are to isolated for 27 days which almost equates to the number of letters in the alphabet so each day I will post a recording of bands that progress through the alphabet.... I know, my imagination knows no bounds!

Attila The Stockbroker Introduces...... TV Smith

 

With just over 24 hours before we enter another month of lockdown, we once again despair of the fact that we are robbed of many of the things we love, time with family, the company of friends and live music and theatre.

I have been one of the lucky ones, I can do my work from home and have worked throughout since March (having said that I have two children at university and one of those is at Manchester Metropolitan University...... in the last few weeks better known than Oxford or Cambridge Universities combined but for all the wrong reasons!). It has not been plain sailing by any measure.... did I mention parents with dementia? But less of that let's talk about musicians, the people who have provided the soundtracks to our lives. And just to be clear I am here talking about the kind of bands that get posted on this site, bands or performers that have no record label support and can no longer tour as a result of COVID-19.

Tonight Attila hosted the first of a series of 'Attila The Stockbroker Introduces....' gigs featuring his old mate TV Smith of Adverts/Explorers/Cheap fame as well as many years as a solo performer.

Here's the idea in Atilla's words:

'I've organised enough gigs in real pubs for myself and other people. Now I'm starting an online venue for the duration of the pandemic to showcase and help my fellow performers deprived of their income in these difficult times. Simple idea: you join this group, I invite musicians/poets I think you'll enjoy to live stream here once a week, you cheer 'em on, and hopefully you help them by bunging a few quid their way and getting some merch.

This is in place of the live stream on my main page which is getting a very strange response from the authorities on Facebook. I have 34000 people on there with whom I share ideas and discuss things in a civil and intelligent fashion and I don't want it shut down.'

Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/onechordwonder/videos/3746035078793653

Original Damned Line Up for 2021

 

Well, I can honestly say that today was the day that my Facebook feed was properly Damned. I struggled through the Roundhouse press conference that was dogged with IT issues, rather an inevitability for a stream with 1000+ keen listeners. However, I do not share the disbelief of many that were tapping out in messages of surprise prior to the 1pm gathering.

I said as soon as Pinch departed that Rat would be back on the drum stool not long after it was cold. OK, Captain and Rat have had some kind of spat over the past few years but by the same token, in the same period Rat has been in a band with Brian, Rat has been in a band with Paul, Paul has been in a band with Captain and Captain and Paul have been in a band with Dave.... it's not as if they have really been keeping out of each others way in any meaningful way!

All members of the band are in their sixties, the end is nigh-ish (retirement I mean, not death). Some of them have a liking for the big one off shows (RAH, Night of a 1000 Vampires), Dave in particular I believe, so this makes sense. A last hurrah with these original agents of chaos!

Good luck to 'em. For my part, as much as I love this band, £75 for a London ticket is a bit steep and I did see this line up play a few times in the late '80's and again in '91 (?) in a double headliner with the Ramones.

No offence to Brian but whilst 'Damned Damned Damned' is an undoubted classic of the punk genre, even in latter gigs without Brian, the band have thrashed the arse out of that album. Don't get me wrong, it had some great tracks, but the Stooges angle on much of the album never really floated my boat. Strangely enough, overall I think that 'Music For Pleasure' has more tracks that interest me than 'DDD' but Sensible is never gonna go near that one again.

Hopefully, provided that old animosities can be held in check amidst these feisty pensioners, Rat may stick around and do some dates with Paul in the band... that would be my Manna from Heaven.

But as I say.... all the best to the cantankerous old bastards!

 

Another Tedious Subscription Appeal

 

'If you do it well, a pound, my dear. One pound,’ said Fagin.

It has come around rapidly again. The site maintains two WeTransfer accounts to put material up on this site (total cost is €240 per annum and one of them has just renewed). The site has been active since mid 2011, not a bad run for a site centered around one band. I guess WeTransfer is a relatively expensive file hosting site but that said I have been very happy with them over many years now. The service is excellent, I have plenty of scope to post whatever I wish to (including more recently DVD material).

As always, I will continue to run this site regardless, for the next couple of years at least I think. Any donation is entirely voluntary.... not extracted with menace. Those who know me will appreciate that I am not particularly menacing to start with..... although if I don't get to a gig within the next 12 months.....

My thanks as always goes to those people who have selflessly shared their own recordings, those that have responded to a half pissed, late night text/email for assistance with a particular recording when I have an idea for a themed post. As old Mr Grace would say 'You've all done very well'. 

Should you feel so inclined there is a donation PayPal link on the right hand panel of the site. Donations should be marked as gift rather than goods as I recall.

Thank you for your continued support of the site and the band that mean so much to each and every one of us. The coming months will be hard indeed for many reasons, not least to likely demise of the band, but there is no reason why the sharing of recordings, articles, reviews etc should not continue.

Stay safe and wear a black mask!

Adrian.

'It wasn't me what done the job officer, I swear, it was that Nick Cash from 999!'

To Tour or Not To Tour - That Is The Question

Wednesday’s announcement of a tour delay cannot come as much of a surprise to anyone. At the rate that this lockdown is easing coupled with the rising rates of infection following a lifting of certain restrictions in other European nations means that UK gigs in major venues in the second half of 2020 are a pipedream.

So now that a good few respectful weeks since the sad loss of our unique keyboard player have passed, I feel that I can express my own thoughts on the matter of the tour and the future of the band on this site.

The obvious question is whether they should or shouldn’t have continued with the plans for their final major British tour. On this topic I am sure that there are as many opinions as there are fans to express them! There certainly is no right or wrong in this situation. In this I can for sure see both sides of the argument and as such my position on this is mine and mine alone, I fully respect contrary opinions and expect no recriminations!

I would rather that the death of either active, touring member of the band, i.e. JJ or Dave, trigger the drawing of a long black veil over the band’s long and illustrious career with no further live appearances in the name of The Stranglers.

On the night of the 3^rd May, I stayed up late, listening to the band and in particular those songs that Dave really made his own (more from a musical rather than a vocal standpoint). This went beyond Golden Brown of course! In this respect I was the only family member, in a family heavily invested in The Stranglers, who felt able to do so on the day. The numbing effect of alcohol may have been a contributory factor in this respect as I attempted to digest this most unwelcomed of news.

From discussions earlier in the evening with Mo and Gunta, the three of us arrived at the conclusion that the element that underpinned that unique ‘Stranglers’ sound’ was not the grumbling bass of JJ (potent as it is), it was Dave’s handling of the keys that made all the difference. Think about it, over the years, Hugh, the undoubted voice of The Stranglers, was successfully replaced, Jet Black, the powerhouse drummer relinquished his drum stool for a younger man and was likewise replaced. Shoot me down, but I reckon that, at a very  good push someone could do a fair interpretation of JJ’s bass sound if they were heavy handed enough and sufficiently disrespectful of their instrument. So, that just leaves Dave. Can he be replaced in a manner that would retain that crucial ‘Stranglers’ sound’? This is where I have my doubts.

The tour as it was set up was intended to be a final major celebration of the band as a live performing band. It promised to be a party for the faithful, only marginally tinged with sadness. After all things come to an end and after well over 40 years in the business there are no debts outstanding! It would have been an opportunity for the ‘Familyinblack’ to socialize hard as always, pre and post gig, for one last time. Graeme Mullen once said ‘Sometimes the gig just gets in the way’ Never a truer word was said Mully!

The new 2021 tour will be a different proposition altogether. I have tickets for 6 gigs, having been out done by the daughter who currently had 9 but is seeking more! My problem is that I cannot foresee a situation where I will enjoy any of them. It will just be too hard on me and those that have invested half a lifetime in following this exceptional band.

On the other hand I appreciated that the statement from the band that ‘this is what Dave would have wished for’ and as an outsider I cannot say anything to the contrary. I appreciate to that there are other factors that may or may not come into play here. What are the financial implications for the band of a cancellation? How do the insurers that underwrite these big tours view such situations in terms of death of a band member and additionally in the event a global pandemic? What power do venues have (some of which will be at risk of permanent closure) over cancellations?

Please feel free to share your own thoughts.

The Dickies Live oat MORC Studios 12th July 2020

Thanks to the Dickies! A great live set with a full band.... the first for me since January!

"Will no one rid me of this turbulent President?" - King Henry II of England (almost verbatim)

Now look, this is a music website first and foremost and as such you will not find much politics on here. Don't get me wrong I am certainly not apolitical but neither am I an angry late night keyboard political activist. I save that for Newsnight when I can be observed to be shouting and expleting at the television screen like a good 'un. Nevertheless, by the same token I do not subscribe to the train of thought that music and politics do not or should not mix. Music is one of the oldest forms of expression and therefore of protest and dissent. The bands represented on Aural Sculptors are certainly not of a kind to leave a political viewpoint in the venue cloakroom, think, 'Rock Against Racism', 'CND', 'Amnesty International', 'Artists Against Apartheid'.... so many bands on here have nailed their colours to one or other such mast.

This evening as I have prepared another great work up by Dom P of a gig by The Specials in New York on their first US tour in 1980, the most recent bum burp to pass the Narcissist-in-Chief's lips were playing on my mind.

In announcing positive employment figures and linking that to an indicator of greater equality he amazingly brought George Floyd's into the speech with the following words:

"Hopefully George is looking down and saying this is a great thing that's happening for our country. A great day for him. It's a great day for everybody."

George Floyd, killed in  Minneapolis less than two weeks ago by the police, one of whom is charged with second degree murder and three others who are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter is sure to be doffing his cap to Donald today - why wouldn't he?

The man is dangerous and unhinged.

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Thanks Ava!

26 years ago today Gunta and I got married, six years after meeting at the SIS Party in 1988 at the Marquee.... the better known one in Wardour Street!

Happy Anniversary - sorry it was a bit shite! If we ever get back into London.... xxx

Racism and Intolerance 2020

Stop the World! ...... I wanna get off.

What is happening. Just when the world is dealing with a major global health crisis, the US explodes in the greatest orgy of race related violence since the assassination of Martin Luther King. I have some very good American friends who are level headed, reasonable citizens of the world. I am not anti-American, but I am dead against certain aspects of today's version of the American way of life.

Racial tensions exist in all countries in the world that are blessed with a diverse and multicultural populations (I mean who would want to eat British cuisine every day without fail for life! Not me) and to a greater or lesser extent. Stupid people abound everywhere on this blue planet of ours, but it seems to me that some countries are more capable and dare I say it willing to address the issue of racism than others. In the US, it would appear that the evils of racial segregation and attitudes towards the black community that existed in certain States have never been fully exorcised within elements of the population and more alarmingly in the law enforcement community.

Trump is on the verge of bringing in the Armed Forces to quell the violent protests that are currently raging nightly across the country. To do so, he must invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, last brought into force in 1992 after civil unrest followed the acquittal of four LAPD officers who were filmed beating up Rodney King. Same old shit...

If the US is ever to live up to the epithet of the 'Greatest Nation in the World' that has been uttered by Presidents, both Democrat and Republican, this issue must be tackled and not by a Commander-in-Chief that pours fuel onto the fire in late night policy statement bursts of the 280 character maximum of Donald J. Trump's Twitter account!

This week the social media has crackled on the subject. Many people have contested that 'Black Lives Matter' is a distraction when the truth is all lives matter and that of course all lives matter, but as I see it in the current situation 'BLM' is a bloody good starting point.

Allow me to share some words on the subject, posted by Terry Hall of The Specials yesterday:

'A pic of me and my mate taken over 40 years ago.. we are still best mates... our love for each other is unbreakable.. we know each other inside out.. we breathe the same air.. we have mutual respect..we only feel love.. people point out a difference.. I am white and he is black.. I've seen the hatred directed towards him because he is black.. he has suffered this for over 60 years.. it breaks my fucking heart.. he has the most beautiful soul on earth ..

I will never really understand what he feels when he's subjected to this hatred.. but I will stand by him and support him until death calls.. We've got to keep trying to change this shit...

it's TWENTY FUCKING TWENTY...
So this is step one..
BLACK LIVES MATTER!!!! Love..peace.. later'

Terry Hall

Lynval sums it up best....

'BLM' The Specials

DeMontfort Hall Leicester 24th April 2019

A Fan's Reflection on the Loss of Dave Greenfield

Thanks to Les for the great looking tribute

As I write this on the evening of 15th May it is approaching two weeks since the Stranglers community first learned of the passing of our very own Dave Greenfield. At this time it is a fair bet that many fan's of the band would be primarily concerned with the health and well being of their parents and indeed themselves.... being folk of a certain age. If I am honest, if I had concerns for the band, in my head it was Jet that was the most at risk as an elderly diabetic with a long history of respiratory issues. Dave's own health issues did not even cross my mind. I was not aware that he has a heart condition, the reason for his recent period in hospital, but as a lifelong smoker, I was aware that he suffered from COPD, a high risk condition as far as this dread virus is concerned.

Gunta and I were having a beer on the patio, doing our best to dissect yet another spectacularly uneventful isolation day when our daughter Mo emerged in tears with the unbelievable news that Dave had died. Disbelief was followed by the horrendous confirmation that came from a text from Owen with the just posted text on the official website. I called him and just said 'Fuck!'. 

The following days were spent looking out for all of the obituaries and tributes that flooded in from fellow musicians and other notables. Nice words, 'a unique character, 'a true British eccentric',  a musical maverick', 'the sound of The Stranglers'.... blah, blah, blah. That is not to say that the words were not genuine or appreciated as a fan of his talents. It just didn't seem real.

The news moved on quickly. The death toll from COVID-19 is relentless and Dave's time in the media spotlight passed. Indeed for any music fan the coming days just got worse. The death of Florian Schneider (a founding member of Kraftwerk)  was announced two days later (another body blow for this fan!), whilst others have also died recently, Millie Small, Phil May..... Little Richard. 2016 all over again!

I was very happy to be asked to put some graphics together for a Dave Greenfield In Memoriam page for the official sites, featuring images from his first tentative steps onto the pro-musician stage in various Brighton Dance Bands to the last tour with The Stranglers.

The impact of this horrible disease has been more far reaching that any one can possibly have conceived just a mater of weeks ago! No pubs, no gigs, no holidays and that is just from my perspective, I am lucky enough to be able to work from home so I am in a far better position than many who may visit this site. 

The tour, the 'final UK tour' was looking ever more likely to be cancelled and that was terrible in our household..... a light at the end of the tunnel already under threat of being extinguished even in late April! OK worst case, a deferred tour in 2021.

BANG! BBC reports: 'Dave Greenfield: The Stranglers keyboard player dies at 71'. Just another headline on the Corporation's website, but a veritable sledgehammer for 'The Family in Black'.

Now, please at this point do not get me wrong. There are many people far more affected in this event than me, most notably Pam Greenfield, the band and Dave's wider family but I am just sharing some personal thoughts. 

I always thought that I was late to the party and it is true, they had already reached the peak of their commercial success (all bar a brief resurgence) by the time I started parting with pocket money for their records. It was late in 1981, at the age of 12, that I bought 'Golden Brown' (along with OMD's 'Architecture & Morality') in W.H. Smiths in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. Taken with that single, I purchased 'Strange Little Girl' and 'European Female', followed by the '77-'82 Greatest Hits album. That album was a revelation in the sense that, despite my tender years, so many of the songs were familiar to me.... from where I do not know, since I was (and still am!) an only child and my parents only listened to Radio 2 in the 1970's. As such I knew 'Mull of Kintyre', 'Carrie Doesn't Live Here Anymore'.... etc etc.and nothing of punk and new wave.

I missed the band on the 'Feline' tour.... waving mates off who had bunked off the last lesson of the school day to go to see the band in Brighton.

Aural Sculpture in Brighton on 4th March 1985 was my live induction. 

That was 16 days shy of my 16th birthday. My birthday present was a biker jacket which my parents gave me in advance given the fact that I was going to see The Stranglers. I remember I had no band shirt at the time and instead was wearing one of those  rising sun T shirts that carried Japanese script that you hoped stated something profound but in all probability just said something along the lines of 'I'm A Knob... Please Kick Me!' I got this impression after wearing the shirt in London and being the centre of attention for sniggering, not to mention pointing, Japanese tourists.

As many gigs as I could afford followed. Friendships were formed, many of which endure  to this day, as a collection of fans devoted a significant part of their lives (and income to the band).

And that has become the norm for me since that day in late '81.... nearly 40 years... and I still consider myself to be a late comer compared to many mates.

And this is what I am struggling with.

We came to terms with the idea of ' The Final UK Tour'. Good God, that would be an emotional event, but a chance for an almighty celebration of all that the band mean to us.... and vice versa. We have now lost that opportunity and so if my thoughts account for anything we all feel a bit in limbo. And of course it cannot be helped for fan and band alike!

I am bereft, but it is not me alone, my daughter, Mo (despite my best advice, fell hook, line and sinker for the band), having turned 18 and with that marvelous feeling of parental independence bought tickets for 9 or 10 of the gigs.... leaving me in the shade with just 6!

The bit that hits me now like a sledgehammer is that the patterns in our social lives that have in part been lead by the activities of the band have come to an end. 

I need not describe the pleasure shared by so many of us of walking into a pub, in whichever town or city the band were appearing, with confidence of encountering a familiar face. 

Off the top of my some highlights of the last 39 years include:

• Brighton Centre 1985: JJ Burnel 'I don't want your fucking shoe!' - well placed shoe launched at the Gallic one from the audience'
• Reading Festival 1987
• The Purple Helmets Astoria April 1988 - met some folks that have endured
• The Purple Helmets June 1988 - met my 'Minister for War and Finance' xxx
• The Stranglers at Livingston Forum June 1989 - a mad gig (Hugh Cornwell 'Now this is what I call a gig!')
• The Stranglers at Brixton 1990 - end of an era
• Guildfest 2006 - sunburn and smiles 'I've got my band back!'
• France April 2007 - drunken people watching in Paris with Paul Cooklin
• Lessines x 2 - not an highlight, rather an experience.
• New York  2013
• Gijon 2014 - tiny venue, best I can remember
• The Nashville - Documentary  prep meeting with Stranglers luminaries
• The Star Guildford - Plaque unveiling.
• Caerphilly Castle 2019 - punk meets history.

Please accept my apologies for spelling mistakes I have been n the house for 10 weeks now and am only functioning on a superficial level.... I have also taken on board alcohol.

Stay safe.

Adrian.

  

‘Fly straight with perfection’ - Dave Greenfield Artwork

Dave Greenfield (29/03/49 - 03/05/20)

30cm x 40cm linoprint

Black on grey artcard

Rick Wakeman on Dave Greenfield The World at One BBC Radio 4 4th May 2020

'Listen Wakeman, if you say anything bad about my mate I'll stick Excalibur so far up your arse that even King Arthur won't have a hope of getting it out!'

Radio obituary to Dave Greenfield from the perspective of fellow keyboard maestro, Rick Wakeman of Yes fame. In fact, just as you would expect Rick has nothing but praise for his fellow musician (and progger!).

Wav: https://we.tl/t-MmhfwfSt6N

Farewell to Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk

It is far to say that for a music fan this has been a crap week in a crap year. Today we learned of the death of Florian Schneider. With Ralf Hutter, a founder member of Kraftwerk who from the mid-'70's through to the early-'80's created music that just sounded out of this world, the blue print for electronic music and a huge inspiration to many other musicians that went on to create other forms of music from hip-hop to dance music.

I was lucky enough to see Florian with the band twice in 1991 and in 2004. It is fair to say that early on they were not prolific on the live circuit, preferring to communicate with the outside world from their studio come Headquarters, Kling Klang, in their home city of Dusseldorf.

Thanks for the music Florian!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52564281

Just saying.....

Farewell Dave Greenfield.... Strangler 1975 - 2020

Sorry, I am a bit speechless this evening as the awful news of Dave's passing sinks in. These are absolutely horrible times that we are living through right now and now this.

Those closest to Dave say it best.

“On the evening of Sunday May 3rd my great friend and longstanding colleague of 45 years, the musical genius that was Dave Greenfield, passed away as one of the victims of the Great Pandemic of 2020. All of us in the worldwide Stranglers’ family grieve and send our sincerest condolences to Pam.” – JJ Burnel

“We have just lost a dear friend and music genius, and so has the whole world. Dave was a complete natural in music. Together, we toured the globe endlessly and it was clear he was adored by millions. A huge talent, a great loss, he is dearly missed.” – Jet Black

“We lost a true innovator, musical legend, and one of my dearest friends today. The word genius is bandied around far too easily in this day and age, but Dave Greenfield certainly was one. We stood together on the same side of the stage for 20 years, laughed, joked and shared our lives in the way that only band mates can. I’ll miss him forever. Our thoughts and hearts are with his wife Pam, and to the millions of fans who worshipped at his altar, he’ll never be equalled.” – Baz Warne

“We are all in shock, Dave was a kind, generous soul who had time for anyone and everyone and it has been my privilege to have known him as both a close friend, his tech and manager for over 40 years. Our thoughts are with Pam at this sad time” – Sil Willcox

I am very sorry to hear of the passing of Dave Greenfield. He was the difference between The Stranglers and every other punk band. His musical skill and gentle nature gave an interesting twist to the band. He should be remembered as the man who gave the world the music of “Golden Brown”.

 - Hugh Cornwell

There is nothing else to be said right now other than that if there is an consolation to be had it is this, Dave and his band took us on a journey that lasted for over forty years and what a ride it was!

Thank you Dave Greenfield!

'You need hands...'

(Photo: David Boni.... I hope you don't mind)

'My Way' - The Sid Vicious Story BBC Radio 2 Documentary

Just a thought. In these days of self-isolation, a music based documentary or two may help to alleviate the heavy burden of cabin fever!

Here's one from BBC radio about Sidney and his short 'Live Fast, Die Young' life.

MP3: https://we.tl/t-UhelSbbtWD