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VW Babies

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Released: 25 May 2006

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VW Babies
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On A Mission
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Let It Rot
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City Doll
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I Need Something Pt 2
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Genre: Alternative / Pop Punk / Punk
Location London, London and South East, UK
Profile Views: 27585
Last Login: 9/03/2012
Member Since 12/05/2006
Website brigandage.com
Record Label MEENAGE RECORDS - (our own)
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Brigandage was born out of an act of Will. In meeting the right people, of believing the vision. Within the year we had gone from rehearsing weekly at Terminal studios to playing the Anarchist Centre and the 100 club...Standing and performing on the same stage as the Sex Pistols was a dream come true. But dreams, visions, magick, whatever you like to call it can only be fulfilled if all are committed to the same act. Events might have conformed to my will for a while but unfortunately I forgot a crucial element in the equation - the other members of the band...I can't speak for Richard North, only what I remember but when Richard was asked to report on the bands he'd been reviewing we were so excited- all of us would get some exposure - people outside of London would hear us. He wrote with joy and in good faith and tried to mention as many bands as possible...At first most people seemed pleased, but then the backlash. When the other music papers realized they'd been left standing at the gate everyone was slagged off. I think nearly every band paid a price. Mine was to be sniped at and criticized by people who were formally friends and allies, and then to be thrown out of my own group.....Hail Eris, Goddess of discord ... little did Richard and I know....but an article that celebrates music and life cannot be blamed for peoples responses. At most it probably accerlerated our descent into the ubiquitous pit known as musical differences. i.e. our potential record company wanted us to release a Thin Lizzy track on the b- side. I naturally declined this honour... turns out they owned the publishing rights to Thin Lizzy. I'm surprised we lasted as long as we did really. Any band that has its singer (me) coming to physical blows with its guitarist (mick) and fighting on the floor in the middle of a recording session must have some issues!.. ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. ..........Get your Seditionaries t-shirts here!!....From £12 postpaid!!!..........towerblock.co.uk....................Michelle's new clothing label......CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY SHOP........Tees from £9.99 Shirts from £19.99.............. .. .. ....
Members
There have been nine versions of the band -all giving a diferent slant to the sound but we all really wanted/want the same thing - to create a space where imagination - creativity and rebellion could/can flourish.....
Influences
My first influence must be ELVIS followed by ROXY MUSIC and DAVID BOWIE and THE STOOGES but these were just the precusor to the sounds in my head - THE SEX PISTOLS! but between these sounds was THE VELVET UNDERGROUND who became more important as I got older. As a woman, let us not forget SUZI QUATRO. But I always wanted to be PATTI SMITH..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sounds Like
.. But hey! this sounds like nothing good came from the piece. I love that article, seeing your band and your friends' bands mentioned and the ideas all gaining ground, getting aired to a wider audience - bloody fantastic ...If that piece had never been written I'd never have met the Newcastle lads - Cooey, Dave and Tosho the one, at the aborted Scala allnighter. We wouldn't have met the Americans - Maggie and Gerard, later to become Tex Diablo of Zodiac Mindwarp, who generously took Richard and I to Hollywood and Mexico and we'd never have met Michael Moorcock when we did the South Bank Show. No not the south bank show- what am I on- The South of Watford show - exactly...Fashion digression - The South of Watford Show -what the hell was I thinking of? short white dress, holey black tights tucked into boots! Why didn't I wear the simple, classic little black number - bondage trousers...Why didn't anyone warn me that video makes you nearly a stone heavier. I was only about 9 stone then and all I remember is my mum ringing me up to tell how fat my thighs looked. So all that speed really worked then!..