Saturday 5 May 2012

THE METEORS "WRECKING CREW" . . . . ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PSYCHOBILLY OUTFITS, FLAT OUT AND DANGEROUS . . . . P. PAUL FENECH AND THE REST OF THE INTER STELLAR BODIES WERE REAL PIONEERS IN THE MELDING OF THE ROCKABILLY REVIVAL WITH THE THRASH OF PUNK.

MY FIRST BRANDO STYLE LEATHER JACKET, BOUGHT SECOND HAND FROM A POLICE AUCTION IN 1981, WAS PROUDLY EMBLAZONED WITH THE BAND'S NAME ACROSS THE SHOULDERS AND IT LOOKED THE SHIT . . . . WITH MY NEON BLUE BROTHEL CREEPERS, STRAY CATS LIKE QUIFF AND PALE SKIN, I FITTED NEATLY INTO THE SUN AND SURF IMAGE OF THE GOLD COAST . . . . HAAA !!!!!

THOSE WERE THE DAYS, IF THERE WAS ONE THING SURE TO GET YOU INTO A BLUE EASIER THAN THE PUNK STUFF I'D BEEN INTO FOR THE PRECEEDING COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS WAS IT . . . . CARS AND BIKES AND THE GREASER GIG HADN'T QUITE CAUGHT ON IN SURF CENTRAL . . . . SURE AS FUCK IS DIFFERENT NOW !!!!!

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