Burgess Wild colonial boys

A Belfast punk story
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7338-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

In this compelling memoir, Thomas Paul Burgess recounts his time as a member of Ruefrex, one of Northern Ireland’s most successful punk rock bands. Through a series of revealing vignettes, he traverses strife-torn Belfast and bohemian London, revealing another side of the punk rock story.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burgess, Thomas Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

SIDE 1 Origins: Belfast and Dublin (1974–84)
Chapter 1 TC
Chapter 2 ‘Pastures not greener but meaner’
Chapter 3 Anderson, Kelly and Greene
Chapter 4 The Pride of Ardoyne
Chapter 5 Bad vibrations
Chapter 6 The boy looked at Clarkey
Chapter 7 Lousy body
Chapter 8 If you go down to the Harp today …
Chapter 9 GOT-8
Chapter 10 Cross the Line
Chapter 11 ‘Wasted Life’
Chapter 12 The fly and the dandelion
Chapter 13 The indignity of labour
Chapter 14 A Sense of Ireland
Chapter 15 The Black Catholics
Chapter 16 Of giants and sandcastles

SIDE 2 Second coming: London and Manchester (1985–7)
Chapter 17 ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’
Chapter 18 ‘Change of Attention’
Chapter 19 Our Tune
Chapter 20 Home thoughts from abroad
Chapter 21 Hot to trot
Chapter 22 If it ain’t stiff, it ain’t worth a fuck
Chapter 23 The fourth estate
Chapter 24 It’s too late to stop now
Chapter 25 Sarm East is east, Sarm West is west
Chapter 26 Brixton nights
Chapter 27 On The Tube with Sonnie Rae
Chapter 28 Shane McGowan’s smile
Chapter 29 Jumping the shark
Chapter 30 Green and pleasant land
Chapter 31 The return of the native
Coda Legacy issues and the perils of misremembering
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Paul Burgess is an academic, novelist and musician. His band Ruefrex achieved commercial and critical success in the 1970s and 1980s, releasing seven singles and three albums.