http://doc40.blogspot.se/2012/05/that-was-then-this-is-now-deviants-ride.html
Yes, friends and neighbours, on Wednesday June 6
th
– after the tiresome jubilee and on the anniversary of D-Day – The Deviants
(your actual amazing survivors of the original Deviants and Pink Fairies) will
be playing the Robin 2 in Bilston. It’s our very first show in the UK Midlands
so
click here http://www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3053 for details and tickets.
A very Special event featuring a rare appearance by one of
Britains's most influential Rock Acts. The Deviants are a very
occasional community band formed in 1967 by writer White Panther
activist and " Crown Prince of the Counter Culture", Mick Farren, who
describes their sound as 'teeth grinding, psychedelic rock - somewhere
between The Stooges and The Mothers Of Invention.
Rock historians have dubbed The Deviants "the missing link between classic British psychedelic rock and punk".
It’s a miracle they survived…
The
Deviants’ Last Stand is a unique event. Mick Farren, Russell Hunter,
Andy Colquhoun, and Duncan Sanderson – all former members of The
Deviants and The Pink Fairies – have re-formed (but hardly reformed) to
provide one last legendary go round. Along with newcomer Jaki Windmill
from Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, they provide not only a night of honed
and hardened insurgent rock & roll both ancient and modern, but also
a direct connection to the heart of genuine rebel counterculture of the
1960/70s. The four principals have put out more the twenty albums and
CDs between them, their songs have been covered by Metallica, Motorhead,
Hawkwind, Wayne Kramer, and Henry Rollins among others. They are well
aware of their considerable history, are willing to work with promoters
to ensure all possible local press and radio. The Deviants’ Last Stand
is a unique chance to witness true icons performing live one more time.
Writer Gary Parsons says it all in a recent online review of the bands show at The Borderline (March 23, 2012).
The
Deviants blasted out of the underground psychedelic scene in 1967.
While Syd Barrett was taking the Pink Floyd into outer space and Jimi
Hendrix was making his guitar wail to all the ‘foxy ladies,’ Mick
Farren’s gang of urchins were singing the hymns of squat-land. With
albums such as Ptoof!, Disposable and 3, the troubadours of Notting Hill
sang proto-punk anthems while down the road bands such as Quintessence
sang about “Jesus and Buddha.” While on a tour of the States the band
imploded and became The Pink Fairies, leaving Farren out in the cold to
become fist-waving conscience of the International Times and other
underground tomes of the times. Intermittently over the last 40 years
the Deviants have regrouped and have gone back out on the road and into
the studio to remind us why their music still matters.
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