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devo Id

by andy matthews

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Jean-Jacques Burnel asked me to look after his gear one weekend, the Fens had rtisen and it was all a bit gushy in the Burnel Barnyard, so of couse i said yes, anything to help out and be owned a favour.
zzZoom!, that beast was down in the studio before the echo of the door closing had left the doorframe. Marshall with torn cone, job done. This song had been kicking around a bit, made a few dents in the walls, but the keyboard sequency bass was not keeping my coracle aloft.
strangely, having played JJ's hallowed Fender, i can now do karate dead good too. Like on telly.
Thought it appropriate to use cover art from 1988.
Aw, I loved those shades. I'm not sure if I'd been intimate with a lady at that point. Maybe with Avril ******, who'd spent the day following our semi-encounter pointing out how many times someone had written "Avril ****** is a boyfriend snatcher" on the walls of Scum, before she took me shoplifting.

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released April 20, 1988

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Ah! Records Nasty, UK

Ah! Records is officially the least successful record label of all time. Plagued for 30 years by bad luck, criminality, drug- induced recklessness and vandalism, only founders Bill Easton & Andy Matthews' belief in the merits of these releases have ensured Ah!'s continuity. Currently a toilet on a houseboat in Portugal, the office of Ah! introduces these gems to a new generation via bandcamp. x ... more

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