Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 11hSince it was written by Herbie Flowers and Kenny Pickett from The Creation you could imagine it as a Toytown Psych styled song. 020
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 22hAnd then she came onstage and sang backing vocals on Just Like Honey at The Jesus And Mary Chain's return show at Coachella in 2007. 020
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 22hThe only time I ever wore my own merch is when my suitcase was mislaid on the way to Barcelona to play at Primavera ten years ago - and I had to wear a Lush T-shirt onstage. 021
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I know someone who covers his in Vaseline to stop it rusting. I should get him to dig it out. 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026After a usually violent punk gig at The Greyhound in Croydon - skinheads and punks fighting on the dance floor - I would then often get chased across the St Helier estate on the way home by 'Casuals'. Exciting times! 030
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Exciting to play live too. Especially when you switch on the Shin-ei Fuzz Wah pedal! 020
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was in Tolworth in Monday. Sadly The Toby Jug is long gone. I saw The Vibrators there in 1977. They did two sets. At the end of the first one they shouted "We're f*cking off to watch News At Ten now. We'll be back in half an hour" And they were - and played the same set all over again. Brilliant. 1161
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I saw The Clash & The Slits in Purley - at Tiffany's on December 18th 1978. Haven't been back since. Understand it is a gym nowadays. 130
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wrong album - but first bass line I ever learnt was Outdoor Miner. Superb - as is 154. 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was at the World Of Twist show at The Astoria in London. The show where their home-made volcano failed the health and safety test and ended up in the alleyway of the venue. Drummer Nick Sanderson claimed he saw bits of it as debris in the nearby streets for ages afterwards. 220
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I had seen them earlier on in the year when I was playing with See See Rider and was on the same bill. 110
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To be honest it was a sparsely populated gig between Christmas and New Year. 110
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I remember they had painted ballcocks suspended from the ceiling to give a DIY space-age vibe! 130
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I should dig out my ad for Junkshop Glam singles 'Wants' in the back of Record Collector in the late '90s. 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A reviewer of them at the time said of Crushed Butler "Ugly music for ugly people." 110
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When Bernie Rhodes found out they did the session - she had turned up to photograph The Clash initially - as he hadn't been there he said "When the cats away..." 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A favourite song of Jim & William's btw. They told me so. 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Only went for a coffee with Rob Symmons - who wrote Don't Split It - last week. 110
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When they played a return show at the ICA in 2008 I was with William Reid when he told Kevin Shields the show wasn't very loud. After that earplugs were needed to be worn! 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I saw someone sleep through the maelstrom of You Made Me Realise at the T&C in London on that tour. God knows what drugs they were on! 110
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This must be around the time Biff Bang Pow! supported them at Chatham Town Hall - and Alan and Dick signed them to Creation that very night. 020
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And in the early eighties this lot : www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDCV...youtube.comDATA - Fallout (1981 TV HQ)YouTube video by 80s Rec. 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Her Yummy, Yummy, Yummy album is still on my Wants list. 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yes, just got this recently. Sounds great on my Dansette. 100
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026With all the controversy of Mark E Smith being put over new musical backing - always though this recording of my first group - a punk one in a garage in Morden in 1978 - would have made an ideal musical accompaniment to an early Fall song : www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwO5...youtube.comThe Secret SocietyYouTube video by Philip King 030
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Always thought this recording of my first band - a punk one in a garage in Morden - would make a good backing track for an early Fall song : www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwO5...youtube.comThe Secret SocietyYouTube video by Philip King 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Should get them on All The Young Droids Volume 2. 011
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I used to see Caroline a lot when we both lived in Marylebone. She was always very friendly. Introduced her to Brett Smiley once! 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Funnily enough I got a signed book on Dick Emery signed by him in a charity shop in Twickenham a few weeks ago. 130
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Have Feel started a trend? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Io...youtube.comLuna - All the People I Like and Those That are Dead - NYC 18-Sep-2026YouTube video by nbmkms 182
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At Primavera in Barcelona ten years ago I had to crawl under wire fencing on the beach to escape the sounds of Radiohead. 120
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I DJ-ed at a Pretty Things show in Porto years ago - and went for dinner with them. Phil May told me about going him and Viv Prince going for date with Judy garland and Rudolph Nureyev. 010
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One went on an Earl Brutus Cycling Club ride up the canal from Little Venice to Rickmansworth. 020
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I had to get a model maker to make a mini Stonehenge for the NME cover shoot with Happy Mondays - and got the measurements wrong - and almost made it actual sized! 3294
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Singer Jimmy Edwards did this brilliant - and very knowing end of glam single - in 1976 - which I put on my All The Young Droogs boxset. Difficult to find too. I had to borrow a friend's to master it from : www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCih...youtube.comJames Arthur Edwards - Pastiche Blue (UK Glam 76)YouTube video by Hammered Satin 130
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I saw their first two London gigs - and loved them - and their first album. Nothing since though! 000
Philip King @junkshopper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thank God AI can't steal my job as a picture editor/editorial researcher on a music mag just yet! 020
