Above you see the lads doing the serious business onstage at Dingwalls Dancehall, sometime in the mid to late 1980s (during our “Wiseguy Period), and now it would appear that we are doing it all over again.
The press release for the Pink Fairies Kings Of Oblivion Reunion show on Monday January 22nd at London’s legendary Roundhouse reads…
“The original kings of oblivion featuring Larry Wallis on guitar, Russell Hunter on drums and Duncan Sanderson on bass, represent a crucial missing link in British rock & roll, bridging the gap between 1960s psychedelia and the dawn of punk. Storming out of Ladbroke Grove when it still meant something – the Pink Fairies have been cited by everyone from Joe Strummer to Billy Connolly (believe it) as proof positive that – with the right gin palace swagger and defiant determination – all things are possible.
And now they are back at the Roundhouse where their rumpus first started in the early 70s, when the band shared stages and a commitment to mayhem with the likes of the MC5, The New York Dolls, Hawkwind and Motorhead. The Pink Fairies amassed a fan following so outrageously extreme that it extended from the Hells Angels to jet-trash drag queens. They will again raise the tattered Flying Pig banner, and ply their old, loud, and totally unique rock & roll trade, one more time, and one time only. The old guard makes its final stand. Miss the cacophony at your peril.”
Not mentioned above, but now I believe it’s safe to reveal that, for a number of somgs, I will be a honored guest at the cacophony. I have a plane ticket and thus there’s even more reason to show up. Further information will be posted as comes through, but these are the Kings of Oblivion and it tends to arrive in fits and starts.
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Great news. They say that the new "improved" Roundhouse is a rather good venue as well. I' ll be in London this month, so I' ll try and catch the show. Will you guys mingle with the fans at all afterwards Mick? I might get the chance to say hi.
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