THE DAMNED CAPTAIN JOINS DEATH DISC0!!!

Captain Sensible from punk pioneers The Damned joined the DeathDisco Xmas Tour to play surprise DJ sets in Dublin and Belfast. Wearing a kilt - over a leopardskin thong, fact fans! - and his trademark red beret while addressing the audiences through a megaphone which he waved about wildly, Captain joined BP Fallon and Alan McGee on the decks to spin such punk, garage and glam gems as The Adverts [One Chord Wonders], The Human Beanz [Nobody But Me], The Pretty Things [Big City], The Ruts [Babylon's Burning], The Seeds [Pushin' Too Hard], Bowie [Suffragette City], Sparks [This Town Ain't...], Roxy Music [Do The Strand] and The Saints [I'm Stranded] before climaxing with Jimi Hendrix [Fire].

Captain Sensible and BP Fallon first worked together in 1976, when The Damned signed to Stiff Records to find BP representing them as they released the classic 45 New Rose - beating The Sex Pistols and The Clash in the race for first new punk single. To mark the twenty-sixth anniversary of the occasion, Mr Sensible presented Mr Fallon with a framed signed photograph of Dave Vanian.

Also joining the DeathDisco collective was New York überbabe Jaime Coon, briefly back in Ireland again to film her cameo in the Shimmy Marcus movie Headrush. Immediately on completing her part at Ardmore Studios, she ran away with the circus for the DeathDisco parties in Cork, Dublin and Belfast, spinning her beloved Ramones plus dollops of Blondie, Motorhead, Sex Pistols, Heartbreakers, Velvet Underground, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wanda Jackson, Miss Kitten, Peaches and The Sweet as well as shaking a tailfeather or two to the dirty and sweet DeathDisco jungle rhythms. The girl can't help it.

Photo: Captain Sensible and Miss Jaime Coon, DeathDiscoBelfast#1 by BPF.

WONDERFUL MADNESS!!!
Shane MacGowan DJed at Death Disco Dublin#11 for two hours!!!



Shane MacGowan joined BP Fallon at DeathDiscoDublin#11 in Eamonn Dorans, Temple Bar on Sept 6 to DJ from 3.20am until 5.20am, opening with The Skatalites reggae stomper Phoenix City with Shane toasting over the track. Mr MacGowan went on to choose everything from The Pistols [God Save The Queen] to Jerry Lee Lewis [a particularly wild Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On live from Hamburg in 1964], Gene Vincent with Eddie Cochran [Git It], Junior Parker [Mystery Train], Ernie K Doe [A Certain Girl], Aretha [Chain Of Fools], Arthur Conley [Sweet Soul Music], Eddie Floyd [Knock On Wood], The Doors [The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)], The Byrds [Chestnut Mare + Goin' Back], Dylan [I Want You], Led Zeppelin [Babe I'm Gonna Leave You + Communication Breakdown] and The Pogues [Rain Street] and Warren Smith [Pink Cadillac And A Black Moustache], a rake of Elvis that included Little Sister + I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone, Sandy Denny with Fairport Convention evocative with Who Knows Where The Time Goes, Tommy McLain singing the poignant swamp country message Before I Grow Too Old and Tom Rush telling it like it is with No Regrets.

Shane, there on stage in his wheelchair at DDD#11, he was brilliant. He'd choose the track and BP would spin it, with Shane often announcing the song on mic or singing over the track. Shane MacGowan is a lovely man, a good warm soul, a special cat. We're lucky, very lucky, to have him around. The memory of Shane in his wheelchair, ciggie in hand and his drink nearby, raising the microphone to his lips and joining Elvis to sing I Was The One will always be with me. Thank you, Shane. We love you.

Death Disco Dublin#12
ALAN MCGEE CONQUERS AGAIN!!!
Following an appearance on PhantomFM's Heavy Traffic programme where they were interviewed by Cathal Carroll, Fallon + Alan girded their loins for DDD#12.

Donaghmede mod-psycho combo The Things - described in his stage intro by BP as "the most vital new band in Ireland today" - suffered from technical gremlins that weren't their fault. Sore throat or not, lead singer Neil Moore threw himself into the spirit of things and into the audience too. Much banging and twanging from the band. Shite sound or not, afterward Mr McGee was heard to say of The Things original True To You, "That's a hit song".

BP played The Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders, Stone Roses 10-minute mix of Fool's Gold, Guns N' Roses, Led Zep... Mr McGee kicked off with the original 7" Track Records single of The Who performing Under My Thumb before racing onwards with a rake of records from his own stables: Oasis [Rock'n'Roll Star], The Hives [Supply and Demand + Main Offender + Hate To Say I Told You So], Primal Scream [the Chemicals mix of Swastika Eyes], The Jesus And Mary Chain [Coast To Coast].


As the frenzied audience reached out to touch him or shake his hand, Alan went Stonewards, giving us a bunch of solid rockers from Keef & Co before throwing in The Strokes and BRMC and climaxing with Oasis and Live Forever. Everyone went bonkers. Everywhere he went in Dublin - walking down the street, at the DeathDisco gig, at the airport - young people of all ages were coming up to Alan and saying "Alan McGee, you changed my life".

Alan MCGee, for the music you have released over the years, for the bands you have nurtured, for co-founding DeathDiscoDublin, for your dynamite DJing and above all for being a wonderful chap: we salute you.

A BIG DeathDiscoDublin THANX to Whelans for hosting DDD#12!

Photo of Alan McGee by BPF using Fuji FinePix S602 Zoom

Death Disco Dublin#13
DDD#13 was a lucky night! DDD fave DJs Thomas And Duncan from Pugwash gave us ev'rything from The Sweet [Ballroom Blitz] to early Marc Bolan [Desdemona by John's Children] to later Marc with T.Rex and Children Of The Revolution, while Bolanites eagerly snapped up the prizes of Marc Bolan & T.Rex: The Essential Collection greatest hits CD - with its bonus DVD of Marc performing Jeepster, Ride A White Swan, Deborah, Hot Love and Get It On on his 1977 tv show Marc - and the creme de la creme, the 108-track 4CD box set Marc Bolan & T.Rex: 20th Century Superstar. Hot Love!

Making their DDD DJ debut on this Bolan Night were Ollie And Gavin from Turn, who welcomed us to the jungle with Guns N' Roses and The Pixies, before joining The Beatles on the mic to sing harmonies to She's Leaving Home. Cool. Vibey guys, lovin' their music, Gavin And Ollie.

BPF gazed at the Marc Bolan videos and Born To Boogie on the big screen while spinning ev'rything from Motorhead thrashing God Save The Queen to the Pistols' dance mix of God Save The Queen to John Lee Hooker with The Doors doing Roadhouse Blues to the Primals with Kate Moss singing Lee Hazlewood's Some Velvet Morning. Lash in some Stoned Brown Sugar, Van & Them urging us Baby Please Don't Go and BP's remix of The Kinks You Really Got Me and another mad night explodes into legend...

Photo of Gavin and Ollie by BPF using Fuji FinePix S602 Zoom

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