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BP Fallon opening for TheStrypes at The Academy, Thursday 19th September 2013

September 24 2013

BP Fallon/The Strypes – I Believe/Mystery Man – video

BP Fallon/The Strypes – I Believe/Mystery Man GoldenPlec – Mon Sept 23 – by Niall Swan As the lights dimmed, out strolled the legendary BP Fallon to address the crowd. A few poetic lines and a rapturous applause later, The Strypes bound onstage diving into a rambunctious rendition of ‘Mystery Man’. Read more Evening Herald – Sat Sept 21 – by Chris Wasser “I believe in The Strypes … ” So says BP Fallon, who’s come out tonight to spread the word. He’s preaching to the choir. You don’t need to convince a packed audience, but guitarist Josh McClorey thanks […]

September 18 2013

Dee Dee Ramone remembered

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“IF YOU SEE DEE DEE PLEASE GIVE HIM MY LOVE” BP Fallon – who toured with the Ramones in 1977 and 1978 – dips into the archives of oblivion to remember Dee Dee Ramone “Somebody called me on the phone/ They said ‘Hey, is Dee Dee home?/ Do you wanna take a walk/ You wanna go cop/ You wanna go get some Chinese rocks?’/ I’m living on a Chinese rock/ All my best things are in hock…/ It’s hard as a bitch/ I should’ve been rich/ But I’m just digging a Chinese ditch” – ‘Chinese Rocks’ by Dee Dee Ramone […]

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September 16 2013

“To say I loved Marc Bolan would be untrue…”

Brown Bread x, Life's A Gas, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll Life's A Gas

Marc Bolan & BP Fallon, London 1970. Photography by Barrie Wentzell TO SAY I LOVED MARC BOLAN WOULD BE UNTRUE I LOVE HIM A PERFECT MAN? NO A MAGIC MAN? YES MARC HAD A ROCK’N’ROLL HEART AND STYLE AND FLASH AND HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE THE GIRLS CRY IN HAPPINESS THERE’S MORE OF COURSE BUT THAT’LL DO FOR NOW KEEP ON CHOOGLING, MARC YOU ARE HERE FOREVER I LOVE YOU -BP Fallon x Written a year ago in Dublin Sept 16 2012 Marc Bolan died 36 years ago today. He was 29 years of age and rocking. Marc Bolan […]

September 11 2013

Voices Of America – “A toughening of the soul”

9/11

The World Trade Center by Barney @ lib-lab Twelve years ago, reeling from the shock of what had happened, we asked permission from BP Fallon’s friends to publish their emails to him about 9/11. Many emails were from New York, from friends such as Lenny Kaye of The Patti Smith Group and Bob Gruen who managed to photograph the horror from New Jersey where he’d gone to get his car fixed. These messages – first published on bpfallon.com a dozen ago years ago – tell in a most intimate and powerful way the story of shock and hurt and determination, […]

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August 21 2013

BP Fallon – Increasingly Often – video w/ The Hot Sprockets & John Sheahan

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Increasingly Often – BP Fallon & The Hot Sprockets with the legendary John Sheahan of The Dubliners on violin “Increasingly often, I’m thinking it’s the last time ‘Cause one day it will be…” Photography by Richard Walshe “Increasingly often, I’m thinking how I love you And I always did do…” Photography by Seán Lennon “Increasingly often, I’m thinking how I’ll miss you And I always will do…” Photography by Colm Dolphin “Bless us who are still alive And bless us who are still in heaven…” Photography by Colm Dolphin “It’s not that I’m a Holy Joe I’m simply very grateful […]