1-2 Cut Your Hair - The Story Of Johnny Moped
Simon Williams read by Peter Fox
Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
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Download Album (WAV) | 35 tracks | £7.99 | |
Download Album (MP3) | 35 tracks | £7.99 | |
Download Album (FLAC) | 35 tracks | £7.99 | |
Download individual tracks | From £0.99 |
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Simon Williams read by Peter Fox - 1-2 Cut Your Hair - The Story Of Johnny Moped
We’re very pleased to announce that the audiobook version of 1-2 Cut Your Hair! The Story of Johnny Moped is out today! Written by Simon Williams, and read by legendary Croydon DJ Peter Fox!
Johnny Moped – The man, the band, the punk myth, the none-hit-wonder, the absent singer, the comeback (and back, and back again) king. Five decades of heroic eccentricity, elusive musicality and accidentally saving The Electric Light Orchestra.
This story has it all and so much more.
Featuring brand new interviews with Dave Berk, Slimy Toad, Xerxes and Johnny himself, plus exclusive insights from Captain Sensible, Marco Pirroni and a litany of old school expert fans and perturbed modern Moped riders, this is the only book you will ever need to read about one of the all-time great misunderstood and frequently mislaid rock ‘n’ roll troopers.
Formed in Croydon in May 1974, the band were a proto-punk band, initially calling themselves Johnny Moped and the 5 Arrogant Superstars before reverting to just Johnny Moped by January 1975. They became one of the pioneering punk bands that played at London’s legendary Roxy Club.
Their track ‘Hard Lovin’ Man’ appeared on the hit various artists album Live at the Roxy WC2 (1977). The band went on to sign with Chiswick Records and released three singles and one album, Cycledelic, before splitting up. A low-key reunion album (The Search For Xerxes) came out in 1991. Sixteen years after its release Cycledelic was listed as one of the best fifty punk albums of all-time by The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Popular Music.
A documentary about the band, Basically, Johnny Moped, produced by Fred Burns, premiered in September 2013. The film further cemented the band’s legendary status. ‘It’s currently available to watch in the UK via Netflix.
In 2016 the revitalised band released a new album It’s A Real Cool Baby’ on Damaged Goods Records, with a fourth studio album ‘Lurrigate Your Mind ‘following in 2019. With interest in the band at an all-time high, the time is now right for their story to be told.
Johnny Moped – The man, the band, the punk myth, the none-hit-wonder, the absent singer, the comeback (and back, and back again) king. Five decades of heroic eccentricity, elusive musicality and accidentally saving The Electric Light Orchestra.
This story has it all and so much more.
Featuring brand new interviews with Dave Berk, Slimy Toad, Xerxes and Johnny himself, plus exclusive insights from Captain Sensible, Marco Pirroni and a litany of old school expert fans and perturbed modern Moped riders, this is the only book you will ever need to read about one of the all-time great misunderstood and frequently mislaid rock ‘n’ roll troopers.
Formed in Croydon in May 1974, the band were a proto-punk band, initially calling themselves Johnny Moped and the 5 Arrogant Superstars before reverting to just Johnny Moped by January 1975. They became one of the pioneering punk bands that played at London’s legendary Roxy Club.
Their track ‘Hard Lovin’ Man’ appeared on the hit various artists album Live at the Roxy WC2 (1977). The band went on to sign with Chiswick Records and released three singles and one album, Cycledelic, before splitting up. A low-key reunion album (The Search For Xerxes) came out in 1991. Sixteen years after its release Cycledelic was listed as one of the best fifty punk albums of all-time by The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Popular Music.
A documentary about the band, Basically, Johnny Moped, produced by Fred Burns, premiered in September 2013. The film further cemented the band’s legendary status. ‘It’s currently available to watch in the UK via Netflix.
In 2016 the revitalised band released a new album It’s A Real Cool Baby’ on Damaged Goods Records, with a fourth studio album ‘Lurrigate Your Mind ‘following in 2019. With interest in the band at an all-time high, the time is now right for their story to be told.
Tracklisting
Download Album (DAMBOOK4A)
- Johnny Moped Intro
- Start!
- Banned On The Run
- Jeffing And Blinding
- Tumult Too Young
- Ready Cassette Go!
- Gigging In The Rigging
- Surrey Seems To Be The Hardest Word
- The Roxy Music
- Stop Your Slobbing
- Living On The Reg
- Rantmusic
- Live At The Poxy
- This Deal’s On Fire
- The Legend Of Brenda Legends
- The ‘Cycledelic’ Force
- Mama Weer All Kaysa Now
- Domestic Blisters
- Off The Chiswick Roundabout
- The Sound Of Fred
- This Seal’s On Fire
- All The Younger Dudes
- The Search For ‘The Search For Xerxes’
- The Caterham 3. Or 4. Or 5.
- Lost In The Supermarket
- Where Have All The Bootlegs Gone?
- Darling Premieres
- Lemmy Outta Here
- Baby I Love You
- The Captain Says Wot
- Better Lurrigate Than Never
- Germanic Street Preachers
- What Does Anything Mean? ‘Basically,’
- Smash It Up
- Goodbye Johnny Moped