#superseventies

HANDS DOWN, MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE GENE SIMMONS SHOT EVER! THE DEMON!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on rock and roll bassist/songwriter/vocalist Gene Simmons in full "Demon" makeup, c. late '70s -- as featured on the front & back sleeve art to "Alive II," the second live album by American hard rock band KISS, released by Casablanca Records in 1977.

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A PARFUM COLLECTION FOR THE SUPER-SEVENTIES AND LIFETIMES BEYOND.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on mega close-up shots of American model/actress Lisa Taylor in a photo-piece titled "Pour On the Presents…Make a Big Splash!" (an article on the then ever-increasing global market for perfumes), from the pages of "VOGUE" magazine, c. November 1974. 📸: Chris Von Wangenheim.

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IN MEMORIAM -- THE LATE, GREAT "PHILTHY" ANIMAL ON HIS FAVORITE MOTÖRHEAD SONGS TO PLAY.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the late, great Philip John Taylor (21 September 1954 – 12 November 2015), a.k.a., "Philthy Animal", English rock 'n' roll/metal punk drummer and classic member of MOTÖRHEAD.

METALIVILLE: "What would you say your favourite songs are that you drummed on and been part of and why?"

PHILTHY ANIMAL: "Well, most of those would be MOTÖRHEAD songs -- "Overkill," "Bomber," "Stay Clean," "The Chase is Better than the Catch." I mean I liked 'em all really because I enjoyed playing the drums and being in a three-piece band you have to work a bit harder than if you are in a four or five piece band because there's gaps and if you are in MOTÖRHEAD you have tom work even harder because there's no bass player.

Lemmy's not a bass player -- he's a fuckin' guitar player playing a bass and there's no bottom end there so I do a lot more tom fills than other drummers but I enjoyed playing that. I enjoyed playing 'em all."

"PLEASE CLEAN YOUR PLATE, DEAR, THE LORD ABOVE CAN SEE YOU, DON'T YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN KOREA."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on vocalist/frontman/songwriter Alice Cooper of the ALICE COOPER band performing live on their "Billion Dollar Babies Tour," c. 1973. Venue & photographer unknown.

"Alcohol and razor blades and poison and needles, Kindergarten people, they use them, they need them.

The over-indulgent machines were their children, There wasn't a way down on Earth here to cool 'em, 'Cause they looked just like humans At Kresge's and Woolworth's, But decadent brains were at work to destroy, Rats in batallions were ruling the street scene, Generation landslide, Closed the gap between 'em.

And I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies, Who never conceived of us billion dollar babies."

-- "Generation Landslide" (1973) by ALICE COOPER

"THE FIRST ALBUM, "GREATEST HITS VOL. 1," IS CLASSIC HIGH-INTENSITY PUNK, WITH SONGS SUCH AS "I'M NOT A FOOL," 'SHITTER," AND "EAST END.""

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on assorted record ads for various COCKNEY REJECTS vinyl releases, 7 inches and full-length albums, c. late 1979 ("I'm Not a Fool") to late 1980 ("Greatest Hits Vol. II). EMI Records.

""When punk music came on the scene, seeing people with names like Sid Vicious, Sham 69's "Borstal Breakout" and all that, I think I started going a little bit wayward. Boxing kept me on the straight and narrow, but once the punk thing kicked on I was looking to be outrageous.”

The first album, "Greatest Hits Vol 1," is classic high-intensity punk, with songs such as "I’m Not a Fool," "Shitter" and "East End" telling of the social situation at the time, but avoiding party politics.

“It was the establishment at all levels. I've always tried to steer clear [of party politics],” Geggus says. “Maybe it was protest about being working class in East London, the doom and gloom around at the time, singing about getting nicked at the football. I suppose there was a political side, being on the dole and that, but it wasn't really aimed at any political party, left or right. To me [they’re] all the same; no matter who you vote for they always let you down.”

Their aversion to organised politics was tested as far-right group the British Movement tried to infiltrate bands such as MADNESS, THE SPECIALS and SHAM 69, as well as the teenage REJECTS.

“We were deadly opposed to these people,” Geggus said in a 2012 interview. "[They] were bullies, and we was a lot younger than them, and they wanted to start causing trouble at our gigs. But we give it to ‘em, made sure they never come anywhere near us again. I’m sorry that’s the way it is. We dealt with people like that.""

-- ADAM W. HUNTER, "Cockney Reject: my conversation with Jeff Geggus," October 22, 2021