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name: Dixon
date: January 3, 2003 at 08:43:48 CST
email address: edge@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
web address: http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~edge
from: Austin, TX
Says: Happy 2003!
name: Martyn Boot
date: January 14, 2003 at 11:16:59 CST
email address: Martyn@oryxes.co.uk
web address: http://
from: back Bristol
Says: Saw them in 1978/9 at the Anson rooms Bristol Uni, still the best gig i've been part of.
They were supported by Gardez Darx? who played a jazz/funk based set everybody had expected to see one or more of the Stranglers who were supposedly interested in The pop group supporting them or producing.
I had vinyl copies of Y and she is beyond......... when I went to Uni in 1980, they failed to last the pace or became too attractive to a third party and I have often trawled through Plastic wax in brisol in search of replacements.
If anyone knows of Y on CD and how to get it let me know
martyn.boot@tesco.net
name: darren
date: January 18, 2003 at 10:32:21 CST
email address: neu75@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: preston, lancahire, england
Says: basically the same question we all want to know; "when are the pop group lps gonna be re-mastered for cd, so that we can all enjoy them ( and not just the bastards that keep outbidding me on e-bay for overpriced import versions!)?.So come on, who ever has the master tapes, reissue them tomorrow, after all every
other band in the history of recorded music seems to get properly reissued, so why not the pop group? is this some kind of conspiricy? " how much longer do we tolerate mass deletion!?!"
name: John Roblin
date: January 22, 2003 at 10:02:12 CST
email address: jmroblin@8thplanet.com
web address: http://www.8thplanet.com
from: NY
Says: "Y" is now available through Amazon as a Japanese import with "She is Beyond Good and Evil" (extra track). Not cheap, but wtf.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005HG85/8thplanetcom0f
name: darren b
date: January 22, 2003 at 10:43:33 CST
email address: neu75@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: preston,lancashire,england
Says: re the jap import reissues of "y",cheers, yeah i know about these and they are not cheap, and that is my point, why are they only available as imports? i mean somebody in england is fucking up big-time with this.Listen, whoever has those mastertapes, digitally remaster and reissue them, with extra tracks, liner notes all original art work etc...( you know like a proper reissue, like what everone else does!)now!!!.This is the right time, everyweek there is some band or other claiming them as an influence, and at the moment they are getting a lot of press attention in the form of recommened cds for people to buy, but guess what?... they cant, because the only one of their lps that is available is as an expensive jap import! ha! ha! ha! what a missed chance
name: louise boothman
date: February 3, 2003 at 08:10:51 CST
email address: louise.boothman@castlehills.sch.lincs.uk
web address: http://
from: England
Says: i think its great
name: darren
date: February 3, 2003 at 09:37:08 CST
email address: neu75@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: preston,lancashire
Says: yeah comt to think about it so do i, thanks for pointing that out to me!
name: manel
date: February 10, 2003 at 19:00:44 CST
email address: mylittleunderground@hotmail.com
web address: http://bisturi.blogspot.com
from: lisbon, portugal
Says: nice site, great band.
name: John Caples
date: February 14, 2003 at 15:14:59 CST
email address: john_caples@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: US
Says: Does anyone know when the CC Sager CD is coming out on Creeping Bent?
The new collaboration between Gareth and The Nectarine No. 9 is coming out this spring (I think it's just one track). It's called Society Is A Carnivorous Flower. I think the title is from a cyberpunk book by Richard Kadrey called Metrophage. If anyone has any unreleased Nectarine No. 9, feel free to drop me a line.
name: MUGU
date: February 25, 2003 at 11:40:12 CST
email address: mugu@caramail.com
web address: http://
from: niger
Says: keep of oooooooooooooooooo g;men
name: sue
date: February 28, 2003 at 04:51:30 CST
email address: babbagescabbages@musician.org
web address: http://
from: england
Says: hi,
nice to see someone out there still remembers the pop group. nice site. I think i may be able to help you a bit, have most glaxo babies and pop group stuff on vinyl,plus some bits of other bristol bands of that time including angelo bruschini who plays with massive attack circa 1978! also somewhere in my attic there is a box of photos, from around 1977-80 as i recall of pop group playing and glaxos just hanging out plus lots of other bristol bands, and pics of well known bands like siouxsie, the damned, adam ant. if you are interested give me a shout . i wont part with any of it, but if i can get hold of a scanner will happily scan pics, sleeves etc. and copy any tracks you are missing.(it may take a while!!) unfortunately i lost touch with them all around 1981. so found your site whilst searching web to see what they are all up to now
name: simon
date: March 5, 2003 at 08:51:14 CST
email address: jarvisimon@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: devon
Says: love the band. words disobey me.
name: alexander
date: March 6, 2003 at 05:57:40 CST
email address: pop_crap@fsmail.net
web address: http://
from: Northampton in England
Says: i have to agree about the remastered & re-issue idea.
Someone (Rough Trade maybe...since they released 2 the albums) should release a Compleate Recored Works of The Pop Group box set.
cd 1-Y cd 2-For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? cd 3-We Are Time
cd 4-She Is Beyond Good & Evil/We Are All Prostitutes/Where Theres a Will singles w/the b-sides
simple really. or they could bump it too 5/6cd and have the singles on seperate cds (the split single w/the Slits(Where Theres a Will...) should also contain The Slits song).
that would be fantastic...its is a Crime that these albums are not more widley available...if they dont anytime soon...then i may have to go about and do it myself....but i dont have the experience & know how right now so...you might have to wait a few years....
i'll stop rambling now....Long Live The Pop Group!
name: marco
date: March 12, 2003 at 14:07:55 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: italy
Says: cool website, man. thank you very much. the pop group is "THE" band, no bullshit. now i want (or better i pretend) the repress of all their release. there is no innocent.
luv, mm
name: Brandon Bordenkircher
date: March 19, 2003 at 21:38:30 CST
email address: gertyfarish@yahoo.com
web address: http://
from: Chicago US
Says: I have only heard a very little by them, but I enjoyed what I heard very much. If any one out there is willing to make me a copy of one of the Pop Group's albums I'd be greatful. I'll give you a copy of something in return...
No New York comp
Screamers
Roxy Music
& more
just ask... i might have it.
name: ihu
date: March 20, 2003 at 21:40:59 CST
email address: ihu@repellentzine.com
web address: http://www.repellentzine.com
from: jersey city
Says: hi,
i have a zine called repellent. i first heard about the pop group when a local band, the ghosts exits, did a cover of "she's beyond good and evil."
we are planning on putting a compilation for the zine, i am trying to research the publishing and credits for the song.
i have been searching online and can't find anything. then i stumbled upon your site. i wonder if you have this information.
please contact me if you can help.
thanks,
IHU/repellent
name: Manoel
date: March 23, 2003 at 18:29:56 CST
email address: manoel@riseup.net
web address: http://
from: Salvador, Bahia - BRAZIL
Says: Great sounds from a really cool band. Keep going!!
name: Pavlos Avouris
date: April 10, 2003 at 04:28:53 CST
email address: kwoolf27@excite.com
web address: http://
from: Athens, Greece
Says: Hi there
This is good work, i am amazed. Pop Group are one of my top bands the last 20 years. I actually once met a guy when he replied to an ad i put on a local music magazine when trying to locate their singles (thet was 1984!).
Well I haven't got much to add. Maybe this will interest you:
I've got an album by Mark Springer (Springer: Piano / Illuminated jams 46 / released in 1984). It's only Mark playing the piano. On the back cover it says thanx to Sean Oliver. That's it. I'm also a big fan of Pigbag and Rip Rig & Panic and i appreciate you put a lot of stuff on them in your site. Well, thanx again for the site. Bye . Have fun...
Pavlos
name: tors
date: April 11, 2003 at 17:03:06 CST
email address: torslaguna@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: glasgow, the U S of B
Says: the new cc sager album truly rips it up. You can quote me.
name: MALCOLM
date: April 21, 2003 at 09:44:11 CST
email address: MALCOLMXB@HOTMAIL.COM
web address: http://
from: HACKNEY LONDON
Says: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO John Waddington from and old mate?
name: dave
date: April 22, 2003 at 11:07:38 CST
email address: dave.coulson@dti.gsi.gov.uk
web address: http://
from: bristol
Says: Nice site. Good to see someone out there still keeping the faith!
First saw the very young Pop Group supporting Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers in October 77 if memory serves. Saw them again Feb 78 at the Anson rooms, supported by Linton Kwesi Johnson. They blew my mind both times. Many years and thousands of gigs later its still some of the best live music I've ever experienced. What's hard to fathom now is that these guys were about 17 at the time! Anyway must go, but I'll be back!
Just one thing, first glance at the site, I haven't noticed any reference to RR+Ps first 7 inch single. Go go go this is it/The ultimate in fun is going to the disco with my baby.
name: Stanlet
date: May 18, 2003 at 07:34:22 CST
email address: elmofo@wanadoo.fr
web address: http://
from: Paris- France
Says: Wonderful site...I'm doing a CD-R of the bootleg section for me & my friends, no commercial use here, of course.. I saw the Pop Group supporting Pere Ubu in Paris at the end of the 70's, it was incredible, pure mania... Mark Stewart is so tall and the ceiling was so low, he spent the show protecting his head and screaming!
As I'd like to give you something in return, I have a Glaxo Babies SP, "Christine Keeler", that I didn't see in the offspring section, so if you want a cover scan or mp3 of the single, just let me know...
name: SPIDER from BLAST
date: May 19, 2003 at 11:08:59 CST
email address: thespider@hetnet.nl
web address: http://
from: werkendam
Says: looking for Rini van Leeuwen from Zoetermeer
BLAST is now on CD but we are missing the songstexts
RINI WHERE ARE YOU??????????????????????????????????
name: shoeb ahmad
date: May 23, 2003 at 08:28:56 CST
email address: comeonspring@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: canberra,australia
Says: dude,yr website is like god for me ! ! !
being in year 11 this year and finally getting my band gigs,
i've realised that i owe a lot to these visionarys.i discovered
the pop group a few years ago and proceeded to download tunes
that slowly imprinted on my songwriting.i'm also quite happy to
that there is a link between the pop group and the european improv scene.
name: Paul Lee
date: May 28, 2003 at 13:57:09 CST
email address: tapedecklee@hotmail.com
web address:
from: Bristol
Says: I love the Pop Group. I had Y as a child but I think my dad threw it out while i was away somewhere. now i can't get their albums for love nor money and i wish Mark Stewart would perform somewhere locally.
name: John Caples
date: June 3, 2003 at 18:23:37 CST
email address: john_caples@hotmail.com
web address: http://www.andyw.com/nectarine9/rocketNumber9.asp
from: Hanover, MA USA
Says: Hey...just thought I'd let whomever was interested know...check out the weblink for the artwork for the new Nectarine No. 9 record. It's all collaborative remixes of Gareth Sager's song from their last record (Pong Fat 6). And Dixon, have you gotten the CC Sager record yet? Maybe a review on the site? There's a good one at Scotland On Sunday (which I'll try and send ya).
name: Dave Lang
date: June 6, 2003 at 01:53:17 CST
email address: davelang@alphalink.net.au
web address: http://
from: Melbourne, Australia
Says: Hey Dixon!!
Dave here. The site just keeps on getting better and better. Sorry, no Pop Group news from my end... just the same old obsession, though. Weird to see there's so many Pop Group fanaatics from around the world. When the hell is someone actually going to do an honest-to-Pete REAL reissue of their albums that doesn't get deleted in a week?
name: Roger
date: June 8, 2003 at 12:39:02 CST
email address: roger@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: UK
Says:
name: Jay Hogan
date: June 13, 2003 at 15:38:08 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: Tallahassee Florida
Says: I saw on an old (1998) entry here that Mike Watt was playing "We Are Time" on his U.S. tour. A set of his I saw about a month ago had "Amnesty Report" and "Genius or Lunatic" instead...
name: Mr. Trench
date: June 14, 2003 at 14:14:56 CST
email address: AndrewANelson@aol.com
web address: http://
from: England
Says: I'll never forget hearing The Pop Group for the first time, much as many people claim to never have forgotten where they were when JF Kennedy died I imagine. The beauty of the band is the perfect balance between being challenging and tuneful. 'We are Time' is my own favourite, although 'Don't call me Pain' is also very strong. I had given up finding anything on the net about this band years ago, and just tried again on the off-chance. Thanks for setting it up.
name: Nick Gall
date: July 9, 2003 at 16:53:46 CST
email address: nickgall@tiscali.co.uk
web address: http://
from: Scotland
Says: Nice to see so much interest in such an influential band. Y'know folks, with the current interest in "post punk" (hate that phrase) somebody with more than an inch of brain might have the foresight to reissue the Pop Group properly. A nice box set would do for me too.
The only CD that I have seen is the (now deleted I'm informed....cheers Darren) "We are all Prostitutes" on Radar.
C'mon! Somebody do this band a favour and give them the reissue job that they deserve and that the rest of us are gasping for. Why should we have to fuck around with expensive Japanese imports. Personally I refuse to go down that road.
Somebody out there has the power to do this band justice......You know who you are.
On a lighter note......the recent Rough trade compilation "Post Punk" has "Stretch" by Maximum Joy contained on it
name: stipe
date: July 11, 2003 at 06:58:41 CST
email address: igor.stipancic1@pu.htnet.hr
web address: http://
from: pula,croatia
Says: one of the best post-beefheart bands
name: julio cortιs
date: July 13, 2003 at 18:37:20 CST
email address: autonomia@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Santiago, Chile, South America
Says: Great page. I love the Pop Group, and it΄s pretty difficualt to get some info on them. In fact, I only have one recording, the Y CD, taht I have to order from Downtown Music Gallery (NY), and costs a very high price (japan import).
I am printong some posters for my walls, it΄s sunday and I went to the office where I work from monday to friday, so I am using the computer for free.
I would like to get more recordings, I don΄t know if you can help me with that.
What other bands do you really like ? (just curious). I like old punk rock, free jazz, dub...
Bye.
name: nileriver
date: July 21, 2003 at 23:13:36 CST
email address: nileriver70@hotmail.com
web address:
from: JPN
Says: Nice to see this site.
I'd like to get a permission of using a picture of poster out of your site.
And, may I link to your site from my site?
By the way, my favorite Pop Group album is "We are all prostitutes".
name: Marcel van den Berg
date: July 25, 2003 at 05:21:09 CST
email address: mvdberg@wirehub.nl
web address: http://
from: The Netherlands
Says: I searched a long time for a webpage about The Popgroup.
And Now I have found one!
It is great!
name: iyers
date: July 31, 2003 at 09:40:13 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: Bristol
Says: Gareth Sagers dad was my dentist! (i remember him having a poster of Rip rig & panic on the wall of his surgery)
Nice picture of Rat too!
Cheers
name: tomo
date: August 2, 2003 at 14:17:39 CST
email address: spinyunity@aol.com
web address: http://
from: Japan
Says: I can't find For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? in japan.
Anybody burn for me?
I will pay for it.
name: Preston P.
date: August 23, 2003 at 23:40:34 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: New York, N.Y.
Says: Hey hey. This is a great site. I'm a Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave afficionado and since last year, I've been getting into a lot of the cult heroes of the post-punk era (Slits, Gang of 4, Au Pairs, etc.). I must say, though, The Pop Group has been the most interesting. In fact, they're one of the greatest bands I've ever heard. They don't make groups like this anymore, which is a shame. Everything now is so watered down, and devoid of intelligence or depth. The Pop Group were politically pissed off and had something to say about it. They also had something that I truly loved....THE FUNK!!! They threw down some of the funkiest jams to come out of Bristol. There's absolutely nothing like "We Are All Prostitutes" or "She is Beyond Good & Evil". They had the grooves to make me move. Maybe I'm just rambling on, but these guys were too cool. I wish they'd reunite, especially in an era of George Bush and Tony Blair.
name: mad.m
date: September 7, 2003 at 22:36:47 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: Tokyo,Japan
Says: CD reissue of NEW AGE STEPPERS' 1st album was released in Japan,30th Aug '03.
(limited reissue,with a paperbag sleeve like LP's one)
It contains 4 unreleased tracks(track 9-12),called'Izalize''May I''Avante
Gardening'&'Singing Love'.
It's no information about these tracks,but i think:
1.Featuring Bruce Smith on track 9 & 12,Mark Stewart on track 10
2.Outtakes from sessions in '80,not new recordings
If you're a fan of THE POP GROUP or Mark Stewart,you must get it & play loud!
name: david rushmer
date: October 7, 2003 at 07:52:27 CST
email address: dar43@cam.ac.uk
web address: http://
from: cambridge
Says: does anybody know who owns the rights to The Pop Group's recordings? why won't they release the rest of the catalogue? Y (probably the greatest record ever made in my humble opinion)sold 10,000 copies in about a year! that's twice as many as the original lp sold - surely it must be worthwhile.
also, can anybody furnish me with any bootlegs please, i would be really greatful. thanks.
name: Mike Bagley
date: November 5, 2003 at 10:22:52 CST
email address: bagleybjbags@aol.com
web address: http://
from: tampa,fla.
Says: great!!! the funny thing is i have every mark stewart and the mafia single and lp but very little on the pop group (1 single and 1 album) there stuff is getting really expensive on ebay so i search to find those classic releases on vinyl. anyway, does anybody know what mark stewart is up to these days? i haven't listened to much on-u-sound stuff in a while so i'm not sure if he's still recording? where are you mark??????
name: Mike Bagley
date: November 5, 2003 at 10:30:03 CST
email address: bagleybjbags@aol.com
web address: http://
from: tampa, fla.
Says: ps. there was a great pop group shirt that i saw in the mid 80s with a picture of thatcher giving the v sign with the were all prostitutes slogan written near the bottom. i've tried in vain to find that damn shirt everywhere but no luck. if anyone has info as to how i might be able to locate that t shirt (company, store, etc.) please let me know. thanxxxxxxxx
name: Pedro M.
date: December 3, 2003 at 12:15:03 CST
email address: mmmj@mail.telepac.pt
web address: http://
from: Portugal
Says: Virgin is going to reissue Rip Rig + Panic's compilation "Knee Deep in Hits" in January 5th, 2004: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000026GKW/qid=1070475157/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/202-0469159-3575066
Let's hope that the original albums come next...
name: mad.m
date: December 5, 2003 at 04:45:42 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: Japan
Says: i found and got the pop group t-shirt on last week.
this design was white print on black t-shirt , based on front
cover of 'we are all prostitutes' compilation album.
i got it twice since '83 (different design , based on scraps).
name: Preston P.
date: December 18, 2003 at 19:52:17 CST
email address: thegigolovirgin@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Columbus, Ohio
Says: Hey, Dixon. Trust me when I say that I have good ears. Allow me to fill in the missing lyrics to "Where There's a Will". I will admit thought that I did not catch all of them.
???? (In the empire)
Resistance will grow stronger
Resistance will grow stronger
???? (The end justifies the means)
???? (The end justifies the means)
That's right
Let's fly [?]
As I said, I can't quite decihper what Mark is ranting about during the end, but I think it's somehting along the lines of "In ???? we must fly, let it be not I". I hope this has helped. Peace.
name: nishisu
date: December 18, 2003 at 23:02:41 CST
email address:
web address: http://www.ac.cyberhome.ne.jp/~nishisu/pop_group/index.html
from: Tokyo, Japan
Says: Good News!
It was determined that "Return Of The Giant Slits" will be reissue as CD on February 25, 2004 by Sony Record Japan.
name:
date: December 23, 2003 at 00:15:04 CST
email address: |@D
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web address: http://
from:
Says:
name: Preston P.
date: December 23, 2003 at 15:24:01 CST
email address: thegigolovirgin@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Columbus, Ohio
Says: Hey, Dixon. Did you know that The Pop Group's classic is featured on this new box set called "No Thanks: The 70's Punk Rebellion"? You might want to chalk that up in your discography section.
Peace
name: Preston P.
date: December 23, 2003 at 15:26:35 CST
email address: thegigolovirgin@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Columbus, Ohio
Says: I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that the classic Pop Group song in question is "She is Beyond Good & Evil". Peace
name: marco
date: December 31, 2003 at 08:21:34 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: ITALY
Says: Happy new year to all.
luv, mm
for how much longer do we tolerate mass murder?
name: Andre
date: December 31, 2003 at 11:08:52 CST
email address: enjoyandre at yahoo dot com
web address: http://www.spacerobotscientists.com
from: Long Island, New York
Says: Awesome site...
check out my band
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