The Pop Group Site guestbook 2005

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name: Dixon
date: January 3, 2005 at 16:24:36 CST
email address: edge@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
web address: http://www.thepopgroup.net
from: austin
Says: Happy 2005!

name: Alan Keogh
date: January 14, 2005 at 02:44:56 CST
email address: alkeogh@ntlworld.co.uk
web address: www.alkeogh.co.uk
from: Manchester England
Says: The Pop Group

Saw The Pop Group many times in the late 70's, Manchester Poly, St. Paul's London are two memorable gigs. Great energy, great sense of abandon in performance and a truly eclectic inspiration evident in their work.
They have influenced me ever since, they truly carried the spirit of Punk, not the safety pins etc but the sense of rebellion, true soulfulness and individuality. They also obviously listened to a lot of the same stuff as me, respect for their good taste.

SNOWGIRL is still one of my favourite love songs
Thanks for the memories and especially the ongoing influences

name: marzuki
date: January 15, 2005 at 23:35:46 CST
email address: zarief@pop.jaring.my
web address: http://
from: malaysia
Says: Hve two copies of The Pop Group - Y (japanese made). Any takers, let me know, will sell it one off for USD20 including p&p (airmail)... good condition, no scratch

name: ian dickinson
date: January 17, 2005 at 21:10:27 CST
email address: ian-dickinson@beeb.net
web address: http://
from: bradford west yorkshire england
Says: i love(d) them got trax on vinyl ! are they available on cd ?
also got lots of articles from mags.pics etc. also followed mark stewarts outputs and gareth sagers !

thanks for your site ian d.

name: Richard
date: January 19, 2005 at 17:21:37 CST
email address: richardm123uk@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: London, UK
Says: Hi

I have the original LP's of For How Long... & Y on ebay. They are with all posters, never hung. 4 x For How Long & 1 x Y

Cheers

Richard

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4068950717&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4068949289&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

name: jean-marie mievis
date: January 20, 2005 at 14:01:04 CST
email address: jeanmarie.mievis1@yucom.be
web address: http://
from: belgium
Says: Question:like so many people I'm looking for the vinyl record of "Y". Can anybody tell me if the original version on Radarscope has a poster included or anything else ?
thanks,
jean-marie

name: Eddie
date: January 22, 2005 at 06:10:15 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: Edinburgh, Scotland
Says: Great site, appreciate u sharing your mp3's, the Pop Group's cd's are difficult to track down, more please.

Thanks, Ed

name: matthew mccarthy
date: January 30, 2005 at 10:26:42 CST
email address: matthew_mccarthy@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: london
Says: vinyl copy of Y for sale: auction ends on 9 Feb 05

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4071538895&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

name: Will Radcliffe
date: January 31, 2005 at 01:52:24 CST
email address: squarehawk@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Wisconsin, U.S.
Says: Thanks SO much for all your work on this band!! I was sad that no one knew of them...

Anyway, "We Are All Prostitutes" from "I Like It" comp. on Compost is the straight track, no remix. The track was selected as a favorite by DJ Hell, who commented on all the tracks he picked should speak for themselves.

I also have an NME article w/ a response article featuring The Slits And The Pop Group on the review they got form the magazine on their split single. I didn't see it on your site, but then again I probably didn't look hard enough. Let me know if I can help.

Thanks again!!

-Will R.

name: Solomon Hughes
date: February 8, 2005 at 05:22:14 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: UK
Says: Any chance of posting "thief of fire" (album version) for a listen ?- haven't heard it for years

name: Ian
date: February 8, 2005 at 13:48:07 CST
email address: islocombe@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Spain
Says: Enjoy the web site, keep on updating!!!. Here is a rare one for you: The 1979 album by the Good Missionaries "Fire from Heaven" (off shoot of the punk band Alternative TV) features a live cover version of Thief of Fire (featuring "Mark and Simon pop grouping"). Good Missionaries toured with the Pop Group in summer 1979. I remember seeing them at the Ashton Gate free Festival in Bristol - very good. If you can tell me how to get from a vinly lp to an mp3, will happily upload for you!!!

ps - I think you under rate Maximum Joy on yuor site - they were excellent too.

name: Bradshaw
date: February 15, 2005 at 08:52:19 CST
email address: mbradshaw2005@yahoo.co.uk
web address: http://
from: Brighton, England
Says: Got into the Pop Group first time round in '79, had the 'Y' poster on my wall! Its a bit grim isn't it? Still play 'She Is Beyond Good & Evil' at discos. Must be played loud through massive sound system. Experimental and challenging, they don't make music like this anymore do they? Got asked for 'We Are All Prostitutes' whilst playing at a pub in Brighton. A highlight of my djing career. I was in a band in '79/'80 playing Pop group/ Pere Ubu/ Swell Maps/ Joy Division/ Beefheart/ Chrome influenced stuff. Check out The Homosexuals/ L.Voag for more dubbed out post punk sorties. I also have a radio show here in Brighton UK, still keeping the flame. Good site cheers

name: george
date: February 15, 2005 at 20:00:53 CST
email address: i do not have yet......
web address:
from: athens,greece
Says: are there any thoughts for reunion concerts ?

name: mark hindley
date: February 19, 2005 at 16:33:24 CST
email address: mark@hindley42.fsnet.co.uk
web address: http://
from: uk
Says: i saw the pop group in manchester late 7o's. as a training bass player in my own band;the stle of dan katsis blew me away.the gig has stayed in my mind ever since. i have also seen maximim joy/rip-panic hoping to see dan play only to my dismay. any ideas if he is still playing????

great site.....thanks for the info

name: Steven Blair
date: February 20, 2005 at 10:16:37 CST
email address: lonebhoy@ntlworld.com
web address: http://
from: York, England
Says: Keep up the good work

name: Colin Adkins
date: March 3, 2005 at 04:53:46 CST
email address: Colin.Adkins@amicustheunion.org
web address: http://
from: London
Says: I suspect somewhere I have some gig reviews, LP reviews that you may not have posted. Also articles in Mags like Ziz Zag. Are you interested and if so how do I get these to you?

The Pop Group at ULU still counts as one of the greatest gigs I have been to in my life.

Colin

name: dilvie
date: March 12, 2005 at 02:15:53 CST
email address: dilvie@dilvie.removethis.com
web address: http://www.knobtweakers.net/
from: SLC, Utah
Says: This is one of the best fan sites I have ever seen. Keep up the awesome work!

- Eric

P.S. Dilvie was here.

name: Unnitty
date: March 13, 2005 at 07:46:05 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: Here
Says: Great site, love the sample tracks, keep updating them. Anyone know if there's a DVD or Video of the Pop Group? I remember seeing them with ATV and Here & Now, the Pop Group were amazing. Mark totally manic and the band were on fire.

name: Michael Panontin
date: March 14, 2005 at 15:32:19 CST
email address: panots@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Toronto, Canada
Says: Could anybody burn me a copy of Rip, Rig and Panic - Knee Deep in Hits? My copy was stolen a few years ago. I have all the vinyl but would like a cd copy to spin until it gets reissued. Let me know how much you would like for this at panots@hotmail.com.

Thanks,

Michael

name: Tim Broun
date: March 18, 2005 at 16:48:35 CST
email address: tjb81@yahoo.com
web address: http://
from: New York NY
Says: Damn, I love this site! Maybe I've signed this guest book before, I don't know...but god bleaa the person obsessive enough to put this together & maintain it. Fan-fucking-tastic!

name: Kim Davis
date: March 21, 2005 at 16:08:47 CST
email address: wilfrid_pj@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: New York
Says: Hello, this is Kim Davis, author of the NME review of the Pop Group supporting Elvis Costello about a quarter of a century ago. I am a better writer now. But that was quite a set they played. The most dramatic moment was Gareth Sager collapsing on stage like a sack of potatoes, then getting up and starting to play guitar again as if nothing had happened. I thought it was part of the show, but when I caught up with them a week or so later, backstage at the Roundhouse, he told me he'd passed out briefly - exhausted.

Thanks for the memories.

name: Iona McHale
date: March 23, 2005 at 11:40:25 CST
email address: agit_poptart@yahoo.co.uk
web address: http://www.davidraitt.co.uk/illustration/iona/index.php?pid=9&ftl=iona_10_swf.swf
from: london
Says: Hello. I came across The Pop Group through a friend of mine who runs a club night in Glasgow called "Optimo". He's a big fan and even managed to get Gareth Sager to play at the club! I in turn got really into them, and created a flash animation based on the song, "There are no Spectators". (I'm at art school doing graphic design). Anyway, your website is brilliant, and I just thought that my animation may be of interest to you.

http://www.davidraitt.co.uk/illustration/iona/index.php?pid=9&ftl=iona_10_swf.swf

Cheers, Iona

name: John MacDowell
date: March 24, 2005 at 07:54:02 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: Inverness, Scotland
Says: Just thought I'd say what a great site and what a great band. Music is so dull nowadays, never ceases to amaze me how fresh the really great bands still sound today. Everything is just so superficially commercial and the youth don't seem to have anything inside of them. I just feel like screaming WAKE UP PEOPLE. THE WORLD HAS SUCKED U IN, ENSLAVED UR MIND FOR WHAT? A £, A $. WHAT DOES THAT GIVE U? JUST MORE PAIN. FREEDOM IS NOT A CHOICE. FREEDOM IS A NECESSITY.

name: anthony
date: March 24, 2005 at 16:24:01 CST
email address: madaboutrabbits@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Wales
Says: Was amazed at listening to Thief of Fire (1st song i'd ever heard by them) at how close they seemed to Early XTC esp the Dub sessions they used to do. Good stuff.

name: George
date: March 26, 2005 at 08:21:40 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: Ozland
Says: Anyone know where I can find more Pop Group mp3's online. The cd's are too hard to find and cpst a fortune when on eBay.com. I did get a few off Ka zaa lite but want them on cd as my vinyl is worn out and crackles, jumps about. I tried Napster and other "official" mp3 stores but they don't have the albums online either. It's shit, these songs need to be heard and this music needs to be broadcast.

P.S. anybody do cdr's?

name: Floorm@
date: March 29, 2005 at 12:01:46 CST
email address: djfloormatt@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: Seattle, Washington, USA
Says: New to these guys, but like what ive heard. since i was 12 or so, have been into UK bands, starting with Sigue Sigue Sputnik´s Flaunt it in 1986. I think the UK is at least a few years ahead of ANYTHING the US is doing, and this is just one more example of that. Thanks for all your research, and information.

M@

name: Iona McHale
date: April 6, 2005 at 04:41:18 CST
email address: agit_poptart@yahoo.co.uk
web address: http://www.csm-illustration.com/
from: london
Says: I posted a link to the 'there are no spectators' animation i did. link didn't work, and as someone took the trouble to email me to get the correct link!, i thought i'd repost it. if you go to the url above, choose 'basichtml' then select 'iona', then select the 10th thumbnail, that's it. cheers (ya prostitutes)*

name: Steven
date: April 14, 2005 at 14:16:02 CST
email address: klangding@yahoo.co.uk
web address: http://
from: Stoke Newington, London
Says: I'm a relatively recent fan of the Pop Group, digging out an old and dusty copy of "Y" from my Dad's record collection about a year-and-a-half ago. Some of the songs sounded familiar; no doubt I heard them subliminally in the womb! I'm getting more into Rip Rig & Panic now: their music has a real sense of wild abandon that most modern bands don't even seem interested in evoking. "God" is a terrific record! I hear that Mark Springer's still going, releasing on a jazz label called Exit. Anyone else know what his new stuff's like?

name: Tzombo
date: April 19, 2005 at 15:18:55 CST
email address: gertvdstraaten@yahoo.co.uk
web address: http://
from: Netherlands
Says: I think I improved your lyrics somewhat

Each and every one of us
shall pay on demand
our part of sacrifice
knowing we're all together
We're getting ever closer
to the new being
whose ego is about to appear*
whose ego is about to appear
That's right
That's right

Where there's a will
There has got to be a way
Reap for tomorrow [reap, weep ?]
Don't let them eat you today
Don't let them eat you today

No one is defeated
until they're prepared to admit defeat
We are not defeated
Don't ever appear to admit defeat
Join the undefeated
Join the undefeated
We're going to try
Let's try!

The way out is through the door... how come nobody uses it?
The way out is through the door
The way out is through the door
How come nobody uses it?
How come nobody uses uses uses it?

In the empire
Resistance will grow stronger
Resistance will grow stronger
Let the end define the means
Let the end define the means
Let's try
let's try
With our backs against the wall
Going to fight the tanks (at least that's what I think he says)
Each and every one of us
shall pay on demand
our part of sacrifice

* (a bit of Nietzsche there, like She's beyond good and evil, it is about Nietzsche's Übermensch theory)

name: Junkyard
date: April 28, 2005 at 10:28:18 CST
email address: lostrazio@popstar.com
web address: http://
from: Italy
Says: We Are Time!!God Is not a Solution,I believe in my noiser heart,people think that's really hang up,to geld our lies.

name: Toni
date: May 4, 2005 at 10:31:27 CST
email address: toni_g@net.hr
web address: http://
from: Croatia
Says: Long awaited "For how much long...and We are time" are now available on one CD - Progressive Records (Australia). Available thru Gemm.com...just bought it from Jet set records (Japan).

name: Michael Hughes
date: May 7, 2005 at 00:22:48 CST
email address: michael.hughes@trinity.edu
web address: http://
from: San Antonio, TX
Says: Great site, really terrific work on display here. After reading about The Pop Group in an interview with Steve Albini I was glad to find a site as comprehensive as this one to feed my thirst for knowledge. Keep up the good work.

name: chris lindsay
date: May 13, 2005 at 10:31:48 CST
email address: chrislindsay2005@yahoo.com
web address: http://
from: england
Says: brilliant group great to be able to hear them again.thanks

name: andrea bradley
date: May 24, 2005 at 03:44:44 CST
email address: wilbrham road chorlton manchseter
web address: http://
from: manchseter
Says: were are so good at sing song and i pop group

name: colin sharp
date: May 30, 2005 at 07:21:22 CST
email address: colin@csharp8.wanadoo.co.uk
web address: http://
from: Wallsend, NE England
Says: Kindred Spirits perhaps. I was in the Durutti Column for a while. I did the two tracks on the Factory Sampler EP. Saw the Pop Group several times circa, I think, 1978-80. Now writing a book about that period and my friend, the genius, Martin Hannett. Also putting together a band called The Only Survivors from post-punk groupings.

name: russell
date: May 30, 2005 at 21:16:20 CST
email address: rz1313@yahoo.com
web address: http://
from: new york fucking city
Says: thanks so much for the mp3's. really great to hear the rr&p god stuff too. i can remember buying that 2xlp in austin tx in '79 and just loving it then and to hear it again after so many years felt great. i've nomaded so long that all those lps have long ago disapeared... pop group/slits/23 skidoo/maximum joy/pigbag/rr&p...oh yea! more mp3's please.

name: Jenkooo
date: May 31, 2005 at 07:00:05 CST
email address: graham.jenkins@db.com
web address: http://
from: London
Says: Anyone out there going to see Mark Stewart....Anyone out there who will make a recording

name: themazzystar
date: June 1, 2005 at 17:41:49 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: London
Says: I am 99.99% certain that that T-shirt was NOT available at Pop Group gigs in London ever. Why? Because I was at every London gig that I was aware of and I would have bought one if it had been available. Remember anyway that at time 'memorabilia' was looked down upon anyway: the whole idea of selling a souvenir T-shirt would have been laughed at. No: I can't believe it is 'genuine'.

name: mad.m
date: June 6, 2005 at 18:23:23 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: tokyo,japan
Says: i heared mark's 'kiss the future' album,included 3 new songs and 3 PG songs. i hope you buy and enjoy this one ! i interested in thanks list : 'PG ... (we'll jam again soon)'. this means they will be reunion and record new PG songs ? mark's new studio album will release in this year. and i remembered human records didn't release new PG single in '80 , 'cause they broke up. but the slits' new single (animal space) was released on human records.

name: Johnny Boy
date: June 21, 2005 at 23:23:35 CST
email address: Otiosity@sbcglobal.net
web address: http://
from: Loose Angels, CA
Says: Great site. I caught many of their late seventies London shows. The stand-out was the St Paul's performance, one of the most revelatory I ever had the pleasure of witnessing...and, of course, they served as portal to a lot of other music.

name: chrislindsay
date: June 24, 2005 at 10:33:08 CST
email address: ch454qu@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: england
Says: mark stewart has a cd out with tracks from popgroup.this is for sale in britain. does anyone know if he is doing any gigs

name: Martin Docters van Leeuwen
date: June 28, 2005 at 16:18:39 CST
email address: vamale@hetnet.nl
web address: http://
from: Netherlands
Says: Thanks for the website. Never read any word about them although I was very impressed of the 3 albums I have. Later saw a few times Rip Rig and Panic and bought anything of them. This made me search for Popgroup. Also enjoyed Steward and the Maffia later. Great live mix. And the album from Mark Springer. Great exitements these days. New album from Mark and everything come back again. Again, Thanks Martin

name: marco
date: June 29, 2005 at 09:08:37 CST
email address: bmarco@laneter.com
web address:
from: austria
Says: Thank you for your website, Marco.

name: Shigeru Tsuchiya
date: June 29, 2005 at 19:44:01 CST
email address: popgroup62@guitar.ocn.ne.jp
web address: http://
from: Japan
Says: In Japan,it is not easy to get CDs&news about pop group family(?).But now I know this site . I will ask for HMV to get "Pregnant","Normal2000"&e.t.c. that I have not listened yet. I'm very tired,because I'm not good at English.Bye.

name: rodrigo
date: July 12, 2005 at 14:47:47 CST
email address: rrvargas@2005@hotmail.com
web address: http://
from: chile
Says: this pages is great, the pop group was the best post punk band. the fans need more mp3 and bootleg

name: Leigh O'Gorman
date: July 26, 2005 at 04:13:15 CST
email address: lympog@yahoo.co.uk
web address: http://www.geocities.com/lympog/
from: Ireland
Says: Nice to actually find a site on the group. Believe or not, I first became aware of the Pop Group, when MTV played "She is beyond good and evil". Can you believe that? Anyway, like the site - keep up the good work. - Leigh

name: Shelly
date: August 1, 2005 at 01:04:57 CST
email address: s
web address: http://
from:
Says:

name: Shelly
date: August 1, 2005 at 01:09:56 CST
email address: sbaldwinrmt@msn.com
web address: http://
from: Austin, TX
Says: I was never a big fan of this music, but I've been a huge fan of Dixon. We've been friends for a number of years now. Thought I would let you all know that Dixon died suddenly, unexpectedly and accidentally early this morning, July 31, 2005. My heart breaks over again as I write this, as I know yours will when you read it. Music is a universal language, and Dixon spoke this language to you. Remember him, his family and friends in the coming days. I can already see that you honor all he has done.

name: Gareth Sager
date: August 2, 2005 at 17:12:17 CST
email address: garethsager@mac.com
web address: http://
from: Canada
Says: I recently had to find a number for a friend and found it on a Google search. Awed I typed in my name, and I found this page ... I would like to be able to communicate somehow with someone who shares my name. I find the info that I'm reading quite bizarre. Any info would be great.

name: bubba
date: August 2, 2005 at 17:12:47 CST
email address: bubba@whirlingpool.com
web address: http://obit.wcfish.com/obit_display.cgi?id=242537&listing=Current
from: austin
Says: Click on the link above for arrangements. There is also a guestbook to sign if you want to let his friends and family know what Dixon meant to you.

name: Nigel Hardy
date: August 2, 2005 at 22:49:31 CST
email address: nigel@pigbag.com
web address: http://www.lazyllama.com
from: Bali, Indonesia
Says: Jenni, Dixon's partner, has asked me to post a message. Dixon set up and maintained this site. Dixon died on Sunday 31st July. Jenni thought I should pass on the information to all those Dixon met virtually and in real life through this site. It seems likely that Dixon was electrocuted in a swimming pool accident. I was fortunate enough to meet Dixon a few times on his trips to the UK. He was a great man and we shared a common interest in music of and related to The Pop Group. I considered him a close friend. I've watched this site develop and seen the enjoyment people have gained from it. We will all greatly miss Dixon and his passion for music. My thoughts go out to Jenni and Dixon's family.

name: aj
date: August 8, 2005 at 16:56:05 CST
email address:
web address: http://
from: ratae,uk
Says: get the albums out on cd