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name: Dixon
email address: edge@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Says: Hi, y'all. Be sure to check out my other web page at http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~edge/.

name: Haruhiko Takanashi
email address: takanashi@dc-j.com
Says: Great! I like the PoP Group Very Much.

name: Jim Moran
email address: jpmoran@odin.cmp.ilstu.edu
Says: Good Pop Group page

name: Dave Lang
email address: moderate@icplus.net.au
Says: Goddamn, someone with taste!! What a rarity. One day, when all is well with the world, the likes of the Dicks, Big Boys and The Pop Group will get their due. Multi-platinum sales, private jets, the whole deal. And then the Fall, Cecil Taylor and th e Stooges will become millionaires. Yeah, right... Til then, chin up and fight that Man, whiteboy!

name: Harry Catsis
date: April 26, 1998 at 18:34:17 CST
email address: brit908@hotmail.com
Says: Hey mate, you spelled Dan's name wrong. Its not Katsis, its Catsis. I should know, I'm his son. ;) Good site.

name: Jenni
date: May 28, 1998 at 13:05:48 CST
email address: jenjen@mail.utexas.edu
Says: I guess you know... I found the "Y" disc!!!

name: Dave G
date: June 18, 1998 at 11:13:45 CST
email address: Davegr_98@yahoo.com
Says: Nice one. It's good to see there are still people about who appreciate good music. I just bought the cd 'We are all Prostitutes' (now I can lock up the original vinyls somewhere safe) and agree they could have put twice as much on - what about 'Rob a Bank'etc. It's more like 'Rob the Punter'! Anyway keep up the good work - if you're interested a lot of Mark Strewart's later stuff (the mind blowing 'Jerusalem' for one) are available on various On-U-Sound CDs and vinyl. They even have their own website. Take care Dave ps If I'm right in assuming you're from the States you might like some help locating vinyl etc available in the UK. If so just e-mail me at the above address.

name: ERMREY
date: July 7, 1998 at 00:33:14 CST
email address: schnerb@geocities.com
Says: This is an oasis in a desert of reliable information on the Pop Group. Thanks for being here in my time of need.

name: Simon Coffey
date: July 13, 1998 at 04:53:52 CST
email address: simon@bfm.auckland.ac.nz
Says: It's fantastic to find your site, I recently found an old vinyl copy of "Y" god it was exciting
thanks for the work
I'll now know where to get the first album

name: Steve
date: July 13, 1998 at 17:24:47 CST
email address: sjp@cableinet.co.uk
Says: Great site! Please check out my band's website @ www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~stevet01/stuffed/stuffed.html

name: mark
date: July 28, 1998 at 13:40:06 CST
email address: Mcmorgan@aol.com
Says: I don't know if this is true or not but there was supposedly a promo 12" of "Shes Beyond Good and Evil/3.38" that had a bonus track on it. Someone told me that at a record show in NYC but they could have been full of shit. Anyways, I enjoyed looking at your page. The pop Group is definitely one of my favorite groups of all time. It's surprising they are not spoken of as often as the Birthday Party.

name: von
date: August 3, 1998 at 10:32:01 CST
email address: von@tky2.3web.ne.jp
Says: It's GREAT !!!!!!!!! I'm from TOKYO,JAPAN Now constraktiv THE POP GROUP HP !!!! C'mon HERE !!!! http://www.geocities.co.jp/Broadway/3994/

name: eric blevins
date: August 4, 1998 at 01:08:45 CST
email address: A4suitcase@mindspring.com
Says: Great to finally see something more about The Pop Group - one of the most elusive and brilliant bands of their time. The articles and pictures are the only I've seen since I'd first heard them ( Wanna Buy A Bridge? way back in 1981). Surely there are more of us out there who have all of the few releases and would like to find more. Live tapes floating out there somewhere? Hopefully you'll later expand to include Stewart + Maffia, Rip Rig etc. OK nice job

name: Gaius Turunen
date: August 12, 1998 at 05:44:18 CST
email address: damo_suzuki@hotmail.com
Says: i'm just trying to get into post-punk, so could you tell me what's that pop group-album (The Pop Group), which features in All Music-Guide's essay on post-punk? it's not in your discography

name: masaki
date: August 18, 1998 at 15:58:41 CST
email address: masakisu@yahoo.com
Says: "Y" has been my favourite disc for 2 years. barely no Americans know about Pop Group. keep it real

name: Harry Catsis
date: August 25, 1998 at 17:02:39 CST
email address: brit908@hotmail.com
Says: The guy's right, they did rerelease We Are All Prostitutes...oh yeah, its me, Dan's son. Hi again ;)

name: Danny
date: August 27, 1998 at 01:16:03 CST
email address: pptrice@centralva.com
Says: Great page!!! Been turned on to the POP GR. album "Y" for awhile and just got "We are all Pros..." today; listened to it non-stop. My fave songs are We are time, Blood Money, and Snow Girl. Peace to all

name: Ricardo
date: August 29, 1998 at 02:41:26 CST
email address: baohomet@mtecnetsp.com.br
Says: Quite unusual hearing some words about The Pop Group...from...BRAZIL!?!? Yes, I am actually a fan... Pity I've got only the Y album...hard to get the others...but, now we can buy the CDs!Great! Great site, too! all the best

name: math
date: September 4, 1998 at 05:07:43 CST
email address: iatherto@tassie.net.au
Says: ....I live at the end of whirled, the last island before the Antarctic, Tasmania. In our local up-the-stairs-hippie-run-alternative shop I got all the p.g. albums with the exception of the live one. Sixteen years later I still listen to them, and now they're out on cd apparently. I really 'em. But where? Can you help? Never thought I'd hear them again... Brilliant Cya math

name: Edgar
date: September 10, 1998 at 05:32:06 CST
email address: Edgar.Lee@dva.gov.au
Says: I've been a big fan of Pop Group ever since I bought their first single after a glowing review in the NME. As you might know, they were a big influence on Melbourne, Australian bands especially Nick Cave and the Birthday Party. I work in a record shop and have a noise and other stuff CD label called Dr Jims. Our recent releases have include avant garde bagpipe, Jad Fair, punk, and free jazz.

name: evan chronister
date: September 15, 1998 at 17:09:44 CST
email address: cpl593h@wbtv.net
Says: I bought all their stuff the first time around.The reissue of Y confirmed that this ws a unique band with a completely different sound.Post-rock before it's time i think.

name: zarief
date: October 3, 1998 at 09:19:45 CST
email address: zarief@pop.jaring.my
Says: I came to like Pop Group from Mark Stewarts classics like "Jerusalem". Both classic acts. Mark's music will stay in my collection in the likes of WIRE.

name: Ricardo Vieira
date: October 11, 1998 at 22:55:52 CST
email address: baohomet@mtecnetsp.com.br
Says: Just got the "We are all prostitutes" CD!!Marvellous!!! Nothing more to say. Oh!...I'm still trying to get the "How Much Longer..."CD Anyone selling it? Tell me.Bye for now. Ricardo

name: danny
date: October 15, 1998 at 19:16:31 CST
email address: pptrice@centralva.com
Says: Great page, if any band needs a cool, informative site like this it's the pop group. A friend of mine said that they make gang of 4(who rule with extreme prejudice) sound like duran duran. Anyway, I read the nick Cave Bio "Bad Seed" where Nick talks about how B.Party loved the Pop Group and the Fall. He also mentions how disapointed he was when the b.p. came to England and mostly encountered bands like Echo & the Bunnymen, etc. Also in REsearch: Search & Destroy vol.2 David Thomas(Pere Ubu) talks about seeing the pop group and playing with them!! He makes a Captain Beefheart comparison which I think is pretty right on. Thanks for letting me gush on your page. thanx Danny

name: Robert MacMillan
date: October 15, 1998 at 21:13:04 CST
email address: robert_macmillan@newsbytes.com
Says: Mark Stewart/On-U fan ---- seeking more Pop Group releases at cheaper prices...

name: chris stein
date: October 22, 1998 at 14:24:47 CST
email address: worstever@pacbell.net
Says: its a pain in the ass to find their albums, but i know that mike watt from minutemen/fIREHOSE is playing the pop group's "we are time" on his current tour through the united states. check it out.

name: Laura
date: October 24, 1998 at 10:21:01 CST
email address: tabor-huerta@iname.com
Says: Yes, I finally visited your site. It must be truly enriching to be able to alllow your imature , creative side express itself so loudly. No it's not an insult.

name: Jade Hubertz
date: October 24, 1998 at 17:52:07 CST
email address: none at the moment - coming soon!
Says: Great site! To answer the person's question about the "She Is Beyond Good And Evil" 12" - I have a copy of that 12" - the sleeve is exactly the same as the 7" version and contains the same two tracks - no additional tracks at least on my copy - sounds fucking great too. Anyways, I'm looking for Japanese pressings of the RT 7"s along with the Japanese RT CD's that were briefly available - lemme know if anyone wants to part with their copies (ha ha) - Ph# 317-356-0685 Fax 317-356-8416 Thanks Jade

name: martin campbell
date: October 28, 1998 at 07:11:59 CST
email address: martincampbell@clara.net
Says: well, its great to see that there is a site!!!!!! Thanks for your effort.

name: Ricardo
date: October 28, 1998 at 23:25:17 CST
email address: baohomet@mtecnetsp.com.br
Says: Hi, again!! Just put my hands on a copy of the 7" "She is beyond good and evil" Hell of a good record isn't it?? Bye for now All the best Ricardo

name: Tom Smith
date: October 30, 1998 at 14:22:06 CST
email address: westernblot@alltel.net
Says: To you only, okay? I'm Tom from the band To Live and Shave in L.A., and The Pop Group had (and remain) a vast influence on me and my work. I was around when they were around, and "Good and Evil"/"3:38" and _Y_ blew my fucking mind. Bovell's production was the key for me - as much as I love the demo stuff on _We Are Time_ (and natch the live recordings too), his collab with TPG created a fractous sonic chasm that's only now being mapped. Certainly my group, and our immediate peers (chief among them The Flying Luttenbachers) owe a helluva debt to them... I was one of the lucky ones: I saw 'em in June, 1980 at the Mudd Club in NYC. They performed material off the then just-released _How Much Longer_ alb, the (still-searing) "Prostitutes" single, and "Thief of Fire." Man O Man! So good... Anyhow, I've got a pretty decent press archive on 'em, the NME cover ish, etc., so if you need anything lemme know. Maybe I could trade some jpgs from my archive for any audio rarities I don't (sob!) have... Sincerely, Tom Smith

name: Geraint Duggan
date: November 1, 1998 at 21:10:54 CST
email address: geraint.duggan@dhs.vic.gov.au
Says: I saw the Pop Group twice, and both atypical performances too. Once was in front of the biggest crowd they ever played in front of, at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally in Trafalgar Square, London, in about 1981. They played "Jerusalam" and people near me thought it was horrible. The second time I was living in Sheffield and hitched to Leicester with a friend to catch the Pop Group. After watching mark Stewart throw a tantrum before the show because there wasn't any vegetarian food the band played a short but funky set with, i seem to remember, two drum kits. It all came to an end suddenly when Gareth Sager (wearing an insulting tee shirt with female breasts) exploded with an epistaxis (ok, a nosebleed). I loved 'Y', loved the guitar effects and the dub production. I saw Pigbag, mark Stewart & the mafia, Rip Rig and panic and maximum Joy, but nothing came close to the Pop Group. It was a good time for music with Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, the Slits and the Fall playing what seemed like everywhere, everyweek. Somehow music doesn't move me like it did them. The Pop Group were the second best thing out of Bristol (Bristol Rovers circa 1972 being the best). Geraint

name: John
date: November 2, 1998 at 10:03:29 CST
email address: jwh@mygale.org
Says: Pop Group aren't forgotten here in France, either !

name: Ricardo
date: November 11, 1998 at 23:52:53 CST
email address: baohomet@mtecnetsp.com.br
Says: Hi! hanks for the message! Just got Mark Stewart's "Data Control" CD...Quite good! I'm trying to find the "The Veneer of Democracy..." Anyone selling it? All the best Ricardo

name: Ryan Case
date: November 13, 1998 at 11:00:18 CST
email address: film114@aol.com
Says: Thank you so very much for devoting a great web page to this awesome, underappreciated band! I love these guys!

name: John Roblin
date: November 13, 1998 at 20:09:25 CST
email address: jmroblin@8thplanet.com
Says: Way way back in my college days I got hooked on the dub-punk scene. There are more fans here in the states than most think. The staples of my listening day included The Slits, Raincoats, Nina Hagen, Fisher Z, New Age Steppers, and a pretty decent lineup of local Western NY talent (Bahamamama, Electro Man/Paper Faces, Billy Piranha & The Enemies, and Joe Regular). The best was by far The Pop Group. Before I left school all my records were stolen, but a kind friend made me a tape of How Much Longer. That tape just about gave out when I found the We Are All Prostitutes CD. Great web site for a truly under appreciated band. As for current groups, I get the same kind of vibe from Soul Coughing. I also hear a 90's version of The Slits in Luscious Jackson. Cheers!

name: Evan Cohen
date: November 14, 1998 at 17:57:02 CST
email address: manifest@manifesto.com
Says: Hey... thanks for doing this page. I thought no one remembered! I bought the "We Are Time" album in December, 1980. I'll keep reading! Evan Cohen www.manifesto.com/manifesto

name: Weasel Walter
date: December 17, 1998 at 04:54:19 CST
email address: weaselw@juno.com
from: chicago
Says: The Pop Group rule. Hail Tom Smith, the most PRE-motherfucker in the world.

name: Paul Steeples
date: December 17, 1998 at 09:13:25 CST
email address: paul.steeples@tidv.dti.gov.uk
from: London, England
Says: Great site - it's a bugger to search for anything about the Pop Group because if you search under that name, you get 3 million Boyzone sites. I found this by searching for "Gareth Sager". My Pop Group memory, such as it is, is jumping up on stage with the band at the Kim Philby Club in Manchester and yelling along with "Rob a Bank" ("for Cambodia" as it was then called). This was in 1980 or 81. I shared a microphone with Mark Stewart for this brief and blessed moment. I saw them four or five times in all, Rip, Rig & Panic about the same number and Maximum Joy and the Glaxo Babies once each. Happy days. A friend in the music business tells me Mark's now gone a bit paranoid, and rants about international conspiracies all the time (rather than most of it, as before). I hope this doesn't get to be a real problem, and wish the ex-members of the band, all the fans and you all the best for the future. Paul

name: Jim Moran
date: December 18, 1998 at 00:10:08 CST
email address: jpmoran@ilstu.edu
from: Peoria, IL
Says: The Pop Group are the most influential and unrecogonized band I can think of. My intro to them was the "We Are All Prostitues 7". I bought it for 3 bucks at the local record store(Co-OP) in 1984. I've converted folks to Gang of 4 and Wire, but no-one's ever gotten the Pop Group. No reissues endorsed by Rock stars for the Pop Group. They're still as fierce as when I first heard them in 1984. It looks like time has finally caught up.

name: Kris
date: December 27, 1998 at 01:28:01 CST
email address: KrisTheo1@aol.com
from: New York
Says: Fabulous site. A lot of hard work definitely went into this page. I hope that someone out there will be kind enough to contact me if they could please tape me the "How Much Longer...." & "We are Time" LP's. I only have "Y" & "We are all Prostitutes," and would love to hear the other tracks not included on "WAAP." Live or demo recordings would also be greatly appreciated. By the way, I believe the sound of the Pop Group continues on to this day, as represented by such bands as Clikitat Ikatowi, and other assorted Gravity Records bands. Finally, could anyone recommend the definitive post-Pop Group albums that should be picked up? There were plenty of resultant groups from the break-up (Pigbag, Rip Rig & Panic, Mark Stewart & the Maffia, etc.); however, very little detailed info (ie: reviews of)about these albums exists on the web. any prudent info would definitely assist my buying habits. i hope to hear other fans soon....

name: rumi
date: December 27, 1998 at 20:16:10 CST
email address:
from: london
Says: it was extremely exciting for me to find a website for the pop group as i didn't expect it at all. i was a massive fan of the pop group when i was a teenager, and "Y" is my all time favourite album. well done guys!

name: Dave Lang
date: December 29, 1998 at 16:35:29 CST
email address: davelang@melbpc.org.au
from: Australia!!
Says: Dixon, again, you've done a fine job with this Pop Group site... I can't believe that yours is the only comprehensive PG site on the net! (or at least the only one I can find.) Such a pity that The Pop Group are considered by many as merely a footnote in the history of UK punk/new wave. To some, they're much more! If the Birthday Party and the Minutemen are so widely hailed as they are (and they both thoroughly deserve it) - two bands heavily influenced by The Pop Group - then surely their inspiration deserves some recognition... I'm rambling. I must've listened to "Y" a thousand times - a desert-isle disc, for sure - but for now I have to be satisfied with seeing The Pop Group's 1978 touring partners, Pere Ubu, playing here down here in January 1999. What a crazy world.

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