Many thanks for posting the Doll By Doll gig review – and so quickly! The piece reflects what seems to have been the general response to DBD gigs. Some idiot got them support slots on Devo and Hawkwind tours, and they were often pelted verbally or physically until they were thrown off the tours! You can’t go wrong with their first two albums ‘Remember’ and ‘Gypsy Blood’, which are blinders. Now if only I could nail down the date of the gig.
I am trying to establish tour histories for Doll By Doll, The Motors, Any Trouble and After The Fire, and would love to hear any information or even any live material! Thanks. sjb hyhpen uk at uwclub dot net.
I re-read the review written by Martin (Tich), he was obviously intrigued by the band and having read up on them some more last night I can see why. I do not recall them at all personally but I will check out some of the music. The County Ground was actually a room in the Cricket Ground, it was more of a rock venue. The reference to bikers by Martin could mean that these were guys who had heard of them through Hawkwind gigs. I would guess that the gig occurred at some point during April 1979, all of the writers on the fanzine would have been 16/17 then.
Doll By Doll also linked up with Glen Matlock to produce a very good EP (two to four tracks depending on version) under the name Concrete Bulletproof Invisible (CBI). I believe it was Record Mirror’s single of the week.
I would add that the lead singer Jackie Leven continued to have an excellent solo career, still connecting deep inside your head, but no longer in the rock genre. Superficially, it is ‘just’ folk, although some call it ‘Celtic Soul’. He died prematurely of cancer a few years back. Although I listen to a lot of music, Jackie is the only musician I truly grieved for and continue to miss.
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Many thanks for posting the Doll By Doll gig review – and so quickly! The piece reflects what seems to have been the general response to DBD gigs. Some idiot got them support slots on Devo and Hawkwind tours, and they were often pelted verbally or physically until they were thrown off the tours! You can’t go wrong with their first two albums ‘Remember’ and ‘Gypsy Blood’, which are blinders. Now if only I could nail down the date of the gig.
I am trying to establish tour histories for Doll By Doll, The Motors, Any Trouble and After The Fire, and would love to hear any information or even any live material! Thanks. sjb hyhpen uk at uwclub dot net.
I re-read the review written by Martin (Tich), he was obviously intrigued by the band and having read up on them some more last night I can see why. I do not recall them at all personally but I will check out some of the music. The County Ground was actually a room in the Cricket Ground, it was more of a rock venue. The reference to bikers by Martin could mean that these were guys who had heard of them through Hawkwind gigs. I would guess that the gig occurred at some point during April 1979, all of the writers on the fanzine would have been 16/17 then.
Many thanks for the additional info.
Doll By Doll also linked up with Glen Matlock to produce a very good EP (two to four tracks depending on version) under the name Concrete Bulletproof Invisible (CBI). I believe it was Record Mirror’s single of the week.
I would add that the lead singer Jackie Leven continued to have an excellent solo career, still connecting deep inside your head, but no longer in the rock genre. Superficially, it is ‘just’ folk, although some call it ‘Celtic Soul’. He died prematurely of cancer a few years back. Although I listen to a lot of music, Jackie is the only musician I truly grieved for and continue to miss.