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Bristol band with an average age of 16. Chose the name
Cortinas
coz it sounded cheap and nasty!! Originally an r'n'b band but embraced the punk sound gruffing up the vocals and
revving up the guitars. Two essential
singles - Fascist Dictator /
Television Families (1977) and
Defiant
Pose / Independence ( 1978 ).
The
future looked rosy supporting the likes of The Stranglers, Blondie and
Chelsea etc and a good set list of songs including 'Gloria',
'Tokyo Joe' &
Pose.
Signed up for Step Forward by Ma 'Play It
In The Subway' and other songs that were "gonna
rate as classics in 1977" opined Steve Mick in Sniffing Glue 9.
However opinions at the time were divided about them and their commitment
and they got some rough treatment in certain fanzines and the press which
tended to focus unfairly on the way they looked. Signing to CBS was the
death knell with an album and single that sank without trace. By then
however they had already soplit up. Great band! |
