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were the Damned? Rat and Brian knew each other from the London SS. They
were also with the Captain going to be in Malcolm Mc'Clarens strangely
named band called Masters Of The Backside with Chrissie Hynde dressed as a
boy who was to whip them as they played. The Captain recalls that they
played to Malcolm and Helen Of Troy who fell about laughing !!!!!! The
Damned and Johnny Moped were closely linked and often appeared and sang at
each others live gigs. Captain is on The Moped's album and Rat and Slimey Toad were in a previous band called Rot. They were heavily into
Soft Machine as Roger Armstrong recounts. "The conventional
punk influences were New York Dolls, Stooges, 60s garage and pop etc, but
Capt and various members of the Mopeds were big fans of the early Soft
Machine. At one point they used to stalk them from gig to gig !!!." This
may explain some of the Captains more esoteric guitar workouts later. The
Cap was also a big fan of Syd Barrett and I remember reading of his
disgust at Music For Pleasure produced by Nick Mason drummer with the
Floyd. The Captain wanted twisted raw psychedelia and a Piper At The Gates
Of Dawn it wasn't... he got a rock dinosaur for a producer !!!
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