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what's the connection between folk rock band Steeleye Span, and
progressive doodlers, Gnidrolog, who back in the late sixties/early
seventies released albums with titles like Ten
Man Mop or Mr Reservoir Butler Rides Again and
In Spite Of
Harry’s Toenail
got to do with Punk 77, The Pork Dukes and songs like Telephone
Masturbator? The answer, boys and girls, is members of these bands were
responsible for the atrocity that was the Pork Dukes and should have
known better.
For years the
mystery of the Pork Dukes was a closely kept secret. Well sort of,
because in the March/April '78 edition of the Fanzine 'Chainsaw' Charlie
Chainsaw revealed that "The
bassist is Nigel Pegram, who used to play in Steeleye Span. The rest
played in a band called Gnidrolog who released a couple of albums a few
years ago and then faded into obscurity."
And that my
friends is the long and short of it. The main culprits were Colin and
Stewart Goldring and Nigel Pegram all as stated from Gnidrolog and aided
and abetted by Rick Kemp from Steeleye Span whom Nigel also later
joined.
From a Gnidrolog
Question and Answer page:
"Rick and Nigel were very helpful in working with us to publish the
sublime works of the infamous Pork Dukes and indeed we have collaborated
on several projects throughout the years but there involvement in the
Pork Dukes as artists were strictly limited."
Strangely our
sensitive boys were not ones to indulge in rock star sexual antics..."
After all, who wants a quick liaison with a
girl of dubious sexual morals and ‘health’ when we were actually
sensitive, shy young guys looking for someone to love ... The truth is that being on the
‘road’ is a painful, lonely job with very few perks other than the
hour and a half you get to play!"
Their lyrics in
the Pork Dukes must obviously be therapy for all those lonely
nights!
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