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At the same time the press
from Melody Maker to Sounds pilloried them including Gary
Bushell who wrote
"The sort of thing that gives
punk bashing a good name "!
Nice one Gary shame
about some of the bands you have supported over the years.
This obviously didn't affect the band much because
they named the next single Foreplay
Playground / Cheap Night Out
(1978
Parole) had the band and schoolgirls mingling on the
picture cover and included an insert with press bad
reviews !! Meanwhile in interviews with Ripped & Torn, Sean was
proclaiming his penchant for school girls. Not aged 6-7
years but the mature ones aged 11 or 12 ! Yes well ! The single
was a departure from the raw punkiness of the first and revealed a
band who could play and construct good tunes. A sort of pop punk for
teenyboppers but with a name like theirs they were never going to get
into Jackie !!!
Having
backed themselves into a corner they abruptly changed name and musical
style and glammed themselves. NME reports them changing their
name to Wolfling but the name they decided on perhaps after all the
hassle with Raped was Cuddly Toys. Originally to be managed by Marc
Bolan before he died they used one of his unreleased songs as their
first single...'Madman'. The change of image and music was a bit much
for their hard core following who greeted them with a hail of
cans and gob till they played the old Raped toons !!.
Early songs like Escalator
Hater or Normal
are top quality punk with the requisite sneering vocals
as good as anything . Cheap Night Out and Foreplay
Playground " My babys got a hard on over me"
are excellent. Check out the
"Raped " Punk Collectors Series. Its
well worth the money collecting the singles, demos and a
live set from the Vortex as well.
A great
band .
Click
to hear clip of 'Foreplay
Playground'
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