![]() ![]() Just as Jet were drawing to a close at the start of 1977, a chance encounter whilst armed with a demo tape at Chiswick Records yielded results when Roger Armstrong loved the track Dirty Pictures. ![]() These two had come together in the Glam era to produce also-rans Jet, along with guitarist Ian MacLeod and drummer Chris Towson (also ex-John’s Children and had drummed in boot-boy hopefuls the Jook). Of the other key members Martin Gordon had a stint with Sparks in their highly successful “Kimono In My House” period, but had been unceremoniously booted out by the Mael brothers soon afterwards. Andy Ellison had been plugging away since the early 1960s in a variety of combos, most famously in Psychedelic destruction unit John’s Children (guided by Simon Napier-Bell, who described them as the worst band he had ever seen) and also managed to run his music interests concurrently with acting as a TV stuntman (which would come in handy as we shall see later on). On the face of it, the Radio Stars were possibly the most risible fare dodgers on the New Wave bandwagon. LTW’s Ian Canty looks at the recording career of New Wave’s nearly (old) men. Radio Stars – Thinking Inside The Box ( Cherry Red)ĤCD box set comprising the Radio Stars two officially released albums Songs For Swinging Lovers and The Holiday Album along with two discs covering their singles/rarities and BBC session recordings.
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