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Deakin, Rich (2021) Acid Daze. Vive Le Rock! (86). pp. 66-71.
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Throughout the second half of 1987, barely a week passed when there wasn’t mention in the British music press of a largely media constructed scene called ‘GREBO’, and the bands associated with it. Informed by an eclectic range of influences, from punk, 60s garage and psychedelia, through to 70s heavy rock and thrash metal and even dance music, bands as disparate as The Cult, Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction, Pop Will Eat Itself and Junior Manson Slags were all thrown under the broad umbrella of ‘grebo’. But, two bands in particular found themselves at the forefront of the ‘grebo’ scene, whether they liked it or not. In this abridged and edited extract from his new book Grebo! The Loud & Lousy Story Of Gaye Bykers On Acid And Crazyhead, Rich Deakin looks at some of the key moments for these two bands during ‘grebo’’s watershed summer of ’87...
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Article Type: | Article |
| Additional Information: | Abridged and edited extract the book Grebo! The Loud & Lousy Story Of Gaye Bykers On Acid And Crazyhead by Rich Deakin, published by Headpress, 2021 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Grebo!, Grebo! The Loud & Lousy Story of Gaye Bykers On Acid And Crazyhead, Pop Will Eat Itself, Acid Daze festival Finsbury Park August 1987, Headpress publisher, |
| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > M Music M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music |
| Divisions: | Professional Services > Libraries and Student Support |
| Depositing User: | Rich Deakin |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2024 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2024 13:46 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14519 |
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