Et voilà, après avoir découvert
Jet grâce à quelqu'un dont le blase commence par
Y, je découvre tout seul
Radio Stars, et ça promet. Je cherche tout ce que je peux sur le groupe.
Radio Stars - "Dirty Pictures" (April 1977 -
Chiswick)
Radio Stars were formed by ex-
John's Children vocalist
Andy Ellison, ex-
Sparks Martin Gordon (bass, songwriter) and
Ian MacLeod (guitar) in 1977, following the end of their underachieving glam supergroup
Jet, the previous year.
The group signed to
Chiswick Records and released their debut single in April 1977. "Dirty Pictures" was featured on the
Chiswick various artists sampler "Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold" ("Chiswick Chartbusters Volume One"). Later that year, the same track came number 26 in the
NME's end-of-year critics' chart. In May 1977, the band both performed live for the first time[3] and recorded the first of three sessions for
John Peel at
BBC Radio 1. Later adding
Steve Parry on drums, the band's second release came in august. Playing "No Russians in Russia", the
Radio Stars made their TV debut on "Marc",
Marc Bolan's show.
In October 1977, the band had a brief flirtation with the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. "Nervous Wreck" b/w "Horrible Breath" peaked at #39. The b-side, "Horrible Breath", was a song written by
Marc Bolan from his time with
John's Children.
Tiens Pascal, Gordon à balancé une pépite sur youtube :
Les Blues Meanies, groupe éphémère monté après les Radio Stars, un 45t et puis s'en vont.
Je ne savais même pas qu'une vidéo existait, déjà que le single ne court pas les rues, à dire vrai,
même Martin Gordon ne l'a pas !
