The 101ers
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| The 101'ers | |
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| Origin | London, UK |
| Genre(s) | Pub rock, Protopunk |
| Years active | 1974 - 1978 |
| Label(s) | Chiswick Andalucia Astralwerks EMI |
| Associated acts | The Clash The Passions The Raincoats Public Image Ltd. The Latino Rockabilly War The Pogues The Mescaleros |
| Former members | |
| John "Woody" Mellor Clive Timperley Dan Kelleher Richard Dudanski Simon Cassell Alvaro Peña-Rojas Antonio Narvaez Julian Yewdall Tymon Dogg Marwood Chesterton aka " Mole" Patrick Nother Martin Stone |
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The 101'ers were a pub rock band from the 1970s, notable as being the band that Joe Strummer left to join The Clash.[1] Formed in London in May 1974, the 101'ers made their performing debut on 6 September at the Telegraph pub in Brixton under the name El Huaso and the 101 All Stars. The name would later be shortened to the 101 All Stars and finally just the 101'ers. The group played at free festivals such as Stonehenge, and established itself on the London pub rock circuit prior to the advent of punk.
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[edit] History
The group was named for the squat where they lived together: 101 Walterton Road, Maida Vale, although it was for a time rumoured that they were named for "Room 101", the infamous torture room in George Orwell's novel 1984. The novel was later to become something of a manifesto for the political element of the punk rock movement.
The 101'ers were supported by the Sex Pistols at the Nashville Room on 3 April 1976, and this is when Strummer claimed he saw the light and got involved in the punk scene.[1]
Joe Strummer commented on this event in the Don Letts documentary Westway to the World on the end of the 101'ers by saying "5 seconds into their (the Pistols') first song, I knew we were like yesterday's paper, we were over."[1]
By the time their debut single was released, Joe Strummer was in The Clash and the band were no more. Clive Timperley later joined The Passions, Dan Kelleher went to The Derelicts and Richard Dudanski went on to work with The Raincoats and Public Image Limited. Tymon Dogg worked with Strummer briefly in The Clash (playing on one track on Sandinista!) and later, in The Mescaleros.
Their recorded output was initially limited to one single. However, by 1981, interest in The Clash was at its height and a second single and a compilation album Elgin Avenue Breakdown was released. Several of the tracks on the latter album were live recordings, and there is no evidence that the band ever conceived of these recordings as a full length album.
Before his death in 2002, Joe Strummer had been planning to re-release Elgin Avenue Breakdown, complete with previously unreleased tracks that would encompass everything the band ever recorded. The project was completed with the help of Strummer's widow Lucinda Tait and former drummer Richard Dudanski, and released in May, 2005 as Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited via Astralwerks in the US and EMI in Europe.
[edit] Band Line-Up
- John "Woody" Mellor (Joe Strummer) - Guitar, Vocals
- Clive Timperley - Lead Guitar
- Marwood Chesterton aka " Mole" - Bass (replaced Jan 76 by Dan Kelleher)
- Dan Kelleher - Bass, Additional Guitar Oct 75-Jan 76,
- Richard Dudanski - Drums
- Simon Cassell (Big John) - Sax
- Alvaro Peña-Rojas - Sax
- Antonio Narvaez - Drums
- Julian Yewdall - Vocals, Harmonica
- Patrick Nother - Bass (1st gig)
- Martin Stone - Lead Guitar (final gig)
- Tymon Dogg -
[edit] Discography
Singles
- Keys to Your Heart / 5 Star Rock & Roll Petrol, (Chiswick) 1976
- Sweet Revenge / Rabies, (Chiswick) 1981
Albums
- Elgin Avenue Breakdown, (Andalucia AND101) 1981
- Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited, (Astralwerks ASW32161 / EMI 474460 2) 2005
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Letts Don; Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, Terry Chimes, Rick Elgood, The Clash. (2001). The Clash, Westway to the World [Documentary]. New York, NY: Sony Music Entertainment; Dorismo; Uptown Films. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. Event occurs at 8:40–11:40. ISBN 0738900826. OCLC 49798077.
[edit] Further reading
- D'Ambrosio, Antonino (2004-10-13). Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer. New York: Nation Books. ISBN 1560256257. OCLC 56988650. “Edited with an Introduction by Antonino D'Ambrosio.”
- DeCurtis, Anthony (2003). "1952-2002 Joe Strummer - A tribute to the late Clash singer and songwriter, plus his final remarks on the rise and fall of the legendary punk band". Rolling Stone 914 (27). San Francisco, CA: Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. OCLC 96002520.
- Matula, Theodore (12 2003). "Joe Strummer, 1952-2002". Popular Music and Society 26 (4): pp. 523-525. Bowling Green, Ohio: Taylor & Francis. ISSN 0300-7766. OCLC 89586252.
- Salewicz, Chris (2007-05-15). Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer, 1st American ed, New York: Faber and Faber. ISBN 057121178X. OCLC 76794852.
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