Pink Fairies - What A Bunch Of Sweeties

To celebrate this years spring equinox, i can't think of a better band to post.

Mick Farren & The Deviants made a significant contribution to the fermenting of punk’s DIY ethic from the trenches of the 60s underground. Farren was an unlikely frontman; The Deviants a most unmusical concoction; their first album, Ptooff!, an early instance of a band eschewing the mainstream record companies and self-releasing their product. When they did achieve a level of musicianship, recruiting Canadian guitarist Paul ‘Blackie’ Rudolph, the whole thing collapsed and gave way to the anarchic madness of the Pink Fairies.

the pink fairies were the first awakening of the hippie /post punk/free festival underground- squat culture, drug's and things that made you go pop in the night?

"In 1969 my world collided with the likes of Paul Rudolph, Duncan Sanderson and Russell Hunter, and for the next two years we felt like we could inherit the earth. Pretty large aspirations for four hippies from Ladbroke Grove. Remember, this was the dawn of stadium rock, with bands like Led Zeppelin rearing it's ugly head. The era of rock gods, inflated ticket prices, and total inaccessibility for fans. We wanted to tear it all down. Pick by pick. The thought of our fans PAYING to see us was incomprehensible. We played only for free, after all money was the root of all evil, right? We waved two fingers at corporate rock by setting up and playing OUTSIDE of huge rock events. Why pay? We'll give it to you for free. We bewitched people from the entry gates at the Isle of Wight and Bath. We got naked at Phun City, played benefits for the underground press, rocked a gay pride rally, and helped organize the very first Glastonbury Festival. We shamelessly promoted ourselves by spray painting our name on the sides of express coaches that crossed country. We influenced everyone, from Hawkwind to the Sex Pistols. We were the peoples' band. Long live rocknroll." -Twink

Pink Fairies - What A Bunch Of Sweeties

1. Prologue
2. Right on Fight On
3. Portobello Shuffle
4. Marilyn
5. Pigs of Uranus
6. Walk Don`t Run/Middle Run
7. I Went up I Went Down
8. X-Ray
9. I Saw Her Standing There
10. Going Down
    
11. Walk Don`t Run (First Version)
12. on parole (larry wallis)
13. lets loot the supermarket like we did last summer(mick farren & the deviants)
    

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mick farren website

Keep It Together! Deviants and Pink Fairies

PINK FA . website

buy pink fairies here