Tony James !

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Just seen that arrogant tool on Channel Four news, as part of a piece on a Joe Strummer documentary or something or other.

They interviewed Mick Jones and they just happened to be rehearsing his new band and there's Tony James looking all old and balding disgracefully.

He looked like one of those chubby greying blokes you see in a pub band who thinks he used to be some one once for ten minutes and yet still thinks he's going to make it big one day again.

Bless him. :evil:
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Check out this f**king mortuary shot!

If they mosh too hard, hips will come lose! :notworthy:
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timsinister wrote:Image

Check out this f**king mortuary shot!

If they mosh too hard, hips will come lose! :notworthy:

Looks like some old man Steptoe convention
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I really liked Generation X and BAD were as religion to me for a while.

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Ramone wrote: He looked like one of those chubby greying blokes you see in a pub band who thinks he used to be some one once for ten minutes and yet still thinks he's going to make it big one day again.
He was. And he won't :lol:

Still sticks on that big ol' wig now and again for SSS appearances, by all accounts - though SSS without Degville will be like, oh I don't know... the Sisters without Hussey? :wink:

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:lol:

tony is ace 8)

re: sputnik & degville - i think deggers must be up to about SSSv5 by now. he keeps trying to get them at my club night but they're bloody awful. i think it was james who had all the ideas (is that a good thing?? :lol:)
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Quiff Boy wrote::lol:

tony is ace 8)

re: sputnik & degville - i think deggers must be up to about SSSv5 by now. he keeps trying to get them at my club night but they're bloody awful. i think it was james who had all the ideas (is that a good thing?? :lol:)
Didn't he suggest the "Another black hole in the killing zone" -line in VT?
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For services against po-faced goths everywhere, I take my hat off to Tony James. 8) :notworthy:
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i seem to remember he made that claim, yes :lol:

its probably either on the heartland TJ interview or in his diary on the sputnik website...
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TJ was one of the best three full-time bass-players The Sisters have ever had ;)

If you're reading this Tony, I love you really.
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timsinister wrote:Check out this f**king mortuary shot!
:eek: Holy christ, my retinas! Nooooooooooooooooo! :urff: :lol:
I left my heart in Ballycastle... :cry: :cry: :cry:
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I remember thinking it was an unusual choice for TJ when he joined the Sissies but was patient for the album and thought it was a great direction change for the band. VT is still quite a treasure chest of gems for me.
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Quiff Boy wrote:re: sputnik & degville - i think deggers must be up to about SSSv5 by now. he keeps trying to get them at my club night but they're bloody awful. i think it was james who had all the ideas (is that a good thing?? :lol:)
I'd still go.
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After reading much of James' love hate relation ship with the Sisters - you have to almost feel for the guy. Been on the fringes of virtually everything since the 1970's but never got the credit or the acclaim that so many did around him.

My first and lasting impression of him was when he was interviewed on the Tube in all his Hazy fantazie style garb and he was waffling on about 'glorious designer violence' or something equally preposterous. But he did play the role well - of arrogant superstar who actually had nothing to really gloat about.

I tip my hat to Mr James, he is the ultimate mercenary, in a SAS style, in and out without anyone really knowing he was there.

Degville attended a Rosetta Stone show at the Camden Underworld once, so I can tick his name off along with three out of four of the classic Sisters line-up, so maybe he did have at least one redeeming feature. Possibly.
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Who's left to pick the pockets of, Ramone?
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Pockets- pick? sir what ever are you suggesting :)
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