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As a 13 year old my passion was punk (hence the home-made "Clash" tattoo). The pocket money paid for a catalogue Satelite Les Paul copy, a Clash songbook and a chord dictionary. Armed with these, the metal and glam from elder brothers’ vinyl collections, a nascent obsession with Lou Reed and the Velvets together with the constant drip-feed of blues and eclecticism served up on BBC radio by Alexis Korner and John Peel respectively, I found an enduring creative outlet.Fast-forward a quarter century through relationships, drugs, mental illness, incarceration, rehabilitation and the creative outlet has remained, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. A source of joy and frustration, a tangible record of achievement, ability, failure and inadequacy. The internet tempts us to throw our creative endeavours out into the ether, to be appreciated or denigrated but mostly ignored by the masses.
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Member Since: 3/9/2006
Band Website: sonichospital.com/sonicdownloads/mp3s.htm
Band Members: Andy - all instruments, vocals and noises
Influences: Lou Reed, Momus, Stereolab, Albert King, Silver Jews, Big Star, Lemonheads, Velvet Underground, Gang Of Four, Lounge, Rezillos, Polyphonic Spree, Teenage Fanclub, Stooges, Glam, Tripping Daisy, Laibach, Crazyhead, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Discharge, Blues, Tanni Grey Thompson, John Cale, Bungalow Records, Ernest Ranglin, Magazine, Clifford T Ward, Lee Perry, Bowie, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Guildo Horn, Slim Smith, Flaming Lips, Keimzeit, Apples In Stereo, Eno, Eurovision, Todd Rundgren, Humphrey Lyttleton, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, Wolfgang Press, X-Ray Spex, Emergency, Jim O'Rourke, Dennis Bovell, Lee Perry, John Cooper Clarke, Buzzcocks, Michael Shelley, Magnetic Fields, Clash, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Damned, Cornelius, Pizzicato 5, Brian Sewell, Divine Comedy, Kenneth Horne, Dame Celia Molestrangler, Venlafaxine, Count Arthur Strong, Giles Wemmbley Hogg, Hamish & Dougal, Lee Perry, Kahimi Karie, Jolly Brothers, Al Bowlly, Flanders & Swan, Dusty Springfield, Jackie Mittoo....
Sounds Like: Sonic Hospital
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Humph RIP

Humphrey Lyttleton died yesterday. http://www.myspace.com/isihac All round, multi-talented, good-egg and irreplaceable chairman of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainme...
Posted by Sonic Hospital on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:28:00 PST

In my ’Fat Jim Morrison’ period

Which probably means I'm near death...
Posted by Sonic Hospital on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:02:00 PST

May your life be long and useful, like a bog-roll

Mostly been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (google it), blood letting, getting fatter, upsetting people and contemplating suicide. Ho hum. Good to see loads of new Lou Reed stuff on Yo...
Posted by Sonic Hospital on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:49:00 PST

Blessed are the Cheesemakers

Happy New Year! Haven't heard that Abba tune for an age. Nice quiet Yuletide with only two Amontilado excesses so survived relatively unscathed. The (Dingley) Dell is back working again so no real exc...
Posted by Sonic Hospital on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:47:00 PST

Graaaahhhh!

The realisation that I have no talent has long been around, now I have no idea why I tart myself around on the internet. OK, I'm playing better, but the motivation, the muse and the savvy is gone. Ah ...
Posted by Sonic Hospital on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:02:00 PST