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Make some noise

By Martin Booth  Friday Oct 10, 2014

Bristol Boys Make More Noise tells the story of the Bristol music scene from 1974 to 1981, as recorded through the photographs of John Spink, with words by Gill Loats.

Spink moved to Bristol from London in 1972 and fell in with the band Magic Muscle. Loats was at the heart of the Bristol music scene working as a DJ at the infamous Dug Out Club and watching live music most nights of the week.

The book features Bristol bands such as Magic Muscle, The Dragons, The Cortinas, Shoes For Industry, The Fabulous Ratbites From Hell and many more.

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Photos include from Ashton Court Festival in 1977 and rare unseen photos of artists visiting Bristol such as Johnny Thunders with Steve Jones and Paul Cook, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, and Big Youth. 

A limited-edition CD accompanying the book features a 44-page booklet with sleeve notes by Thomas Brooman who played drums with The Media, The Spics and The Sidneys before going on to co-found WOMAD and Real World Records with Peter Gabriel.

Bristol Boys Make More Noise is published by Tangent Books

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