{"id":19446,"date":"2022-08-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19446"},"modified":"2022-08-01T22:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T22:45:07","slug":"damaged-goods-releases-first-wave-punk-misfits-johnny-moped-book-written-by-simon-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19446","title":{"rendered":"Damaged Goods releases first wave punk misfits Johnny Moped book written by Simon Williams."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Titled \u20181-2 Cut Your Hair\u2019, the book has been written and compiled by ex-NME journalist and Fierce Panda head honcho Simon Williams and tells the full story of the band who were recently the subject of their own film \u2018Basically, Johnny Moped\u2019 \u2013 currently streaming very successfully on Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Moped \u2013 The man, the band, the punk myth, the none-hit-wonder, the absent singer, the comeback (and back, and back again) king. Five decades of heroic eccentricity, elusive musicality and accidentally saving The Electric Light Orchestra.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As seen on the documentary \u2018Basically, Johnny Moped\u2019<\/em> \u2013 currently streaming on Netflix.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Moped \u2013 The man, the band, the punk myth, the none-hit-wonder, the absent singer, the comeback (and back, and back again) king. Five decades of heroic eccentricity, elusive musicality and accidentally saving The Electric Light Orchestra.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story has it all and so much more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring brand new interviews with Dave Berk, Slimy Toad, Xerxes and Johnny himself, plus exclusive insights from Captain Sensible, Marco Pirroni and a litany of old school expert fans and perturbed modern Moped riders, this is the only book you will ever need to read about one of the all-time great misunderstood and frequently mislaid rock \u2018n\u2019 roll troopers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formed in Croydon in May 1974, the band were a proto-punk band, initially calling themselves Johnny Moped and the 5 Arrogant Superstars before reverting to just Johnny Moped by January 1975. They became one of the pioneering punk bands that played at London’s legendary Roxy Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their track \u2018Hard Lovin\u2019 Man\u2019 appeared on the hit various artists album Live at the Roxy WC2<\/em> (1977). The band went on to sign with Chiswick Records and released three singles and one album, Cycledelic<\/em>, before splitting up. A low-key reunion album (The Search For Xerxes<\/em>) came out in 1991. Sixteen years after its release Cycledelic<\/em> was listed as one of the best fifty punk albums of all-time by The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Popular Music.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A documentary about the band, Basically, Johnny Moped<\/em>, produced by Fred Burns, premiered in September 2013. The film further cemented the band\u2019s legendary status. \u2018It\u2019s currently available to watch in the UK via Netflix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016 the revitalised band released a new album\u00a0It\u2019s A Real Cool Baby\u2019<\/em>\u00a0on Damaged Goods Records, with a fourth studio album\u00a0\u2018Lurrigate Your Mind<\/em>\u00a0\u2018following in 2019. With interest in the band at an all-time high, the time is now right for their story to be told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available to order Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Titled \u20181-2 Cut Your Hair\u2019, the book has been written and compiled by ex-NME journalist and Fierce Panda head honcho Simon Williams and tells the full story of the band who were recently the subject of their own film \u2018Basically, Johnny Moped\u2019 \u2013 currently streaming very successfully on Netflix. Johnny Moped \u2013 The man, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[7867,1607],"class_list":["post-19446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-damaged-goods-books","tag-johnny-moped"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19448,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19446\/revisions\/19448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}