Playing with Paranoid Visions in Tokyo was certainly special. The people we met could not have been more friendly and helpful. We were looked after from the moment we arrived to when we were on the plane again which was a good thing as nearly all of the writing is in Japanese.
The support bands we played with were fantastic and I absolutely loved listening to them. It’s a shame it’s so expensive for them to come over to Europe as I know they would go down here really well.
Thank you all for being so very patient. As you know the pressing plant postponed the delivery date from early January to late January. I’ve now received confirmation that the vinyl will be here on Friday 2nd February. Over the weekend I will then put the vinyl in the inner & outer sleeve and number them. And will start posting them on Monday 5th February.
Anyone that has ordered a copy from me -your copy has been reserved and will be posted as soon as possible!!! If you haven’t ordered one there are still a few copies left if you do want one. Just click on the shop button.
I can’t wait to finally see and hear it again. It seems a long time ago now.
Morning All.
I know you, like me, are desperately waiting for the “1977220174U” ltd edition live LP that Paranoid Visions and I did at Blackpool.
The delivery / release date will now be late January 2018. I’m sorry about the delay but I’ve no control over that process.
Everyone who has ordered one and has ordered additional items will get one and all the empty sleeves have your address already written on it so as soon as the vinyl will be delivered they can be posted.
I’ll keep you posted.
In December I did an interview with Matthew Hudson from ITV Anglia at the Birdcage. He has created two punk features which will be running on ITV Anglia coming Tuesday and Wednesday (9th & 10th January) at 6pm. I haven’t seen it myself but apparently I’ll appear in the first feature.
Looking forward to see both of them.
I did play with Crass in Norwich but can’t remember the venue, in 2015 I played with Slice Of Life at The Owl Sanctuary and in 2016 we played at the Birdcage. It’s a vibrant city and worth checking out the market with some fantastic vegan and veggie food stalls.
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STEVE IGNORANT WITH PARANOID VISIONS 1977220174U LIVE LP
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After much deliberation, rehearsal and nerves… Steve Ignorant and Paranoid Visions decided to celebrate Steve’s 40 years in the music industry with a special show at the wonderful Rebellion Festival, Blackpool, United Kingdom at 5.15pm August 5th 2017 on the 3000 capacity outdoor stage known as the Casbah. The set was regarded as one of the festivals highlights and the atmosphere, spirit of celebration and general love in the air was something that took everyone by surprise….
Included in the set for the first time officially in many years was material from Crass, mixed with Stratford Mercenaries, Conflict, Dirt, Poison Girls, Flux of Pink Indians and the bands own material nestling together showing a 40 year spread of material Steve has been associated with.. or just adored!
As luck would have it, somebody bootlegged the entire set, and as even more luck would have it the sound captured was fantastic and really captured the feeling of being right there at the show… at the front… which is exactly where he was. Even more luck strikes when Crass collaborator and the man behind the re-masters of the Crass albums volunteered to spend many hours improving the sound.
And so here it is…. a limited edition, numbered 1 – 500, RED vinyl with insert and download “official bootleg” release
track listing is…
INTRO
DO THEY OWE US A LIVING
SECURICOR
JOIN THE DOTS
BANNED FROM THE ROXY
HIROSHIMA
WHERE IS LOVE?
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME
SO WHAT?
WHAT A SHAME
BERKSHIRE CUNT
NO MORE RUNNING
BRAINDANCE
BIG A LITTLE A
TUBE DISASTERS
We were all looking forward to going back to Ireland again after the warm welcome we had last year when we went on the ferry and Carol drove us around in her van. As we didn’t fancy getting up at 3 am to drive to the ferry we decided this time that flying was so much better.
Well …. It took ages for me and Jona to get through security as every single bag got checked thoroughly at Stansted. Carol had a long train journey leaving at 6am before arriving at Heathrow. And the Pete’s who are only half an hour away from the airport in Manchester got stuck on the stairs that would lead to the plane for over an hour with loads of other people as the door was broken and could not be opened. So not a relaxing journey for any of us.
But …. once we arrived at Dublin and we were together again and started our gigs it was absolutely brilliant. It didn’t matter that it rained most days and that the sky was grey because it was the people that came to see us that warmed our hearts.
Big thank you to David Manning for filming the gig at the Stags Head in Dundalk, Ireland.
I’m really pleased to announce that I’ll be back with Slice Of Life at Rebellion next year . Thank you all for supporting us and coming to see us this year. It was great to see you all. Check out the photos taken by Simon Balaam.
The field next to our house has been ploughed and we’ve lit our first fire. Autumn is on it’s way and the perfect time for working on some new material, setting up gigs for next year and doing our last couple of gigs in the UK before going to Ireland. So hopefully see you around somewhere.
Steve Ignorant’s Slice Of Life:
22nd September – The Parrot, Carmarthen
23rd September – The Rigger, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
20th October – Crane Lane, Cork / 21st October – Fibber Magees, Dublin / 22nd October – Stags Head, Dundalk
Talks:
30th September – Wakefield Literature Festival / Louder Than Words, Unity Works in Wakefield
https://www.wakefieldlitfest.org.uk/we-need-to-talk-about-music
17th October – ‘Book Launch’ References, Rough Trade in London
11th November – Louder Than Words Festival, Manchester
Steve Ignorent With Paranoid Visions:
4th November – Midland Calling, Wolverhampton
A special set celebrating 40 years shouting down a microphone and remembering some of the very special people we lost this year.
Thank you all so much for your ongoing support over the years. Even if you were not there on the day you still were very much a part of it.
It’s great to see all the footage and many photos that have been taken.
STEVE IGNORANT WITH PARANOID VISIONS – Casbach Stage 5.8.2017 Rebellion Copyright © Kilco 2017, https://www.facebook.com/Punk.cz
Posted by Dušan Kilčo Matějček on Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Photos taken by Simon Balaam
