"The Idler" model and "Charles Napier" Dan plots genocide It was held in a Masonic meeting room above the King & Queen pub in Fitzrovia (or Noho as it was officially christened by Time Out), which hadn't changed since the sixties when Dylan played his first London gigs there.

The only stipulation for the various Woe! Selectas was that all music should only cover subjects like death, depression, angst, incest etc Or be genuinely disturbing to the ear. But no goth.

Fun was banned, smiling frowned upon, go-go a no-no.

Teenage suicide, ear-scraping soundscapes, "Where Have All The Flowers Gone", the sound of HAL dying in "2001". Joy Division and dark prog rock. "Venus In Furs", Dr Dre and prison blues. Brel and Cohen. Chest Sucking Wound. "Take This Job And Shove It". "Suicide Is Painless". Smog, Morphine, "D.I.V.O.R.C.E", "Final Solution" by Pere Ubu. Scott Walker. "Berlin". Even "Ernie"s ghostly gold-tops.
"Relay" guitarist and all-round kinky boy Chris scores.
"Go girl" .. I mean, "Woe girl"
Angry loner alert !! Cool !!
So happy they could all cry
That's the spirit !!
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