Your band, the Adverts became famous in 77. It has been quite a while since and unfortunately I think the Adverts never got the success they deserved specially considering the quality of the two albums you released. Today, you keep on playing those songs and others as a solo act mostly. And your trajectory seems quite similar to Wreckless Eric ’s one. Do you feel any acquaintance with this other maverick of English rock poetry ? I love Wreckless Eric , and do feel that we have followed a similar kind of path. We both spent a period where we refused to play our old records live because it was too inhibiting and we both felt we had to be judged on our new material. Now for myself, and I think for Eric too, we have kind of proved ourselves as songwriters and are happy to play the old songs again - as long as it’s in the context of everything with done since. Last September you have been playing in the US for the first time I think. What were your impressions of the audience you found th

  TV SMITH (Photo : Martin von Hadel) We've already told you a lot about him, and he even topped our Top Monstres list with an extract from Handwriting , his latest album. He was kind enough to answer a few questions... What's your relationship with France? Have you toured here often? Do you have any special memories of this country? I spent a lot of time in France in the ’90s, soon after I started playing solo.The label I was with at the time in the UK had a connection with a guy in Paris called Thierry Kherhornou, who formed his own little label called Datcha and released one of my CDs “ Immortal Rich ” on it. We spent some weeks together touring around France playing little venues and making in-store appearances, as well as playing a few festivals and a few supports - “Noir Désir” for example. I got to know France and the music scene there pretty well around that time, but it all kind of fizzled out and I’ve had very few gig opportunities there since then. I’ve always thoug

  Les Monstres Sacrés vous proposent chaque semaine une sélection de leurs nouveautés préférées ! Labels, artistes, envoyez-nous vos sorties à   monstres.sacres@yahoo.com   AND THE WINNERS ARE:  1 TV SMITH - "Handwriting" Extrait du nouvel album éponyme de cette légende du punk britannique ARTIST     2 GRAHAM PARKER & THE GOLDTOPS - "Sun Valley" Un nouveau disque de Graham Parker est toujours un évènement BANDCAMP 3 ANTHONY GERACI - "Tears In My Eyes"  Un remarquable morceau de piano blues   BANDCAMP 4 DEATH WISHLIST - "I Hope You Die" Un mélange de punk et de rock en provenance de Toscane     BANDCAMP     5  TODD HERFINDAL - "Stay As I Am" Une pépite de pop californienne   BANDCAMP   6  SOFTJAW - "Pleased With Me"  Première parution réussie pour ce quatuor powerpop de Long  Beach     BANDCAMP  

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