HOLLYWOOD BRATS "THEN HE KISSED ME" b/w "SICK ON YOU" 1979 UK EX/EX OOP 7" W/PS

$

25

LAST YEAR I LOST ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS TO CANCER, HE WAS A COOL MUSICIAN A DRUMMER BY TRADE, ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE, BUT RELOCATED TO L.A. IN 1985, HE AMASSED A VERY LARGE MUSIC COLLECTION, AND HAD KILLER TASTE FOR ROCK & ROLL, SADLY I AM SELLING OFF A LOT OF HIS COLLECTION ON BEHALF OF HIS WIDOW TO HELP PAY OFF DEBTS INCLUDING HOSPITAL BILLS, TAXES AND STORAGE UNIT FEES. I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR THIS SERVICE, DOING IT FOR MY FRIEND (MISS YOU DAVE!). THIS ITEM IS FROM HIS COLLECTION.

THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY, HAVE A LITTLE GLARE, SOME REFLECTIONS OR IN SOME CASES YOU MAY SEE SPECKS OF DUST. BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING.

THESE ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED. I WILL BE LISTING A LOT OF HIS 45's OVER THE COMING FEW WEEKS.

ARTIST: HOLLYWOOD BRATS

SIDE “A” “THEN HE KISSED ME” COVER SONG

SIDE “B” “SICK ON YOU”

NO TIMES LISTED

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Spartan
• Made By – A.R.E.A.C.E.M.

Credits

• Producer – Hollywood Brats

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A Side): CHERRY 6 A MADE IN FRANCE
• Matrix / Runout (B Side): CHERRY 6 B _ MADE IN FRANCE

LABLE: CHERRY RED RECORDS UK

CAT.#: CHERRY 6

YEAR: 1979

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN VG+/EX- CONDITION. NO MARKS, BLEMS, SCRATCHES, LINES, FINGERPRINTS, ETC. NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER TO THE VINYL. PLAYS SUPER CLEAN. COULD BE NM

SLEEVE CONDITION: THE SLEEVE IS VG+/EX- CONDITION. NO SEAM SPLITS,TEARS OR WRITING. HEAVY PAPER STOCK.

OTHER INFO: THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. I AM CURRENTLY READING THE BAND BIOGRAPHY BY LEAD SINGER ANDREW MATHESON TITLED “SICK ON YOU: THE DISASTROUS STORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS THE GREATEST BAND YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF” I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT...

ARTIST & RELEASE INFO: The Hollywood Brats were a British glam rock and protopunk band in the early 1970s. They found little commercial success at the time, and split up in 1974, but are regarded as influential on the later punk rock scene.

History[edit]

The band was originally known as The Queen, and was formed in London in 1971 by singer Andrew Matheson, keyboard player Casino Steel (born Stein Groven, Trondheim, Norway, 22 February 1952), and drummer Lou Sparks. When another rock band, Queen, started to become popular, they were obliged to adopt a new name, Hollywood Brats. In 1972, the group added guitarist Eunan Brady – recruited through an advertisement in Melody Maker for a guitarist "drunk on scotch and Keith Richards" – and bassist Wayne Manor. The band became noted in London for their flamboyant make-up and clothes, and aggressive musical approach, influenced by, and in many ways parallel to, the New York Dolls. Brady later commented that "The whole point of the Brats was to annoy and disturb!" Matheson said:

The Brats were always being booed offstage - sometimes even beaten up by all these people who only ever wanted to hear Barry White or Billy Paul. They never wanted fast rock 'n' roll music...We went round every record company, even the small ones and all they kept saying was that rock 'n' roll music was dead and that that kind of raunchy music would never come back.

The group was championed by Keith Moon, who said they were the best band he had ever seen, and in 1973 they recorded an LP for NEMS Records, described at Allmusic as "pure rock fun with fuzzy, garage-flavored guitar solos, cowbell accents, and snotty lyrics populated with gold diggers and tramps." All the songs were written by Matheson and Steel, apart from a cover of "Then He Kissed Me". However, the record company refused to release the album, and by the time it was eventually issued in Norway by Mercury Records, titled Grown Up Wrong, in 1975, the band had split up. "Then He Kissed Me" was belatedly released as a single by Cherry Red Records in 1979, and the album was reissued as Hollywood Brats the following year.

Aftermath[edit]

After the Hollywood Brats, Brady performed with Wreckless Eric. Steel briefly joined London SS before becoming a member of The Boys 

Matheson released a solo album, Monterey Shoes, in 1979. He later moved to Canada, where he released the album Night of the Bastard Moon, recorded in Oslo, Norway, in 1994 and garnered a Juno Award nomination for Best New Solo Artist at the Juno Awards of 1995.In 2015, he published a memoir of the band, Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of Britain’s Great Lost Punk Band, named after one of the Hollywood Brats' songs.

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ALL 7” SINGLES WILL BE MAILED OUT IN PADDED ENVELOPES WITH EXTRA STURDY CARDBOARD TO PROTECT THE ITEM. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING WITH OTHER LIKE SIZED ITEMS. ADDITIONAL 45’S .50 EA. IN THE U.S. VIA MEDIA MAIL OR OTHER USPS SERVICES. ONE 45 WITH SHIPPING MATERIALS IS 5 OUNCES, 2 6 OUNCES, THREE 8 OUNCES, FIGURE 2 OUNCES FOR EA. ADDITIONAL 45. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS BASED ON WEIGHT AND COUNTRY. FOR THE U.S. THE $4 COST OF THE MEDIA MAIL INCLUDES MY COST OF PADDED ENVELOPES, PACKING MATERIALS & TIME. THANKS! BOB

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