Dr. Feelgood
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Dr. Feelgood – Milk And Alcohol - 2002 - Remaster
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Initially based in Canvey Island, Essex, on the Thames estuary, Dr. Feelgood broke into the London circuit in 1974. Brilleaux’s menacing personality complemented Johnson’s propulsive, jerky stage manner, while the guitarist’s staccato style dominated the group’s idiosyncratic brand of angular rhythm and blues.
Their debut album, Down By The Jetty, was released in 1974, but despite critical approbation, it was not until the following year that the quartet secured due commercial success with Stupidity. Recorded live in concert, this raw, compulsive set topped the UK charts and the group’s status seemed assured. However, internal friction led to Johnson’s departure during sessions for a projected fourth album and although his replacement, John ‘Gypie’ Mayo, was an accomplished guitarist, he lacked the striking visual image of his predecessor. Dr. Feelgood then embarked on a more mainstream direction which was only intermittently successful. ‘Milk And Alcohol’ (1978) gave them their sole UK Top 10 hit. After the punk explosion their raw, jerky sound and clean-cut image provided inspiration to the post-punk generation (John Lydon being a big fan).
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Down By The Jetty
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All Through The City (with Wilko 1974-1977)
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Dr. FeelgoodSaturday 19 October 2013
Chaulnes, France
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songfactslastfm
"Friends? We weren't friends with anyone!" - JJ Burnel, front man of the great The Stranglers, reminisces about Joe Strummer, "sharing a flat with a bloke called Wilko Johnson," and the tragic story behind "5 Minutes." Burnel also discusses the punk band's songwriting evolution, and their seventeenth (seventeenth!) studio album, Giants: http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/jj_burnel_of_the_stranglers/
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Kali0str0
X-Tremely Amazing BAND! FREAKING GODS OF MUSSIC!
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alliedbakeries
R.I.P. A true legend.
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A_Joly
Wilko is one of these figures that will never die.
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Synthetic
Wilko reflects on how his diagnosis has made him feel "vividly alive". http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q03qs
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tolenuh
ウィルコ！来日ありがとう！
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DANGER_OF_DEAF
Really saddened by the Wilko news :o/
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aswan
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Luuttuaja
Perhaps there's some Chinese classical pianist also named "Dr. Feelgood"? :D
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Menno75
Eh, what's wrong with this week's Top Tracks...? Chinese titles, 'Concert No. 8 in C Major', all tracks precisely 100 plays...?
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crownanchor
Cool find
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EricValeev
You Gotta Help Me
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luckystoned
dr. feelgood makes me lucky :)
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henkdo
New 3cd+dvd box coming up. All through the night.
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MonoPeligroso
Best cocaine band ever. Driving while listening to this increases death possibilities by 400%.
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keithricard
Sugar Shaker morceau ultime de Feelgood? Sur BBC Sessions 1973-1978. Une Guinness et des Chesterfields, impeccable.
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Anira_Sugar
All throught the city!!! Great Band!!!
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Gor-K
Pubis rock
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Headcoach1957
Das geht ab!!!! Back in the Night....
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keithricard
Buvez vos pintes de Guinness et fumez vos cigarettes en écoutant la voix éraillée de Lee Brilleaux et les riffs de Wilco Johnson.
All 74 shouts
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