This lost classic is from Birmingham's finest New York Dolls influenced glam punk rockers, The Hollywood Refugees. It's taken from a cassette I've had for many years and was originally recorded at Flick on the 24th April 1985. The images feature a series of 5 photocopied flyers produced for a gig at the Barrel Organ in Digbeth, also in 1985. They never made a record and I've rarely seen anything written about them. When the band split, Marky MacDonald, Glenn Tranter and Alan Walker went on to play with Dave Kusworth in The Bounty Hunters while Karlos formed Suicide Blonde, also with Marky on drums.
That's about all I can remember. Corrections and updates welcome! I'll try to post the other 2 songs off the demo soon.
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