Kosmo Vinyl Wife
By the mid 1980 s he had moved to new york city and.
Kosmo vinyl wife. It is may 1976 and the singer has. Kosmo vinyl speaks with a richness that immediately draws me in. As he describes his childhood bearing witness to mod culture his family and the liveliness of the people in his community a full and vivid image takes form in my mind. Starting out at stiff records in 1976 he became a key figure in the london based music scene.
Dunk 9 february 1957 england was a longtime associate and sometime manager for the clash as well as being associated with ian dury the blockheads and the jam three seminal english bands of the 1970s and 1980s. I n sex drugs rock roll the new ian dury biopic there is a scene that faithfully records the first time dury met his songwriting partner chaz jankel. Artist kosmo vinyl and randy gue curator of modern political and historical collections at the stuart a. Rose manuscript archives and rare book library talk about the intersection of punk diy.
He can be heard introducing the clash at shea stadium on the clash s live album live at shea stadium as well as many bootlegged performances such as. Photos to not be reproduced without photographers permission. The former londoner turned new yorker kosmo vinyl is perhaps best known for his work with ian dury and the blockheads and then with the clash.