by Mick Farren
Rolling Stone 275, 293, 331, 339
Rolling Stones 46, 63, 365, 380: ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’ 63; ‘Get Off My Cloud’ 63; attractiveness of 195; Altamont 234
Ronnie Scott’s 18
Rose, Victoria 377
Rothberg, Mitchell 278
Rotten, Johnnie 34, 69, 370, 371–4 see also Lydon John
Roundhouse: Farren introduced to 71–6; IT launch party 71–6, 80; Dialectics of Liberation Conference 102–3, 142; Pork 309
Rowley, Chris 139, 143, 291
Roxy 69, 83, 371
Roxy Club 370
Roxy Music 326
Royal Albert Hall concerts 44–7, 58–9, 60–2, 63
Royal Festival Hall 208
Rubin, Barbara 58
Ruby, Jack 18–19
Rudolph, Paul: at Hyde Park concert 22, 221; joins Deviants 211–12, 213–14, 215; and Jamie Mandelkau 212, 218; in Canada 228, 231; and Pink Fairies 260; and Special Branch 298; at Nasty Balls 308; records EP with Farren 385
Rushton, William 208
Ryan, Jeri 272
Safari Tent 26
St Charles Hospital 320–2
Salewicz, Chris 340, 342
Samuel, Howard 147
Samuel, Nigel 144–8, 149, 155–6: and Social Deviants’ first album 155–57, 160; and IT 157, 239; and Farren in Deviants 161–2
Sanders, Ed 143, 351, 352
Sanderson, Duncan: on innate duality 58; Farren meets 139; character 166; at Essex University 173; and Grosvenor Square demonstration 180, 182; and Shaftesbury Avenue apartment 201–2; in Canada 228, 231, 232; and Pink Fairies 260; in Paris 327, 328
Schneeman, Carolee 103
Schwarz, Brinsley 309
Schwarzkogler, Rudolf 96
science fiction 333
Scientology, Church of 143, 352
Scully, Rock 201
Secunda, Tony 361–3: at Alexandra Palace 119; and flower power 137
Seeger, Pete 45
Sellers, Peter 248
Sensational Alex Harvey Band 206
Sex Pistols 366, 367, 373, 375
Shaftsbury Avenue apartment 138–40, 200–7
Sharp, Martin 123
Shelley, Barbara 141
Shelton, Gilbert 293
Shepard, Sam 379
Shertser, Peter 126, 161
Ship, The 97
Shiva’s Children 136
Showbusiness, Mr 37–8, 40
Shute, Bill 189
Sid and Nancy 366
Simon 138–9
Sinclair, John 274, 278
Siouxsie 367, 370, 375
Sippen, Ian 126
Situationists 182
skinheads 95, 134, 151, 152
Slick, Grace 193
Slim, Iceberg 343
Sly and the Family Stone 283, 288
Small, Su 236, 239, 243, 244, 257, 273, 288, 319
Smeaton, Jonathan 359, 383, 384
Smith, Douglas 281, 359
Smith, Fred 278, 280
Smith, ‘Legs’ Larry 197, 251
Smith, Patti 341, 342, 366, 376, 405
Smith, Pennie 340
Smith, Red 334
Smith, TV 356
Sniffing Glue 356
Snow, George 295
Social Deviants: Sanderson as bass player 58; booking agents 90; members of 93; early days 94–6; lightshow 94; at Alexandra Palace 117; playing UFO 127–8, 153; perversity 135–6; first album (Ptooff!) 150, 155, 156–63, 186; at Roundhouse 153; changes in 153; promoting first album 164–74; road crew 165; stability 165; at Essex University 169–71; finances disastrous 169; and Led Zeppelin 171, 172; police roadblock 174–6; Disposable 186–90, 208; at Chelsea College 197; three-album deal with Transatlantic 210–11; Deviants III album 214–18; Hyde Park concert 215, 221–6; in Cornwall ‘to get it together’ 216–17; American tour 217; Roundhouse reunion bash 249
Soft Machine 73–4, 188, 215, 222, 224, 225
Somberro Club 307
Song Remains the Same, The 343
Sounds 331
Sparks, Steve: deserts 189, 190; and Ptooff! 158–60; and Boss’s acid 167; and Disposable 189; and Shaftesbury Avenue apartment 201; warns Farren about plot 210
Speakeasy 221, 245–9, 250–2
Spector, Phil 380
Spungen, Nancy 373, 374
Stacia 67
Stanley III, Owsley 81
Stanshall, Viv 251
Stansill, Peter 239
Steadman, Ralph 357
Steeleye Span 361
Stein, Abner 351, 352, 383
Stein, Seymour 217, 239, 378, 400
Stevens, Guy 361
Stevens, Joe ‘Captain Snaps’ 295, 340, 379
Stewart, Al 222
Stewart, Rod 365
Stiff Records 384, 398
Stilettos 376
Stone, Martin 358
Stoppard, Tom 10, 122, 272
Stowell, Alex: meets Farren when student 17; and parties 17–18; as West End dude 18; exemption 21, 23; sphere of 21–3, 94; psychedelic lightshow 23, 136; use of epidiascope 23; factory work 29–30; plays with Farren’s band 39; and East End 48, 50, 52; and Social Deviants 94
Strummer, Joe 34, 342, 376
Studio 54 77
style 66–70
Suck 219
Suck, Jane 375
Superfly 342
Talking Heads 376
Tarnero, Jacques 168
Taxi Driver 342
Taylor, Dick 196
Taylor, James 332
Taylor, Vince 375
Technocolour Dream, 14-Hour 116–22, 123
Teddy Bears, The 381
Television 376, 380
Ten Years After 152
Thatcher, Margaret 348, 400, 404, 406
Third World War 324, 325, 326
Thompson, Dave 189
Thompson, Hunter S. 351
Thompson, Richard 136
Thunders, Johnnie 377, 379
Tibbs, Gary 382
Tijuana Bible 377
Time Out 293
Times, The 132–3, 143
Timmy 396, 397
Tiven, John 380
Tomorrow 82, 118
Took, Steve 387: and Marc Bolan 90, 198, 361; at Chelsea College 197–8, 199; and Shaftesbury Avenue apartment 202; rough times with Farren 258–9; in Pink Fairies 259–60, 266; and acid 263; and Phun City 280; and Shagrat 280
Townshend, Pete 74, 219, 343, 360: ‘My Generation’ 19; and Dylan 36; and guitars 51; and UFO 82; and IT 110–11; and Alexandra Palace 117; ‘Won’t Get Fooledagain’ 243
Traie, Mr 51
Transatlantic Records 210, 239, 386
Trocchi, Alexander 31, 32–3, 60
Turner, Ike and Tina 63
Twink 196, 198–9, 254: Think Pink 251; in Pink Fairies 259–60, 266; and Phun City 279
Tyler, Liv 246
Tyner, Rob 280, 307
Tyrannosaurus Rex 90, 198
UFO: Farren running door at 77–83, 84; and counterculture public events 80; models for 81; success of 82; and IT 111, 112; commercial aspect 125; crowd control 125–6; the Firm 126–7, 151, 161; media attention 127; collapse of 150–2; at the Roundhouse 151–2
Uhelszki, Jaan 332
underground: women in 220; elitism in 240, 241; press collapses 330–1
USA: immigration restrictions 2
Van Peebles, Melvin 85
Vancouver 227
Vashta 406
Velvet Underground 136, 196
Vicious, Sid 366, 373–4
Vietnam Solidarity Committee 176
Vietnam War 24, 177–8
Villa, Pancho 68
Vincent, Gene 12, 15, 34, 260–2, 372, 384
Vonnegut, Kurt 355
Waddell, Leila 83
Wallis, Larry: introduced to Farren 266; with Shagrat 280; with Pink Fairies 322; in Paris 323–4, 325, 328; with Good Guys and Farren 382; records EP with Farren 384, 385; Vampires Stole My Lunch Money 386, 388, 389; and Elvis’s death 390, 392
; loses his mind 406
War on Drugs 188, 204
Ward, Stephen 9
Warhol, Andy 10, 50–1, 53, 119, 309, 380
Warsaw Pakt 406
Washington, Geno 95
Waters, Roger 91
Wayne, Mick 308
Weather Underground 375
Webb, Julie 340
Weber, Jonathan 160, 162
Weill, Kurt 306
Wells, John 208
Wenner, Jann 339
Wertham, Dr Frederick 12
Wesker, Arnold 72
Westbourne Grove: Automat 20–1
Westbourne Park Road 26, 31
Westwood, Vivienne 343, 367
Weymouth, Nigel 123
Wheeley Rock Festival 337
White, Bukka 37
Whitehead, Peter 63
Who, The 10, 219, 278, 283, 288, 365: Tommy 109
Wholly Commununion 58–9, 60, 61, 63
Wigens, Tony 165, 166, 167, 169: at Essex University 173; and police roadblock 175, 176
Wilcox, John 296
Wild Angels 260
Wilde, Oscar 29
Williams, Hank 35, 225
Williams, Mark 244, 335
Wilson, Harold 9, 107, 119, 147, 177, 400
Wilson, Jackie 194
Wilson, Nancy 15
Witchseason 159
Wolfe, Tom 404
Wood, Heather 257
Woodlawn, Holly 308, 405
Woodstock 283
Woodstock 343
Woolfit, Sir Donald 141
Wreckless Eric 384
Wright, Rick 91
writers and writing 329–9, 334–5
Wyatt, Robert 188, 223
Young, Neil 387
Zapata, Emiliano 68
Zappa, Frank 60, 153, 247, 249, 358
Zwemmer, Max 110plainf4fs20
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