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Give the Anarchist a Cigarette

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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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  First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 2001

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