The 101ers
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The 101ers were a pub rock band from the 1970s playing mostly in a rockabilly style, notable as being the band that Joe Strummer left to join The Clash.[2] Formed in London in May 1974, the 101ers made their performing debut on 7 September at the Telegraph pub in Brixton,[3] under the name 'El Huaso and the 101 All Stars'. The name would later be shortened to the '101 All Stars' and finally just the '101ers'. The group played at free festivals such as Stonehenge, and established themselves on the London pub rock circuit prior to the advent of punk.
History
The group was named after the
The band's early gigs included several at the
By the time their debut single, "Keys to Your Heart", was released, Joe Strummer had joined
I know the 101ers were good. In fact, as far as sound and excitement went we were much better than Eddie and the Hot Rods. The other guys in the group were twenty-five and twenty-six and they played good because they'd spent a few years getting that far. But they were just too old. What I really wanted was to get in with some young yobbo's who I was more in tune with.
The 101ers' recorded output was initially limited to one single. However, by 1981, interest in The Clash was at its height and a second single and a compilation album Elgin Avenue Breakdown was released.[3] Several of the tracks on the latter album were live recordings, and there is no evidence that the band ever conceived of these recordings as a full-length album.
Until his death in 2002, Joe Strummer had been planning to re-release Elgin Avenue Breakdown, complete with previously unreleased tracks that would encompass everything the band ever recorded.[
Covers
The Clash had played "Keys to Your Heart" live at around the same time it was reissued as a single. The Hypertonics have also covered this song.[8]
Line-up
- John "Woody" Mellor aka Joe Strummer – guitar, vocals
- Clive Timperley– guitar, vocals
- Dan Kelleher – bass, guitar, keyboards and lead and backing vocals plus arrangements and production
- Richard Dudanski – drums
- Simon Cassell aka "Big John" – saxophone
- Alvaro Peña-Rojas – saxophone
- Marwood Chesterton aka "Mole" – bass guitar (until Oct. 1975)
- Antonio Narvaez – drums
- Julian Yewdall – vocals, harmonica
- Patrick Nother – bass (first gig)
- Martin Stone – lead guitar (final gig)
- Tymon Dogg – fiddle, vocals
Discography
Singles / EPs
- "Keys to Your Heart" b/w "5 Star Rock & Roll Petrol" (Chiswick Records, 1976; Big Beat Records, 1979)
- "Sweet Revenge" b/w "Rabies" (Big Beat Records, 1981)
- "Keys to Your Heart" (4-track EP) (SMS Records, 1985)
- "1976" (4-track EP) (Chiswick Records, 2019)
Compilations
- Elgin Avenue Breakdown (Andalucia Records, 1981)
- Five Star Rock'n'Roll (Made In Heaven, 1993)
- Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited (Astralwerks/EMI, 2005; Andalucia Records/Parlophone, 2015)
References
- ISBN 9781573444057.
- ^ a b c Westway 2001.
- ^ a b c d e Strong 2003, p. 109.
- ^ Don J Whistance. "Early gigs". Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ "Rare Photos of Joe Strummer On The Night The Sex Pistols Fought The Audience - Flashbak". Flashbak.com. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Coon 1977.
- ^ Accompanying booklet to CD 'Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited'
- ^ "The Hypertonics cover of Keys To Your Heart" (MP3). Thehypertonics.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
Sources
- Complete Discography
- See entry at Discogs.com: https://www.discogs.com/artist/266429-The-101ers
- Books
- OCLC 79262599. Archived from the originalon 26 October 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- OCLC 52530784.
- Films and documentaries
- OCLC 49798077.
Further reading
- D'Ambrosio, Antonino (13 October 2004). Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer. New York: Nation Books. OCLC 56988650.
Edited with an Introduction by Antonino D'Ambrosio.
- OCLC 96002520.
- Dudanski, Richard (2013). Squat City Rocks: Proto-punk and beyond, a musical memoir from the margins. Richard Dudanski. ISBN 9781494434977.
Illustrations by Esperanza Romero.
- Matula, Theodore (December 2003). "Joe Strummer, 1952–2002". Popular Music and Society. 26 (4). Bowling Green, Ohio: Taylor & Francis: 523–525. S2CID 191412037.
- Salewicz, Chris (15 May 2007). OCLC 76794852.