Hey Guys,
Its been a while since ive posted on here. I have been trying to get work published. I've just recently completed an online course where I am currently awaiting my diploma for it. I was also receiving extra money to attempt to start up my own business as a writer. Unfortunately that didn't quite work out they way I wanted it do, but I'm still trying. Watch this space over the next couple of days, I'm going to upload some articles with written for the course.
Thanks
Nathan.
nathan foster- writer
Monday, 5 June 2017
Thursday, 16 March 2017
My interview with Dean Jones (Extreme Noise Terror) about 1992 brit awards peformance with KLF
Here is an interview that I conducted with Dean Jones, lead vocalist of the legendary Extreme Noise Terror about their collaboration with dance group the KLF and their infamous performance at the 1992 Brit Awards ceremony.
How did you come into contact with the KLF?
I was driving about and my missus got a call from “Bill from
the Alf”, I was vegetarian back then and we used to do a lot of animal rights
stuff so I thought it was another animal rights gig. It was mid-1991 and he left a number. He called and said he was
from the KLF not the ALF, I was like
“What do want with me?” He said he was in the bath listening to John Peel, he
heard the music and heard Peel say it was Extreme Noise Terror. I did not know
at that point that he wanted to end the KLF. They said can you make can you
come and record a version of “3 am eternal” and I didn’t know the song, I’m a
punk rocker! I called back and said I’ll see what I can do, and said I’d call
my bandmates. They said come to Fulham and you’ll have a hotel there and he
said can you do your own version of it. We couldn’t get hold of it so we just
had to turn up. The first day he called me this engineer said “Do you fancy a
shag with the secretary? And I went for it!” I didn’t except just two people.
I’d seen them on TV, but it was hard to tell what they looked like. We just turned up and introduced ourselves
and said “Sorry, we didn’t get a chance
to listen to your record and Jimmy Cauthy put a Motorhead- “Ace of Spades”
style lead over it and I can’t remember the producers name but I remember the studio in Fulham and we nailed the song which was
supposed to be on Top of the Pops
but it apparently had an
“offensive” guitar sound and coincided with the Queens speech and Bill said we
haven’t got Top of the Pops but I’m
planning on doing the Brit
Awards.
How familiar with them were you prior to the collaboration?
“They were a big chart band at the time, so I was familiar
with them”
Why did the Black room not see a release?
“Bill and Jimmy did not want us to have any input into the
song writing or anything. I think if they did it could have been a lot better.”
Describe your experience at the Brit Awards.
“What happened was we had a very quick practice in the
afternoon and it appeared on BBC TV. We sounded good and then they cut us off
after about ten seconds to go to an interruption or something. Bill originally had this idea to chop a dead
sheep up onstage which we disagreed with because we were all vegetarians at the
time. So, plan B was that we were to throw pigs blood into the audience and
Jonathan King came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder and warned us, saying
that if we did that we could get done for that as it was a criminal offence.
So, Plan C was that Bill got a machine gun and fired it into the audience.
Apparently, Noel Edmunds cried because he thought he shot people in the front
row!”
Jimmy was using a transistor lead. Bill couldn’t rap that
fast so he couldn’t perform the song properly live. When we actually played, we
sounded awesome but the TV company said they found the guitar sound offensive.
So, when the show was broadcast the guitar sound was cut out. We watched it in
the back of the van after the show and we were gutted. I also remember we were
the first band on and several people left after a few minutes.
After the performance, we left for the afterparty were
security tried to grab us but I had a bodyguard so we jumped in the van and
headed off!”
That was crazy. The general public didn’t know what the KLF
looked like so when we arrived at the afterparty there was loads of girls
screaming at me because they thought I was the frontman. They made one floor of
Hilton Hotel for the party and I was necking champagne and I made love in an
elevator with a girl and had this bodyguard and we had a gofer and basically
anything we wanted. Billy Bragg the got us into Neneh Cherry’s penthouse. We
had a deal with licencing company in Japan, Neneh Cherry heard me calling them
in Japanese and she said “Are you calling Japan?” and our bass player kicked
her up the arse! It was then time we left.
What did you make of
the KLF’s antics after the experience?
“Well I heard when they burnt the million pounds that they
reportedly felt sick for doing it afterwards. They thought that it would be
worth the million pounds but was actually only worth a thousand.”
Do you have any contact with them now?
No but I’ve done interviews about it since and they’re
playing a nuclear power station near my house twenty minutes from me of the 22nd
or 23rd (of unknown month). Their original manager died and they’re
now being managed by two other guys.”
“Quick Plug-My next interview is going to be on a podcast
called gbh bl whiplash hosted by Sian Murphy .”
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Quick Plug in - The Gbh Bl whiplash podcast
Check out this awesome podcast hosted by Sian Murphy on iTunes.
Search for the "The GBH BL Whiplash Podcast" in the podcast section.
Thanks,
Nathan.
Search for the "The GBH BL Whiplash Podcast" in the podcast section.
Thanks,
Nathan.
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
My published review of Bratakus-gigantopithecus
This my review of the new ep from female punk Bratakus for Punk Online.
http://punkonline.co.uk/bratakus-gigantopithecus-ep-review/
http://punkonline.co.uk/bratakus-gigantopithecus-ep-review/
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Good news
I have finally received confirmation that my business plan idea has been approved. I now need to discuss the next stage and can hopefully start submitting content to websites soon.
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
update-back after a while
If anyone is still reading this,
I know i havent posted anything in a while, its due to a number of things but im hoping to get get back on track with it soon. Im in a bit of a limbo state at the minute in regards to what is going on. But please stick around and ill try and post more content.
Kind regards
Nathan
PS- Fuck Donald Trump..
I know i havent posted anything in a while, its due to a number of things but im hoping to get get back on track with it soon. Im in a bit of a limbo state at the minute in regards to what is going on. But please stick around and ill try and post more content.
Kind regards
Nathan
PS- Fuck Donald Trump..
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Orienteering with Napalm Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFB54fBRMpQ
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle was released on DVD yesterday. Here is the best bit from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFB54fBRMpQ
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle was released on DVD yesterday. Here is the best bit from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFB54fBRMpQ
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