February 01, 2019

"Uncut" Magazine reviews TEB's reissues: a clear example of arrogance in Rock magazines...


On "Uncut"'s issue # 261, with the name of Our Band printed on the cover (!), Tom Pinnock reviews the last TEB's albums with very positive words but...

...apart ignoring Ghettoraga Archive and the author of the CD booklets' notes (the usual old British chauvinism), the four pages article is based on some memories by Blackhill's manager Andrew King, the man who never trusted in the TEB...

...apart minimizing the band's reunion in Italy in the Eighties that was a sort of artistic renaissance for Glen Sweeney and Paul Minns... 

...apart quoting for two times Mike Marchant instead Denim Bridges, confusing records and phases of the TEB's story; 

Pinnock does this arguable assertion, to say the least: "Today, the majority of the group many members have died - (...) - and the story of the band, their beliefs and working practices, remains something of a mystery...".

The fact that he ignores all the huge work made on this pages (more than 400 files published here!) is quite emblematic of the arrogance some Rock journalists have: since he doesn't know the existence of the Archive (quoted in both CD booklets) and all the stuff published he can assert that the story of the band is still a "mystery".
Of course is a mystery just for him...!


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2 comments:

  1. Hi Luca! If it hadn't been for your Archive then probably none of this would have happened anyway! Keep doing what you are doing,Keep the flame burning.

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    1. Thank you dear friend for these kind words. Sometimes it's so difficult to keep that flame burning...!

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