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It did not take more than a minute for each of us to suggest Harry Howard and The Near Death Experience as the logical choice. I was a massive fan of the band already and we shared crossed paths as expats claiming out our musical in 1980s London. Harry with Crime And The City Solution and These Immortal Souls, Dave and Clare with The Moodists, Kim with the Scientists and me with Gun Club and Fur Bible. Needless to say it was fantastical to get together and make a playlist for Kim featuring covers by Suicide and ShangriLa, with mine and NDE’s songs as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe night was magic—I still am floating on a surrealistic pillow remembering the night. 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When a devastating personal tragedy crushes his teenage dreams, he finds solace and community through fandom, as founder ('The Prez') of the Ramones West Coast fan club, and immerses himself in the delinquent chaos of the early LA punk scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chance encounter with another superfan, in the line outside the Whiskey-A-Go-Go to get into a Pere Ubu concert, changes the course of his life entirely. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, a misfit Chicano punk who runs the Blondie fan club, proposes they form a band. The Gun Club is born. So begins an unlikely transition from adoring fan to lauded performer. In Pierce, he finds brotherhood, a creative voice, and a common cause, but also a shared appetite for self-destruction that threatens to overwhelm them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuirky, droll, and heartfelt, with a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place, and a wealth of richly-drawn supporting characters, Some New Kind of Kick is a memoir of personal transformation, addiction and recovery, friendship and belonging, set against the relentless creativity and excess of the '70s and '80s underground music scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omnibus","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50388919484747,"sku":"1163152","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50388920041803,"sku":"2212722","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3697de1e-f011-468f-84dd-4680cb22f64e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726351470"},{"product_id":"sings-the-subsonics","title":"Sings the Subsonics","description":"\u003cp\u003eKid Congo Powers has seen fit to cover two songs by Atlanta garage rock legends the Subsonics and release them on seven inch vinyl - the way God intended rock n’ roll to be heard. 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