{"title":"The Lurkers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lurkers are an English punk rock group that was founded in 1976 in Fulham, West London. The band's initial manager worked at a retail store in North End Rd., Fulham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 2010, Esso, Stride, and Moore have collaborated under the moniker [a5442210]. As a result, there have been two bands playing and recording under the same name for some time now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith their unique sound and rebellious spirit, The Lurkers continue to make waves in the punk rock scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"first-ever-demos-1977","title":"First Ever Demos 1977","description":"\u003cp\u003e1977. The band had been together for a few months, and we had some songs roughly worked out. I had managed to arrange a\nmeeting with Miles Copeland (manager of The Police), and he wanted us to bring a demo tape. We didn’t have much money, but I\nfound a very cheap studio in Hayes in Middlesex, which we booked for two hours. At that point I didn’t have my own amp but the man\nat the studio said not to worry because he had a great Fender amp which was all set up and ready to go. The studio was a very small,\nconverted building in a back garden, it was a tight fit, and the Fender amp was actually a miniscule combo amp, with a very clean\nsound. It was a million miles from the overdriven noise I was looking for. Also, there was no proper headphone mix and I had to play\nguitar in the tiny \"control room\" to avoid sound spillage. This meant I could only vaguely hear the rest of the band. We quickly ran\nthrough our three songs. The man thought we were playing so fast because we were nervous, he wasn’t aware of punk rock yet. I told\nhim it was meant to be like that. All three songs were recorded and mixed within the two hours. The following week myself and Esso\ntook the tube up to Oxford Street for our meeting with Miles Copeland. He had a good listen to the three songs and appeared\nunshocked. He was well aware that punk was \"happening\" so he was friendly and took us seriously. He was mainly interested in what\nour ambitions for the band were, we should have said “we wanna be worldwide stars,\" or something like that but we didn’t. Pete Stride - November 2022\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damaged Goods","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50383738929483,"sku":"2022084","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/150024_86fd0491_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726276905"},{"product_id":"fulham-fallout","title":"Fulham Fallout","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a Record Store Day 2018 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 21st April. Remaining stock will be available to purchase from this page at 00.01 28th April.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrating the 40th Anniversary since release on orange vinyl. The Lurkers were the first ever band on Beggars Banquet, and the whole label history boils down to their existence. Formed in West London in 1976, they are one of the most notable bands of early UK punk and within eighteen months the band had 5 UK top 75 chart singles with appearances on Top of The Pops. \u003ci\u003eFulham Fallout\u003c\/i\u003e was their debut album and this release celebrates the 40th anniversary of it’s release. Pressed on orange vinyl, the 14 tracks on this album have been noted over the years as being punk classics, and Henry Rollins called this album one of his 20 favorite punk albums ever. The Lurkers had no schtick, no frills. They were inspired by the Ramones and the New York Dolls, the British beat boom of the ‘60s and Glam Rock band like Slade and Sweet. 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We had signed to Beggars Banquet and our first single ‘Shadow’ b\/w ‘Love Story’ had been released. John Peel had been playing both sides of the single most nights on his radio show, so we were getting heard by a lot of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut we didn’t yet have a \"proper\" tour bus, so we all piled into a transit for the trip down to Margate with our tour manager Mike Stone in the driving seat. The Queens Hotel turned out to be a pretty good venue. There was a nice high stage which we much preferred over the low-slung platforms of some of the places we played. It meant that the crowd wasn’t totally swamping us the whole time, although there would still be a constant stream of people jumping on and off stage, bumping us, knocking equipment over and so forth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe weren’t sure if many people would turn up on a cold and windy night so close to Christmas, but it was a good turnout, and they were out for a good time too. There was none of the aggro stuff which would become a problem later on at our shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe actual gig was typical of a Lurkers show at that time, being fairly chaotic with a lot of crowd \"interaction\". There is a recklessly fast version of ‘Pills’ on the recording, and I think we were playing ‘It’s Quiet Here’ for the first time live. Howard was on good form too; it would be his birthday on Christmas Day. My favorite quip from him is towards the end of the show when he says \"eat your heart out Hank Marvin\" after one of my more eccentric Shadows guitar intros. 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In 2016 they released a further album \u003ci\u003eThe Future’s Calling\u003c\/i\u003e and then collaborated on follow-up material with The Featherz’ lead singer Danie Centric. The first fruits of the collaboration with Danie was the \u003ci\u003eHigh Velocity\u003c\/i\u003e EP, was released in late 2017 as a limited edition pink vinyl 7” on Human Punk \/ Damaged Goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lurkers have since been recording more new material with Pete Stride and guest vocalist Danie Centric sharing lead vocal duties, the first fruits of which being this brand new 7”, limited to 750 copies on split black \/ clear vinyl. We asked Pete Stride about the new tracks – \u003ci\u003eElectrical Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e started out as being slightly tongue in cheek, but I came to realise that it can also be seen as a direct statement of belief in the essence of rock ‘n’ roll – 4 beats to a bar, electrical guitar, sometimes that’s all you need! \u003ci\u003eThat Was Julia\u003c\/i\u003e is a rather more dark proposition, a tale of thwarted love and obsession, given a bit of a sapphic twist due to Danie’s vocal.” There’s talk of a new full album later in 2019 too, keep ’em peeled!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7\" - Limited to 750 Copies on Clear \/ Black Vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damaged Goods","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50498202403147,"sku":"1051018","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ab2ffd4c-7261-4efa-aa38-8a9b09509f99_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727741243"},{"product_id":"past-and-future-landslide","title":"Past and Future Landslide","description":"\u003cp\u003eA boxed set of three CDs + booklet featuring two studio albums by The Lurkers along with a previously unreleased live recording from 1977!\n\u003ci\u003eChemical Landslide, The Futures Calling, Live In Margate 1977\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damaged Goods","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50506728014155,"sku":"2022145","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/DAMGOOD594CD_CU_d28cdf6d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727828642"},{"product_id":"the-boys-in-the-corner-we-close-the-door","title":"The Boys In The Corner \/ We Close The Door","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second single to be taken from their critically acclaimed 2020 album \u003ci\u003eSex Crazy\u003c\/i\u003e, as featured in Vive Le Rock's albums of the year. 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