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We are Celebrating 45 years of The Members at the iconic 100 Club in London this will be our only London Show this Year
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THE DEFINATIVE Members Story
NOW available in HardBack

(Still) Annoying The Neighbours is the Autobiography of JC Carroll - From The Members 

From bank clerk to punk rocker, From bedsit in North London to rock and roll heaven in Hollywood, “(still) Annoying the Neighbours” takes its title from the lyrics of The Members anthem “The Sound of the Suburbs” and traces the journey of Members Songwriter and guitarist JC “Jean-marie” Carroll a boy with three girls names catapulted from suburban obscurity into the punk rock limelight and then flung back onto the music business scrap heap .. 

It tells the story of a man who is driven to make music, art and clothing a man who is escaping from, but always defined by, the songs of his youth. The book charts his early success through to recording and touring with Legends such as Glen Matlock , Dee Dee Ramone, Johhny Thunders Rat Scabies. Playing accordian for Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando and dressing Kylie Minogue. 

It traces his rock and roll journey thru glam, Metal, Rock Punk, Electro, Folk and finally onto the silver screen. Like JC’s songs the book is simulataneously funny sad and triumphant.

With foreword and editorial help by Marley and Strummer Biographer Chris Salewicz and Artwork and Layout by iMages&co New Wave art guru Malcolm Garrett MBE - This is a quality product.

Heres what they Say about the Book 

 As guitar man for The Members, JC was a driver in the democratisation of that movement, opening it up from an inner-city phenomenon to a rallying call for ‘Suburban Kids’ everywhere. While stardom flared relatively briefly for the Surrey outfit before the time-honoured pop pitfalls derailed the train, Carroll’s well-attuned survivor’s instinct would carry him through an impressive sequence of subsequent ventures. These have included film composition, panto production, and successful endeavours in the world of clothing and fashion. With The Members’ reactivation as a working band in recent years, JC has reconnected with his youthful enthusiasms, and from his present situation as a locked-down musician, looks over his lifetime and career – and the enduring relevance of his best-known composition – with clarity and insight. 

VIVE LE ROCK ★★★★★

 

There’s a lot more I could say about this massively informative and enjoyable book – like the well-chosen black and white photos scattered through the text – but suffice to say it’s a valuable document, recording how things really went down in the early days of punk, and essential reading for anyone who can still feel the exhilaration of something as perfect as ‘Sound of the Suburbs’. So if you still love the sound of that punk-rock electric guitar, this is for you. 

 

LOUDER THEN WAR ★★★★★

 

I felt a responsibility to play "The Sound of the Suburbs". That song could and would bring happiness to people that had grown up to it: it was the sound of their youth and bouncing around to it in a sweaty club for three to four minutes could and would take them back to a time where they were 17 years old with a full head of badly bleached hair, a 28-inch waist, and a fake leather jacket covered in pins and badges. That song was no longer just a song: it had become a time machine, an elixir of yoof, a magic pill that they could neck with a pint of lager to bring that youth club disco in a scout hut spinning back. It was not just a song, it was “The Sound of the Suburbs”. It was the aspirations and ambitions of thousands of bored provincial teenagers from a hundred satellite towns, bottled and aged in a cellophane wallet.

★★★★★

THE MEMBERS BACK IN AT 32 IN THE HERITAGE CHART WITH
(LOVE SONGS) JOE STRUMMER TOLD ME
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Wonderful to see so much Love for NIck Tesco on the internet  there is a Great tribute to him in this months Vive Le Rock Magazine You can Buy From Tescos Smiths or Direct from their Website HERE
Great Footage of the Classic Members has Emerged on YouTube The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1979 Featuring the Late Great Nick Tesco.
THE WISE MONKEYS
JC's Long Established Folk Outfit
CD NOW AVAILABLE
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Its Take 33 Years to get a Record out , But JC's Folk Collective with Elliet Makrell and Steve Grocott featuring Nick Cash have finally done it...They have produced a Recording for Fans and Collectors. Expect Cajun and Zydeco Jigs and Reels Murder Ballads and Filmic Waltzs in it they  pay tribute to founding Member lee Fergusson,,,THE FIRST 5 Customers will receive a FREE EXtra CD of Rare Archive Material
 
This is a limited edition box set in sold at the PUNK ROCK show it’s a concept design by J.C. Carroll and Malcolm Garrett to celebrate the 2021 members album bedsit land Malcolm has been working with The Members since 1978 and this is his fifth album cover with the band included in the box set a limited edition prints postcards plectrums CDs collectors vinyl and a T-shirt It Sells for £100 if you want one press the Button Below... There are only a few Left....
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 GIGS
09.04 Con Club Lewes 
01.06 Nice and Sleasy Festival Morcombe 
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09.07 Endorseit in Dorset
20/08 Unity Fest in Corby
17.09. 100 Club London  
 October/November USA Tour TBA 
17.12 December Star and Garter Manchester
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