Hardcore Black 666: John Cooper Clarke

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

John Cooper Clarke - The Innocents

On this date in 1977, John Cooper Clarke released his debut EP, The Innocents. The record contained "Suspended Sentence", "Innocents" and "Psycle Sluts Parts 1 & 2". "Psycle Sluts Part 1" wound up on his debut album, Ou Est La Maison De Fromage, S'Il Vous Plait. Both parts of "Psycle Sluts" wound up on his second album, Disguise In Love. John Cooper Clarke was a punk poet from Manchester, U.K., whose poems would often, but not always, be set to background music. He opened for such bands as Buzzcocks, Sex Pistols, Joy Division and The Fall. He still performs.