THE NEW, RISING SOUND OF THE STREETS GETS FRONT PAGE COVERAGE IN 1980.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on Jeff "Stinky" Turner of East London Oi! punk band COCKNEY REJECTS, on the cover of Reading, UK ‘zine "Grinding Halt" #5, c. 1980.
"The COCKNEY REJECTS must be one of the most earthly, solid punk bands to have arisen in the last couple of years, and one of few to present punk in the way it should be heard. Nowadays bands use all sorts of gadgets which detract from the spontaneity asnd simplicity of the music. THE REJECTS, however resist this and are writing and playing songs in the way groups did some three years ago. This is what they had to say after their set supporting SLAUGHTER."
-- GRINDING HALT punk fanzine #5, Raeding, UK, c. 1980
GRINDING ZINE: "Is the new single (Greatest Cockney Rip Off) a reference to Jimmy Pursey?"
Micky Geggus: No, well it's a bit of a piss take really, like he goes round calling himself the great cockney cowboy and all that but he never goes near the place,y' know what I mean?
GRINDING HALT: "Did you have an argument with him?"
MG: "Yeah, a bit — let's drop it though 'cos he isn't really worth it. l've had enough of him."
GRINDING HALT: "How did you feel about the press the album got?"
MG: "Well, I was happy with the album and that's all that really matters to me. I reckon it's a good album, and that's good enough for me, the press ain't all that important — Gary Bushell gave it a good write up though."
GRINDING HALT: "How did the Gary Bushell link come about?"
MG : "Well, basically I sent him a tape and he liked it and it all went from there. But he had to choose between writing and managing and he chose writing 'cos you can't do both properly at the same time."
Source: https://standupandspit.wordpress.com/2016/08/15/cockney-rejects-1980.
