HW: 1975 Hawkwind Parody - Alberto Y Los Trios Paranois

[Tim Gadd]

At 01:42 PM 4/21/00 +0100, Melvyn Vincent wrote:
>Yes......I actually saw this band twice twice in the mid 70's.The first
>time was at the Lyceum Ballroom in Portsmouth,England where they were the
>support act to Curved Air (Sonja Kristina!!!).

That seems an unlikely combination - thogh perhaps this was before they
turned 'punk' (or started satirizing punk, anyway). Mind you, the Berts on a
bill with anyone at all seems a weird combination.

>The Alberto's were a really wild act to watch although musically they left
>little impression on my memory.

Some people might remember them for a minor UK hit from the late 70's called
'Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie', which was an excellant Status Quo
parody, containing a couplet I rather like:

'I ain't got no time for intellectual music - e.g. 'Hergest Ridge'
 Give me a riff that swings like a can of cold beans, and I can boogie like
a bitch'
--
Tim Gadd
Hobart, Tasmania