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It was one of the wonders of the Eighties, how Green Gartside’s Scritti Politti went from scratchy post-punk and clever-clever singer-songwriter pop, into hi-tech, Miles Davis-adorned soul/jazz (Oh ...
Any touring band is used to fans who turn up backstage with old singles, photographs and bits of ephemera to be signed. When Scritti Politti toured America for the first time in 2006, as part of their ...
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Green Gartside of Scritti Politti talks to Alexis Petridis and looks back at his musical career as a 'Best of' album is released. Also Jude Rogers and Pete Paphides review tracks by Lykke Li, Solar ...
Formed in 1978 in Leeds, Scritti were initially a left-wing-inspired post-punk group that later developed into a mainstream pop music project in the early to mid-1980s, and enjoyed significant success ...
“Man, I’m nervous,” admits Green Gartside, the notoriously stage shy Eighties pop star, before a faultless rendition of his perky paean to hip-hop “The Boom Boom Bap”, from 2006’s White Bread Black ...
He went from punk to pop star, only to turn his back on fame to live a reclusive life in Wales. Here Scritti Politti frontman Green Gartside tells Nathan Bevan about those lost years GREEN Gartside is ...
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AT The Wedgewood Rooms on Monday are Scritti Politti. Formed in 1978 in Leeds, Scritti Politti is primarily a musical vehicle for singer songwriter Green Gartside (real name Paul Julian Strohmeyer).
Scritti Politti are reissuing their 1982 debut album, Songs to Remember. A remastered version of the record, which is currently unavailable on streaming and has been out of print on vinyl since 1985, ...