Strangely Perfect

WIRE. The 15th (from the album 154) I’ve always liked this tune with it’s rotating chords, sequenced strangely.  It’s The 15th by Wire.  The videos are a historical record, in reality, from the first release, the first(ish) performance and then recent performances…

Introduction In the Russian Dolls virtual world of my PC (I’ve currently upgraded to a AMD Phenom II 4x core 955 Black Edition which now allows me to run at least six Operating Systems (OS) concurrently – at the last count!), I have a Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) inside two virtual versions of Windows XP [...]

“I’m so tired from watching TV I have to have a nap” Thus spake Philip Chawner, 53, in the Daily Mail inspired newspaper and TV witch-hunt which kicked off in ‘Closer’ magazine.  The ensuing rants from outraged people are predictable but it all just looks like a bit of entrepreneurship from the Chawner family to [...]

Gear mistake flattens sports car This was the heading in a recent news report.  Some woman managed to drive her car right on top of two others in a public car park! There are two apects, or thoughts, I have on this tale: I hope she has her licence removed and has to take a [...]

Art and creativity come in many forms but since the internet arrived with the huge explosion in community sites and the easy interchange of prior art, maybe the concept of creativity needs re-defining. Prior art like: a 20 foot oil canvas viewed in a museum a paper book like Harry Potter, read in bed, a [...]

This link to the wayback machine shows one of the inaccuracies that the Crawling Chaos website was created to correct. I’ve posted it here as the blog bloke (Jo Kyle) can’t be bothered to keep things on track, organised or reply to my posts … Compare and contrast to the Crawling Chaos – Myths page [...]

This the best version, studio or live, of one of my favourite tunes (even though it’s a bit long). It’s also the best sounding version on YouTube as well, so I must apologise for pointing to it, but it saves me hunting it down all the time. The breathtaking simplicity of the track is the [...]

I’ve just been reading the myths page and realised I’d better put the source for the Tony Bully reference in. Well here’s one on YouTube taken from a separate tv show about the Sex Pistols & punk a while back, I think. Grundy was a fuckin’ rotter with his pervy comment and all, but I [...]

I’ve updated the Anecdotes page on the Crawling Chaos site with information as I remember it about the gig at the Hamilton Hotel in Whitley Bay. This involved Crawling Chaos, a lot of noise, the lady owner as a red-lipped archetype of a hotel owner (a bit like Sybil), a magician, a rotund police sergeant [...]

I’d just like to state that in my opinion that the above statement is absolutely true and totally undebatable.    In fact I’ll continue by saying that the whole she-bang is the biggest form of rip-off since Ronnie Biggs sold himself to punk. Is it bad?                  Yes Why is this bad?      Because beneath it’s bland exterior, [...]

What’s it all About? Me I’m Martin Rees, a founder member of the innovative and gifted post-punk 1980′s band The Crawling Chaos from the North-East of England. Martin Rees Create your badge Purpose: Original Originally, this website was set up as a place for stuff that didn’t fit into the main Crawling Chaos body.   Then [...]

10/07/2007: I’ve found that Holly is on myspace here as Mr Symptom. He’s reworked the Trouty Hobin keeping my keyboard riff but removing his original guitar work and called “the punk trout”. Different vocals are just as daft though. Neat. the punk trout Compare and contrast with original Trouty Hobin

I’ve just noticed the Metica page (mentioned here) has Ian North on it. I always thought “Tell Me The Truth” on the “Live at the Vortex” lp was a cracking tune. That’s by Neo and it is an  Ian North song. Mind you, Animal Bondage by the Art Attacks off the Live at the Vortex LP [...]

noticed Metica in Sweden has spotted this revised website.