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ROCK SCHLOCK
Some ot the more misguided attempts to bring the world of rock ‘n‘ roll to your smallscreens.
1) Rock Follies: Unusually honesttitle tor 70$ sordidness involving Julie Covington. Rula Lenska and several others who should have known better. The postscript '0t 77' was screened later, although the music and style was distinctly 72. Bad scripts. worse songs. and devastatingly appalling costumes.
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2) The Partridge Family: Fun and adventure on the road with the Family. a kind ot mid-American version ot Megadeth. The Family's fortunes went into decline with the departure of heartthrob David Cassidy. The series is ‘enjoying‘arecentrevivallam Wins.
4) The Kids From Fame: 0K. not strictly rock. not strictly anything really, apart from wonderfully-choreographed audiencetorture spawning several
smash-hit singles and albums. One of Lots of rehearsals upstairs at the t the ‘Kids‘ was bald and looked about
3) EastEnders: Surelyyou recall the ‘Band‘ consisting of Sharon, Kelvin. Ian and right-on Eddie. with occasional contributions trom Rollythe poodle.
Queen Vic, and experimental names like Dog Market, resulted in a truly diabolical minorhit. Villainous Wickseyaddedthe occasional keyboard trills betore embarking on a lucrative solo careerwith EveryLoser
42. All together now: ‘I wanna live lorever...‘
5i Josie And The Pussycats: Saturday morning animation about a dynamic all-girl bandtighting ottvillains. rivals andallsortsotnastiesand still managingto beltoutatew poppy numbers along the way. Apparently the Pussycats were based on early Rough Trade label teministcombo The Raincoats.
6) The Monkees: Hey. hey. quite good l really. (Torn Lappin)