10519 Gary Gilmore's Eyes by The Adverts

I See The Music #45 - Gary Gilmore's Eyes by The Adverts... more

by Colin Hunt

Title

10519 Gary Gilmore's Eyes by The Adverts

Artist

Colin Hunt

Medium

Digital Art

Description

I See The Music #45 - Gary Gilmore's Eyes by The Adverts

PhotoArt image based upon the sound wave to the song "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by The Adverts.

Original words and music by T.V. Smith.

From Wikipedia:
The Adverts were an English punk band who formed in 1976 and broke up in late 1979. They were one of the first punk bands to enjoy chart success in the UK; their 1977 single "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart. The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music described bassist Gaye Advert as the "first female punk star".

Timothy "T. V." Smith (born 5 April 1956) is an English singer-songwriter, who was part of punk band The Adverts in the late 1970s. Since then he has fronted other bands, as well as pursuing a solo career.

Gaye Advert (born August 29, 1956), also Gaye Black, is an English punk rock musician, who played bass guitar in the band the Adverts in the late 1970s. She was one of the first female rock stars of the punk rock movement, whom The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music called the "first female punk star". She was "one of punk's first female icons". Dave Thompson wrote that her "photogenic" looks, "panda-eye make-up and omnipresent leather jacket defined the face of female punkdom until well into the next decade".

Black and Adverts frontman T.V. Smith were both from Bideford, a small coastal town in Devon. The pair moved to London and formed the band there in 1976. They were later married.

After the demise of the Adverts in 1979, Advert stopped playing bass and disappeared from the British punk scene, taking up a career as a manager in social services. She recounted her experiences of being in the band in an interview for Zillah Minx's film, She's a Punk Rocker UK.


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December 29th, 2015