Tony Ogden RIP

[patrick boo]

I don't know if it's been mentioned on other boards, but I must bring to your attention the death of one of those great lost popstars that never was. Tony Ogden was lead singer for World Of Twist, a band that failed due to being a good five years ahead of their time. 'The Storm' is the only track other than 'Where Are You Baby?' that has always been played at a Planet Boo nite, without fail.
It seems that a mass cull is going on - after the passing of two very close to home last year, the extended Boo family are dropping like flies - Nikki Sudden, Syd Barrett, Grant Mclennan and Arthurly in just the past few months... one can get a little paranoid.
Anyway, if you've never heard them, try to look up 'The Storm' on tinternet or find 'Quality Street' in your local second hand record shop. It seems sad that so few heard such a great talent.

[delboy]

quality street is a great lost classic, sad news indeed.

[betamax]

my God!

Shit news - I saw World of Twist once. Incredible and would still way ahead of their time if they were here now. Kitsch in a uniquely british way. Synthetic and psychedelic and sing along tunes.....fuck thats bad...I just finished a mix CD that opens with their version of Shes a Rainbow.

and Nikki as well !!! (didnt know about that and gutted to hear it)

He used to phone me at really odd times like 4am to talk about gigs in scotland (which now Im gutted we never did), name drop his aquaintances and enemies (legends like McGee and all that lot) and tell me bizarre anecdotes about the perils of life as an indie survivor - and usually ended up terrifying me with his quite vicious uber dry sense of humour and casual reference to stuff that to be honest would freak most people out. Incredibly cool freindly, and funny guy though. Very focussed on how he wanted things done, totally dedicated to his twisted rocknroll vision and apperently never compromised his ideas - even though it often meant racing down a road to certain obscurity. John Rivers told me about the ways Nikki would write songs on the fly and record them in one take in the studio. John would say ''thats brilliant do it again!!'' and Nikki would refuse and start writing another song. He'd do an album from scratch in a week. To me thats genius. Anyone familiar with Swell Maps records will probably agree. He told me was writing a book. Fiction I think, not a biog. Wonder if he ever finished it?

[patrick boo]

Bloody hell - I didn't realise you hadn't heard! I'm sure at the time I texted/emailed you but maybe you didn't get it.

It's all really sad, made even worse by the continuing survival of Johnny Borrell and Pete Doherty - I dunno how they get through each day - nothing to do with drugs, just the mere fact that people don't kick them to death in the street.

[betamax]

Originally Posted by patrick boo

Bloody hell - I didn't realise you hadn't heard! I'm sure at the time I texted/emailed you but maybe you didn't get it.

It's all really sad, made even worse by the continuing survival of Johnny Borrell and Pete Doherty - I dunno how they get through each day - nothing to do with drugs, just the mere fact that people don't kick them to death in the street.

Argh

Both me phone numbers changed. Ill PM you it / them.

The genius-to-cunt ratio is now in a state of extreme imbalance.

Surely God will intervene and remove Borrell / Doherty / Williams etc soon.