tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post3068058762539956940..comments2024-01-27T15:45:48.962+00:00Comments on A Dandy In Aspic: The New Psychedelics Pt. 4 - Freakbeat FanzinePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320954966497935514noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-28731300786604705372017-12-07T19:30:44.687+00:002017-12-07T19:30:44.687+00:00The yellow page above featured a review of the Pur...The yellow page above featured a review of the Purple People Eaters (PPE) by Ivor. He used to come to some our shows at the Garage. We also played at Alices and The Crypt of which there are two short clips from 1985 and also 1988.<br /><br />PPE cover version of Arthur Browns "Nightmare" contanis footage of Alices and the crypt and dates of gigs playing with a number of garage and psyche bands such as The Cardiacs, Spaceman 3, Gay Bikers On Acid, Freaks of Science, Omnia Opera, Ozrik Tentacles, Magic Mushroom Band, Haze, Voodoo Child, Junior Manson Slags, Birdhouse, The Weeds, The Wild Things, The Morticians, The Surround, Moloko plus etc.-<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHk9aNBDGAc<br /><br /><br />Our cover of The Trip recorded at The Crypt 1985:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOfQp3jc3Eo<br /><br /><br />I still produce music with live performances with huge projector backdrops kind of meditative ambient electronica combined with synths, drones and psychedelic sax. JohntyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-9546230851247665742016-08-07T14:32:58.015+01:002016-08-07T14:32:58.015+01:00Unknown . I have just seen Optical Sound...looks g...Unknown . I have just seen Optical Sound...looks great! Honoured to have been an influence.... Ivor Trueman was the brains behind the layout of Freakbeat.. Richard Richard Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291927096741233936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-90649899212632484442016-07-31T22:12:27.122+01:002016-07-31T22:12:27.122+01:00Wow weird seeing this again....Thanks for posting....Wow weird seeing this again....Thanks for posting. I had a spare set of these which I gave to the British Library so they are now 'preserved for the Nation'..ha ha! Hi Hugh...yes we are all still alive and kicking watching the new stuff bubble up from below <br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Richard Allen (one of the people responsible) Richard Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291927096741233936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-59609262067090762042013-06-11T20:35:37.318+01:002013-06-11T20:35:37.318+01:00Freakbeat was the inspiration for me starting Opti...Freakbeat was the inspiration for me starting Optical Sounds fanzine...Freakbeat looked amazing and was worth it just for the eye popping artwork. Something im gonna try and do for future issues!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316884917691468152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-62832150573056927392013-05-05T23:11:21.541+01:002013-05-05T23:11:21.541+01:00Hi Hugh! Thanks for all the information.
Freakbe...Hi Hugh! Thanks for all the information. <br /><br />Freakbeat was a great magazine, I am really glad that i found those few issues, they sure make a fascinating reading.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320954966497935514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-10313377447976739612013-05-05T20:23:19.513+01:002013-05-05T20:23:19.513+01:00Hi there -
My name's Hugh Dellar and, along wi...Hi there -<br />My name's Hugh Dellar and, along with Ivor Trueman, I was the co-founder of FREAKBEAT magazine. I was even responsible for the crappy mushroom picture on the cover of the very first issue.<br /><br />Ivor was a few years older than me and was living in a bedsit in Hounslow at the time. This was maybe 1986 or '87, and I was only about 17 years old. I knew Ivor through his Syd-zine OPEL, as I was a teenage Syd obsessive. I was living with my old man on the south coast and playing in a garage band, THEE WYLDE THINGS, which become THE BEATPACK later on. We used to come up to London to lay the regular psych / garage haunts like Alice in Wonderland's and The Deptford Crypt and the like.<br /><br />Freakbeat really just began as a labour of love, wanting to write about stuff we loved, that was all starting to get reissued, and try to spread the word to a wider audience. I left after maybe 3 or 4 issues, and Ivor carried on with added Richard Allen, who went on to set up The Freak Emporium online sales site.<br /><br />The cover of issue 7 was done by Rushden genius Dan Abbott, who now works for the late great Storm Thorgensen's company.<br /><br />We're all still around, all still into our music and really delighted to see folk digging this stuff up.<br /><br />Big love,<br />HughHugh Dellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866845656641309434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-32269436549980126372013-05-05T11:06:26.645+01:002013-05-05T11:06:26.645+01:00Thanks for the post. Lophophora Williamsii . Keep ...Thanks for the post. Lophophora Williamsii . Keep drinking the tea. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-66209501284017425062012-11-26T20:20:26.971+00:002012-11-26T20:20:26.971+00:00"Freakbeat" was a great mag (esp. with y..."Freakbeat" was a great mag (esp. with your 3-D glasses on!)! One of the guys behind it, Ivor Trueman, also did a Syd Barrett zine called "Opel". I didn't save many zines from the 80's but my copies of "Freakbeat" have bounced from domicile to domicle for the past 25+ years!Wilthomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310808241428717740noreply@blogger.com