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Rip It Up, Issue 17, 1 November 1978, Page 4

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In New York, Sid Vicious is recovering after attempting suicide by slashing his wrists. He told friends he wanted to join in death his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Vicious is charged with her murder, but denies all ... Rory Gallagher has trimmed down his band. He's retained bassist Gerry McAvoy, and brought in former Alex Harvey drummer Ted McKenna The re-shuffle resulted in Rory completely rerecording his new album, Photo Finish . . . the Vibrators’ lead vocalist and founder member, Knox, is quitting to pursue a solo career . . . British disc jockey and celebrated intellectual Tony Blackburn describes Bruce Springsteen’s “Promised Land” as “the most boring single of all time” and Elvis Costello as “a silly little man who doesn’t know what he’s talking about" . . Pete Townshend on the death of Keith Moon: 'To be blunt about it, Keith’s death has opened a lot of doors for us. After 15 years I was scared we were getting in

a rut. We will tour with a new band. Roger keeps on at me about touring. It’s sad but I don’t think Keith was a happy person. If he was ever desperate, really depressed, I don’t think he felt he could talk to us. We were his heroes and he had to carry on the act without us." ... Peter Tosh’s new single on Rolling Stone Records is an old Temptations number, “(You Got to Walk and) Don’t Look Back." Tosh duets with Mick Jagger . .. . Bianca Jagger is going ahead with a divorce suit. Lawyers tried to serve divorce papers on Mick at a West London hotel where he was staying, but were unsuccessful. Meanwhile, it’s rumoured that Jagger girlfriend Jerri Hall is anticipating motherhood . . . Elton John says he’s thrilled with his SIBOO hair transplant. El admits it was “100 per cent vanity.” . . . Johnny Rotten/Lydon’s new band, Public Image Ltd, known as PIL for short, goes under the banner “a product of your society" . . . Jefferson Starship drummer John Barbata broke several limbs in a car crash. Barbata’s passenger died in the crash when the drummer lost control of the vehicle and left the road.