If Peter Perrett had done nothing more than written and recorded Another Girl, Another Planet with The Only Ones his legendary status would still be assured.
Sadly due to the death of drummer Mike Kellie and Perrett's on-going addiction problems they only recorded three albums between 1978 and 1980. There has since been the obligatory re-appearances on the retro scene.
In June 2017 Peter Perrett popped up (I can feel a tongue twister coming on!) with his only solo record to date How the West Was Won on the Domino label
Townsend Music writes: before this comeback, Peter Perrett, whose incisive songcraft and sardonic drawl with The Only Ones made him one of the most distinctive voices of the seventies, hadn’t released any music for 20 years. Each song on How The West Was Won sounds natural and effortless, as though he were continuing a briefly interrupted conversation rather than picking up the threads of a solo career that faltered two decades previously.
Given his addiction to crack cocaine and the damage it caused to his lungs no-one could have anticipated him getting clean and releasing such a critically acclaimed record.
Sadly there has been nothing since to my knowledge.* (see comment below)
Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won
There was an album "Humanworld" in 2019, and a few singles were issued from it.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't aware of that. Thanks for this
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