SMALL STUFF

Rip It Up, Issue 9, 1 March 1978, Page 2

SM ALL STUFF

One person sure to be glad the Sex Pistols have called it a day, is crooner Frank Sinatra, aged 61. Said Mr Sinatra when asked to comment on this latest youth phenomenon of punks and their rock: "They make me want to throw up. It’s a bad scene and I don’t understand why it has to exist when there's so much in life.” Punks please take note . . . meanwhile the grand daddy of punkdom, Keith Richard of the Rolling Stones, has had his trial for trafficking in narcotics rescheduled for May. On being interviewed by High Times , the US drug magazine, Richard said, “I feel very hopeful about the future. I find it all very enjoyable with a few peak surprises thrown in. Even being busted, it’s no pleasure but it certainly isn’t boring. And I think boring is the worst thing of all. At least it keeps you active.” ... 1977 seemed to reach a peak of rock ’n’ roll fatalities and already on the list this year is Chicago guitarist Terry Kath who shot himself at a party. Kath, who was 33 years old, was apparently unaware that the gun was loaded. Yet another recent casualty was Blood, Sweat and Tears sax player Gregory Herbert who died on tour n Holland. . .. Now a return from the grave. Peter Green, legendary guitarist in the original Fleetwood Mac, is newly married