{"id":619,"date":"2007-06-27T18:20:06","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T17:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2007-06-27T18:20:06","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T17:20:06","slug":"young-offenders-rock-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"young offenders &#8211; rock stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">before <EM>ciaran macfeely<\/EM> was a  <STRONG>simple kid <\/STRONG>there was the small fact he was once a <STRONG>young  offender.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the band were immediately loved by the media of the  day, and somehow managed to get a lot of attention here there and  everywhere.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">but i was, due to my newfound parenting demands, on  the whole completely oblivious. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">well that was until my wife and i went to a free  festical in leeds that the <STRONG>young offenders <\/STRONG>opened the name of  which now escapes me. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the band jumped on stage with 2 glammed up backing  singers and ripped into the best t-rex styled guitar fests with gusto thus  re-establishing my love for music after an extended hiatus.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">even better, my firstborn was a mere few months  old, and he loved every minute.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the fact that his first experience of rock-n-roll  happened to be a band called <STRONG>young offenders <\/STRONG>always concerned  me, so much so that i have the legal papers all ready to file against ciaran  should the boy go off the rails and end up with an asbo.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">anyway, returning back to my life of parenting and  work, (pre-blogging days of course &#8211; 1998!), i track down the bands <EM>science  fiction ep <\/EM>and patiently waited for the album that to this day remains  unreleased.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">however, when i came across mention of the band  earlier today, i had to dig the ep out and give it a fresh airing.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">i think that <EM>rock stars <\/EM>happens to be a  brilliant example of glam pop that deserves a chance in anyones playlist for a  few days. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the piano, the melody, the build up, and then final  chaotic breakdown is a wonderful successor to the golden years of <STRONG>david  bowie. <\/STRONG>i suspect very few people have heard this as the band never  released their album due to breakdowns of various kinds, and the story ended  there, that is,&nbsp;until ciaran returned under his rather more successful  <STRONG>simple kid <\/STRONG>guise. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">but that&#8217;s another story, for today is all about  this glorious piece of forgotten guitar pop that sent a chill up my spine in 98,  and still does today.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">(small interview from way back when the first  <STRONG>simple kid<\/STRONG> album was released : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/interviews\/simplekid.htm\">here<\/A>)<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>mp3 : <\/EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/music\/rock_stars.mp3\">rock  stars<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : none  !<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>before ciaran macfeely was a simple kid there was the small fact he was once a young offender. the band were immediately loved by the media of the day, and somehow managed to get a lot of attention here there and everywhere. but i was, due to my newfound parenting demands, on the whole completely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mp3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}