| They had been around since
the mid seventies in the guise of Midnight Circus but with the times a
changing however, they wisely changed their name to the more punkish' The
Flys'. Ironically they were signed by EMI who had rejected them as
Midnight Circus!
As opposed to the more traditional 1234 buzzsaw style
of punk The Flys come at it from a different angle while
still retaining the sense of urgency. Sounding like the
Cure or vice versa on the brilliantly entitled single Love
& Molotov Cocktail / Can I Crash Here / Civilization
(1978 EMI). Try also Waikiki
Beach Refugees / We Don't Mind The Rave
(1978 EMI). By then not a trace of punk as we know it Jim
but catchy. In fact listen to it closely and hell, they could have
flogged it to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers! For what its worth Neil
O'Connor was Hazel O'Connor's brother. Wow!
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audio clip of 'Molotov Cocktail'
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