Topper interviewed in Sounds (August 3, 1985)

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Topper interviewed in Sounds (August 3, 1985)

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I've not seen this interview before. Among other bits on the state of Topper circa '85, he offers his version of getting sacked in 82 and his opinion of the other three at the time.

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Hello? Go ahead, man. Yeah I'd just like to say, um, lets have some music now, huh? Ok, ok...thank you.

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YoungParisians wrote:
28 May 2022, 12:02pm
I've not seen this interview before. Among other bits on the state of Topper circa '85, he offers his version of getting sacked in 82 and his opinion of the other three at the time.


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I have never read this! A very interesting read, thanks for sharing. Interesting how he says he is singing two tracks on his solo LP? I wonder if that was recorded as it obviously wasn't released? It could have been before they found a vocalist for the project and that plan changed?

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YoungParisians wrote:
28 May 2022, 12:02pm
I've not seen this interview before. Among other bits on the state of Topper circa '85, he offers his version of getting sacked in 82 and his opinion of the other three at the time.


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Sounds-1985-08-03-S-OCR-24.jpg
Very interesting, a pièce of Clash history

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And Joe Said….
And Joe Said….
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I thought I read that in 1983 Joe either paid for additional rehab for Topper or gave him money he owed to a dealer?

Does that ring a bell for anyone?
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YoungParisians wrote:
31 May 2022, 12:28am
I thought I read that in 1983 Joe either paid for additional rehab for Topper or gave him money he owed to a dealer?

Does that ring a bell for anyone?
Paid off a dealer per the 1983 timeline someone posted. Not sure the source of that info though.
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From the Redemption Song book:
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