Yes, indeed! I honestly haven't heard a lot of their stuff, either, but what I've heard, I've liked, which is a good omen. The name was intended as a tongue-in-cheek tip of the hat to the Beatles and the Pistols, which they saw as two of the major bloodlines running through their music.Thanks Ralph - fascinating stuff. I remember the Sex Beatles as a sort of no-hit indie wonders, knew nothing about them and had no idea they were such an eclectic group. And anyone who teamed up with original Rutle Ollie Halsall is fine by me.
I forgot to mention this last night, but the link that I posted mentions another Deja connection that looms large in the Ollie/Kevin axis -- Ian "Buda" Carpenter, who was the Sex Beatles' manager, then ended up working for Kevin as his tour manager in that era. So there you go.
Yes, they both did -- and I became well steeped in their music when I wrote my article, which you can read here:Ollie Halsall was in 60s bands Timebox and Patto. Both made excellent music.
You can read Zanna's complete recollections here (scroll to the bottom for parts I/II):
From Kevin, to Ollie, to Paul -- looks like we've got a nice "six degrees of separation" game going here. Who'd have thought, eh? Anyway, as you'll all see from the above material, there's a lot more to add to the story.
They also have an Ollie Halsall Songbook, where I contributed a couple Ayers covers (Am I Really Marcel, I Don't Depend On You) -- and, as you can see, there's quite a few more there, too:
