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"First Time" at Forty
July 29 2017:
Forty years ago today on July 29 1977, The Boys released their second single, the Honest John Plain penned "First Time".
As Honest John Plain recalls: "First Time" will always have a special meaning for me as through it I managed to break the Steel/Dangerfield stranglehold as The Boys' songwriters.
Matt Dangerfield and Casino Steel formed The Boys in late 1975. They were the driving force behind the band and we were dominated by the Steel/Dangerfield songwriting partnership, the Lennon & McCartney of punk as someone described it. At that time it was extremely difficult for me, or anyone else for that matter, to get a look in with the songwriting duties.
That is until I came up with "First Time". From that moment I was taken seriously as a songwriter in the band alongside Matt and Cas."
Forty years ago today on July 29 1977, The Boys released their second single, the Honest John Plain penned "First Time".
As Honest John Plain recalls: "First Time" will always have a special meaning for me as through it I managed to break the Steel/Dangerfield stranglehold as The Boys' songwriters.
Matt Dangerfield and Casino Steel formed The Boys in late 1975. They were the driving force behind the band and we were dominated by the Steel/Dangerfield songwriting partnership, the Lennon & McCartney of punk as someone described it. At that time it was extremely difficult for me, or anyone else for that matter, to get a look in with the songwriting duties.
That is until I came up with "First Time". From that moment I was taken seriously as a songwriter in the band alongside Matt and Cas."
