FROM A CHEQUERED PAST TO A SPOTTED FUTURE
NEW YORK—They’ve survived Silverhead, Blondie, the Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop and Soupy Sales, but can these New Wave veterans find happiness among the heavy metal minions? Chequered Past are precisely that— five guys who’ve been through the proverbial mill and lived to tell about it.
FROM A CHEQUERED PAST TO A SPOTTED FUTURE
The Beat Goes On
NEW YORK—They’ve survived Silverhead, Blondie, the Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop and Soupy Sales, but can these New Wave veterans find happiness among the heavy metal minions? Chequered Past are precisely that— five guys who’ve been through the proverbial mill and lived to tell about it. Lead singer Michael Des Barres has been the “next big thing” for over a decade, starting out in the glitter era with Silverhead, segueing to arena rock with Detective and finally failing altogether as a solo artist on producer Mike Chapman’s illfated Dreamland Records, which is where he ran into a pair of exBlondies in bassist Nigel Harrison and drummer Clem Burke. Throw in ex-Pistol Steve Jones and Soupy’s son Tony Sales, who’s played with Iggy and Todd Rundgren, on guitars and you’ve got a punk supergroup. Or do you?