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John Cooper Clarke, the poet and performer who became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s, has said he didn't want to quit taking heroin and weaned himself off the drug for the sake.


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John Cooper Clarke is a punk poet who shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original people's poet. His unique poetry - and delivery style.


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The piece is John Cooper Clarke at his most romantic and simplistic; bothered more about honesty than flair. It was turned into a song by Alex Turner for the Arctic Monkeys, back when Turner was.


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After a 40 odd year career, it's perhaps surprising that John Cooper Clarke has only actually released two books of poetry. The first, Ten Years In An Open Necked Shirt was released in 1983. The second The Luckiest Guy Alive, came 35 years later. His career has been more as a performer, though he insists that it's important to write the.


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About John Cooper Clarke His biting, satirical, political and very funny verse delivered in his rapid-fire performance style resonated with the punk movement that had begun to pick up speed in.


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- John Cooper Clarke In Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz a grizzled artist on their own career to see how much they can remember - and find out if the booze, loud music and/or tour.


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John Cooper Clarke has long declined almost every interview request on the grounds that he has "no new product". His last original solo LP was released 27 years ago, which is all the more.


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John Cooper Clarke's poems are in GCSE English anthologies across the country. But prior to his influence on education - and the dent he's made in contemporary pop culture - Cooper Clarke was a seminal figure of the punk movement. He initially earned his chops opening gigs for the Sex Pistols and The Clash, before becoming a support act.


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John Cooper Clarke. Actor: Control. John Cooper Clarke was born on 25 January 1949 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Control (2007), Rust and Bone (2012) and The Souvenir (2019). He is married to Evie. They have one child.


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Poems. (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space (I've Got A Brand New) Track Suit 23rd 36 hours A Distant Relation Action Man Apart From The Revolution Are You The Business Arts N' Crafts Beasley Street Belladonna Bronze Adonis Bunch Of Twigs Burnley Concussion Conditional Discharge Cycle Accident Day My Pad Went Mad Day the World Stood Still.


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Way back In 2012 As part of their Punk Britannia season, the BBC celebrated punk performance poet legend John Cooper Clarke through BBC4 documentary Evidently John Cooper Clarke with a month of Radio 6Music specials. Few artists could draw such vocal and heartfelt appreciation from a set as diverse and rich in talent as Steve Coogan, Alex Turner, Stewart Lee, Pete Shelley, Craig Charles and.


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John Cooper Clarke. Portrait by Bryan Ledgard. It was starting to look like a bright new world in 1965. Musically and stylistically it was a great time. I was completely Americanised thanks to years of Jerry Lewis and the automotive industry. My heroes were The Beatles, the Stones and anything from America.