“Superb. This was the one song that got me into the whole punk thing; I was on hols in Austria and it came over on Radio Luxemburg; couldn't believe how brilliant it was; returned home, bought it. Still sends shivers down the spine.”
“This was the first record sleeve that I designed for Rabid Records. I still see that lettering used on Slaughter product today ... and the reverse side of the sleeve featured the original dog's head logo that I designed for them. I remember meeting people who had that logo tattooed on their arm, which was quite startling. When Slaughter signed to Decca, I did the album sleeve for Do It Dog Style. I ended up doing most of the Rabid sleeves ... Jilted John, Tim Green, Ed Banger and all that good stuff. Rabid's HQ was on Cotton Lane in Withington, and that's where label head Tosh Ryan also ran all the flyposting from. Whenever you went in there, there would always be a bunch interesting people, whether it was Martin Hannett (who did most of the Rabid production) or lads from other bands. I went in Stiff's offices in London a couple of times and it was the same vibe. Downstairs it was Stiff, so there'd be the likes of Ian Dury wandering in ... and upstairs were the offices for Jenner and King, who managed Pink Floyd (and, at one point, The Clash.) Both places seemed like constant hives of cool activity, although it was probably just me being easily impressed.”
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