The Adverts

Let's go way back to the beginning of punk rock in the UK.

Here are the adverts and their classic Gary Gilmore's eyes.

I'm lying in the hospital, I'm pinned against a bed A stethoscope upon my heart, a hand against my head They're peeling off the bandages, I'm wasting in the light The nurse is looking at us, and she's quivering with fright I'm looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes Doctors are avoiding me, my vision is confused I listen to my earphones and I catch the evening news A murderer's been killed and he donates his side to science I'm locked into a private ward, I realise that I must be Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes Looking through Gary Gilmore's

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That comes from their second record called Off the Charts, released back in 2002, originally on Dirt Nap Records and then later on BYO Records.

Yes, The Briefs, with, well, a takeoff, I suppose, of the song before The Briefs.

We heard The Adverts and their classic Gary Gilmore's Eyes from back in 1977.

That's from their debut 7-inch.

Thank you.

So you just heard, if you're listening on Radio X+, you just heard The Automatic and Monster, and if you're not listening to Radio X+, you heard The Adverts.

Which is better? You decide.

The modern technology these days, I know we've said this before.

Fly to over 40 European destinations from London Gatwick.

Radio X for Christmas.

This is one of those jingle thingies that plays after the adverts to tell you that you're listening to The Chris Moyle Show.

Radio X.

And it spawned a whole load of what you would call iconography, meaning people refreshing on the meme of him being shot.

So there was a punk record by a band called The Adverts called Looking Through Gary Gilmore's Eyes, because unbelievably, this guy gave his corneas up for transplant, if you can believe that.

So then this punk record was about waking up in hospital and discovering you've got his, Gary Gilmore's eyes.

I mean, [laughs] the whole thing is absolutely crazy.

That was a real thrill.

John Cooper Clarke will be open for the adverts at one of the events.

Did he really? Yeah, you know, and that was...

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