John Cooper Clarke
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John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet". He released several albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and continues to perform regularly.
His recorded output has mainly centred around musical backing from the Invisible Girls, which featured Martin Hannett, Steve Hopkins, Pete Shelley, Bill Nelson, and Paul Burgess.
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Discography
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Albums
- Disguise in Love (1978), Epic
- Walking Back to Happiness (1979), Epic
- Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980), Epic - UK No. 26
- Zip Style Method (1982), Epic - UK No. 97
- Compilations
- Où est la maison de fromage? (1978), Rabid
- Me and My Big Mouth (1981), Epic
- Word of Mouth: The Very Best of John Cooper Clarke (2002), Sony
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Singles, EPs
- Innocents EP (1977), Rabid
- "Post-War Glamour Girl" (1978), CBS
- "Gimmix! (Play Loud)" (1979), Epic - UK No. 39
- "Splat"/"Twat" (1979), Epic
- "The It Man" (1980), Epic
- "The Day My Pad Went Mad" (1982), Epic
- "Night People" (1982), Epic
- "Pity the Plight" (2012 Ill manors album - Plan B)
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DVDs, Videos
- Ten Years in an Open-Necked Shirt (1981) Channel 4/British Arts Council
- Zip Style (2011), Ozit
- Evidently, John Cooper Clarke (2012), Click Films/BBC
- South of the Border - Live (2013), Click Films/Safecracker Pictures
- Compilation appearances
- Short Circuit - Live At The Electric Circus<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Various-Short-Circuit-Live-At-The-Electric-Circus/release/262345</ref> (1978), Virgin (various artists, features Clarke performing "(You Never See a Nipple In The) Daily Express" and "I Married a Monster From Outer Space"
- Urgh! A Music War (1981), Warners - "Health Fanatic"
- The Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 3 (2004), 2 Entertain - "I Don't Want to Be Nice"
- Poets, Punks, Beatniks and Counter Culture Heroes (2010), Ozit - includes rare JCC film footage from the 1980s
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Bibliography
Ten Years In an Open-Necked Shirt and other Poems (1981), Arena
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