The Only Ones

PETER PERRETT – Former ONLY ONES Hero Drops Firm Rocker ‘I WANNA GO WITH DIGNITY’ From Forthcoming 3rd Solo Album

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Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine

7 August 2024

72-year-old PETER PERRETT, former frontman of British new wavers
The Only Ones (1976–1982, 2007–2017) releases his 3th solo album,
named The Cleansing on November 1st.

It features contributions from Johnny Marr, primal screamer Bobby Gillespie,
Fontaines D.C. guitarist Carlos O’Connell, and Dream Wife guitarist Alice Go.

Perrett: “Something inside me would like to make my best-ever album.
Seeing Johnny Cash doing his best work right at the end makes me feel
like just because I’m old doesn’t mean I’m useless.”

First single I WANNA GO WITH DIGNITY is a zestful riff-ripper.
It features Bobby Gillespie (also present in the video).

Wake up people,
for the one and only
Peter Perrett.

TUTV with the legend in Brussels (2017).

Timeless Only Ones diamond.

PP: Instagram

Classic Clips – THE ONLY ONES With ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET (1978)

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31 August 2023

The infamous London post-punk misfits THE ONLY ONES, fronted by then
hedonist Peter Perrett (now aged 71 and still active solo) made an impressive
and productive mark between 1976-1982 with 3 LPs. Their self-titled debut (1978),
the outstanding Even Serpents Shine (1979) and Baby’s Got A Gun (1980).

Their most famous single was/is ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET (more than
24 million streams on Spotify), from the band’s debut album. A 24-Karat classic,
that hasn’t aged a bit. Timeless nugget.

Watch the video.

THE ONLY ONES: Bio – Discography
PETER PERRETT: Instagram


6 years ago in Brussels, with Peter Perrett who
signed my original 7″ copy. Great memory.

Romantic London Legends THE ONLY ONES Released Second LP ‘EVEN SERPENTS SHINE’ 40 Years Ago…

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Great albums from the past…

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8 March 2019

Band: THE ONLY ONES

Album: EVEN SERPENTS SHINE – the band’s second LP

Released: 9 March 1979 – 40 years ago

BBC Music wrote: ” ‘Even Serpents Shine’ seems slightly more coherent than their eponymous debut which had toyed with jazz, jerky reggae and new wave while nodding towards both Dylan and the Stones. It’s impossible to separate the band from the myths that grew up around them and their particular pastimes. With this in mind the languidity of most of the material seems to reflect the increasing reliance on things illegal. Perrett’s whine is perfect at conveying a tragic dissociation while still pining for love. This streak of romanticism (in the true sense of the word) seals his place as possibly the last doomed poet of the 20th century…” Full review here

Turn Up The Volume! says: Although The Only Ones‘ indisputable masterstroke ‘Another Girl Another Planet‘ was on their self-titled debut album this follow-up is my favorite. A genuine romantic at heart frontman/songwriter/guitarist Peter Perrett wrote – compared
to the first LP – a more cohesive collection of touching & troubled love musings colored with poetic and melodic guitar lines for this sophomore record. So, yes, I was a little bit disappointed when seeing Perrett (for the very first time), in Brussels in November 2017 (review here) to promote his excellent solo longplayer How The West Was Won that
he only played two songs (Flaming Torch / No Solution) from ‘Serpents‘. Timeless record!

Three of the many highlights: Flaming Torch / You’ve Got To Pay / Out There In The Night

– FLAMING TORCH –
‘I’m always in the wrong place in the wrong time..‘

– YOU’VE GOT TO PAY –
‘I learned my lesson now
I learned it the hard way
If you wanna be in love
You’ve gotta pay and pay and pay’

– OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT –
‘Baby, sometimes I think of you
Out there in the night
All the comforts of home have been denied’

SERPENTS in full…

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THE ONLY ONES: Biography

THE ONLY ONES Released Their Remarkable Self-Titled Debut Album 40 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

2 April 2018

BAND: THE ONLY ONES

ALBUM: Self-titled debut

RELEASED: 4 April 1978 – 40 years ago

ALL MUSIC’s MARK DEMING wrote: “The Only Ones were a band that became identified with the British punk scene largely because leader Peter Perrett had a funny voice and could write a great straightforward rock & roll song at a time when such virtues were possessed almost exclusively by the faster-and-louder brigade. This helps explain why the Only Ones’ self-titled debut album is regarded as a classic of the first wave of U.K. punk despite the presence of the mid-tempo jazz-accented ‘Breaking Down’, the ’50s pop moves ‘The Whole of the Law’, ‘The Beast’ which sounds like some sort of lethargic neo-boogie and the graceful semi-acoustic
semi-samba ‘No Peace for the Wicked.’ When ‘The Only Ones’ felt like rocking out, they did it brilliantly. Along with the instant classic ‘Another Girl, Another Planet’, this LP includes the sinister but rollicking ‘City of Fun’ and the feedback-drenched crunch of ‘The Immortal Story’. Their eclecticism was rooted in a genuine talent for embracing different sounds rather than
the inability to pick a style and master it. Every track is memorable in its own way, and these
ten songs always have heart, soul, and honesty to spare, and if that isn’t always the benchmark of punk rock, it’s at least in the neighborhood.”

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: Doomed glamour and deeply dark romanticism extra emphasized by frontman Peter Perrett‘s weirdly attractive, vulnerable voice – balancing mysteriously somewhere between Syd Barrett and Lou Reed – his pitch-dark stories and John Perry‘s outstanding guitar firework performance.

SINGLES: Another Girl, Another Planet / Lovers Of Today

* ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET – timeless diamond…

* LOVERS OF TODAY – We ain’t got nothing to say / We’re lovers of today…

Album in full…

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THE ONLY ONES: Biography – Discograhy
PETER PERRETT: Facebook


Lovers of yesterday…