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Adverts for loan companies have been parodied frequently since approximately 2000, usually with an absurd twist, such as ones aimed at vagrants, offering loans of between 5 and 10 pence for a cup of tea.
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Leftfield is known to the mainstream UK audience for their track " Phat Planet ", which soundtracked the " Surfers " TV advertisement for Guinness, ranked number one in Channel 4's Top 100 Adverts list in 2000.
* Vendor Adverts / Classifieds-A wide selection of UK and international equipment vendors ( some offering preferential rates to AP readers ); and AP's own classified ads for readers to submit.
A 1989 United Kingdom advertisement for Kit Kat, in which a giant panda in a zoo " takes a break ", came in 30th in Channel 4's " 100 Greatest Adverts " poll in 2000.
Wallis also produced albums for a number of Stiff Records artists including The Adverts and Mick Farren's EP Screwed Up ( November 1977 ) and album Vampires Stole My Lunch Money ( August 1978 ).
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Since the late 1980s, a number of previously unreleased recordings of Roxy gigs from the late 1970s have been released as live albums including the Buzzcocks ( Trojan, 1989 ), The Adverts ( Receiver, 1990 ), X-Ray Spex ( Receiver, 1991 ), and The Boys ( Receiver, 1999 ).
Adverts were taken out in local newspapers such as the Watford Chronicle and on the backs of buses in the area to inform listeners that they were " back after the break "- a cheeky comment on the previous managements ' incarnation, which didn't have a proper name ( The New 96. 6FM ) and which never really captured the listener's imagination.
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This was acknowledged when The Adverts opened Nightingale's first show, T. V. Smith beginning with the words " At last the 1978 show " ( a pun on the television comedy At Last the 1948 Show ) and a sigh of relief that the programme was finally contemporary.
The band members at the time were also threatened with lawsuits by former members Rod Latter and Howard Pickup, who objected to the band continuing to use the Adverts name without them.
Paul Marko ( 2007 ) The Roxy London WC2-A Punk History, with foreword by TV Smith of The Adverts, Punk77 Books, ISBN 978-0-9556583-0-3.
Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts was The Adverts ’ 1978 début album and featured the UK hit single: “ No Time To Be 21 ” which made No. 38 in February 1978.
In March 2003, Mojo magazine ranked ' Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts ' number 17 in its ' Top 50 Punk Albums '.
Cast of Thousands was The Adverts ' 1979 second album and featured a noticeably different ' sound ' from their debut effort: Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts.
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Artists such as the Adverts, Sex Pistols, the Buzzcocks and, particularly, the Ramones became major influences on the Undertones.
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Eater also reformed shortly in 2006, playing a one-off gig at the 100 Club, supported by TV Smith of The Adverts.
They were punks at school, but the idea of forming their own band came when they saw The Adverts in Colchester.
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Adverts are attached to the corners between the walls and ceiling overhead to catch the eye of passengers, in the same manner as used in rapid transit systems.
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However, amongst the known attendees were: Shane MacGowan ( later of The Nipple Erectors and The Pogues ), Shanne Bradley ( of The Nipple Erectors and The Men They Couldn't Hang ), Viv Albertine of The Slits, Chrissie Hynde ( later of The Pretenders ), Vivienne Westwood ( McLaren's then partner and co-manager of the Chelsea boutique SEX ), Gaye Advert and T. V. Smith ( later of The Adverts ), as well as members of the Bromley Contingent, the punk fashion avant-garde.
After relocating to London the two young punks recruited guitarist Pickup and drummer Driver, and the Adverts were born.
After the tabloid-fuelled controversy surrounding the single, and an appearance on Top of the Pops, the Adverts became big news.
Despite releasing some more well-regarded singles, the Adverts were not able to maintain the momentum and their career stalled after the release of their second album.
In regards to their legacy, critic and author Dave Thompson argues that " nobody would make music like the Adverts and nobody ever has.
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