![]() ![]() It was a perfect storm of rebellion, belonging and purpose where none had existed before.” Burgess, founder of Ruefrex’, drummer and now novelist said: “My God … New Rose! If you were 17 and immersed in music then the energy and defiant insolence of Brian James’s song, set to a three-chord two-and-a-half minute package, was like mother’s milk. ![]() Even in conflict-torn Belfast, groups like the Damned inspired teenagers such as Paul Burgess to form bands. The appeal of the track spread far beyond Brussels. Before Belgium I was on the verge of giving up,” James said. Indirectly, we have Belgians, French-speaking ones not so much the Dutch speakers, for me eventually writing New Rose. “That kept Bastard alive and allowed me to come back to England in the mid-70s and keep my interest in rock music. We started gigging around Brussels and other parts of French-speaking Belgium, and we won over a cult following. “One of our band members got a job in 1973 at a recording studio in Brussels so, rather than split up, we all decided to move over with him. ![]() Brian James: ‘Before Belgium I was on the verge of giving up.’ Photograph: Ian Dickson ![]()
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