Creem Profiles
GENERAL PUBLIC
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)
HOME: From Moscow to Monterey, Maine to Mexico.
AGE: Anxious.
PROFESSION: Ex-agents of the Special Beat Service.
HOBBIES: Dancing, toasting, politicizing, twisting & crawling, scolding Margaret Thatcher, preaching brotherhood.
LAST BOOK READ: Where Did You Get That Hair? by Vidal Sassoon.
LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Roger devised a hairstyle that made Pepe LePew green with envy!
QUOTE: “Hot you’re cold.”
PROFILE: Coming on at the height of Britain’s 2-Tone craze, Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling were the frontmen of the (English) Beat, one of the best and probably most popular of the racially-mixed, political pop ska units. Following three excellent LPs (and a “greatest hits” package), Rog and Dave left the band, formed General Public and are on their way to big success as a rockin’ duo.
BEER: Boy Howdy!