Johnny Moped

Without the rise of punk rock, Johnny Moped almost certainly wouldn't have enjoyed their brief fling with success. While the band Johnny Moped (it was also the name of their lead singer) started making noise in 1974, it was the initial explosion of U.K. punk that gave them a context where they made sense and attracted a loyal audience. Their rough-hewn, R&B-tinged rock & roll was traditionalist by punk standards (especially the occasional grandiose guitar figures from Slimy Toad), but Moped's passionate barking vocals and the eccentric bent of his lyrics were punk personified,...