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KEVIN SHORT AND HIS PRIVATES ...

A punk band formed in 1977. Vocals: Kevin Short Keyboards: Simon Webb Guitar: Les Davidson Bass: Gary Twigg Drums: Kevin Currie, former member of Supertramp.

Signed to Intersong Music, a subsidiary of Warner Chappell in 1978 EMI released the single Punk Strut. The first B-Side The Professionals was rejected and replaced by Short Cut.

Mike Mansfield directed the video which was scheduled for Saturday Morning television airing but was never shown due to union problems, and was only seen as part of an ITN Christmas blooper tape.

30+years on, Kevin Short and His Privates filmed their reunion, Punk Strut - the Movie, which won Best International Music Documentary at the 2010 New York Independent Film Festival The film features John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Charlie Harper and UK Subs, The Mekons, Jim Carter, Sylvester McCoy, “Richard Gibson” and many more British performers. The reunion also spawned Punk Strut - the Album featuring songs from the film and new recordings of Punk Strut and Short Cut, with Jimmy F Copley, regular Manfred Mann's Earth Band drummer replacing Kevin Currie on drums. During the filming of Punk Strut - the Movie, a prop dummy was lost in the sea, and was mistaken further along the coast for a human body, coastguards and police were called. See story: http://www.piers.org.uk/pierpages/NPS0news2010_04.html Punk Strut The Movie Website: http://www.punkstrut.com