Charlie Harper

Charlie Harper (real name David Charles Perez) was born in 25 April 1944, London, England. Forming his first band at the age of 20, Charlie Harper’s Free Press gave way to the Charlie Harper Band, although he made several appearances in another band called Bandana. By the advent of Punk in 1976, Harper was playing with the Marauders, subsidized in part by his employment as a hairdresser. The Marauders would eventually transmute into the Subs, and finally the U.K. Subs. With the U.K. Subs established, Harper was able to indulge himself a little in his favourite hobby, playing R&B and classic Rock cover versions. Two singles, ‘Barmy London Army’ and ‘Freaked’, emerged in 1980 and 1981. The first was a tribute to Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69), the second notable for the oddly poignant b-side, ‘Jo’. These were followed a year later by Stolen Property on Flicknife Records. Notable cover versions included ‘Pills’, ‘Louie Louie’, ‘Hey Joe’, ‘Light My Fire’, ‘Waiting For the Man’, ‘Femme Fatale’ and ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’. His other major project outside of the Subs has been the Urban Dogs, who released two albums in 1982 and 1985. They included various old members of the U.K. Subs, in addition to Knox (ex-Vibrators) and Simon Smith (ex-Merton Parkas). In 1986 Harper teamed up with old friends from Hanoi Rocks and Cherry Bombz in The Suicide Twins. He has also continued to perform with the U.K. Subs, milking former glories as sustenance.

Barmy London Army 7'' (1980)

01 - Barmy London Army
02 - Talk Is Cheap

Freaked 7'' (1981)

01 - Freaked
02 - Jo

Stolen Property (1981)

01 - Pills
02 - Louie-Louie
03 - Oh Yeah!
04 - Talkin' Bout You
05 - Let's Go-Go!
06 - Hog For You Baby
07 - Hey Joe
08 - Light My Fire
09 - Waiting For My Man
10 - Night Of The Jackal
11 - Femme Fatale (Feat. Rachel Dolly)
12 - Hoochie Coochie Man

New Barbarians: The Best Of Charlie Harper & Urban Dogs (1999)

01 - New Barbarians
02 - Limo Life
03 - Speed Kills
04 - Wanna World
05 - Warhead
06 - Barmy London Army
07 - Talk Is Cheap
08 - War Babies
09 - I Need A Slave
10 - Sex Kick
11 - Dragnet
12 - Freaked
13 - Jo
14 - Sex Slave
15 - I Wanna Be Your Dog
16 - Cocaine
17 - Talking 'Bout You
18 - Pills

Too Much Reality EP (2013)

01 - Too Much Reality
02 - Space Virgins
03 - Human Traffic
04 - Kamera

Stolen Property (2014)

01 - Pills
02 - Louie-Louie
03 - Oh Yeah!
04 - Talkin' Bout You
05 - Let's Go-Go!
06 - Hog For You Baby
07 - Hey Joe
08 - Light My Fire
09 - Waiting For My Man
10 - Night Of The Jackal
11 - Femme Fatale
12 - Hoochie Coochie Man
13 - Barmy London Army
14 - Talk Is Cheap
15 - Freaked
16 - Jo

Charlie Harper & Friends 7'' (2017)

01 - Stop Hobophobia
02 - Nightcrawler

Little Black Crow (2018)

01 - The Fox
02 - The Cuckoo
03 - San Francisco Bay
04 - Drunken Sailor
05 - Riding In My Car
06 - Rail Road Bill
07 - Little Black Crow
08 - Spokane Special
09 - Inspiration
10 - Hobos Lullaby
11 - Going To The Zoo
12 - True Love Will Find You
13 - Old Man Trump
14 - Froggie Went A Courtin

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