John Cooper-Clarke
Snap, Crackle & Bop
this 1980 album 'snap crackle and bop' was his best release and included the classic emotional track 'beasley street' to promote the album he toured with durutti column for the first time using a backing band the invisible girls john cooper clarke was born in salford 1949 as a teenager he performed his poetry in manchester's folk clubs where he met rick goldstraw who invited him to join his band the ferrets in 1977 having given up on becoming a standup comedian john joined the likes of ed banger and jilted john on the books of manchester punk label rabid supporting the likes of the buzzcocks and warsaw he amazed audiences on the local punk circuit with his goodhumoured highspeed salfordian poetry
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