- C - Wayne/Jayne County, Julian Cope

Wayne County and the Electric Chairs first came to the notice of the UK Rock press with the understated Blatently Offensive Ep and tasteful gold vinyl onslaught featuring F*** off,  Night Time / Toilet Love,  Mean Mutha F***in Man. I think you get the idea. The first two albums The Electric Chairs and Storm The Gates of Heaven may be a challenge to find. To sample Wayne's World I'll point you in the direction of Rock N Roll Cleopatra which has all the classics including the ep tracks and the all telling Man enough to be a Woman.

Which neatly leads us to Jayne County and the Electric Chairs, Rock'n'roll Resurrection and Let Your Backbone Slip. Backbone is an excellent compilation, uncovering live performances from the BBC vaults plus demos.

If you were compiling the list of rocks great eccentrics then up in the top ten will be the legendary Julian Cope. Finding initial fame with Liverpool's The Teardrop Explodes, Julian's solo debut was World Shut Your Mouth in 1984 but for the first slice of commercial success turn to 1987's Saint Julian that featured World Shut Your Mouth and hit single Trampolene. There have been a few deluxe issues including the double disc version of Peggy Suicide (Deluxe Edition) and expanded Jehovahkill.

Julian's later releases get slightly harder to track down, being released on independent labels but Dark Orgasm and You Gotta Problem with Me are worth a search for.

Once again, the problem with writing this blog uncovers more music that I'm missing in my collection and Mr Cope is no exception. There is also a list of side projects that I haven't even started on yet so this is an artist I may have to return to.