John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke

Birthday: 1949-01-25

Place of Birth: Salford, Manchester, England, UK

Biography: John Cooper Clarke is a seminal post punk English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester. Along with The Fall, The Smiths, Joy Division and New Order, John Cooper Clarke remains one of the most distinguished voices of the region.

Movies

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four y...

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Punk: Attitude
Punk: Attitude

From London's 1970 mod scene to Sonic Youth, punk music has always been about attitude and anarchy. ...

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We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas

Nobody actually likes bread sauce, do they? It tastes like someone’s eaten a piece of bread, chewed ...

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Control
Control

The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide o...

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Urgh! A Music War
Urgh! A Music War

Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, ...

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It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

Dandelion Records and DVD's present Probably the nearest you will ever get to an official documentar...

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Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addicti...

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Ill Manors
Ill Manors

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few da...

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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

The hilarious and bizarre story of Frank Sidebottom, the cult British comedian in a papier mâché hea...

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Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a satirical b...

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Too Good To Go Down
Too Good To Go Down

Too Good To Go Down explores the story of how relegation to the second tier of English football was ...

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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey throu...

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BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard

Bp Fallon has always lived at the heart of rock history. From his beginnings on Irish television, to...

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The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978
The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978

A compilation of performances by bands taken from his previous TV shows in the late 70's, such as "S...

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