“Increased Resistance”, Gerry And The Holograms

This way: Increased Resistance

Gerry And The Holograms was the creation of Christopher Paul Lee who worked as C.P. Lee (19 Jan 1950 – 25 July 2020) and John Scott. The former had previously created the dada comedy group Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias which spawned a short lived Pythonesque TV series called Teach Yourself Gibberish; the latter, as 48 Chairs, had provided the musical backing for John Cooper Clarke's Psycle Sluts.

The eponymous song was from the fourth release for their own Absurd Records which was collectively entitled Meet the Dissidents after The Residents album Meet the Residents. The next, The Emperor’s New Clothes (1979), was described as a conceptual ‘anti-record’ as the disc was glued into the cover thus rendering it unplayable.

C.P. Lee later worked as a writer and broadcaster. In 2003, he presented a radio documentary for BBC Radio 4 on Lord Buckley.

 

[Spotify] Increased Resistance