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Basically, Johnny Moped

The story of punk rock's great lost legend.

2013 1 hour 17 minutes
72/100

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A funny and often moving account of one of UK music's great lost treasures. Formed in 1974 by a group of school friends from Croydon, Johnny Moped were the band fronted by, and named after, the enigmatic Paul Halford aka Johnny Moped. By 1977 the group found themselves at the heart of the burgeoning punk scene in London and for a brief moment even looked like contenders. Despite being able to count both Chrissie Hynde and Captain Sensible as past members, success was not to come their way and Johnny Moped are now largely forgotten, punk rock's great lost band. Their story is however a fascinating one that, along with some of the era's most innovative music deserves to be heard.

Released

14th June 2013

13 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 17 minutes

Finishes at 5:53am

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    7.3/10

  • TMDb Logo

    70%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    72%

Directed by

Fred Burns

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Written by

Fred Burns

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