WRAP STARS SPONSOR PUNK STARS

A North East punk super group has been formed to pay tribute to one of the greatest rock drummers of all time and an Ashington supplier of flowrappers has sponsored the single. Decca Wade from Jarrow, drummer of the Angelic Upstarts has teamed up with Sunderland based Cockney Rejects guitar hero Tony Vanfrater and ex Red Alert bass player Tom Von Spencer to record an updated version of Cozy Powell’s “Dance with the Devil.” The ex-Rainbow and Black Sabbath drummer was a personal friend of Decca Wade and taught him how to play parts of the complicated drum patterns that made up the song that made number three in the charts in 1974. Cozy Powell sadly lost his life in a car crash near Bristol in 1998. Ex- Whisky Priests and Toy Dolls drummer Nicky Buck from Sunderland approached Decca Wade to record the tribute to Cozy Powell. “I’ve always admired Cozy’s work and wanted to show the music world that punk musicians can really play their instruments,” he said. “This version is possibly even more technically complicated than the original and it sounds modern and fresh, I’m delighted at the way that Decca and the band have recorded this single.” Decca has named the band the Moscow Mules after a famous cocktail drink. “We’ve shown that we’ve still got the drive and enthusiasm to produce a potential hit single after all of these years in the business,” he said. “The song cuts across all musical genres and will appeal to everyone”