And Who Is Terry Stamp?

Single of the month, sort of, in Cream (UK), August 1971, for the 2nd Third World War 45. James Hamilton wrote:

Terry is the mouthpiece of an aggressively working class group called Third World War, who in a so far rather small way have become notorious for their somewhat simplistic sloganeering. They are recognised less for the music they make , which is noisy yet very original, and has a definite ‘sound’ of its own. Their latest single is great fun, not at all controversial, and, as they realised in retrospect , a sly dig at the blanketing anaemia of ‘Country Rock’. It is accurately titled ‘A Little Bit of Urban Rock (Fly BUG 11), it is very tough and gritty, it lasts for over four minutes, and it moves like the clappers throughout.

Fuck yeah! And with a killer live pic to boot . . .

French pic sleeve release

“But do bear in mind that I’d rather listen to the early Pretty Things any day than Neil Young”. Mick Farren’s review of TWW in IT (May 20, 1971)

Third World War interview in Friends (January 1971)

Friends #22 interview with Terry Stamp and Jim Avery: ‘this is class resentment, class rage, class anguish . . . The Third World War is a London group virulent with London resentment’. It’s Hammersmith v Knightsbridge, says Avery. Their ambition is to stir things up, they don’t expect to sell, but they do want to influence the next generation: ‘young musicians who haven’t got anywhere, and who are not even musicians, and who are going to to say “You are just saying what we want to say.”’ And all said while playing Monopoly.