Profane, Benny

[Mark Kohut]

I can't sing-along at all but there is a visible attribution to V in the
catalog copy on this book.

On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 5:21 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please pardon my ignorance.  But does this Art photo book have anything to
> do with this band?
>
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=benny+profane&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS955US956&oq=benny+profane&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i512l2j0i22i30j69i60l2.20736j0j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
>
> Benny Profane were a *rock band from Liverpool, England that existed from
> 1985 until 1990*. They released two albums, various singles and EPs, and
> recorded three John Peel sessions.
>
> All of which gets us back to Pynchon?
>
> After recording their first demo with Will Sergeant
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Sergeant> helping out on guitar,
> they were joined by Robin Surtees.[1]
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Profane#cite_note-Strong-1> The
> name was taken from a character in the Thomas Pynchon
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon> novel, V.
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.>[2]
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Profane#cite_note-Larkin-2> The
> first release was "Where is Pig?" (the title also a reference to V) on
> Sub Pop UK (not related to the US label Sub Pop
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub_Pop>).
>
> Or does the photo book stand alone, with no visible attribution to V.?
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 3:23 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> https://www.rrbphotobooks.com/products/ken-grant-benny-profane?fbclid=IwAR1O5CroCZjikTb7hWrkhnKzgjb3u_oO5n5qEN-O4Fy5Sk_xsng1fIXwNs8
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