Terri Hooley is about to celebrate her 75th birthday. She's the record store champion and the guy who provided critical help to the Undertones, RUDI, the Outcasts and many others. She is the subject of Good Vibrations, a popular film and stage musical. To mark her milestone birthday, Terri talks about radical times, conflict, lucky escapes, disorderly behavior and Belfast's alternative soul.
75 Revolutions is a 144-page book with more than 100 photographs, many of them unpublished or rare. Includes revealing new interviews with Terri and her friends and a foreword by Hooleygan himself.
Terri Hooley is famous for releasing 'Teenage Kicks', the Undertones' classic debut, in 1978. He achieved much with Good Vibrations, his shop and record label which flourished in Belfast during the conflict. The rebellious spirit of the '60s shaped Terri's character, and she has maintained that attitude throughout the decades.
The film Good Vibrations, starring Richard Dormer and Jodie Whittaker, was released in 2012. This led to a stage musical, Good Vibrations, which premiered in 2018 at the Lyric Theater in Belfast. In 2023, a production of Good Vibrations was staged again at the Grand Opera House in Belfast, before moving to the Irish Center in New York.
“I partied a lot, drank a lot, took drugs and had a good time. And I never killed anyone.”
Stuart Bailie is a Belfast-based writer, former NME assistant editor and long-term associate of Terri. He is the author of numerous books, including Trouble Songs: Music and Conflict in Northern Ireland (2018) and 75 Van Songs (2020). He has been a music industry professional since 1985, writing for NME, Mojo, Uncut, Q, Vox, The Irish Times, Hot Press and Classic Rock. He edits Dig With It (digwithit.com), a magazine about arts and counterculture in the North.
Stuart has drawn on his archive of interviews and Hooley's adventures to find reason in a turbulent life. No other story unfolds like 75 Revolutions.
“The definitive story of my life.” –Terri Hooley.
Terri Hooley and Stuart Bailie: a live podcast
Saturday April 20, 2024
Limelight Lounge, Belfast
Doors: 4 p.m.
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