Poison Pen (song)

Poison Pen (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Poison Pen


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Hoodoo Gurus
Album = Mars Needs Guitars!
A-side = "Poison Pen"
B-side = "In the Wild"
"Teenage Head"
Released = September, 1986
Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:06
Label = Big Time
Writer = Dave Faulkner
Producer = Charles Fisher
Certification =
Last single = "Death Defying"
(1986)
This single = "Poison Pen"
(1986)
Next single = "What's My Scene?"
(1987)
Misc =

"Poison Pen" was a single by iconiccite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/about-hall-of-fame.php |title=ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame |publisher=ARIA Awards |accessdate=2008-01-27 ] cite web |title="ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame" |last=Pope |first=Mark |url=http://www.amcos.com.au/news/industry/news/070507_ARIA-HallofFame.pdf (PDF) |date=2007-05-07 |accessdate=2008-01-27 ] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on Big Time Records in September, 1986; and was written by Dave Faulkner.cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=2008-01-27 ]

It had two B-sides: "In the Wild" / "Teenage Head". Both were live tracks recorded at Selina's, Sydney on February 17 and 18, 1986. A 12" extended version of the single included "Death Ship" as a third live track from the same sessions. "Death Ship" was an early song written by Faulkner, Roddy Radalj (founding member of original Le Hoodoo Gurus) and Alan Sharples. ]

"The Gurus first manager, Stuart Coupe, wrongly thought that "Poison Pen" was written about him, probably because of his notoriety as a Rock Journalist (often an oxymoron) and he had also be recently replaced... The song was about the fallout from a relationship that had turned bitter (with no 'sweet') attached)." - Dave Faulkner.cite web |year=2000 |month=June |last=Faulkner |first=Dave |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html |publisher=juliat |title="Pop and punishment" |accessdate=2008-01-30 ]
"... "In the Wild" was recorded in concert in my home city of Perth, Western Australia (the band formed in Sydney, contrary to popular myth)... Originally titled "In The Dry", as in Dry season, I altered the lyric so that people who didn't know about the weather in the tropics would 'get it'. I shouldn't have worried." - Dave Faulkner. ]

Track listing

7" version
# "Poison Pen" (Dave Faulkner) — 4:06
# "In the Wild" (Faulkner) ] — 3:29
# "Teenage Head" (Cyril Jordan, Roy Loney) ] — 3:02

12" version
# "Poison Pen" (Faulkner) — 4:06
# "In the Wild" (Faulkner) — 3:29
# "Teenage Head" (Jordan, Loney) — 3:02
# "Death Ship" (Faulkner, Radalj, Sharples) — 2:42

Personnel

Credited to: [cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/443758 |title=Discogs entry on "Poison Pen" |accessdate=2008-01-27 ]
* Clyde Bramley — bass, backing vocals
* Dave Faulkner — lead vocals, guitar
* Mark Kingsmill — drums, cymbals
* Brad Shepherd — guitar, backing vocals

* Producer — Charles Fisher
* Engineer — John Bee
* Mastering — Don Bartley

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