John Cooper Clarke looks back: ‘Getting older sucks – it’s marginally better than being dead’
The punk poet on his heroin years, dressing like Ronnie Wood, and achieving his boyhood ambition Born in Salford in 1949, John Cooper Clarke is a poet and author. He cut his teeth in the clubs of Manchester before signing to Epic Records in 1978…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published4 h ago (Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:00:29 GMT)
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AuthorHarriet Gibsone