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Ste and I at PiL gig 2015: Ste and John Robb talked all the way through it!

ABOUT:
ShyTalk Legacy is a project and (soon-to-be) publication lovingly created in memory of ShyTalk punk fanzine founder Steve ‘Shy’ Burke, who founded the fanzine in 1976. Taking its name from Ste’s dad Tom, comically being a play on the words ‘shite-talk’, its iconic status was to be unwittingly secured in Mancunian musical history when Steve and various cohorts were featured in the somewhat sensationalised, but nonetheless entertaining, BBC Brass Tacks documentary of the same year.
Later in life, in a response to the pay-to-play culture of the time, Steve would go on to found the notorious Stroke Club nights, giving grassroots artists a platform to gig in venues like Gullivers, Manchester; which is where we currently celebrate his legacy.
After his passing I staged the first SHYFEST event in Ste’s honour and we raised funds to cover the cost of a mosaic portrait of Ste, incorporating some of his ashes, that now hangs on the wall in Gullivers for his friends and loved-ones to visit and have a drink with.This year I am working to launch another fanzine under the ShyTalk Legacy banner to give grassroots artists of all genres a platform, alongside a documentary about Ste’s life and his contribution to Mancunian musical history.
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