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The Adverts Were An English Punk Rock Band Who Formed In 1976 And Broke Up In 1979. They Are Mainly Remembered For Their Singles "One Chord Wonders" And "Gary Gilmore's Eyes". "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" Reached The UK Top 20 In August 1977. Their First Gig Was To Support Generation X On January 15 1977 At The Roxy In London Their Last Was At Slough College On October 27 1979. When The Adverts Finally Split Up T.V. Smith Continued With Tim Cross Forming As TV Smith's Explorers Then Cheap And Finally Through The 1990s To Date Performing As A Solo Artist. Adverts' Guitarist Howard Pickup Howard Boak Born 1951 Died In 1997 Of A Brain Tumor.
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This Song Was Written From The Point Of View Of A Patient Lying In Hospital After Undergoing An Eye Transplant. The Patient Discovers That He Has Received The Eyes Of Double Murderer Gary Gilmore Who Had Requested That After His Execution His Eyes Be Donated To Science As "they'd Probably Be The Only Body Part Usable".
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The Adverts Were An English Punk Rock Band Who Formed In 1976 And Broke Up In 1979. They Are Mainly Remembered For Their Singles "One Chord Wonders" And "Gary Gilmore's Eyes". "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" Reached The UK Top 20 In August 1977. Their First Gig Was To Support Generation X On January 15 1977 At The Roxy In London Their Last Was At Slough College On October 27 1979. When The Adverts Finally Split Up T.V. Smith Continued With Tim Cross Forming As TV Smith's Explorers Then Cheap And Finally Through The 1990s To Date Performing As A Solo Artist. Adverts' Guitarist Howard Pickup Howard Boak Born 1951 Died In 1997 Of A Brain Tumor.
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This song was written from the point of view of a patient lying in hospital after undergoing an eye transplant. The patient discovers that he has received the eyes of double murderer, Gary Gilmore, who had requested that after his execution his eyes be donated to science as "they'd probably be the only body part usable". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.