Weldon Irvine: Smack Rockets and Catholicism.

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Weldon Irvine Dead At 59
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"The more you see of the monster, the less frightening it becomes"
- Ridley Scott on Alien


Weldon Irvine is idolised in some circles, but his standing as a prominent member of the Catholic priesthood is frequently airbrushed over. Otherwise, Kenneth's mates had no problems with the ever-increasing reissues and bootlegs hitting the shops. More interviews with people rumoured to have spoken to a close friend of Weldon's than ever before. Cover stories for Kerrang!, The Wire, Smash Hits and The Economist. Production on his collected writings, brought to a halt under the Tories, has begun once more in earnest. Already sixteen volumes, slim tomes in coloured cardboard boxes, have been published, with fourteen more scheduled for the coming year alone. The phenomenon has not met with universal acclaim. Dissenting voices are few, but nonetheless influential: The Times edition of 19 September this year featured an interview with Weldon's old band member, Norman Lamont, roundly condemning Weldon's recourse to smack rockets in times of great personal stress. The New Scientist ran a cover story the previous week accusing him of being a 'Genetic Twat'. All of this had taken its toll on Kenneth. He longed once more for the mountains, where Weldon Irvine, his fans and critics, couldn't see. It makes little difference. Weldon's career stretches on, criminally overlooked and at the same time brainlessly fawned over: the squamous space of genius.