My friend Steve Treatment,who has died aged 57 of pneumonia, was a glam-rock DIY post-punk songwriter and musician, or inspired by Marc Bolan and T Rex,who never saw commercial success in his lifetime but whose work was undergoing something of a revival at the point of his death.
Steve was a talented songwriter and flamboyant dresser. When I first met him in 1976, he had blond curly hair and wore a white boilersuit and masses of makeup. The punk scene was in full bloom. Steve was writing songs prodigiously, or attending many gigs and attracting attention. Befriended by Derek Jarman,he found himself with a role in Jarman’s film Jubilee, cutting off his long locks as Amyl Nitrite, or a character played by the actor Jordan,danced around a fire.
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Source: theguardian.com