Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

I'd agree that Black Sheep was probably a case of "concept first, music afterward", but in this case it was a concept that worked. As a form of street theater, supposedly meant to "shock the masses out of their stupor", I thought the Black Sheep project was viable. Yeah, like most fringe musicians, Cope was still only speaking to his established audience, but at least conceptually, the idea of he and his Black Sheep boys marching down London's streets, spontaneously playing a few songs/chants to a bewildered audience of passers-by, was a way to engage "the masses" and reach out of his narrow fan-base. I thought it was quite brilliant and totally right-on.