bash it out now, tart it up later
He's Jesus of Cool, Nick the Knife and the Abominable Showman amongst other things.
A bit of Wednesday love to the (relatively) unsung godfather of punk, Nick Lowe.
Producer of The Feelgoods, The Damned, Elvis Costello and many more, plus one of the finest songwriters this country has seen.
He earned the nickname 'Basher' from his production style:
'bash it out now, tart it up later'
A methodology I continue to apply to much of my work, to this day.