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Recently bought 'Entertainment' by Gang of Four on CD. It hasn't dated at all and it got me thinking..
Hanx by SLF
Killer! I had that album when it came out and saw them play live when I was 14! What a band.
Pretty much all of it.
This lot more than anyone really:
Don't think it's on Rats? Thought it was Time Flies....I'll have to check when I get home.
And this lot:
Cradle to the grave - SubHumans
All the best - SLF
Worlds Apart - SubHumans
Pretty much all Culture Shock stuff.
Occasionally dip into Plastic Letters and Parallel Lines by Blondie.
One dissapointment was BauHaus - press eject and give me the tape. I remember thinking it was ace yrs ago, found it on E-bay and discovered that in the intervening yrs it had turned into some art-school wnaker posturing 🙁
Entertainment is my all-time no.1 album... but "hasn't dated"?? Crazy-talk!
good thing about the iPod is tracks pop up from old album occasionally.
Stuff I love to hear:
Killing Joke's 1st album, any Iggy, 'The Scream'.
Harmony No Harmony by Million Dead
Sufferer and the Witness by Rise Against
The Decline by NOFX
Punks not dead 😉
Still think this bloke is one of the most under rated song writers ever.
And this lot:
Looks like they've reformed!
inflammable material-SLF
Nobody's heroes-SLF
Parallel lines-Blondie
Stranglers-loads of stuff
Clash-again,loads
Pistols-NMTB
Siouxsie-all the old stuff
Angelic Upstarts-everything.
Sham 69,various
and of course....
Crass. Feeding the 5000,and all the bootleg stuff with Poison girls etc...
there's more.....
+ 1 for Subhumans/Culture Shock (I flipping love Culture Shock...)
Also Blyth Power. And if we're going there...Crass
I guess old NMA counts as New Wave - if so I had Vengeance on today, followed by a bit of Julian Cope.
Rusty - Have you got Let the Tribe Increase by the Mob, if you're into Blyth Power? Again, I bought that recently. Just as I remembered it and still as great.
In the Flat Field isn't a bad record but it's definitely dated.
Forget to nominate the mighty Killing Joke!
Sorry but I've never really listened to Subhumans or Culture Shock.
I occasionally dust down the Crass albums and other Crass records stuff. Still listen to the Honey Bane Crass records single alot, D.I.R.T and Poison Girls. The Clash by The Clash is on regularly (I never get bored of any of that album), Stranglers, Siouxsie, Dead Kennedys, the Cramps etc. Also, a fair amount of earlier Goth and local Bradford bands New Model Army, The Three Johns, Southern Death Cult, Skeletal Family.
Best live band ever?
Must have seen this lot more than any other band, used to follow
them round a bit 😀
Rusty - Have you got Let the Tribe Increase by the Mob, if you're into Blyth Power? Again, I bought that recently. Just as I remembered it and still as great.
Yes, great isn't it?
Nice to see the progression into the Blyth Power stuff.
Believe me, you'll love Culture Shock 🙂
Way too slow! Keep it coming.. Excellent stuff.
Not saying i came home a bit piddled last Sat night, but it appears i amanged to post the opening lyrics to Sub-Humans "Reason For Existence" on my FB profile 😳
Still a classic song though.
NMA are still on the playlists of course, but i never really counted them as punk - even after all these yrs and all the miles travelled to their gigs i still couldn't say what 'genre' they were/are...
I do remember being involved in a lot of 'pyramid building' though 😉
I'm guessing you must have seen Hawkwind then? A little 'off topic' though. They're the band I've seen the most I think. Proper festivals in those days...
Anything by UK Decay. 'For Madmen Only' was their only album.
<wanders off to the shop with 'messed up' going around my head>
Ok, Culture Shock it is then..!
cramps, b52's, clash, devo, dead kennedy's, siouxsie and pil in my ipod at the mo.
Muddy, in the earlier eighties New Model Army were generally followed by Goths and I think they considered themselves part of that scene (alternative?), the Goth scene was fairly big in Bradford in the early eighties and NMA circulated among those local bands I mentioned above, certainly up until 85/86. I saw them at a miners benefit gig at Bingley Little Theatre with Skeletal Family in 84 and it was all Goths and chicken dancing.
The Clash are a given. Devo=bonkers.
Must buy The Scream again. Favourite Siouxsie albums??
I do remember being involved in a lot of 'pyramid building' though
*nods knowingly*
Good to know there are some 'kindred spirits' on here from the 1980s.
Stonehenge free festival, 'the Convoy', being free and a proper pain in the arse.
I've been trying to like "Y" by "The Pop Group" recently, which I missed first time again. I'm keeping at it, but its not grabbing me terribly well.
Pil
Dead kennedys
Pistols nmtb's
Xray specs, RIP polly 😥
Allthough I put a discharge album on the other day, and OMG It was crap!! 😯 it wasn't what I remember it was 😕
M'old......
never considered NMA to be punk or NW...they're just NMA ! one off's really,(certainly not Goth !) lost count of the amount of times I saw 'em in 80's/90's.....
big up to Khani for the Polly shout,RIP indeed,as is Lux 🙁
travellingman - MemberI'm guessing you must have seen Hawkwind then? A little 'off topic' though. They're the band I've seen the most I think. Proper festivals in those days...
😀
All the travellers I know, mostly from Manchester, live in Portugal now and have done for 20 odd years.
Legislation and heroin seemed to ruin everything, sadly.
Hawkwind roulette, will they be fantastic, or have they indulged too much before going on.....
Have you read Carol Clerk's book? [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saga-Hawkwind-Carol-Clerk/dp/1844491013 ]link.[/url]
A bit of an eye opener to say the least.
Never saw Calvert, to my eternal regret.
I thought his era was the best incarnation:
ICU
I think you're right Keith, I'm not saying NMA were a Goth band as such, but they were part of the Bradford Goth scene or followed by the same crowd who also followed Southern Death Cult, Skeletal Family etc, that's my recolection of them in the early eighties in Bradford. I'm talking before Vengeance, I'm talking about when they'd only released a few singles.
Blimey, so many dead folk 🙁
I still love Poison Ivy, I've looked up her dress, you know 😀
been listenin to Fugazi alot recently
Didn't know about Portugal. I've been away from things for a long time. I worked for Greenpeace in the mid 1980s and then moved on (in a way I guess).
I'll have to check out the book on Hawkwind 'though. Thanks for the link. Like you I didn't get to see Calvert. Remember seeing them at a free concert in Victoria Park (as far as I remember) with Lemmy on bass. That was pretty cool.
Conflict, Copey and the Clash.
3 Cs. Happy with that.
albums that still get a regular airing:
Patti Smith - Horses
Television - Marquee Moon
Ramones - Ramones
Richard Hell & The Void-oids - Blank Generation
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Wire - Chairs Missing
Gang of 4 - Entertainment
Crass - Stations & 5,000 (although just as likely to stick on the Jeffrey Lewis thing)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
That said though its Arvo Part thats on just now........
The Ruts-The Crack. Listening to that today. Sounds amazing still. Malcolm Owen RIP.
Who needs PJ Harvey when you've got Patti Smith?
travellingman - MemberDidn't know about Portugal. I've been away from things for a long time. I worked for Greenpeace in the mid 1980s and then moved on (in a way I guess).
I'm 42 now, my mates' older relatives where the main influences.
I think 'khani' may have known a few of them too.
We used to sneak away with them occaisionally on the pretence of 'going walking in the Lakes' for the odd festival and to follow bands around - they had a lovely primer pink three axle Bedford coach for a few years in the 80's, but sold it for a red, gold and green striped Commer, very distinctive.
Remember Keith from Here & Now making me 'phone my mum to tell her I was OK after hitching to see them once, aged about 15.
They were lovely people, we always felt safe.
Seem to remember getting fed and watered by the Travellers Aid Trust people on occaision too 🙂
Metalheart, I didn't particularly like the Jeffrey Lewis thing apart from the odd one. I think it was the female vocalist wasn't that good IMO, so she just annoys me. Where Next Colombus was excellent (she didn't sing on it). The Eve Libertine was a great song writer IMO.
Yes mate, a community who looked after each other. Sadly largely lacking in modern times..
Pretty sure I got fed by them at Stonehenge. Pissing down with rain with no food. Still, arrived in style on the back of a Willys Jeep after meeting this crazy South African hippy at a service station...
Who needs PJ Harvey when you've got Patti Smith?
Well I'll happily listen to both. Love the England Shakes album and just rediscovered to bring you my love.
I didn't particularly like the Jeffrey Lewis thing
I hadn't listened to Crass in many a year and I got intrigued by the reviews. I love it. I like the way he's given the songs tunes and melodies. But what was stand out for me was the lyrics. Oh yeah. And I liked his updating and not [i]having[/i] to swear every other word. Made me go buy the re-issues on cd. And a steve ignorant tee... 😳
you lot need to read this...an amateurish but very enthusiastic overview.
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from damned damned damned - possibly the first ever released punk single
My i pod churned out some 999, Ruts, Damned, GBH, Ramones, Clash, Husker Du, Radio Birdman, The Saints, Stranglers, The Adverts, The Only Ones to name a few.
Crass lived up the road from me. Flux of Pink Indians 'Tube Disasters' 'photos were taken in and around the old central line between Ongar and Epping, as far as I recall.
New Rose. The first British punk single? Damned, Damned, Damned was their first album wasn't it?
Umpteen Ramones albums rotate in the car, as do stuff by Devo, SLF, Clash, Pete and the Test tube babies etc.
The main issue with much of my collection is that 12" stuff won't travel very well and lots of it never made CD. Just found a Rezillos double album but try looking for the Revilos. Can't get Crossing the red sea with the Adverts or anything by Slaughter and the Dogs or Erazerhead.
Funnly enough my music tastes haven't really moved on since the 70's except for a liking for 80's surf punk such as the Surfin lungs and even their early stuff hasn't made CD.,
She doesn't get much better than that!
You need to go past Mikes bit to the song. But this kinda sums it all up for me.
Crass lived up the road from me.
most of them still live in and around that area of the commune (can't recall it's name). was it Dial House or something
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+1 fugazi & minutemen
Anyone remember Nomeansno? What a band!
...and one final thing; I have probably mentioned elsewhere before, but my very best childhood friend is Gang Of Fours' current bass player! Has been for the past 5 years. Know the band personally now (though the 2 main men are about 2 decades older than my best mate.) He has a mountain bike, too. But it's an Apollo.
TOP THAT! 8)
most of them still live in and around that area of the commune (can't recall it's name).
Dial House? A mate just went to one of their permaculture things a month back
Sneaky edit ya nana!
TOP THAT!
I can't top it - but the guitarist in one of my best mate's bands (Pubic Fringe) is also the current guitar player for the Fall. He's number 187 or something...
^
Fair play, sx-xc! 😀
Sorry Metalheart, it just came to me, but I wasn't at all sure. 😳
Anything by the following is played in the car on a daily basis:
southern death cult
UK decay
Sexgang children
siouxsie and the Banshees
altered states
The neph
Early adam ant
Killing joke
Poison idea
danse society
Bauhaus
NMA
The Glove
Subhumans/citizenfish/culture shock
operation Ivy
fugazi
Damned
V early fuzzbox
Virgin prunes
I still listen to most of the stuff I was listening to when I was 'younger'.
Crass, Conflict, Subhumans, Flux Of Pink Indians, etc.
loads of US hardcore stuff too, Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Nomeansno.
It all relevant to me now, even if I don't do too much smashing the system any more :-/
GET THIS DOWN YER NECK
Teenage Kicks - John Peel's favourite single of all time!! Had the original 7" at one stage. **** me I'm old but it's cool!
So, tazzymtb what UK Decay? Spon, Abbo I loved that band..
Rusty Spanner - a mate of mine was so into Gong when we were teenagers that he took a LOAD of mushrooms and painted his bedroom walls with hills, clouds, pixies and a great big f-off flying teapot.
happy days
UK decay- for madmen only and a night for celebration
still listen to all the old stuff from my youth
PIL - Public Image still tingles the spine with JR's rage
White Riot - best sing along song ever
Walking on the beaches - makes me smile, a lot
Damaged Goods - I can still hear it blasting out at the (original) factory before SLF came on and the boot boys started !
Orgasm addict
Roche Rumble
blimey, I can feel a Genious mix coming on 🙂
my all time favorite....
Cranked up really high - slaughter and the dogs, a good old Wythenshawe band 🙂
Have you watched the documentary about Crass/Dial House?, it's in several parts on youtube. Interesting watch if you were into Crass.
Can't believe some of that stuff is 30-35 years old now. Stop Making Sense on the turntable now, 19-freakin-84. Public Image fresh as a daisy. Siouxsie and the Banshees, marvellous. Never tire of the Buzzcocks, burble, burble. Live at the Electric Circus. I had a tweet off of John Shuttleworth the other day 🙂
Jilted John was recorded 3 doors down our street, but thats not really owt to brag about 🙂
The currently available UK Decay CD has 'For Madmen only' plus singles/EPs including the incredible 'Rising from the dead' and 'Unwind'. Definitely worth looking into. Sadly no Dresden 'though.
What about Furyo and In Excelsis? Now that's getting obscure..!
terrahawk - MemberRusty Spanner - a mate of mine was so into Gong when we were teenagers that he took a LOAD of mushrooms and painted his bedroom walls with hills, clouds, pixies and a great big f-off flying teapot.
happy days
Cheetham Hill library gigs were always a winner - no alcohol licence but always an 'interesting' brew on offer.
Trying to walk back to Moston with your brains leaking out of your ears was always a challenge 😀
Shame I'm far too responsible these days....
Kabuki- I am a horse
Ausgang
Rozz williams era christian death
Early adam ant
There's no shame in admitting you like Kings of the Wild Frontier, Tazzy (well, not anymore) 😀
Take That were better off without him, Tazzy.
I just love this song. Played it a lot over the last 30 years 😳
Nice rant, some people on here could take some lessons from Mark P I reckon...
Stevem - oh yeah: Rowche Rumble my fave Fall song.
BANana - nah, guess I'll have to do a youtoob search...
What about some Bad Brains, TSOL, Big Black, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring and F*cked Up
Ausgang? Did you like the Inca Babies aswell?
inca babies are sitting in vinyl collection as are bone orchard
EDIT: bog off you bullies the burundi drumming was ace...I liked Bow wow wow for the same reason 😆
There's no shame in admitting you like Kings of the Wild Frontier
not that shite. This was ACE though