Punk/New Wave albums you still listen to? For old farts only I guess..

DezB Birthday Party were excellent

Tazzy – no you don’t. Modern music is largely crap. Saw the March Violets at the 100 Club or the Marquee (I think) and Killing Joke at the old Hammersmith Palais. Talk about menacing. That gig was a little scary even for me..

Jazz Coleman ended up in New Zealand at one stage. I stayed at a backpackers called ‘the Crossroads’ on the the great barrier island off North Island. Great people who knew Jazz (a neighbour) but not much about Killing Joke.

lets just say there was a heavy influence, but adam ant and bow wow wow nicked it totally

pretty much kings of the wild frontier 😆

I always liked this lot, but wasn’t keen on some of their fans.

And this lot were brilliant

And I must admit to a soft spot for these two in my quieter moments:

Ah, it’s quite distintive, bit of musical education for me there. 🙂

STW the land that geeks forgot. Someone somewhere will have an answer 😆

this thread is fab, got a whole load of old stuff lined up for tomorrows drive around the country. 😀

Tazzy, did you listen to that Birthday Party^ I posted?, sound a bit Burundi 🙂 for your drive tomorrow.

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, not read everything. My old fella had a compilation LP called New Wave, with the Damned, Talking Heads, Ramones, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Runaways etc.. all I can remember was the cover was red and had a punk spitting beer at the camera on the front. Probably released on K-Tel or something 😉
Anyway…

Circle Jerks Wild in the Streets (c/o Thrashin)

Dicks Hate the Police

Nomeansno Victory

Not read all this. Think I’ll go through it at my leisure . Looks like some great stuff. Especially the SLF. never saw them live. I was meant to. But may have been a bit keen. High-sided my GPZ into burtonwood perimeter fence at a pretty hefty speed instead. A&E wasn’t that interesting 🙁

That’ll be tonight sorted then. Gotta love a trip into the musical mist. 8)

Rusty Spanner 😯 The Meteors jeez that was a horrific gig and the lead singer Paul idiot fat t*at Fenech what a dick. Shame as I like a lot of psychobilly ie Demented are go.

Any love for ActionPact ?
George was a bit of a hottie.
Snuff were hilarious live.
Tubeway Army -Replicas is a bloody good listen too.
Great thread.

lots of good reminders in here for me too.

NMA, SLF, Killing Joke, Banshees, The Clash, Southern Death Cult, Three Johns, Skeletal Family, Sisters Of Mercy, March Violets, Play Dead, The Mission, FOTN, The Damned, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, QOTSA.
Early-mid 80s Bradford was a great place to be; I saw Southern Death Cult & NMA at Bradford uni in 1982.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier, with the exception of a couple of songs, is excellent. Especially this:

Saw Bauhaus on the Burning From The Inside tour. Most boring gig ever, until I saw Gene Loves Jezebel…

Anything by Public Image Ltd, so much so my eldest was named Lydon.

There’s another one! Awesome 😀

This thread is wonderful.

It’s turned me on to bands I’d not listened to before and made me appreciate just how good this forum can be.
I’m going to wear my DM’s to work tonight and have a really strong craving for cider and mushrooms.

Thanks folks.

What was wrong with psychobilly gigs? Used to love the slammin when I was younger!

On a different note -another interesting vid on Youtube

Just discovered this the other day, Cock Sparrer doing a cover of the Stones “We Love You”

Anyone remember here

The mayflower club in Manchester, long gone now, I’ve seen litterally hundreds of bands here,was the heart of the punk scene in Manchester a million years ago, m’old………

If you went to the Mayflower the I guess you must have seen BLITZ quite a few times!!!!

I’m still lliving the 80’s now though I do like alot of new bands today but I guess when you were younger the bands felt more real to you then.

BLITZ, VIOLATORS, BLITZKRIEG, ATTAK, GBH, INSANE, ULTRA VIOLENT, CRASH, ONE WAY SYSTEM, CHAOS UK, DISORDER, AMEBIX, CRASS, CIRT, FLUX, CONFLICT, CHUMBA’S, DISCHARGE, ICONS OF FILTH, ANTI-SYSTEM ,ANTI-SECT…. the list is endless

MINOR THREAT, SSD, NEGATIVE APPROACH, CRUCIFIX, BAD BRAINS, NAPALM DEATH, HERESY, SACRILEGE, ELECTRO HIPPIES, CULTURE SHOCK, GRAY MATTER, EMBRACE, STRAIGHT AHEAD, YOUTH OF TODAY, ANTI-CIMEX.

in the 80’s we used to go to alot of gigs in Leeds though there was alot of animosity between Huddersfield and Leeds punks and skins so we used to keep a little quiet. Brannigans in Leeds then moving on to the Bierkeller, Adam & Eves and then the Duchess.

We used to travel about quite a bit to many other northern towns and cities, usually Manchester, Liverpool (Planet X), Wigan, Preston, Sunderland, Newcastle and down south quite a bit to Leicester, Coventry, Nottingham, The Mermaid in Brum and a few places in London like the George Robey, Clarendon Ballroom, SOAAOS.

Heres a good un, the guitar sounds awesome

Why is it only for old farts? Best 2 are from my favorite band, Bonaparte – albums ‘Too Much’ and ‘My Horse Likes You’. Lovee

Late to this thread. Late 70’s early 80’s was a great time for music.

I used to tag along with mates to the punk gigs in the 70’s but never really liked the music, like some on here i was more of a Gong & Hawkwind fan, but liked the energy. Saw most of the main punk bands bar the Pistols in small venues. Anyone from Brighton remember the gigs at the New Rodent ?.

I started at Liverpool Uni oct 1978, & discovered a club called Erics within a couple of days. Thursday nights were free to members, the likes of Pink Military, Teardrops, OMD etc. One night Erics would have the Damned playing, the next National Health, the next Here & Now. Most nights either in Liverpool or a short hitch across the M62 to Manchester there’d be a gig worth seeing. It was no wonder i failed after the first year really 😀

Albums from that time i still play now … any of the Cab’s up to Microphonies, Hai/Crackdown is my favourite era, their gig at Jenkinson’s in Brighton has to be my best gig of all time. ACR’s first is an all time classic. Slits, Killing Joke, Shriekback, SPK, TG.

Also lot of reggae … Misty, Aswad, Steel Pulse, the Trojan & Greensleeves 12″. It seemed to be the soundtrack to the early 80s free festivals.

Little bit later, but I distinctly remember being blown away by this on Whistle Test. Great to see it on Youtube.

Real attitude live..
Great mini album, great sleeve:

still listen to the scream. great live version of jigsaw feeling here.

+1 for Virgin Prunes & Danielle Dax

had a great day in the car listening to:
alien sex feind
Furyo
in Excelsis
Specimen
RLYL
zero le creche
clan of xymox

cheers chaps had a right old 80’s batcave thing going on 😆

Tazzy – glad to hear you’ve had a good music day. Still can’t believe anyone else has ever heard of Furyo or In Excelsis. Very cool!

When the ‘Carnival of Damocles’ EP came out my girlfriend at the time did a great painting of the cover.

She was expert in other areas as well…!

I’m off to see GBH tomorrow night nearly 23 years after I last saw them 😀