Check out Gogol Bordello, they have a unique take on the genre...gypsy punk!
60 Revolutions and Not A Crime are their best tracks!
60 Revolutions and Not A Crime are their best tracks!
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Originally Posted by Keyplayer2010:
“Any old punks out there or people into it? i meam proper punk btw not Green day etc...
Been listening to some of these lately.
The Ruts, Sham69, Blitz and Peter and the testtube babies”
“Any old punks out there or people into it? i meam proper punk btw not Green day etc...
Been listening to some of these lately.
The Ruts, Sham69, Blitz and Peter and the testtube babies”
Just got hold of The Ruts debut 'The Crack' and The Skids debut 'Scared To Dance', havent heard them in years and I'd forgotten how wonderful these albums are, particularly The Ruts. The Ruts truly are one of the great lost British bands imo.
Yes, good to see the Ruts getting props. Even though I'm now mainly a house and soul head i loved the Ruts. I saw them at the Nashville in Kensington as a 14 year old, sitting on the stage while nazi skinheads fought punks, bottled off the support band - the Dark - and the police raided the place (with dogs).
Aaah the good old days.
Malcolm Owen died the same week as Ian Curtis which always meant he was kind of ignored, as well as the fact he was a junkie...
Also, the lyrics to `Babylon's Burning` are very apt today...the suburbs sitting in their living rooms `burning with anxiety`...prophetic init.
Aaah the good old days.
Malcolm Owen died the same week as Ian Curtis which always meant he was kind of ignored, as well as the fact he was a junkie...
Also, the lyrics to `Babylon's Burning` are very apt today...the suburbs sitting in their living rooms `burning with anxiety`...prophetic init.
I thought I'd find Mushymanrob and Neel on this thread 
I was slightly too young to get into punk when it happened and I arrived at the party as it was winding down, so the Pistols and the Clash belonged to my older sister while I got into the Jam and the Undertones and the Skids and Sham 69. The whole post-punk era was interesting - more tuneful, with a recognition that some sort of ear for melody was going to be more commercial and more appealing to a wider audience.
There were a lot of bands who pre-dated punk or were contemporaries who jumped on the bandwagon, not necessarily cynically but simply because it was the new and exciting thing to do, so pub rock bands like the Stranglers and Ian Dury got swept up in the whole movement and post-glam bands like Ultravox! flirted with punk sounds and imagery (before embracing keyboards and spearheading the next musical movement).
Punk and post-punk New Wave always felt very British to me. Despite bands like the Ramones and the Dolls and Television few of them successfully crossed over to the UK. Only Blondie made it big, and that was when they were more pop than new wave. Talking Heads also did well for a while.
Anyway, one punk band I don't think we've mentioned yet: Wire. History seems to have largely forgotten them and at the time I think they were shunned for being too arty and clever (and middle class) but the trio of albums from their first incarnation (Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154) are some of the finest work to come out of that 1977-79 era.
I was slightly too young to get into punk when it happened and I arrived at the party as it was winding down, so the Pistols and the Clash belonged to my older sister while I got into the Jam and the Undertones and the Skids and Sham 69. The whole post-punk era was interesting - more tuneful, with a recognition that some sort of ear for melody was going to be more commercial and more appealing to a wider audience.
There were a lot of bands who pre-dated punk or were contemporaries who jumped on the bandwagon, not necessarily cynically but simply because it was the new and exciting thing to do, so pub rock bands like the Stranglers and Ian Dury got swept up in the whole movement and post-glam bands like Ultravox! flirted with punk sounds and imagery (before embracing keyboards and spearheading the next musical movement).
Punk and post-punk New Wave always felt very British to me. Despite bands like the Ramones and the Dolls and Television few of them successfully crossed over to the UK. Only Blondie made it big, and that was when they were more pop than new wave. Talking Heads also did well for a while.
Anyway, one punk band I don't think we've mentioned yet: Wire. History seems to have largely forgotten them and at the time I think they were shunned for being too arty and clever (and middle class) but the trio of albums from their first incarnation (Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154) are some of the finest work to come out of that 1977-79 era.
Originally Posted by Eraserhead:
“Anyway, one punk band I don't think we've mentioned yet: Wire. History seems to have largely forgotten them and at the time I think they were shunned for being too arty and clever (and middle class) but the trio of albums from their first incarnation (Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154) are some of the finest work to come out of that 1977-79 era.”
“Anyway, one punk band I don't think we've mentioned yet: Wire. History seems to have largely forgotten them and at the time I think they were shunned for being too arty and clever (and middle class) but the trio of albums from their first incarnation (Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154) are some of the finest work to come out of that 1977-79 era.”
Absolutely. Agree 100%.
Originally Posted by Eraserhead:
“I thought I'd find Mushymanrob and Neel on this thread
. Only Blondie made it big, and that was when they were more pop than new wave. Talking Heads also did well for a while.
.”
“I thought I'd find Mushymanrob and Neel on this thread
. Only Blondie made it big, and that was when they were more pop than new wave. Talking Heads also did well for a while.
.”
of course...punk was huge, its impact still resounds
blondie... hmm... they survived by effectively 'selling out'. started as punk, moved to a 60's sounding new wave, then to disco, then even rap... was that a mark of their ability to create different sounds? their versatility? or a cynical exploitation of the pop music market in order to make money?...
i guess the latter.
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