01/07/2008
30 Years And Counting: The Fleshtones, America's Garage Band
These guys play party music plain and simple. Rip-roarin' 50's influenced horn-blastin' rockers. Despite never hitting the big time, The Fleshtones continue on... REASONS WHY THE FLESHTONES RULE: •The Fleshtones debuted at CBGB on May ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 01/07/2008 3:19 PM EST in 70's Punk, Garage Rock, Blues | Permalink
12/17/2007
The Fall's Dragnet: An Album for Abandoned Machinery
Do you remember that movie The Brave Little Toaster? It is a story about this little toaster who goes on a journey with an electric blanket, a vacuum cleaner, a lamp, and a radio to find the boy who left them in a log cabin. These appliances h ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 12/17/2007 11:19 AM EST in 70's Punk | Permalink
12/07/2007
Highly Recommended: Moskow, The One 7" Wonder
If you think bands have short careers these days, consider the English Post-Punk band Moskow. They released one great 7" in 1978 and then disappeared. The a-side, an extremely new-wave sounding track called "Man From Uncle," is the better of the ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/07/2007 1:01 PM EST in Post-Punk, 70's Punk, New-Wave, Highly Recommended | Permalink
12/06/2007
It Was Easy, It Was Cheap, Go And Do It!- An Introduction to the Desperate Bicycles
Once again, this post features a band introduced to me by the encyclopedic Roland Woodbe. DIY 70s punk is a sound I hold dear to my heart for its honest, tenacious, backbone. These bands were not in the game to make it big, rather they were mo ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 12/06/2007 10:56 AM EST in 70's Punk, Lo-Fi | Permalink
11/27/2007
Oh Bondage, Up Yours!: X-Ray Spex Video Retrospective
X-Ray Spex were one of the most original punk bands of the first British punk movement in the late 70's. In my mind, this band sticks out for two reasons. One reason being the angst-ridden wails of lead vocalist Poly Styrene. The other reason be ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 11/27/2007 12:55 PM EST in 70's Punk, New-Wave, Video Retrospective | Permalink
11/15/2007
That's Gay: The Homosexuals
During the late 70's, a group of young men formed a band and decided to call themselves the Homosexuals. To no one's surprise, they weren't on any fanzine covers nor were they played in heavy rotation on the radio. No, they kind of recorded on ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 11/15/2007 12:43 PM EST in 70's Punk | Permalink
Armand Schaubroeck: They Call Him the RatF*cker and He Sells Fun
Labeled as "The best song that Lou Reed never wrote," by AllMusic, Armand Schaubroeck's 1978 "Ratfucker" is a cross between Lou Reed's Street Hassle and John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13...or how about a pissed off, vigilante version of Jo ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/15/2007 10:50 AM EST in Experimental, 70's Punk, YouTube | Permalink
11/14/2007
The Wipers: DIY Portland Punk
I was first introduced to The Wipers by a dwarf who was my neighbor in South Philly. It was about 3 in the morning on a Tuesday, he was cranking Is This Real? and I had to ask myself the same thing. When I went downstairs to let him borrow my ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 11/14/2007 1:46 PM EST in 70's Punk, Hardcore, 80's Punk | Permalink
11/13/2007
Kleenex: The First Swiss All-Girl Punk Band
Helvetica, The Red Cross and...Punk-Rock? Yes I am in fact describing the neutralist, mini-melting pot that is Switzerland. This is news to me, but Kleenex were the first Swiss all-girl punk rock band, and in my opinion, one of the coolest of al ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/13/2007 2:39 PM EST in 70's Punk, New-Wave | Permalink
11/05/2007
Genius in the Making: The Warsaw (Joy Division) Demos
Since I am a huge Joy Division fan, I went to see the new Ian Curtis biopic, Control this weekend. The film did not disappoint. Anton Corbjin's cinematography was absolutely beautiful and all of the performances were stellar. Of course, the fil ...
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