Modest little 7inch from Down Under now: Formed in Melbourne by Gavin (vocals), Jaryl (guitars), Joy (bass) and John (drums) as Babeez but quickly changed into News, they had always been a non-image band, playing in jeans, T-shirts and leather jackets. On their side was a healthy cynicism about punk itself, especially when rock & roll success and fashionable interests encroached on the revolution. This is their first record I think, self-released and most with one-sided lyric insert. The sleeves were hand screened by the band using black and fluoro yellow ink on cheap inner bags with the record inside. Two awesome killer tunes!
Nice one. Thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteWould love to see a good quality version of this one show up somewhere.
https://www.discogs.com/News-Punk-Never-Happened/release/6769205
Oha, you're asking for the impossible, would appeal to me as well :)
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