Tuesday, May 07, 2019
THE USERS - Kicks In Style 2011
Monday, December 01, 2014
AHEADS - s/t LP 1981
Friday, January 18, 2019
ALLER VÆRSTE! - Materialtretthet 1980
Monday, July 06, 2015
ALLER VÆRSTE! - T.A.V.! EP 1980
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
THE EXPELLED - No Life No Future EP 1982 + Government Policy 7'' 1982 + Waiting For Tomorrow 12'' 1984
Sunday, August 03, 2014
NOTSENSIBLES - Instant Classic 1980
The band explained their approach: "all we want to do is make silly records and play silly gigs". After releasing the "Death to Disco" single in April 1979, they "celebrated" the election of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister later that year with the single "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher". Initially self-released in a pressing of 1.000, but reissued on the Snotty Snail label due to continuing demand, the release gave them a No. 8 UK Indie Chart hit at the start of 1980, and the band also recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. According to one review, the song was: "Meant as neither a pro- nor anti-Thatcher song. It revolved around the idea that no-one was too sacred to get the piss taken out of." Writer Simon Reynolds stated that it "...taps into the side of punk all about not taking anything seriously..." At one performance in 2012 Hargreaves claimed that he had "great reverence for Thatcher". The single's B-side included "Gary Bushell's Band of the Week", which poked fun at the journalist.
In March 1980, the band's only studio album, Instant Classic, was released, reaching #16 on the UK Indie Chart, and two singles followed, both indie hits, but not selling as well as their earlier single, before the band split up in March 1982. Cherry Red subsidiary Anagram Records issued a compilation of the band's output, Instant Punk Classics, in 1994. The band reformed for a performance at the first Wasted/Holidays in the Sun festival in 1996, and reformed more permanently in 2005 with the original line-up. The song "I'm In Love with Margaret Thatcher" was featured in the 2011 film The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep. The single was re-released on vinyl and download to celebrate its appearance in the film.
In 2013, after Baroness Thatcher's death, "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher" received additional publicity when there was an online campaign by Thatcher supporters to boost the record's re-entry into the charts as a download, to counter the promotion of the song "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" by anti-Thatcher activists. Although the Notsensibles' song was reportedly considered "more favourable to Baroness Thatcher", band member Steven Hartley commented that it had been written as a satirical swipe at her. Hargreaves said: "I find it hilarious that Tories have adopted it. The song is a sort-of tribute and sort-of not." The song charted at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart on April 12, 2013.
So this album has great songs "Sick Of Being Normal", "Death To Disco", I Am A Clone" and "Freedom" must have heard. Unique legacy of this extraordinary band. TOP!!!
- Extra Special Thx to Fredrik -
Friday, February 24, 2017
RED LETTER DAY - More Songs About Love & War 1991
Sunday, March 28, 2021
EDDIE MOONEY & THE GRAVE - Lost 1978 Demos EP 2019
Friday, January 02, 2015
RIVALS - Here Comes The Night 7'' 1980
Sunday, May 16, 2021
HARVEST - Fashion Parade 7'' 1980
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
THE LICKS - 1970's EP 1979
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
SELF ABUSE - Unestablished Since 1982 [2019]
In 1984 the ‘(I Didn’t Wanna Be A) Soldier’ EP was released by the Radical Change label, the late great John Peel played it on his radio show and the record climbed to number two in the Independent charts. Two tracks from their not released ‘Third’ demo were taken for Party Pooping Punk Provocations! compilation on by Xcentric Noise records late in 1984. Despite a mostly triumphant year, there is considerable unrest between the band members and friends, with disagreements about almost everything. Self Abuse played their final gig on 29th Dec. 1984 in Bournemouth to a packed house, two days later they split up. - Twenty years later in 2004, the original line-up reformed to play a gig in Bournemouth and released the No Change EP on Abused Records and the next year saw them play the Wasted Festival [now Rebellion Festival] in Blackpool. And since then, they're still hungry, and continue to indulge in anthemic mid-tempo Punkrock and still can't get enough of the rock circus. This classic compilation was released via Mad Butcher Records, 250 copies exist, and features sixteen delicacies [Demos, EPs & Outtakes], which outline the development of the band as well.
- Great Thx to Fredrik -
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
THE EPILEPTICS - 1970's EP 1981
Thursday, April 02, 2020
V/A - Vaultage 79 (Another Two Sides Of Brighton) 1979
Sunday, November 19, 2023
SKIDS - Charles EP 1978
Monday, October 10, 2016
THE CYBERMEN - You're To Blame 7'' 1979
Monday, September 14, 2015
THE TIGHTS - Bad Hearts EP 1978
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
MÉTAL URBAIN - Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux 1981
Saturday, October 17, 2020
SPORTEN ÄR DÖD - s/t LP 2019
- Great Thx to Fredrik -