In The Trashcan
Records GEM057
"Learn how to dance? Why should I? Pogo-pogo in the
streets is so much fun..."
Formed in 1994 in Portland, Oregon, this garage trash outfit play dirty punk 'n' roll at such a speed it can't be called sane anymore. A Junk Records release from 1996. See vol 80 for the flipside.
Gary Numan solo or Tubeway Army? I prefer Numan's early work with Tubeway Army, although Gary Webb was then known as Valeriun. This is from 1979, issued by Beggars Banquet. See also vol 79.
Garage punk rock band from New York City. They recorded this 4-track EP for Intensive Scare Records in 1996. None of the 4 songs appeared on their album "Hey baby, it's The Stallions" from that same year, issued by Junk Records.
B-side of 1978 single "Judy says", and with the same title as their 1977 debut album. Great rockin' punk track by the band that gave us the song "Stiff little fingers"… An Epic Records release.
It's like 1977's back again on their debut EP released by New Red Archives in 1996. Beth, Dulcinia and the two boys Pete and Jay Loudmouth hailed all from San Francisco. See vol 82 for my fave Loudmouths song.
The B-side of 1978 "Rat trap" is the better side. Mix Squeeze, The Stranglers and some of the Stiff bands with not-yet-Sir Bob's vocals and enjoy "So strange".
Perhaps the heaviest song Rick de Leeuw ever sang. Produced by Thé Lau (of The Scene, another Dutch outfit) in 1982 for the band's own label; it was their second release. They were known for their special lyrics, but all in Dutch. See also vol 59.
Mod-punks with that Manchester sound, also present in pre-Joy Division's Warsaw. It's 1978 and this band proved by half a dozen singles why they were called the Beatles of punk rock as if it were 1964 all over again, but with a completely new audience.
Sheffield punk outfit with only one single release, this 1983 EP on Pax Records. Heavily influenced by bands like Exploited, GBH and Discharge.
Debut 45 by short-lived Canadian punk outfit from Toronto. After the 1980 split they formed The Secrets. A 1977 release on Vile Records, which has been reissued several times in the 90s.
"War", "Subvert" (see vol 4) and "Can't cheat karma" are the three songs on their Crass EP, their first release in 1980, recorded by Penny Rimbaud and John Loder in July. If you've ever heard this song, you'll never forget it. Maybe that's why it became quite popular in the indie charts. For me, this is the best Zounds track.
Two 45s exist, this being their debut from 1977 on Raw Records. The flipside features the better known "I'm in love with today". Terrific UK '77 punk rock from Cambridge. They also recorded a "Louie Louie" version as by The Bloodclots on a 1977 Raw Records sampler, which also features "I'm in love with today".
They were so hard, so loud, so extreme, that a new punk sound was born. 1980 had arrived, bye-bye 1977. "But after the gig" is a track from the "Realities of war" EP on Clay.
Early Ultravox! was fantastic, when John Foxx was still the singer instead of Midge Ure. I'm only interested in their pre-1980 output. This is from their third single, all on Island, from 1977. See also vol 1 for their first release.
A fierce live track from 1978 on the B-side of "Hersham boys". Jimmy Pursey as the godfather of street punk wrote this together with Dave Parsons, who was also in The Wanderers together with Dead Boys' singer Stiv Bators.
"I'm just a punker" Steve Midnight is singing while the rest of the band sound like a budget version of The Stranglers. A seldom heard 1977 punk song on Breaker Records.
