LOUISE DISTRAS - STAND STRONG TOGETHER

 

Coming up at the Adam & Eve soon the rather wonderful Louise Distras

 

 

 

Louise Distras - Stand Strong Together

 

SHAM 69 - TELL THE CHILDREN

The rather splendid Sham 69 from their fourth album The Game and another great 7".

 

 

 

Shan 69 - Tell The Children

 

AGAINST ME! - TRANSGENDER DYSPHORIA BLUES (live)

The title track from the new Against Me! album - already an early contender for album of the year!

 

Against Me - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (live

 

INDIANS IN MOSCOW - NAUGHTY MIRANDA

Appeared on a 'Hull' special edition of the Tube in 1983 and this song has been wedged in my head ever since.



 

Indians In Moscow - Naughty Miranda

 

999 - FOUND OUT TOO LATE

Apart from a couple of brief hiatus 999 have pretty much been at since they formed in late '76.  You forget just how many great singles they have put out over the years and this is one of my all time favourites

 

 

999 - Found Out Too Late

 

THE SLITS - TYPICAL GIRLS

The great thing about punk was the diversity of acts that would fall under that umbrella.  The Slits, anything but typical girls

 

 

The Slits - Typical Girls

 

FUTURE OF THE LEFT - SINGING OF THE BONESAWS

Hailing from Cardiff, FotL released their 4th album in October to critical acclaim.  A spiky buoyant focused album full of little gems such as Singing of The Bonesaws

Future of The Left - Singing of the Bonesaws

 

CHRON GEN - LIES

Chron Gen released 1,000 copies of their self financed debut EP Puppets of War in 1981 on their own Gargoyle label. With bucket, paste and poster publicity and a reprint issued by Fresh Records it eventually spends almost ten months in the UK Independent Chart, peaking at number 4, selling over 45,000 copies and becoming one of the top selling Indie singles of the year.

 

Recently Chron Gen have commenced work on a new album (This is the Age), their first for 28 years.

 

Chron Gen -Lies

 

RUTS DC - MIGHTY SOLDIER

Played some brilliant live gigs over the last 18 months (most recently supporting the Damned in December), this is one of the highlights from last years Rhythm Collision Vol 2 

 

 

Ruts DC - Mighty Soldier

 

 

BAD SPORTS - GET YOU

Hailing from Denton, Texas, Bad Sports are a band whose music is a powerful fusion of punk rock velocity and attitude, hard rock guitar raunch, and power pop hooks. Influenced by old-school punk bands like the Ramones and the Buzzcocks as well as the '70s hard rock that's an unavoidable presence in their home town, Bad Sports feature Orville Neeley (also a member of OBN IIIs) on guitar and vocals, TV's Daniel Friend (who also plays in Wax Museums) on bass and vocals, and Gregory Rutherford (also doing double duty in Wax Museums) on drums.

 

Bad Sports - Get You

 

CHEAP TRICK - DREAM POLICE

Man I love this song, had this album Christmas 1979 and I've been playing it ever since.

 

 

Cheap Trick - Dream Police

 

 

 

THE PIONEERS - LONG SHOT KICK DE BUCKET

This time a ska original, Long Shot Kick De Bucket by The Pioneers which when covered by The Specials went some way to kick starting the 2 Tone ska revival

 

 

The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket

 

BOB MARLEY - JOHNNY WAS

Another reggae original later covered by a punk band, this time Bob Marley's Johnny Was from his Rastaman Vibration album covered by Stiff Little Fingers on their Inflammable Material debut 

 

Bob Marley - Johnny Was

 

DANNY RAY - REVOLUTION ROCK

This is the original version of the song that The Clash covered on their London Calling album.  Originally recorded by the Jamaican group Danny Ray and the Revolutioneers in 1976. Danny Ray sampled the Jackie Edwards song "Get Up" on the track, so Edwards and Ray are the credited songwriters of "Revolution Rock."

 

 

 

Danny Ray - Revolution Rock