The Adverts at the Vortex, great tunes, great lyrics....and of course Gaye Advert...lovely !!
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Joey Ramone Don't Worry about Me
In the wake of the sad passing of Joey Ramone, Don't Worry About Me is the first posthumous release to come from his estate. Consisting of pop-punk anthems along the lines of '60s garage rock and very early punk, Don't Worry About Me is a sad reminder of how good Ramone really was. With a brilliant ear for melody, a songwriting skill based in simplicity, and the most unpretentious lyrics this side of Chubby Checker, Ramone didn't care about making groundbreaking music when he had mastered the art of pop-punk to a degree most of his disciples will never understand. "What a Wonderful World" and "1969" are excellent covers that do their source material justice, although Louis Armstrong probably never expected his torch song to be rocked out à la Sid Vicious' "My Way." But the two best tracks are "Searching for Something," his Beatlesque tribute to a girl, and "Mr. Punchy," a gorgeous pop song that features a guest appearance from the Damned's Captain Sensible. The anti-cancer anthem "I Got Knocked Down (But I'll Get Up)" is a heartbreaking stance on his condition that is pure punk rock all the way ("I want my life/I want my life/It really sucks/It really sucks") that only goes to show how even toward the end, he refused to give into sentimentality. Nothing new to see here, and that's a good thing, as Ramone's trademark whine never sounded so sincere as it did in his last studio recordings. (AMG)
Eater The Eater Chronicles
Often overlooked when it comes to naming the punk bands that emerged in 77, Eater may have been young but the music they made has probably aged better than many of their older peer punk rivals.
They formed in November 1976 with an average age of 16 from Finchley London and named themselves from a T Rex line "Tyrannosaurus Rex - eater of cars". One of the first wave of punk bands they played their first real gig on November 26th in Manchester with The Buzzcocks as support! They also managed to live a Jekyll and Hyde existence of punk band by night and school by day (they wrote Outside View in their chemistry class!). Eater played all the traditional punk venues like The Roxy and Vortex etc. They supported the Damned at the Roxy and the Damned returned the favour by playing at Eater's school in Finchley where soft drinks were served !! Overly aggressive at first on stage perhaps to prove they were the youngest and toughest they developed a tight set of songs.They got much publicity from Dee Generate who was aged 14 joining the band to replace original drummer Social Demise (actually Lufti Andy's brother) who couldn't handle school and punk !!) Original bassist and friend of Dee's Paul Flynn was replaced by Ian Woodcock in late '76. An early gig at the Hope & Anchor was raided by the police to establish Dee was actually 14 years old and allowed in a pub !!! Dee's mum seemed to like the publicity as she was often quoted in the tabloids about her son. When Dee left the band to be replaced by Phil Rowland it was not without some ill feeling that continues up to this day.
1. You 2. Public Toys 3. Room For One 4. Look It Up 5. Sweet Jane 6. Fifteen 7. I Don't Need It 8. Anne 9. Get Raped 10. Space Dreaming 11. Queen Bitch 12. My Business 13. Waiting For The Man 14. No More 15. No Brains 16. Love And Peace (H Bomb) 17. Outside View 18. Thinking Of The USA 19. Michael's Monetary System 20. She's Wearing Green 21. Notebook 22. Jeepster 23. Debutantes Ball 24. Holland 25. What She Wants She Needs 26. Reach For The Sky 27. Point Of View 28. Typewriter Babes 29. You 30. Anne 31. Lock It Up 32. Space Dreaming 33. Bedroom Fits (No More) 34. Point Of View 35. Get Raped 36. Outside View 37. I Don't Need It 38. Waiting For The Man 39. No Brains 40. Thinking Of The USA 41. Going Down 42. Vegetable Girl 43. Lyin' To Me Again 44. Death Awaits Me
Punk Legends The American Roots
A great collection of early US Punk.This disk tries to unearth the roots of punk, U.S. style, and largely succeeds. There are a total of 5 tunes on here that feature Johnny Thunders which adds some substance to his title as the godfather of punk. Starting off is a solid version of 'Personality Crisis' by the Dolls taken from the hard to find New York Tapes. Next is a previously unreleased version of 'Blank Generation' taken from 1975 demo tapes of the original Heartbreakers lineup with Richard Hell on bass. (Three tunes from these same demos can be found on the cassette only 'R.I.P.'.) 'Let Go' comes from some later Heartbreakers demos recorded for LAMF that have previously appeared on the EP Vintage 77. 'Get Off The Phone', another Heartbreakers tune, features Walter Lure on vocals with Johnny on guitar and comes from an unreleased mix of the LAMF sessions. It appears to have louder vocals and more emphasis on the drums than the version released on LAMF. And finally there is a live high energy noisy instrumental called 'Courageous Cat' performed by the Wayne Kramer/Thunders collaboration 'Gang War' in 1979. This song can also be found on the CD Crime Of The Century.
Compiled by Alan Hauser, this U.K. collection lays together most of the solid building blocks of the New York punk scene: Iggy, MC5, Dolls, Ramones. Left out are the more art oriented musicians that were part of the scene such as Talking Heads, Television and Patti Smith. In only one disk there has to be some omissions but Alan has made a good stab at putting together an interesting collection of mostly rare material from the originators. The one track that sticks out like a sore thumb is Suicide's 'Rocket USA'. This 10 minute bloated feedback solo shouldn't be on the same disk as the Ramones stripped-to-the-bone 1.5 minute version of 'Judy Is A Punk'. Otherwise the rest of the disk, starting out with the Punk role call 'Max's Kansas City', by Wayne County, rips it up.
Liner notes are by Clinton Heylin, author of 'From The Velvets To The Voidoids'. He gives a short history of each track and tries to map the bands within the punk geography.
This disk is released through Jungle Records in the U.K. and Cleopatra Records in the U.S. Here is a link to Jungle Mail Order information.
Track Listing
Wayne County - Max's Kansas City
Iggy & The Stooges - I Got A Right
M.C.5 - Kick Out The Jams
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
The Ramones - Judy Is A Punk
Pere Ubu - Final Solution
Suicide - Ghost Rider
Richard Hell with The Heartbreakers - Blank Generation
Johnny Thunders with The Heartbreakers - Let Go
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
Iggy & The Stooges - Gimme Some Skin
Flaming Groovies - Slow Death
Wayne County - Flip Your Wig
Walter Lure with The Heartbreakers - Get Off The Phone
Gang War - Courageous Cat
The Dictators - Next Big Thing
Suicide - Rocket USA
http://rapidshare.com/files/89884366/Punk_Legends-_The_American_Roots.rar
Available from Jungle Records FREUD CD 056
Neon Hearts Popular Music
The wonderful Neon Hearts, remember that 8inch pic sleeve for "Regulations/Venus Eccentric" single, i'm lucky enough to have been given one by a mate's older sister who had been an early punk but moved on. Classic punk from 77/78.
Popular Music was the 1979 Lp released just as the band was splitting up !
size: 85.50 mb
format: mp3
genre: punk
Label: Overground date: 2002
Biog:
The Neon Hearts were formed in the spring of 1977 by saxophonist Steve Heart who had left Suburban Studs. Other members soon joined: Paul Raven (bass), Keith Allen (drums), Martin Ratcliffe (guitar) and Tone Dial (vocals). The band were highly committed and rehearsed for 3 hours nightly. They soon had plenty of songs and entered Ginger Studios to record the best of them. The result was the now legendary double A-side ‘Regulations’ and 'Venus Eccentric', released in December 1977 on their own Neon Hearts label. Packaged in an outrageous oversized 8" cover, a copy will now set you back £60. The band established their own punk venue at the Lord Raglan in Wolverhampton and gigged furiously nationwide, building a substantial following and reaching the attention of many labels. Despite various options, Neon Hearts made the wrong decision and signed to Satril. Immediately things started to go wrong as the label tried to manipulate the band by rewriting their lyrics, allowing them no say in the production of the records and releasing singles without their consent. Satril released two singles ‘Answers’ and ‘Popular Music’. Line-up changes followed and by the time the album (also titled ‘Popular Music’) was released in April 1979, the band, dispirited, had already split. There was a brief reformation before Tony joined Fashion, Paul Raven joined Killing Joke and later Prong and Steve formed 21c (21st Century).
1. Popular Music 2. Armchair Thriller (1) 3. Answers (1) 4. Pin Cushions 5. Body Language 6. Number One Fan 7. Hideaway 8. Pretty As A Picture 9. Get So Many Pains 10. Party Games 11. Answers (2) 12. Armchair Thriller (2) 13. Regulations 14. Venus
or
or
Devo Be Stiff
1) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
2) Jocko Homo
3) Be Stiff
4) Mongoloid
5) Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Getting)
6) Social Fools
Wonderful Devo's first 12" released on Stiff records and every track is a worthy one ! Social Fool's alone is a song that put Devo right in the centre of the emerging punk/new wave scene.
or
Remember this motley bunch of reprobates ?
Turns out they influenced a whole generation of change in a world that was still hungover from the excess of the 60's . Not bad for a bunch of no-hopers who formed a band in London, England in the mid-seventies.
Now in 2008 the world is a different place and wearing bondage trousers and spikey hair is about as shocking as drinking a cup of tea.
Ah well, lets put the kettle on and dip into some nostalgia for an age that was my childhood, youth and musical starting point in life...The year is 1976.
Anyway here's the Great Rock n Roll Swindle
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)