Originally on the flip side to 'Teenage Kicks', the much loved and played side by John Peel. It was released on the Good Vibrations Record Label run by Terri Hooley which initially started out from a small building on Great Victoria Street in Belfast. This track 'True Confessions' taken from their appearance on BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test. The attitude and energy was certainly Punk even if the dress sense doesn't sum up what you might expect to see. Rather than…

All gone down here with a touch of the Covid's/Colds who knows? 🤧but I guess the title of this post seemed apt! 😉 This band perhaps not quite as successful as some of their labelmates, however they did form part of the early trailblazers of 'grunge' artists at the start of the genre in Seattle. The band Mudhoney, alt rock/grunge from over the pond from 1988 with their track 'Touch Me I'm Sick'. Catch the track at the YouTube video…

Wet & Soggy At Hylands Park V Festival. The Stereophonics, I still have their first album 'Word Gets Around' and got lucky enough to see them in 1988 (for them possibly typically Welsh weather) at the 'V Festival' way back, it was such a soggy day people were flogging bin liners for 50p a pop to keep dry. Felt sorry for them and many other acts during the day. Still think they are a fantastic band, I can still listen…

Just Monkeying Around. As I have 'monkeyed' around and previously published a post relating to our simian chums a while ago on this site in: Everybody Knows The Monkey here are.... Animal Magnet, Welcome To The Monkey House at youtube.com Catch the track at the link above. The song interestingly shares the same name as a book written by Kurt Vonnegut author of 'Slaughterhouse-Five' the book 'Welcome To The Monkey House' was a collection of short stories written by him…

Blessed Night & The Joys Of Parenthood. I first heard this track when it came out, I think it was on BBC Radio 6, I seem to remember putting our kid to bed as at the time my better half used to keep the local kids in order in the evenings working at the local Youth Hostel. I guess I had some time to spare before I was disturbed by cries of not being able to sleep etc...Ah! the joys…