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I recently took a winter visit to a place I haven't been to for at least 25 years up in North London N8 called Crouch End, I hopped the over ground train from Wanstead Park to Gospel Oak, I had to jump off at Blackhorse Road as the particular train I was on wasn't going as far as I wanted to, so I waited a couple of minutes, got the next one and jumped off at Crouch Hill station and…

Rocking that whole Kinks 'So Tired Of Waiting'/'All Day & All Of The Night' riff, The Milkshakes aka Thee Milkshakes (and many other variants) with the track 'It's You' released on their own 'Milkshakes' Record Label from 1982. Another one of those no-surname bands that I love so much!😉 Thee Milkshakes were part of the Medway Scene, the Medway being a river in Kent and the 'Medway Towns' surrounding are places such as Rochester, Gillingham, Chatham and Strood, the areas…

Ok, so in the spirit of this blog and for the name of Independent Record Label music, this post is about the Bronze Record Label and (for a change a non-obscure 'indie label' band), Bronze Records was founded in 1971 by Gerry Bron and was home to many well known acts such as Motörhead, Hawkwind and Manfred Mann's Earth Band to name a few. For this post I am blogging specifically on a band I love and an album I…

The Band The Vibes were an Essex based psychobilly/trash/garage rock band formed about 1983 and consisted of: This song 'Miniskirt Blues' is from the E.P. 'Can You Feel' Almost rocking that whole 'Peter Gunn' sound by Duane Eddie released on the 'London Records Label' back in 1959. A1 - The Underestimated Man A2 - Double Decker Bus B1 - Miniskirt Blues B2 - Stranger in the House This E.P. released on the Big Beat Record Label in 1984, although the…

The Screaming Blue Messiahs... Someone to talk to at YouTube From 'Good and Gone' (1984, Big Beat Records) mini-album The band were: Almost Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood) style guitar with a punk/rockabilly edge to it, Bill also played without a pick! The band were formed out of The Small Brothers in the early part of the 80's, going on to form the 'Blue Messiahs', however Ted Carroll at Big Beat (Ace Records) considered it a little bit too pub rock and…