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Well, as it is coming up to Armistice Day on the 11th and Remembrance Sunday swiftly following, I thought it seemed apt to post 'Lest We Forget' by a post punk band on an Independent Record Label. The header photo was taken whilst up in Sheffield recently which I came across quite randomly on the wall of a café on Kelham Island just a little north of the City Centre, (not a brilliant snap by me I have to be…

Play Dead, the Oxfordshire band's second release from 1981 with the single T.V. Eye. Yes, another 'goth' band but, not from the 'powerhouse' of Goth Rock aka The North of England, not that this band by all accounts particularly liked being labelled 'goth'. Track Listing: The track T.V. Eye is not to be confused with a song recorded by The Stooges of the same name, catch the track at the youtube link. Play Dead's track was released on the Independent…

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…

So tired, tired of listening to gossip, gossip and complaints... John Cale produced first albums for acts like The Stooges and Patti Smith, he was of course himself in The Velvet Underground. The Bauhaus version was also released on the B side of the single 'Telegram Sam', released also in 1980 on 4AD label and obviously the cover of the A Side was originally released way back when in 1972 by 'T-Rex'. Rose Garden was also on the 'Press The…

So, a friend got me into this band, he was a massive Bauhaus fan and when they split he found a new love in Tones On Tail. I have to say they were a bit of a departure from the goth-rock style of Bauhaus and I guess it took some getting used to but they really were very good. Their whole style was a bit hard to pigeon-hole from more up tempo dance beats and electronic sounds to down tempo…