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Ugly? I Don't Think So Medway based Indie band The Dentists The song entitled 'Ugly' and on the 12" 'The Fun Has Arrived' released on the Belgian based Antler Records label in 1988. Strawberries & Sixties Sounds Their first release in 1985 was 'Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (And It's Wintertime)' on the small Indie Label Spruck records. Many of their songs especially 'Strawberries' have a 60's psychedelic tinge to them. To be honest if I didn't know I…

Brewing Alternatives Punk and Post Punk from Liverpool back in the day seemed to be delicately intertwined there were many bands that seemed to be linked to one another via one band breaking up and joining another. I loved Echo & The Bunnymen as soon as I first heard 'The Cutter', I kind of knew this was going to be a band I would be engrossed in. So, I brought 'Porcupine' back in '83 and I have treasured it ever…

Indie Rock With The Mighty Lemon Drops Happy Head, sounding very much like Echo & The Bunnymen to me, but still fantastic. They were formed in Wolverhampton and were a post punk band influenced by psychedelic music and bands such as The Bunnymen, which were (and still are) one of my favourite bands. Below The Bunnymen's live version of 'Do It Clean' I can get an idea of where the Mighty Lemon Drops got their inspirations from. Catch their The…

Photo by Jordan Faux on Unsplash of Statue In Points Of View Park, Pittsburgh From Pittsburgh, USA the band Low Sunday Ghost Machine from the album of the same name, this particular song is Overslide, sounding very much like The Cure. According to MySpace the band were influenced by British Post Punk and bands like Echo & The Bunnymen, The Sound etc. The band eventually changed their name to LowSunday This track 'Overslide' was a self-financed release in 1996. They…

New Model Army - Great Expectations from 1983 released on the Abstract Record Label. The lyrics to this are brilliant....and frighteningly still quite relevant, very anti the whole 'greed is good' mantra in the 80's....'There's always more than you can want'... ...Another band from the North of England, this time Bradford. The original line-up was: Justin Sullivan is the only constant member of the band. By 1983 Phil Tompkins had been replaced by Robert Heaton (ex drum technician with Hawkwind).