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I guess I was more into 'Metal/Punk' and 'Goth' type sounds back in the early part of the 80's, so perhaps missed this and maybe some of the Oi! sub-genre of the time, but hey! hindsight it's a wonderful thing and (for me) is worth revisiting... The track was actually produced by....Joe Strummer for a strange fee! As per the link to dangerousminds.net... "Instead of being paid cash for his production services, the Roosters’ manager arranged for Strummer to receive…

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…

Worcestershire Weirdness With The Dancing Did. Folk influenced post punk from Dancing Did. This track The Green Man And The March Of The Bungalows was released in 1982 on the Independent Kamera Record label. A very difficult band to categorize. Catch another of their tracks 'On The Roofs' which was released in the same year originally on the independent 'Kamera' record label and re-released by other indie label 'Cherry Red' in 2007. Catch 'The Badger Boys' at the link, taken…

The Stunt Kites Sheffield Independent Music Been playing quite a bit of Sheffield based music 🎶 at the moment, which isn't a bad thing😉. Seems to have been a hot-bed of sounds back in the day, spawning many, many great acts. Hope to post some more on this site over the coming months. How It's All Changed - Sheffield As I Remembered It! I always have a bit of a soft spot for the City, the last time I was…

Ah! another one of those posts featuring a band that share names, the band The Scabs referred to in this post are the U.K. punk band and not the Belgian rock band formed in the early part of the 80's.... The Scabs self titled E.P. was released in 1979 on the Independent 'Clubland Records Label' The track listing for the E.P. is: The record label produced a mixed bag of acts and was the house label of Fair Deal Studios…