DECADE 77-87 (post punk, punk, goth & indie)
@decade_77_87
DECADE 77-87, recapturing the excitement of opening the music papers to read single, album and gig reviews of PUNK POST-PUNK SYNTH GOTH & INDIE bands from 77-87
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This date in 1979, SKIDS release INTO THE VALLEY 'Valley' is pure anthem from its pulsating bass intro to Jobson’s martialling over Stuart Adamson’s indomitable fuzz barrage... goo.gl/HL7siQ The Skids GC's Punk & New Wave Richard Jobson #skids #theskids #punk #postpunk
It’s Jan 9th 1987, and special guest on The Tube is JULIAN COPE The vibrantly insistent TRAMPOLENE, a three-and-half-minute adrenaline rush of pure space-pop, is endlessly singable... goo.gl/HL7siQ Julian Cope @HeadHeritage #juliancope #theteardropexplodes #postpunk
This date in 81, FIRE ENGINES release LUBRICATE YOUR LIVING ROOM By the fade of 1980, as 'Scotland' got noticed by the trend hunters, and Alt Images, Josef K and OJuice became glows goo.gl/HL7siQ Big Gold Dream : Teenage Superstars : Hungry Beat Scottish Post-Punk ScotPopMusicExCentre Edinburgh Libraries @marcrileyd
40 YRS to the day SEX PISTOLS played Dallas Sid Vicious, whose impulse to reach out and grab America increased the more Rotten retired into himself... READ ON: goo.gl/HL7siQ GC's Punk & New Wave #punk #sexpistols #punklondon @pistolsofficial Sex-Pistols.Org (God Save The Sex Pistols) John Lydon Official
This date in 1980, JOY DIVISION play PARADISO CLUB, Amsterdam. Video montage features TRANSMISSION, a recording (with improved audio) taken from the concert goo.gl/HL7siQ #joydivision Joy Division Joy Division Central GC's Punk & New Wave Post Punk Music #iancurtis
Today marks 40th ANNIV of 999’s EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY was performed with all the channelled ferocity of the old 999 tunes, but had an imaginative arrangement. Shards of chopped guitar chords, an off-kilter goo.gl/HL7siQ GC's Punk & New Wave @999_band #AS8502 #NineNineNine
This date in 1979, DR. FEELGOOD released MILK AND ALCOHOL A song that owes much to Lee Brilleaux’s “sweat-spattered, eye-bulging, finger-wagging” performance #drfeelgood GC's Punk & New Wave Sparko’s Going Back Home! #pubrock #leebrilleaux
Today marks 40th ANNIV of RICH KIDS' eponymous debut single RICH KIDS Released in a plain red sleeve, RICH KIDS was two minutes of sustained post-punk power-pop and a single lauded by the press goo.gl/HL7siQ Rich Kids Official GC's Punk & New Wave #punk Glen Matlock midge ure💙
40TH ANNIV of SHOT BY BOTH SIDES, debut single from MAGAZINE Lyrics matched the music's adventurousness every step: SBBS showed a man refusing to take sides ... ending up "on the outside of everything" goo.gl/HL7siQ GC's Punk & New Wave Magazine Dave Haslam #postpunk
40 years to the day since SLF were filmed playing Belfast’s POUND CLUB. A veritable ‘Lesser Free Trade Hall’ moment for N Ireland... READ MORE: goo.gl/HL7siQ GC's Punk & New Wave #punk Stiff Little Fingers @JakeBurnsSLF XSLF BELFAST #slf