The Official Punk, Indie, Goth, Alternative 1976-1986 thread

[parakitaMol.]

V8mate said:

That was you, wasn't it

No. Hint: I don't have the Adam's Apple for it.

[RedexR]

Don,t forget Tenpole Tudor , google up Edward Tudor Pole or better still You Tube him , theres a cracking number he does called "He's got a moustache"!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WlaxQ6fntgY&feat...

[parakitaMol.]

Shaolin said:

Some seminal tunes that I recall from my youth - and still have many on my iPod:

Teenage Kicks - Undertones
Ca Plane pour moi - Plastic Bertrand
Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
London Calling and Clampdown - The Clash
2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom Robinson band
Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
Into the Valley - Tenpole Tudor
Really Free - John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett

Most memorable gig was Siouxsie and the Banshees at the Albert Hall, started off with Stravinsky's Firebird and went into Dear Prudence, it was videoed I think as I vaguely recall seeing some of it later on.

Also saw New Order shortly after Ian Curtis died - who - for the record - I have always regarded as a tt for leaving his girlfriend (wife) while pregnant for some other woman.

Into the valley was the Skids. As for Plastic Bertrand. No self-respecting punk (or person) would ever admit that!

[Yertis]

eldritch said:

closely followed by new model army who im seeing for the umpteenth time in december

Me too

[Ferg]

parakitaMol. said:

Ferg said:

We're seperated at birth, Mate.

Yeah my doppleganger.

Put up your punk pic and prove it. lol!!

Fortunately sadly I'm not sure any punk pictures of me still exist. There are a lot a bit later when I decended into a more 'rock festival tramp-chic' at a succession of Reading Festivals, because my brother started taking thousands of photos around that time. In some of them I have 'The Cramps' painted on my leather jacket with white gloss....

I'll look some out, but in the meantime laugh long and hard at my MySpace default...

www.myspace.com/old_bloke

[V8mate]

RedexR said:

Don,t forget Tenpole Tudor , google up Edward Tudor Pole or better still You Tube him , theres a cracking number he does called "He's got a moustache"!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WlaxQ6fntgY&feat...

My missus knew Eddie - right prick on all accounts.



Yes dear, I wrote it exactly as you said it.

[parakitaMol.]

Ferg said:

parakitaMol. said:

In some of them I have 'The Cramps' painted on my leather jacket with white gloss....

HA HA HA!!! so did I!!! (maybe not gloss but it was white)

[Shaolin]

parakitaMol said:

Into the valley was the Skids. As for Plastic Bertrand. No self-respecting punk (or person) would ever admit that!

Oops! memory not what it was - of course the Skids, Swords of a Thousand Men was Tenpole Tudor.

I never claimed to be a punk, but Plastic Bertrand was great (for that one track).

Another thing I remember from the era which has surfaced is the music snobbery there was around "<derisive snort> that's rubbish! they're not proper punk". Suppose we'll get the "I was a punk before you were" argument soon (The Tubes btw).

Edited by Shaolin on Friday 17th October 19:53

[V8mate]

parakitaMol. said:

V8mate said:

That was you, wasn't it

No. Hint: I don't have the Adam's Apple for it.

[pothead voice] Dude! You're not a dude! [/pothead voice]





Note to self: Check profiles before making assumptions

[V8mate]

Shaolin said:

parakitaMol said:

Into the valley was the Skids. As for Plastic Bertrand. No self-respecting punk (or person) would ever admit that!

Oops! memory not what it was - of course the Skids, Swords of a Thousand Men was Tenpole Tudor.

I never claimed to be a punk, but Plastic Bertrand was great (for that one track).

Another thing I remember from the era which has surfaced is the music snobbery there was around "<derisive snort> that's rubbish! they're not proper punk". Suppose we'll get the "I was a punk before you were" argument soon (The Tubes btw).

Snobbery - definitely. Notwithstanding the 'Cure dispute' I (purposely and admittedly) teased a previous poster about the Cult. I'm too young to have seen the Southern Death Cult, but plenty of people my age would sneer at followers of the Cult because they were so 'bandwagon'.

Similar snobbery within the ranks of the Sisters' followers. If you didn't see them at York Racecourse in 1979 you weren't a real fan.

[Ferg]

Shaolin said:

Teenage Kicks - Undertones

Such an average song when compared with the 'Tones overall output. 'There Goes Norman' anyone?

Shaolin said:

Ca Plane pour moi - Plastic Bertrand

Not in the same league as Elton Motello's original 'Jet Boy, Jet Girl' (Check out Chron Gen's version)

Shaolin said:

Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World

Awesome. Stiff Records' biggest star!!

Shaolin said:

Into the Valley

RIP Stuart Adamson

[Ferg]

V8mate said:

Similar snobbery within the ranks of the Sisters' followers. If you didn't see them at York Racecourse in 1979 you weren't a real fan.

Quite.
I'm sure if you totalled them up 20,000 people saw the Pisols at the Screen On The Green.....
I didn't.
Partly 'cos I lived too far away.
And partly 'cos I think they were a bit st.

[V8mate]

parakitaMol. said:

Ferg said:

In some of them I have 'The Cramps' painted on my leather jacket with white gloss....

HA HA HA!!! so did I!!! (maybe not gloss but it was white)

OK, we've had lots of mentions of our leather jackets.

What did you have on yours?

Mine had 'SISTERS' in white, writ large across the panel at the bottom of the back and then the Einsturzende Neubauten logo in gold in the main part of the back. On the right sleeve was the Medics 'laughing face' logo in silver ..... bugger.... can't remember what was on the left sleeve.

Not particularly arty, but did it all myself and was very pleased with the finished result.

Edited by V8mate on Friday 17th October 20:00

[parakitaMol.]

V8mate said:

Shaolin said:

parakitaMol said:

Into the valley was the Skids. As for Plastic Bertrand. No self-respecting punk (or person) would ever admit that!

Oops! memory not what it was - of course the Skids, Swords of a Thousand Men was Tenpole Tudor.

I never claimed to be a punk, but Plastic Bertrand was great (for that one track).

Another thing I remember from the era which has surfaced is the music snobbery there was around "<derisive snort> that's rubbish! they're not proper punk". Suppose we'll get the "I was a punk before you were" argument soon (The Tubes btw).

Snobbery - definitely. Notwithstanding the 'Cure dispute' I (purposely and admittedly) teased a previous poster about the Cult. I'm too young to have seen the Southern Death Cult, but plenty of people my age would sneer at followers of the Cult because they were so 'bandwagon'.

Similar snobbery within the ranks of the Sisters' followers. If you didn't see them at York Racecourse in 1979 you weren't a real fan.

Nah its all bks, no snobbery with me. And who cares anyway... it's nice to remember this stuff... Apart from Bertrands' novelty record lol!!

I saw Southern Death Cult in their first incarnation. Then Getting the Fear / Cult variants. I only liked 'fatman' by them.

I just don't do smileys. That's all.

[Ferg]

V8mate said:

OK, we've had lots of mentions of our leather jackets.

What did you have on yours?

Apart from 'The Cramps' on the right sleeve...
I had The Ruts 'Red Triangle' logo on one lapel and 'Naughty Rhythms' on the other. An obscure reference to a Tour that included Essex r'n'b/pub-rock/proto-punk legends Dr.Feelgood.

[parakitaMol.]

Ferg said:

V8mate said:

OK, we've had lots of mentions of our leather jackets.

What did you have on yours?

Apart from 'The Cramps' on the right sleeve...
I had The Ruts 'Red Triangle' logo on one lapel and 'Naughty Rhythms' on the other. An obscure reference to a Tour that included Essex r'n'b/pub-rock/proto-punk legends Dr.Feelgood.

I had Killing Joke on the back of one, and the Cramps on another.

What about hair?

I had Siouxsie hair, a mohican, and a bleached mohawk... purely to piss my parents off. It looked st.

[V8mate]

parakitaMol. said:

Ferg said:

V8mate said:

OK, we've had lots of mentions of our leather jackets.

What did you have on yours?

Apart from 'The Cramps' on the right sleeve...
I had The Ruts 'Red Triangle' logo on one lapel and 'Naughty Rhythms' on the other. An obscure reference to a Tour that included Essex r'n'b/pub-rock/proto-punk legends Dr.Feelgood.

I had Killing Joke on the back of one, and the Cramps on another.

What about hair?

I had Siouxsie hair, a mohican, and a bleached mohawk... purely to piss my parents off. It looked st.

A big black hat - occasionally with yellow (kind of) paisley silk scarf tied round the band and hanging down the back. (Depended on where I was headed and which band I was going to be seeing).

Occasionally back-combed/hair-sprayed up, but my hair was never that long as I had to do 'pillar of the community' type stuff in 'real life' too

In spite of real life, still managed 3 or 4 gigs or club nights a week during my 'peak' (16-19 yers old)

[Ferg]

parakitaMol. said:

Apart from Bertrands' novelty record lol!!

Here's (only audio of) Montello doing the song our Punky Belgian friend ripped it off from...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2KAXvTvO0TI

[RedexR]

V8mate said:

RedexR said:

Don,t forget Tenpole Tudor , google up Edward Tudor Pole or better still You Tube him , theres a cracking number he does called "He's got a moustache"!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WlaxQ6fntgY&feat...

My missus knew Eddie - right prick on all accounts.



Yes dear, I wrote it exactly as you said it.

and a prick that got to have a really interesting life for a while , even a member of the sex pistols for a week , not many of us can say that can we ?

[Mst007]

Jacket - Merciful release logo on the back, Fields cowboys logo on one sleeve, and a German cuff title on the other (not very PC)

Also wore a black cowboy hat (think most serious sisters/mission/fields fans did at some point)with a red band.

hair - went from spikey crimped to long, to scuffy dreads, to shaved. oops.

V8mate, what do you drive?

Edited by Mst007 on Friday 17th October 20:44