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

[central]

Fish Heads -
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No

[V8mate]

central said:

mark69sheer said:

play dead

Got this somewhere in my archives -
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wKt5TNXbHLo&feat...

Wow - the list of 'related videos' alongside it really threw up some other blasts from the past:

Skeletal Family
Xmal Deutschland
Danse Society
Sex Gang Children
Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry
Christian Death
Danielle Dax

Some great footage from the Batcave too, really shows off the 'look' and culture of the time http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1k1Rhi0MSnI

[Yertis]

parakitaMol. said:

Ferg said:

mark69sheer said:

But it went a bit pear shaped with a gang of skinheads.. glory days.

Sounds familiar...anyone else at Reading '78 for Sham???

Mark I am fascinated that you were around the Poole /Bournemouth scene at the same time - I bet you went to the same gigs as me??? How old are you - where did you go to school?

Undertones x 6 Southampton/Poole/Bournemouth Winter Gardens
Clash & Siouxsie at Poole Arts Centre
Adam & the Ants (first album time) Bournemouth
Selector/Specials/Beat Two Tone gig in Bournemouth - can't rememeber what it was called but there was a roller disco there sometimes.
Skids - Winter Gardens
Buzzcocks - Winter Gardens (Joy Division)
Generation X - Bournemouth
XTC - Poole Arts Centre

To name a few.... we used to go to Poole Arts Centre discos (with the suspended floor) and moved on to the Third Side in the Triangle in Bournemouth when we could finally get in... Paul Presland had a shop in the Triangle selling Rockabilly/Psychobilly/Goth clothing. Weridly I ran into him last year on his (substantial) boat when a few of us moored overnight at the Beer Festival. I thanked him for selling me clothes that made me look like the biggest tt of my life.

My wife used to hang out at the Third Side a lot, with her mate Sally, there and Midnight Express. Where were you at school then?

[parakitaMol.]

Yertis said:

My wife used to hang out at the Third Side a lot, with her mate Sally, there and Midnight Express. Where were you at school then?

Yes... we were probably 13/14/15 during that phase... I think it was over 21's there but we still got in... Was at a girls school in Parkstone/Sandbanks. I also have photos of some of our nights out there.... *yikes*

[Yertis]

parakitaMol. said:

Yertis said:

My wife used to hang out at the Third Side a lot, with her mate Sally, there and Midnight Express. Where were you at school then?

Yes... we were probably 13/14/15 during that phase... I think it was over 21's there but we still got in... Was at a girls school in Parkstone/Sandbanks. I also have photos of some of our nights out there.... *yikes*

Was that Parkstone Grammar or Uplands( I think it was called) ?

[Ferg]

Me pictured at Woods Social Club in Colchester, on stage with Mike Monroe of Hanoi Rocks.
Spot the U2 'Boy' T-shirt. What a great album that is.....

[parakitaMol.]

Yertis said:

Was that Parkstone Grammar or Uplands( I think it was called) ?

Uplands.

Yikes.

[central]

This lot were local to me -
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ALkxcaWW6VI

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SJCuF6cJGVs&feat...

[Yertis]

parakitaMol. said:

Yertis said:

Was that Parkstone Grammar or Uplands( I think it was called) ?

Uplands.

Yikes.

Hmmm... I knew quite a few girls who went there... When did you leave?

[parakitaMol.]

Yertis said:

parakitaMol. said:

Yertis said:

Was that Parkstone Grammar or Uplands( I think it was called) ?

Uplands.

Yikes.

Hmmm... I knew quite a few girls who went there... When did you leave?

Not saying. Mail me offline. hehe

[RedexR]

nerf said:

RedexR said:

I always remember the Annie Nightingale "Hi" about 1 minute into the intro as its a song that you could do that with

Edited by RedexR on Saturday 18th October 10:20

of course, Annie Nightingale! she played some great stuff.. do you remember the song that went "fish heads fish heads, roly poly fish heads, fish heads fish heads eat them up, yum!. Ask a fish head anything you want to, they wont answer they cant talk......."

laughing so much now.....

Whilst were into long forgotten 80s stuff (anyone remember Sharon signs to Cherry Red - have it in my collection) I,m trying to track down a song that either Annie or Peelie used to play , it kind of told a story - by a gravelly voiced American , may have been called the drawbridge song and it tells about someone trying to break into a castle I think , god so long ago ! Help please !

[Yugguy]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vgOc959b0n0&feat...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wUX194UUB_g&feat...


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kMqRWswSU&feat... - not the original artist!

Edited by Yugguy on Saturday 18th October 19:02

[V8mate]

Yugguy said:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vgOc959b0n0&feat... Spear of Destiny

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wUX194UUB_g&feat... Theatre of Hate


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kMqRWswSU&feat... - not the original artist! Spear of Destiny

Never really got into either of these bands. Found them a bit.... 'poppy'. In fact, put that Theatre of Hate video in front of most people and their first guess will be that it's Bros

[Shaolin]

I may have missed them but there doesn't seem to have been any mention of Ian Dury and the Blockheads. I saw them twice and they were fantastic both times, a mate of mine was Ian's nephew and we were most jealous that he saw them for free all over the place.

Sweet Gene Vincent
I'm Partial to your Abracadara
Clever Trevor (for the TVR reference )

Are my faves.

[mark69sheer]

Shaolin said:

I may have missed them but there doesn't seem to have been any mention of Ian Dury and the Blockheads. I saw them twice and they were fantastic both times, a mate of mine was Ian's nephew and we were most jealous that he saw them for free all over the place.

Sweet Gene Vincent
I'm Partial to your Abracadara
Clever Trevor (for the TVR reference )

Are my faves.

Saw Ian Drury at The Southampton Gaumont..

So many groups..great times

[V8mate]

minimoog said:

Recommend the A Life Less Lived cd compilation for anyone fancying a nostalgia trip.

Have spent the last few hours 'acquiring' it. Five to midnight and have 'Temple of Love' blaring out

(Thank heaven for detached houses!)

Great selection of tracks - plenty I know and plenty I don't!

[V8mate]

You all have to listen to this - completely forgot about it. One of the most danceable/singalongable goth tracks ever!

Crank it up and get dancing!

March Violets - Snake Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMareh_SJHI

[V8mate]

You can even 'love' like a Goth now

[eccles]

parakitaMol. said:

I did! and I took a tape recorder to a Cramps gig at Hammersmith Palais - still have the stty tape even though it de-magnetised and you can't hear a thing! Not that it mattered - they sounded pretty st too!


lol

I went to a Cramps gig at Hammersmith palais in 1984.
From memory it was originally scheduled for about February, but was put back to about May time.
The February gig would have been easy to get to as i was in training with the RAF near London, but by the time the May gig came around I'd been posted to Angelsey!
Come the weekend of the gig I had to get the train to Swansea, pick up my sister,then train to London.

The gig went on a bit so we ended up missing the last train home, so we told a bit of a sob story to the chaps at the station and they let us get on the mail train, and we ended up drinking cups of tea with railway guards whilst all dressed up in black leather jackets etc.
I still have the ticket stub somewhere and i used to have a large poster from the foyer.

I have very fond memories of the late70's, early 80's. Barely a week would go by when we wouldn't go to a gig (me, my mam and my sister) somewhere in south wales. It seems that pretty well known bands would play clubs and student unions in most regional towns in those days, and not just a few stadiums like they do today.

Just editing to wallow in the nostalgia a bit more.... We used to go up to London from Swansea and stay with my uncle and hit the Kings road for T-shirts and Skull studs for our jackets. Anyone else remember Boy and the Great Gear Market? full of punks and indie types hanging round.

Just been thinking about all the bands we saw,all sorts of bands from different 'categories',
in no particular order

Bronski Beat, Southern/Death/Cult (in all 3 of their incarnations), Bauhaus (many times, big fan),Siouxie, Eurythmics (with Edie Reeded as backing singer), Echo and the Bunnymen, sex gang children (still got my leather with their logo on the back!), killing joke, Theatre of Hate, Kraftwerk (quite a few times), The Higsons ( Who stole my bongo?_) Adam and the Ants, Discharge, The Damned, Red Alert, Coctau Twins(a few times, mam is a big fan) Gary Numan, John Foxx, Pretenders (Bristol, truely brilliant gig 82 or '83), Stranglers, X-mal, The cure, New order ("This is our next single, Blue monday") , XTC, This mortal coil.....

There are probably many others, not to mention numerous local bands.....happy days!

Edited by eccles on Sunday 19th October 12:40

[V8mate]

eccles said:

It seems that pretty well known bands would play clubs and student unions in most regional towns in those days, and not just a few stadiums like they do today.

That is so true! Look at Ferg's picture a few posts back - Hanoi Rocks playing the social club of a factory in Colchester! And Essex Uni SU used to have one big 'indie' band after another back then too.

It seems that so many bands these days go from late-night radio straight to huge venues. I love small places, low ceilings, backrooms of pubs etc - any more than a 1000 capacity and all the intimacy of the music disappears. I think the biggest venues I've ever been to were the Odeon and the Palais in Hammersmith. Way too big!

My favourite of all time will always be the old Marquee in Wardour Street - absolutely perfect!


In terms of information, 'Sounds' was the place to find tour news. Does anyone know what the contemporary bible is?

Edited by V8mate on Sunday 19th October 12:25