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

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

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vixen1700

22,661 posts

269 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Best gig: Flux of Pink Indians, Rudimentary Peni & The Subhumans.

Leytonstone Red Lion September 1981. What a laughbiggrin


MikeyT

16,451 posts

270 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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97octane said:
A teenager in the punk era....

The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall

Best ever track - "Smile"
after 1986...

The Fall

There are others, too many to mention, but

"The Fall, always the same, always different"
I love the Fall - seen 'em twice - once in the early 80s when MES looked close to death and then about five years ago when he was actually dead but somehow still singing ...

Best track: Hip Priest ... decent others - hundreds to be honest but Man Whose Head Expanded, Hey Student, loads of 'em.

But if we'tre going back to late 70s/early 80s then stuff from A Certain Ratio, Monochrome Set, Diagram Brothers, early Japan, very early Simple Minds, Kraftwerk, Durutti Column, 23 Skidoo, all decent indie bands (before some got mainstream) and all very much seen on the gig circuit.

Remember driving to Bristol in my old Hillman Hunter with some washed up Billy mates to see The Monochrome Set at Dingwalls ... class.

I ahve some pics somewhere of mymate who in 1981 was the spit of David Sylvian from Japan (just prior to the Tin Drum album) - must try and scan it in ... he looks like a cross between Steve Strange/some Blitzkid and Sylvian ...

V8mate

Original Poster:

45,899 posts

188 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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vixen1700 said:
Best gig: Flux of Pink Indians, Rudimentary Peni & The Subhumans.

Leytonstone Red Lion September 1981. What a laughbiggrin
I never got much more into punk than The Damned, so had to look them up.

Inspired title for Flux of Pink Indian's second album: 'The fking s Treat Us Like Pricks'

hehe

On the subject of The Damned, anyone go their 10th birthday party in Finsbury Park? Whole weekend jobbie, Hawkwind played too!

vernan

137 posts

208 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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V8mate

Original Poster:

45,899 posts

188 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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MikeyT said:
97octane said:
A teenager in the punk era....

The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall

Best ever track - "Smile"
after 1986...

The Fall

There are others, too many to mention, but

"The Fall, always the same, always different"
I love the Fall - seen 'em twice - once in the early 80s when MES looked close to death and then about five years ago when he was actually dead but somehow still singing ...

Best track: Hip Priest ... decent others - hundreds to be honest but Man Whose Head Expanded, Hey Student, loads of 'em.

But if we'tre going back to late 70s/early 80s then stuff from A Certain Ratio, Monochrome Set, Diagram Brothers, early Japan, very early Simple Minds, Kraftwerk, Durutti Column, 23 Skidoo, all decent indie bands (before some got mainstream) and all very much seen on the gig circuit.

Remember driving to Bristol in my old Hillman Hunter with some washed up Billy mates to see The Monochrome Set at Dingwalls ... class.

I ahve some pics somewhere of mymate who in 1981 was the spit of David Sylvian from Japan (just prior to the Tin Drum album) - must try and scan it in ... he looks like a cross between Steve Strange/some Blitzkid and Sylvian ...
A Certain Ratio - still regularly have 'Shack Up' blasting out here at home.

I was always too busy doing the hippy/goth thing to get into Japan back then, but love listening to their stuff now. 'Ghosts' is awesome - outstanding use of early synths. Really like the whole early 'New Romantic' thing now actually: The Associates, Spandau, Teardrops, Gary Numan, Modern Romance, ABC etc.

And another Hillman guy! Most of my early V8s were too unpredicatable for daily use, so I ran a 1964 Hillman Super Minx as daily barge for a couple of years smile

V8mate

Original Poster:

45,899 posts

188 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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vernan said:
Cool. I also throughly recommend this one too. Especially if you like the early New Romantic era, it has some great memories.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-We-Wore-Life-Threads/d...

gmk666

1,673 posts

224 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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MikeyT said:
97octane said:
A teenager in the punk era....

The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall
The Fall

Best ever track - "Smile"
after 1986...

The Fall

There are others, too many to mention, but

"The Fall, always the same, always different"
I love the Fall - seen 'em twice - once in the early 80s when MES looked close to death and then about five years ago when he was actually dead but somehow still singing ...

Best track: Hip Priest ... decent others - hundreds to be honest but Man Whose Head Expanded, Hey Student, loads of 'em.

But if we'tre going back to late 70s/early 80s then stuff from A Certain Ratio, Monochrome Set, Diagram Brothers, early Japan, very early Simple Minds, Kraftwerk, Durutti Column, 23 Skidoo, all decent indie bands (before some got mainstream) and all very much seen on the gig circuit.

Remember driving to Bristol in my old Hillman Hunter with some washed up Billy mates to see The Monochrome Set at Dingwalls ... class.

I ahve some pics somewhere of mymate who in 1981 was the spit of David Sylvian from Japan (just prior to the Tin Drum album) - must try and scan it in ... he looks like a cross between Steve Strange/some Blitzkid and Sylvian ...
First saw them at The Factory in about 1987, but most recently at The Forum, Kentish Town a couple of years ago. I think Mark E. Smith was wearing the same silvery grey slacks.
He said something along the lines of 'It could be me and your gran, it will still be The Fall'. Seemed quite apt as the other band members looked about 15.

On a side note, was once out with a few mates and we saw Nigel Kennedy walking along street, just after Brix had left MES for him. He looked a bit worried when we all started chanting "Mark E Smith's going to kick your fking head in."

Bloody students, eh?

Edited to add I've just realised I've renamed The Hacienda The Factory. Hmmm, perhaps I'm getting on a bit...

Edited by gmk666 on Friday 17th October 16:56

parakitaMol.

11,876 posts

250 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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I would like to see some pictures of people who were punks circa 76.

That would be funny.

Please.

Thanks.

Yertis

18,015 posts

265 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Also of this era - the glam stuff. Anyone know what became of The Quireboys?

Get Karter

1,934 posts

200 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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parakitaMol. said:
I would like to see some pictures of people who were punks circa 76.

That would be funny.

Please.

Thanks.
No one took photos back then.
Cameras were expensive....developing film was expensive....and the picture quality was rubbish.

V8mate

Original Poster:

45,899 posts

188 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Yertis said:
Also of this era - the glam stuff. Anyone know what became of The Quireboys?
Still about, apparently http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quireboys

gmk666

1,673 posts

224 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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V8mate said:
I never got much more into punk than The Damned, so had to look them up.
We were looking to buy a house a couple of years ago and we went to see one in Crouch End, North London. A very Gothic looking one with high hedges. Didn't like it, but it turned out Dave Vanian used to live there, famously parking his hearse in the garden. Or maybe that was just estate agent bullst.

Poledriver

28,614 posts

193 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Oh yeah, mid seventies, music takes a sharp turn. Get away from that crap disco mindless drivel and into the Marquee, Roxy or 100 Club.

Pistols,
X-ray specs
Blitz (my favourite!)
Siouxsie & the Banshees
The Slits
Adam & the Antz (Pre going commercial)
Clash
etc. etc. etc.

Good days, great memories!


ETA If you'd been able to google Jordan in those days, this is who you would have got!






Edited by Poledriver on Friday 17th October 14:11

elle

2,056 posts

211 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Anyone mentioned The Buzzcocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRE79bxfMtY

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Get Karter

1,934 posts

200 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Saw The Damned live when they were punk (pre their long haired Goth phase). Mental gig....I was a frightened 14 year-old in the stalls, getting crushed by gobbing nutters.

Machine Gun Etiquette and The Black Album are still favourites of mine though. Probably more New Wave than their first two punk albums.

parakitaMol.

11,876 posts

250 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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elle said:
Anyone mentioned The Buzzcocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRE79bxfMtY

biggrin
I have a ticket from a gig where Joy Division supported them 2 weeks before Ian Curtis died.


chunkymonkey71

13,015 posts

197 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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bob1179 said:
V8mate said:
bob1179 said:
I come from an 'Indie, Alternative' music background, but I'm a decade later and more mid 90's.

Can I still join in...?

smile
Is that when 'Indie' went all floppy-haired? hehe

Ah, go on then, I bet none of the early-adopters ever grew up anyway!

It was I'm afraid... I was there with floppy hair and baggy jeans and I even had a 'beanie'...

I spent my formative years listening to the likes of the Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Dandy Warhols, Elastica, Rocket from the Crypt, Mansun, The Wonderstuff, The Farm, etc. I could go on for hours...

Living near the sticks we used to take bottles of 'Two Dogs' up to the fields, listen to music get drunk, smoke those funny cigarettes and misbehave with various girlfriends.

Happy Days.

smile



Edited by bob1179 on Friday 17th October 11:57
I think we may have lived the same life, Bob...!

vixen1700

22,661 posts

269 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Poledriver said:
Pistols,
X-ray specs
Blitz (my favourite!)
Adam & the Antz (Pre going commercial)
X-Ray Spex were the first band I saw, shortly followed by the Banshees and Ultravox (John Foxx).

Only saw the Ants just after they signed to CBS, so were pretty good live, before being pathetic.

Also Stiff Little Fingers were great live. smile

V8mate

Original Poster:

45,899 posts

188 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Get Karter said:
parakitaMol. said:
I would like to see some pictures of people who were punks circa 76.

That would be funny.

Please.

Thanks.
No one took photos back then.
Cameras were expensive....developing film was expensive....and the picture quality was rubbish.
Yep - I used to take camera and sound recorder to almost every gig. Had to shoot with 1000ASA film as a flash was pointless.
Had a huge album of pics. A girl asked to borrow them - last I ever saw of them. bh.

Pretty much same happened with (huge) record collection. Relationship ended, she refused to return records and all the tapes of live recordings. bh.

Started to pull it all together again a few years ago in mp3 format (though picture discs really aren't the same!) Got to around the 3000 album mark and hard drive failed in a big way. bh.

So started yet again about 2 years ago. Appoaching the 1000 mark, but fading memory and availability mean it's more and more of a struggle each time. frown

Still love the sounds though!

I wonder what 'She Sells Sanctuary' sounds like in one of those huge ICE systems youngsters fit in their cars thesedays? smile



elle

2,056 posts

211 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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parakitaMol. said:
elle said:
Anyone mentioned The Buzzcocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRE79bxfMtY

biggrin
I have a ticket from a gig where Joy Division supported them 2 weeks before Ian Curtis died.
thumbup

and my favourite

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ63Ite4l7g&feat...