When I first visited Puppy Mansions (Westbere Road), I remember Brett and Tony reminiscing about when they used to squat in Covent Garden. Brett had a strange tale of a model pigeon he used to dangle out of the window on a piece of string and how passing tourists would try to grab a hold […]
Was it the best of times or was it the worst of times? Maybe it was a bit of both. No. Surely, it was just the worst of times. It was 1979, a year that never could have imagined itself eulogised by the Smashing Pumpkins fifteen years on. Punk maybe wasn’t so much dead as […]
The story of William Orbit having his first studio at the Centro Iberico always seemed a bit unlikely, but just found the man himself has posted a set of photos, including some of inside the studio here
WHEN A PUPPY IS BORN: Some notes on the beginning of creating Kill Your Pet Puppy, by Tony D. As the late summer of 1979 eviction and disintegration of the fire station squat in Old Street splintered into petty squabbling, fear and cliques we went our separate ways. Bob Short and his crew had discovered […]
This is going to have to go in Greengalloway and Kill Your Pet Puppy. But it will take a bit of time to tease out the connections. But have a look here for starters The mini-free festival at Greenham in July 1982 [ there may have been a smaller festival in March 82 at Greenham […]
J.G. Smile / J.G. Smiles A break away from the old Zos Kia style which was altogether darker, this single released on Psychic TV’s Temple Records label had a funkier approach. A lot of old TOPY and anarcho punks had begun to appreciate this genre a little more after 23 Skidoo, Cabaret Voltaire and the […]
More Than Fights / Daily Life You Gotta Be Someone Bristol’s Disorder release their second 7″ single, dripping with nihilism in every groove. The only real positive thought on this single is towards the end of ‘More Than Fights’ when the growler concerned tells us ‘This country is violent from bottom to top, everyone, they […]
Hounds Of The Night / Subway Sadist / Chron Gen / Rockabill / The Mindless Few / You’ll Never Change Me / Living Next Door To Alice Puppets Of War / Reality / LSD / Lies Recorded during the UK ‘Apocalypse Now’ tour which also included Anti Pasti, Exploited, Discharge and a band from Tunbridge […]
Midwinter / Our Mother The Earth, Our Father The Sky / Proletarian Autonomy / Skin Deep / The Master Race / Hello Black Flag / Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pockets / The Cripple / Run For It / The House Of Horror Pig Violence / To Hell With Leviticus / The Voyage (Parts 1 […]
Sunday Girl / Mine And Billy’s Head / Disco Purge / Good Times Underwater / No Mans Land / Accapulco Street Credibility / Kisses / Grand Merchant Loup / Ragged Wolf Of My Passions / Blue Girls / Sunday Girl 2 If you want crazy, then this site can do crazy! The very charming Alig […]