20 Eyes / I Turned Into A Martian / All Hell Breaks Loose / Vampira / Nike A Go Go / Hate Breeders / Mommy Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight Night Of The Living Dead / Skulls / Violent World / Devils Whorehouse / Astro Zombies / Braineaters Clocking in at around 24 minutes, […]
Just Want To Be Myself Bone Idol Second 7″ single from this Manchester band, first release on Valer Records though, text below courtesy of allmusic.com. The Drones were a British punk band from Manchester, comprised of guitarist Gus “Gangrene” Callendar, bassist Steve “Whisper” Cundall, vocalist/guitarist M.J. Drone (Mike Howells), and drummer Peter “Perfect” Howells. They […]
Silent Night Jingle Bells Not Rico’s best moment by far, but still a nice slice of christmas spirit 1967 reggae style. Text from geocities.com. Rico attended the Alpha Boys Cottage School in Kingston where he learned to play trombone. His tutor was another pupil of that school, two years older than Rico, the now legendary Don […]
Academy Fight Song Max Ernst Punchy debut 7″ single by the godfathers of ‘Grunge’ Mission Of Burma, bands like Dinosaur Jnr, Volcano Suns and Buffalo Tom would follow in the demise of this band in 1983. Text below, a christmas gift to KYPP from allmusic.com. Of all the punk-inspired bands that came out of Boston in […]
Torture The Middle Room Non Erotic Male Bonding N.E.M.B. has to be one of the weirdest names for a post punk group around. I have no information at all on this outfit, except the record sleeve tells me they are from Baltimore and the record label is based in Tampa. Does the band name suggest […]
Bankrobber / Rockers Galore Tribute to Joe Strummer who passed on way way too early, six years ago on this day. Presenting his finest moment (in my opinion) on record and the orbituary from The Times newspaper. Joe Strummer, rock singer and lyricist, was born in Ankara, Turkey, on August 21, 1952. He died of a suspected heart […]
At the Winter Solstice, we celebrate Children’s Day to honour our children and to bring warmth, light and cheerfulness into the dark time of the year. Holidays such as this have their origin as “holy days”. They are the way human beings mark the sacred times in the yearly cycle of life. In the northern […]
Tannoy Cars On Fire A decent 7″ single by English Subtitles, a West London band sounding a little like North London’s Lack Of Knowledge., which is no bad thing… The text below is from downwithtractors.blogspot.com English Subtitles released one single on Small Wonder Records “Time Tunnel”, then this single, a flexidisc which came out on […]
Wots For Lunch Mum? / College Girls I Saw Batman (In The Laundrette) / Chatterboks Debut 7″ single from The Shapes, slight Rezillos vibe on these tracks. The detailed biography below courtesy of hyped2death.com. Like many of their contemporaries, The Shapes were amongst the first wave of bands that formed in the wake of the […]
Neckodeemus Solid Foundation Uploaded for you the debut release by the Jamaican vocal harmony duo The Congos, released on a Lee Perry Upsetter Disco Cork 12″ and one of the best from the Black Ark Studio in Washington Gardens, Kingston. This 12″ single is also worth a whole wad of cash which makes me want […]