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Gregory Bull and Friends – The Books

Perdam Babylonis Nomen by Gregory Bull.  A tale of growing up in oppressive years of the 1980s. Partly surreal it tells of one young man’s agonies over the past, present and future. Contains some strong language and adult themes. The city’s streets are so wet shining and grey. My wasteland. Another car flies past. A […]

Punk is Dead: Modernity Killed Every Night – Richard Cabut Resonance FM Interview

This interview with Richard Cabut was recorded at the Resonance studio in Borough, London, mid-November 2017, but has remained unaired due to administrative difficulties. It was chaired and produced by Mr A.U – an outstanding job, thank you. The raw audio of Richard Cabut talking about the book is available here and now on the […]

James Waynes / 101’ers / The Clash – Dedicated to Joe Strummer 21/08/52 – 22/12/02

Fifteen years ago today Joe Strummer passed on. Here is a You Tube post dedicated to him, and one of the songs that followed Joe throughout the years. “Junco Partner” is an American blues song first recorded by James Waynes in 1951. It has been recorded and revised by many other artists over several decades, […]

Charles Manson – Fierce Records – 1985 / Blyth Power – Street Level Demos – 1985 & 1986 / Psychic TV – Basildon Peace Festival – 1986 / Various Artists – Folk In Hell – F.O Records – 1981 / Undivided Roots – Well Crucial Records – 1982 / Prince Far I & Suns Of Arqa – B.B.C Session – 1982

Charles Manson – Side A Charles Manson – Side B The true identity of Lance Fairweather has puzzled Mansonist scholars for years and probably never will be revealed. Apparently, the man valued his anonymity as much as his life, for reasons that will become obvious from the following account. We do know that he was […]

The Apostles & Demolition Company – B.B.P – 1987 / Chron Gen – Gargoyle & Step Forward Records – 1981 / Mark Stewart & The Maffia – Amsterdam Paradiso – 1986 / Lack Of Knowledge – Southern Studios Rough Mixes – 1984 / Blyth Power – All The Madmen Records – 1985 & 1986 / Various Artists – Top Ranking Records – 1977

The Apostles Side Demolition Company Side ‘Cartography’ The first side of this cassette tape features The Apostles. To be more specific, for this release many of the songs were written, performed with various instruments and recorded on a four track recorder by Dave Fanning. So in effect it is pretty much Dave Fannings ‘solo’ project. […]

Punk Is Dead: Modernity Killed Every Night – Richard Cabut & Andrew Gallix / No Future: Punk, Politics And British Youth Culture 1976 – 1984 – Matthew Worley

PUNK IS DEAD: MODERNITY KILLED EVERY NIGHT Co-edited and including essays written by Richard Cabut and Andrew Gallix, this original collection of insight, analysis and conversation charts the course of punk from its underground origins, when it was an un-formed and utterly alluring near-secret – back in the garage, when the cult still had no […]

Flowers In The Dustbin – Cold Harbour Records – 1986 / Kansanturvamusiikkikomissio – Barabbas Records – 1985 / Rod Taylor & Prince Hammer – Little Luke Records – 1979 / Four Came Home – Passion Of Ice – Wounded Knee Records – 1986 / Satta Massagana – Abyssinians / Dillinger / Bongo Herman / Prince Far I / Diatribe – Criminal Damage Records – 1984

Flowers In The Dustbin Single Flowers In The Dustbin Single Flowers In The Dustbin Album Flowers In The Dustbin Album  In the early to mid-1980’s, Flowers In The Dustbin, were one of my favourite bands and I would go out and witness performances whenever I possibly could. The All The Madmen Records 12″ single ‘Freaks […]

Necro – 1983 / Bob Marley & Augustus Pablo – Daddy Kool Records -1979 / Webcore – A Real Kavoom – 1986 / Brigandage – Hammersmith Clarendon – 1984 / Savage Republic – I.P.R – 1982 / Tribesman – Label Records – 1978

Necro 1983 I’m really chuffed that Tim, the old drummer of Necro, found an old C90 cassette tape and a clutch of photographs in a box in his house sometime ago… To me, this stuff is gold dust! A crystal clear recording of the band playing the ‘slower’ three piece line up set without interruption, […]

Crass – Glasshouse – May 1984 / Alternative TV – Deptford Fun City Records – 1977 / Demob – Round Ear Records – 1981 – 1982 / The Astronauts – Bugle Records – 1979 / Exit Stance – E.S Records – 1984 / Screaming Dead – Dead Records – 1982

Crass – Glasshouse – May 1984 Indebted to Nick Comfylux for supplying me with this audio that he recorded at the back of the hall of Crass performing their last ever concert in London, and indeed one of the last performances. Below are snippets of memories for two gigs from Tristian ‘Stringy’ Carter. Crass at […]

Hysteria Ward – All The Madmen Records – 1987 / The Fall – Chaos Tapes – 1982 / John The Postman – Bent Records – 1979 / Getting The Fear – Demo – 1984 / Something Stirs – Adventures In Reality Recordings – 1984 / Rudimentary Peni – Welwyn Garden City Ludwick Hall – May 1982

Hysteria Ward flexi-disc For a full history of Hysteria Ward there is no better place to start than this special Kill Your Pet Puppy post HERE which is well worth reading through. Side 1 Side 2 This performance by The Fall was recorded on the 11th December 1980 and was the first in a two […]