In Remembrance of Alistair Livingston also known as Al Puppy

Our friend and fellow ‘Puppy’, Alistair Livingston passed on after a short illness on the 3rd November 2018. I am in shock. In the 1980’s, AL was a leading light in the Puppy Collective, Black Sheep Housing Co-op and All The Madmen Records. From 2007 through his Green Galloway blog, Alistair battled to bring attention […]

The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 – 1987 / Blood And Roses – Kamera Records – 1983 / Tribesman – Boa Records – 1979 / Peter Tosh – Intel HIM Diplo Records – 1973 / Crass – Aklam Hall – 1979

The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 Side 1 The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 Side 2 ‘It’s All Done By Mirrors’ released on All The Madmen Records was the first album by The Astronauts that I bought. I retrospectively bought the debut album ‘Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs’ shortly […]

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 […]

Assassins Of Hope – Slowmotion Suicide – 1982 / The Astronauts – Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs – 1981 / Various Artists – Ha Ha Funny Polis – 1981 / Various Artists – Beyond Entertainment – 1984 / Ring – Oh De Dun Dun – 1986

Assassins Of Hope – Slowmotion Suicide An old cassette release by Assassins Of Hope is uploaded tonight, the only official release that the band sold at gigs. The songs recorded on this one sided cassette tape are as rough as old boots, a screaming holocaust of noise and a whirlwind of shouty vocals. I like […]

The Apostles & The Mob – London Musicians Collective – January 1983 / The Cravats – Southern Studio original mixes – 1981 / Augustus Pablo – Atra Records – 1980 / Zos Kia – All The Madmen Records – 1984 / The Mob – Amsterdam – June 1979 / The Turdburglers – 1981 / 1982

The Apostles at L.M.C The Mob at L.M.C First there was a cassette. The Apostles and The Mob recorded on a cassette recorder from the audience. The cassette was available in 1983 via Larry Peterson’s Cause For Concern cassette tape label. This cassette tape label generally veered towards industrial experimental music, more so than punk […]

The Mob – Meanwhile Gardens – June 1983 / ONU Sound Disco Plates – 1982 – 1983 / The Abyssinians – The Congos – 1977 – 1978 / Louise – Andy Martin – Josef Porta – Tim Hutton – 1981 / First Of May – 1988 / MENEJECT – 1980

A KYPP catch up on recent You Tube posts that have been published recently. The Mob – Meanwhile Gardens – June 1983 – 1 The Mob – Meanwhile Gardens – June 1983 -2 Uploaded tonight is an absolutely electrifying performance from The Mob, recorded at Meanwhile Gardens near Westbourne Park in the summer of 1983. […]

Anarka And Poppy – The lost All The Madmen recordings – 1984 / This Bitter Lesson – 96 Tapes – 1982 / Crass – The final interview Dial House – 1984 / Blyth Power – Meanwhile Gardens – 1986 / Buld – 96 Tapes – 1986 / Louise – Chiswick Demo – 1989 / Blyth Power – Streetlevel Demo – 1984 / A Touch Of Hysteria – 96 Tapes – 1983

Anarka And Poppy – The lost All The Madmen recordings – 1984 In January 2015, Louise from the band Hysteria Ward contacted me to ask if I was interested in a load of stuff in a box. A mysterious question to which I answered “Yes I was”. On visiting I found that the box contained […]

Tony D interviewed for Noisey (Vice) / Doomed To Extinction / Maximum Rock And Roll

Tony D (Mick Mercer collection) 1/ I’m an intern at Noisey France (Vice magazine musical platform) and I wanted to write an article about Kill Your Pet Puppy. At first because I’ve been following you for ages and discovered loads of punk and gothy bands, and also because I truly believe KYPP delivers the best […]

Part 1 – Buffalo Bar – London – 29/08/13 – Silent Scream

Part 1 – The Buffalo Bar, Highbury, London, N1 – 29/08/13 August 2013 – The month of much practising and some considerable movement for the newly resurrected band from, ahem, many many moons past, Part 1. Both apprentices in the dark arts, Mark Ferelli and Jake Baker had the idea of resurrecting the band and […]