Punk and New Wave thread.

Great thread.
Got into it a little late, January 79 aged 16 - saw Generation X on TOTP doing King Rocker. Thought they were shite, and Idol couldn't even lip synch in time! Then heard the song on the radio and fell in love with it / them!
Sid died a month later!
First band I saw was Stiff Little Fingers July 80
By then I was mad on Siouxsie and started following them around a few places on tour.
Never got into The Jam or the yob culture of Sham 69.

Bands I saw - Siouxsie, Stranglers, SLF, UK Subs, Chelsea, Gang of four. Went to the Xmas on earth punk festival at Leeds 81 - The Damned, Bow Wow Wow, Anti Nowhere League, Vice Squad, Exploited etc + a load of other shite bands
Never did see Generation X. They played the Poly a few weeks after I bought King Rocker but you had to be 18 to get in and at 16 I looked 13..... Then when they split and regrouped as Gen X had a ticket to see them tour the new album and they split up again 2 weeks before the gig... Saw Idol at the Apollo in 2008 and he did Ready Steady Go and I finally got to see a Generation X song live! Seen him 5 times now and each time he has done Dancing with myself (originally a Gen X tune), Ready Steady Go and in November last year, at the Hollywood Bowl he did King Rocker and I went mad dancing like a daft uncle at a wedding!
Never really got the 2nd wave of punk, Chron Gen, Exploited, Discharge etc.... it was too much about spikey mohawks, studded leather jackets and fuck knows what they were shouting.
I did however get into the Crass scene, Dirt, Flux of Pink Indians etc.

I actually had this poster on my wall though I'm sure it was orange.


Drove down to Cornwall in my mum's mini with a mate to this. Slept in the car over three nights.
Great gig. Still have the ticket. Met Siouxsie at a TV broadcast she was at in 2009 and told her I went to the Elephant Fayre and she stopped me and quick as a flash said ''1982''. I went home and had a wank.....
 
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JULES said:
punk started in 75, and was finished by the end of 76. most people do not have a clue what punk was all about. anyone who thinks the stranglers were punk does not understand the whole idea. it turned rather rapidly into a commercial enterprise, for the sheep to follow, you know, the type that watched top of the pops !
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Is this a Clarkie? Maybe you have a point about The Stranglers but how the hell can punk have ended in 76 when The Ramones Leave Home and Rocket to Russia came out in 77?
 
CookynotBooky said:
Saw The Jam live on the Sound Affects tour. Not their best era but still a good night. The Pirahnas were the support and in my pissed on 2 pints student brain I seem to remember them playing Tom Hark for about 5 songs out of 6.
Menzie? from the Angelic Upstarts used to drink in a boozer near our digs in South Shields. Cock used to get his mates to boot him a clear path to the bar when it was busy. Laughed my one remaining ball clean off when a little Glaswegian student decked three of them for spilling his pint!
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I remember seeing the Upstarts in the dimly lit 'oddies' club in Oldham. Quite a few have mentioned the Kippax bogs but those in that dimly lit squalor were 6" of stinking deep.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
Is this a Clarkie? Maybe you have a point about The Stranglers but how the hell can punk have ended in 76 when The Ramones Leave Home and Rocket to Russia came out in 77?
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no, its not a clarkia. do you know what punk was about ? no, its not the clothes, most post 76 punk had no clue about the movement they just chose it as a youth statement. if you really look into it you can find out.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Great thread.
Got into it a little late, January 79 aged 16 - saw Generation X on TOTP doing King Rocker. Thought they were shite, and Idol couldn't even lip synch in time! Then heard the song on the radio and fell in love with it / them!
Sid died a month later!
First band I saw was Stiff Little Fingers July 80
By then I was mad on Siouxsie and started following them around a few places on tour.
Never got into The Jam or the yob culture of Sham 69.

Bands I saw - Siouxsie, Stranglers, SLF, UK Subs, Chelsea, Gang of four. Went to the Xmas on earth punk festival at Leeds 81 - The Damned, Bow Wow Wow, Anti Nowhere League, Vice Squad, Exploited etc + a load of other shite bands
Never did see Generation X. They played the Poly a few weeks after I bought King Rocker but you had to be 18 to get in and at 16 I looked 13..... Then when they split and regrouped as Gen X had a ticket to see them tour the new album and they split up again 2 weeks before the gig... Saw Idol at the Apollo in 2008 and he did Ready Steady Go and I finally got to see a Generation X song live! Seen him 5 times now and each time he has done Dancing with myself (originally a Gen X tune), Ready Steady Go and in November last year, at the Hollywood Bowl he did King Rocker and I went mad dancing like a daft uncle at a wedding!
Never really got the 2nd wave of punk, Chron Gen, Exploited, Discharge etc.... it was too much about spikey mohawks, studded leather jackets and fuck knows what they were shouting.
I did however get into the Crass scene, Dirt, Flux of Pink Indians etc.

I actually had this poster on my wall though I'm sure it was orange.


Drove down to Cornwall in my mum's mini with a mate to this. Slept in the car over three nights.
Great gig. Still have the ticket. Met Siouxsie at a TV broadcast she was at in 2009 and told her I went to the Elephant Fayre and she stopped me and quick as a flash said ''1982''. I went home and had a wank.....
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I've seen all those bands you mentioned except Generation X snd Bow wow wow. I loved King Rocker.

Did you go to the Crass Mayflower gig?. Now they were political. A mate of mine I fell out of touch with got into thier beliefs and lifestyle bigtime. He used to stay at Penny Rimbaud's punk/hippy house. My mate scorned when we eventually met up again. 14 hole leather Doc's and me being a meat eater. He used to live on some yeast extract vegan paste out of a tube, ' Tortex' or something. Fair play, itsi what he believed in but being a veggie he always looked thin and pale. Nothing s good liver n' bacon casserole wouldn't fix.

Did you meet Becky Bondage? My mate's face was a picture when he saw me snogging her after a gig.
 
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JULES said:
no, its not a clarkia. do you know what punk was about ? no, its not the clothes, most post 76 punk had no clue about the movement they just chose it as a youth statement. if you really look into it you can find out.
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Go on then Methuselah, enlighten him. I have read pre pistols history but I'll let you mention it. Anyway this thread isn't for bit picking who is the oldest bestest most knowledgeable punk. Everyone who got involved, please feel feel to share your punk/New wave stuff.
 
bluemoon risin' said:
I've seen all those bands you mentioned except Generation X snd Bow wow wow. I loved King Rocker.

Did you go to the Crass Mayflower gig?. Now they were political. A mate of mine I fell out of touch with got into thier beliefs and lifestyle bigtime. He used to stay at Penny Rimbaud's punk/hippy house. My mate scorned when we eventually met up again. 14 hole leather Doc's and me being a meat eater. He used to live on some yeast extract vegan paste out of a tube, ' Tortex' or something. Fair play, itsi what he believed in but being a veggie he always looked thin and pale. Nothing s good liver n' bacon casserole wouldn't fix.
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Pretty sure I saw Bow Wow Wow at the Hacienda.

Liked Generation X but they weren't a proper punk band. I have seen Billy Idol in concert a few times; including in Nashville Tennessee!

I loathed punks back in the day but liked the Pistols (who were just a metal band in disguise) and the Clash.

I did see the Damned support T.Rex.
 
first band I saw was infested gash,not a big name cant remember who they were supporting,it was at the mayflower matinee anyway their song was a cover of fuck a mod,i fucking shit it,the crowd went mental and I inched to the side of the stage hahaha,got chased through town one Saturday,ended up running with toothpaste from the varicose veins :)
 
OB1 said:
Pretty sure I saw Bow Wow Wow at the Hacienda.

Liked Generation X but they weren't a proper punk band. I have seen Billy Idol in concert a few times; including in Nashville Tennessee!

I loathed punks back in the day but liked the Pistols (who were just a metal band in disguise) and the Clash.

I did see the Damned support T.Rex.
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I wondered when you'd come along mate.

We've chatted music a few years ago on another City forum if you remember. And I remember you saying you were a smelly greasy headbanger in your youth. And a massive Kiss fan. I now you dabbled in punk, but did you go to any punk gigs in your spadex kecks?; )
 
I once saw a punk, resplendent in punkness, walking along Argyle street in Glasgow with a dog leash dragging a morning roll.

Looked cool and funny as fuck.
 
I had my dad buy me this after I'd read about it being banned from radio in the Daily Mirror. Being only ten I was scared of my parents hearing the lyrics. This also applied later when I got Never Mind the Bollocks and the Bodies lyrics. Another thing I remember is the Revolver TV show and it being full of new wave and punk acts. I would tune into Peel but it seemed to be wall to wall reggae by mid 1978.

 
peace frog said:
first band I saw was infested gash,not a big name cant remember who they were supporting,it was at the mayflower matinee anyway their song was a cover of fuck a mod,i fucking shit it,the crowd went mental and I inched to the side of the stage hahaha,got chased through town one Saturday,ended up running with toothpaste from the varicose veins :)
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Was that an Exploited song?

Saw them 2-3 times. One time at Drifters club Dukinfield. They turned up on a 50 seater coach and everyone I looked at was snarling and most if not all had a Bells whiskey bottle in their hand. There were more drunken jocks there than English. Got into the gig and the atmosphere was tense, I just knew it would kick off at any moment. It did there were bottles glasses chairs and tables being smashed. I saw blood and cuts everywhere. Me and my mate soon left the scene through a fire escape. I didn't fancy nursing cuts and bruises in Tameside general that night.
 
bluemoon risin' said:
Was that an Exploited song?

Saw them 2-3 times. One time at Drifters club Dukinfield. They turned up on a 50 seater coach and everyone I looked at was snarling and most if not all had a Bells whiskey bottle in their hand. There were more drunken jocks there than English. Got into the gig and the atmosphere was tense, I just knew it would kick off at any moment. It did there were bottles glasses chairs and tables being smashed. I saw blood and cuts everywhere. Me and my mate soon left the scene through a fire escape. I didn't fancy nursing cuts and bruises in Tameside general that night.
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yes an exploited song
 
bluemoon risin' said:
V2, never realised they were local. Bought a 12"EP of theirs from the underground market. Man In a box, and When the world isn't there. One or two other tracks I can't remember. Only cost 50p. I still have it somewhere. Maybe in a box in my garage.

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Used to have that. Think they had 2 singles out. Never went platinum for some reason......
 
Tuearts right boot said:
Used to have that. Think they had 2 singles out. Never went platinum for some reason......
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There were a lot of small bands who never made big gigs. I used to go in the underground to Attack records, at least I think that was the name. Some bands I'd never heard of at the time. Bands like Crisis Menace The Hoax The Shapes Armed Forces. Probably quite a few more when I've had a proper think about it. Me and my mate would buy random stuff on the wall, some good some pretty shit. Ive seen a lot of tracks put on YouTube. I'll dig some out later.
 
bluemoon risin' said:
There were a lot of small bands who never made big gigs. I used to go in the underground to Attack records, at least I think that was the name. Some bands I'd never heard of at the time. Bands like Crisis Menace The Hoax The Shapes Armed Forces. Probably quite a few more when I've had a proper think about it. Me and my mate would buy random stuff on the wall, some good some pretty shit. Ive seen a lot of tracks put on YouTube. I'll dig some out later.
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Mike Joyce was in The Hoax (and Victim) before joining The Smiths (I knew I could get them into this thread!!!!)
 
Joe 9T and the Thunderbirds were a very unknown band. A mate bought a copy from underground market. When I went to buy one they'd sold out. Can't of pressed many copies though. Brings back memories this track of going my mates house, listening to John Peel and playing tracks.
 
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I've seen all those bands you mentioned except Generation X snd Bow wow wow. I loved King Rocker.

Did you go to the Crass Mayflower gig?. Now they were political. A mate of mine I fell out of touch with got into thier beliefs and lifestyle bigtime. He used to stay at Penny Rimbaud's punk/hippy house. My mate scorned when we eventually met up again. 14 hole leather Doc's and me being a meat eater. He used to live on some yeast extract vegan paste out of a tube, ' Tortex' or something. Fair play, itsi what he believed in but being a veggie he always looked thin and pale. Nothing s good liver n' bacon casserole wouldn't fix.

Did you meet Becky Bondage? My mate's face was a picture when he saw me snogging her after a gig.
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At the time I was living in Coventry so my Crass gigs were at Birmingham's Digbeth Civic Hall, deffo 2 times, maybe 3, along with Dirt, Conflict, Flux and Honey Bane.
 
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