Punk and New Wave thread.

[aka blue jambo]

Back in 1977 I was listening to very different music, but the punk scene in Dublin was different to that in Britain. I mean when the Boomtown Rats started they were considered punk and you can hear the political in Geldof in singles like, Looking after Number 1.
Some people even considered U2 in the punk or post punk category when they started, but nah! They weren’t.
There were a load of bands that you probably never heard of outside of Ireland like The Radiators from Space, The Vipers, The Blades, The Atrix.
There still is stuff on YouTube for some of their stuff.

A lot of the bands you mention were big in Scotland

Back in 1977 I was listening to very different music, but the punk scene in Dublin was different to that in Britain. I mean when the Boomtown Rats started they were considered punk and you can hear the political in Geldof in singles like, Looking after Number 1.
Some people even considered U2 in the punk or post punk category when they started, but nah! They weren’t.
There were a load of bands that you probably never heard of outside of Ireland like The Radiators from Space, The Vipers, The Blades, The Atrix.
There still is stuff on YouTube for some of their stuff.

A lot of the bands you mention were big in Scotland
Rudi were another

 

[PinkFinal]

S1E52: JJ Burnel

Podcast Episode · Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt · 11/09/2021 · 1h 6m

podcasts.apple.com

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Never before seen pics of The Clash, Billy Idol, The Sex Pistols

Photographer Michael Grecco recalls the decade he embedded himself in the festering underground of punk music during the late 1970s and 80s with a set of unseen images of The Clash and Billy Idol.

www.dailymail.co.uk

When a "like' just isn't enough

 

[PinkFinal]

Sex Pistols at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall films sell for £15k

The "only known footage" of two shows that inspired a generation of bands sells at auction.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[PinkFinal]

The TJM Story: Tony Davidson - book review

This is the story which has needed to be told. Inspired by punk Tony Davidson gave Manchester bands a base to form and flourish

louderthanwar.com

 

[uncle fester]

hadn't seen this one before - quite a clever take...

 

[PinkFinal]

 

[MCFCTrick]

Back in 1977 I was listening to very different music, but the punk scene in Dublin was different to that in Britain. I mean when the Boomtown Rats started they were considered punk and you can hear the political in Geldof in singles like, Looking after Number 1.
Some people even considered U2 in the punk or post punk category when they started, but nah! They weren’t.

I recall back then, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Cars and Cheap Trick were all labelled as New Wave by the UK press too ....

 

[tonea2003]

I recall back then, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Cars and Cheap Trick were all labelled as New Wave by the UK press too ....

bizarre, AOR at best

 

[MCFCTrick]

bizarre, AOR at best

Lol, as much AOR as New Wave :D