Punk and New Wave thread.

Peter hook sky arts tonight 9 o'clock "Greatest basslines .
Then at 10 o'clock
The story of New Order's 1983 album Power, Corruption & Lies, exploring how the band turned to electronic instrumentation - out of which came the hit Blue Monday.
 

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Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Maybe hasn’t aged well due to it being your first listen? I still play it often (as does @citizen_maine posting it in the music association thread) and think it still sounds fresh
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Sorry @Mad Eyed Screamer - I've only just seen this.
Yes, Dead Pop Stars is still a firm favourite of mine and is much more typical of the stuff on their first album Happy Birthday than that song itself was. Even with some of their later poppy stuff though ,there's still a dark undertone lyrically. I Could Be Happy for instance - "I would like to climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holidee..." "All of these things I do to get away from you" "How do I escape from you?" is I believe about an abusive relationship.

On the wider point though, the Adam & The Ants thing seemed fairly typical of most of the punk bands that had any longevity. It's hard to believe the band that gave us White Riot also gave us Should I Stay Or Should I Go, or the the ones that gave us Golden Brown had previously given us (Get A) Grip (On Yourself). New Rose and Neat Neat Neat followed later by (great) covers of Eloise and Alone Again Or
It's almost like they grew up or sumfink!
:-)
 
bladdered said:
Decent venue BITD 1979 despite being in Dipperville. Think I saw Killing Joke and The Undertones there.

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Wednesday 19th December The Beat supported by Gods Toys

I saw Gods Toys at least twice. Coventry band. The singer was a local "character". I liked this song at the time and hadn't heard it for years until now. The singer, named Dill, is still charismatic but the song a little long winded and the mullet / 'tached guitar player hardly looks 'cool' ha ha.
The band split to early and Dill formed a new band called "I" but never hit the 'almost heights' that God's Toys nearly reached

 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Have you heard their debut single Dead Pop Stars?
They sent a demo to Siouxsie & The Banshees and ended up supporting them on tour. The Banshees Steve Severin produced their first two singles - then Martin Rushant got hold of them and the rest is history
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to be fair deap pop stars and maybe insects was about as edgy as it got
the rest was pure pop , when you get to pinky blue and the like its not very good pop
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Wednesday 19th December The Beat supported by Gods Toys

I saw Gods Toys at least twice. Coventry band. The singer was a local "character". I liked this song at the time and hadn't heard it for years until now. The singer, named Dill, is still charismatic but the song a little long winded and the mullet / 'tached guitar player hardly looks 'cool' ha ha.
The band split to early and Dill formed a new band called "I" but never hit the 'almost heights' that God's Toys nearly reached

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Enjoyed that,played it twice,interesting unique track
Prob as you said a tad too long.
Incidentally...as you were in cov late 70s,did you get to see any early Bauhaus gigs..
 
Just in from a rock bar,a music mate told me that Lizzie and the Banshees ( Siouxsie tribute) who had split up.....are now playing again , Glasgow Feb next,that was music to my ears,seen them play notts Mansfield Rotherham and Sheffield ova the years
Made my night start with a bang! ..hoping they do a tour.
supported by a Pistols tribute,who my mate says are not very good,didn't catch the name,DJ Muz played Cities in Dust later on so bonus ,Merry Xmas, Siouxsie style ; )
 
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