Post punk, alt-rock corner

[Lozz196]

On 10/08/2021 at 01:50, 2020Jazz said:

So I guess everyone here hates Morrissey/The Smiths?

Never really liked The Smiths but do like a fair bit of Morrisseys solo material. 

[Twigman]

 

[Leonard Smalls]

 

[BigRedX]

I'm sorry but IMO that is a truly awful version that loses almost everything that made the original single version so appealing.

[Nail Soup]

52 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

I'm sorry but IMO that is a truly awful version that loses almost everything that made the original single version so appealing.

Fad Gadget has passed me by somewhat , so I listened to @Leonard Smallspost without comparison the the original. Gave it a 'like'.

Now I've listened to the original plus a couple more. Good stuff also.

Thanks both!

[Nail Soup]

Around the end of the last century there was a bunch of bands doing a sort of post-punk/funk-punk kind of thing.

One of them was Radio 4:

I'll follow with at least one more.

[Waddo Soqable]

2 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Around the end of the last century there was a bunch of bands doing a sort of post-punk/funk-punk kind of thing.

One of them was Radio 4:

I'll follow with at least one more.

They've obviously listened to Gang of Four a bit then !

[Nail Soup]

Another one is The Rapture:

 

 

[Nail Soup]

And another: !!! 

 

(as any fule kno, "!!!" is popularly pronounced "chk chk chk", although any three repetitive sounds is legit)

Edited August 25, 2021 by Nail Soup

[Frank Blank]

34 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Fad Gadget has passed me by somewhat , so I listened to @Leonard Smallspost without comparison the the original. Gave it a 'like'.

Now I've listened to the original plus a couple more. Good stuff also.

Thanks both!

Big Fad Gadget head here. Some of his early gigs were amazing, man he used to injure himself chucking himself around. A sad loss.

[Leonard Smalls]

3 hours ago, BigRedX said:

I'm sorry but IMO that is a truly awful version that loses almost everything that made the original single version so appealing.

No need to be sorry! 😀 

I remember buying the original single (still got it!) but hadn't heard the live version before.

And I quite like that too!

[Nail Soup]

From around 2006 - CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above:

 

I used to love this album at the time..... about time for a re-listen!

 

[pst62]

 

[Barking Spiders]

Needed to rescue this thread from page 6. 

 

Here is a cracking tune from That Petrol Emotion, a band that pre-empted the indie-dance sounds of Madchester/Baggy by around 6 years. 

 

Edited September 17, 2021 by Barking Spiders

[Nail Soup]

How about Teenage Jesus and the Jerks?

1978 so early for post punk.

[Nail Soup]

On 17/09/2021 at 10:03, Barking Spiders said:

Needed to rescue this thread from page 6. 

 

Here is a cracking tune from That Petrol Emotion, a band that pre-empted the indie-dance sounds of Madchester/Baggy by around 6 years. 

 

Strange that the O’Neils went from the Undertones to this.

Like them both though.

[tegs07]

On 17/09/2021 at 10:03, Barking Spiders said:

Needed to rescue this thread from page 6. 

 

Here is a cracking tune from That Petrol Emotion, a band that pre-empted the indie-dance sounds of Madchester/Baggy by around 6 years. 

 

It’s strange how some bands just don’t get much recognition in terms of bookings and press.

 I saw Jesus Jones live about 10 times in the late ‘80s despite never once setting off to see them. They were support acts on loads of big tours and got a lot of press.

I bought all of That Petrol Emotions albums and saw them live several times but could never understand how they were largely unrecognised and still playing pretty small venues. I would guess that this wasn’t solely down to booking agent etc, but them not fitting the look or sound of the time.

Edited September 26, 2021 by tegs07

[Leonard Smalls]

5 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

How about Teenage Jesus and the Jerks?

 

I think they were one of those bands that sounded better on paper than in the actual listening!

Meanwhile, early Liverpool/Wirral synth post punkers, featuring my headmaster's son!

 

 

And can't remember if I've posted this already - but it's worth putting on again!

 

 

[Barking Spiders]

2 hours ago, tegs07 said:

It’s strange how some bands just don’t get much recognition in terms of bookings and press.

 I saw Jesus Jones live about 10 times in the late ‘80s despite never once setting off to see them. They were support acts on loads of big tours and got a lot of press.

I bought all of That Petrol Emotions albums and saw them live several times but could never understand how they were largely unrecognised and still playing pretty small venues. I would guess that this wasn’t solely down to booking agent etc, but them not fitting the look or sound of the time.

 They were ahead of the time with their indie rock-dance crossover and it was the copycats that got into the limelight. Manic Pop Thrill, Babble and End of The Millennium..all came out a few years before the debut singles from The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and then the rest of the Madchester/baggy sound. Yet TPE were way better than all that lot. I remember seeing them at the Town and Country club in Kentish Town and it was well attended so clearly they had a decent size fanbase. 

[Nail Soup]

I saw Yard Act on Wednesday and this lot were supporting - Deep Tan. They sounded great, looked great and fi to the post-punk idea. (BTW Yard Act were bloody amazing too)

 

 

 

[steve-bbb]

 

[steve-bbb]

... but seriously...

 

[upside downer]

A bit more recent, this one.

 

 

[BillyBass]

8 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

I saw Yard Act on Wednesday and this lot were supporting - Deep Tan. They sounded great, looked great and fi to the post-punk idea. (BTW Yard Act were bloody amazing too)

 

 

 

That really was quite good

[Barking Spiders]

Anyone remember this hard left trio of skins. Old Peel faves as I recall

 

Could do with more bands like them these days