Post punk, alt-rock corner

[Nail Soup]

Had these bands actually existed I thinks a fair few would have had a deserved place in this thread:

 

[Barking Spiders]

Anyone remember the hidden gem that is the album Burned by Echo &  The Bunnymen side project Electrafixion? This is the lead track off it..

 

[Waddo Soqable]

Today I was looking out across a massive field of wheat, among the corn were loads of poppies, and I thought of this....

 

[Nail Soup]

I just posted this in the 'best gigs' thread. But I reckon it deserves a cross-post here:

Unfortunately I don't remember much of it, but I do remember buying two singles by the all-female Swiss band Kleenex. Here's one of them.

 

 

 

[Skybone]

3 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

Anyone remember the hidden gem that is the album Burned by Echo &  The Bunnymen side project Electrafixion? This is the lead track off it..

 

Superb album

[Nail Soup]

One of my faves who were at the Ally Pally gig.. I saw them a couple of years ago in London, and did not disappoint.

 

 

[Maude]

Our very own @Twigmanwith Sad Lovers & Giants. I don't think he was with them when this was recorded, but has been with them for a long time.

I really like this. 

 

[MrBen]

On 28/06/2021 at 17:57, Crawford13 said:

I will put this here. Band with 2 bass players, whats not to like? 

 

My first gig, aged 14, was the 'Are you normal' tour. Still have the signed t-shirt somewhere

[DawnPatroller]

From the Public Domain video ...

 

 

[Barking Spiders]

A gentle ditty before I hit the hay. Sugar was formed by Bob Mould following the demise of Husker Du.  The debut album Copper Blue is a bit of a gem but for me the Beaster EP is their best effort, with this track guaranteed to blow your heads off. Play at volume 11!

 

[NancyJohnson]

I've adored Shudder To Think for 25 years.  This footage is an unedited thing from MTVs 120 Minutes.  I just adore the silence and then the power. 

This is arguably the best line up, Nathan Larson on guitar, Adam Wade on drums.  Stuart Hill is a highly underrated bassist.  You're going to either love or hate Craig Wedren's falsetto vocals; there's no median.

This clip is 28 minutes of joy for me...

 

Edited July 1, 2021 by NancyJohnson
Speling. Chubby finger syndrome.

[bartelby]

10 hours ago, MrBen said:

My first gig, aged 14, was the 'Are you normal' tour. Still have the signed t-shirt somewhere

I love Ned’s. Been to see them many times. Last time was a couple of years ago with The Wonder Stuff, or Pop Will Eat Itself they’ve done tours with both in recent years. 

Edited July 1, 2021 by bartelby

[Guest]

16 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

Had these bands actually existed I thinks a fair few would have had a deserved place in this thread:

 

Pretty hacked off at having missed out on the opportunity to get to know the music of The Crucifixion Pyjamas. I bet Semi-Detached Kitten Asylum were perfect for getting a bleary-eyed festival crowd going. 

[Bassybert]

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

I've adored Sudder To Think for 25 years.  This footage is an unedited thing from MTVs 120 Minutes.  I just adore the silence and then the power. 

This is arguably the best line up, Nathan Larson on guitar, Adam Wade on drums.  Stuart Hill is a highly underrated bassist.  You're going to either love or hate Craig Wedren's falsetto vocals; there's no median.

This clip is 28 minutes of joy for me...

 

Not really heard these guys before, really liked it thanks Nancy. The guitar tones are great!

[Frank Blank]

 

[Barking Spiders]

After four pages it's about time for Birkenhead's finest, Half Man Half Biscuit. Too many greats to choose from  but let's kick things off with 

 

[Skybone]

Not forgetting classics such as: "All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit" and "Seal Clubbing"

[NancyJohnson]

1 hour ago, Bassybert said:

Not really heard these guys before, really liked it thanks Nancy. The guitar tones are great!

I would wholeheartedly recommend some of the stuff band members have recorded elsewhere. 

Nathan Larson is the way to go; he recorded as Mind Science of The Mind (quirky angular post-hardcore) and the quite wonderful Hot One (kind of 70s influenced glam-metal, very sweary); there's also a white-soulboy solo record called Jealous God.  He's also written three excellent books too (The Dewey Decimal System, The Nervous System, The Immune System). 

Craig Wedren's is seemingly carrying the STT with his solo work.  It's all nice and weird.

[Nail Soup]

1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said:

After four pages it's about time for Birkenhead's finest, Half Man Half Biscuit. Too many greats to choose from  but let's kick things off with 

 

Of course, you can actually buy them now...….

[Leonard Smalls]

17 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

 

Just reminded me of Essential Logic... Still occasionally listen to this ep!

 

[bartelby]

19 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Of course, you can actually buy them now...….

a mate has those and the Dukla Prague away kit...

[Frank Blank]

2 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

After four pages it's about time for Birkenhead's finest, Half Man Half Biscuit.

Any band whose progenitor was a band called Attempted Moustache is alright by me.

[Barking Spiders]

Probably not post punk, but any opportunity to squeeze in a Macc Lads number...

or two 😊

 

Edited July 1, 2021 by Barking Spiders

[Nail Soup]

4 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

After four pages it's about time for Birkenhead's finest, Half Man Half Biscuit. Too many greats to choose from  but let's kick things off with 

 

I see your "Joy Division Oven Gloves" and raise you "Nick Cave Dolls"

 

[BillyBass]

22 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

I just posted this in the 'best gigs' thread. But I reckon it deserves a cross-post here:

Unfortunately I don't remember much of it, but I do remember buying two singles by the all-female Swiss band Kleenex. Here's one of them.

I was there! Great gig!  Summer 1980, the sun was shining and every band was worth seeing.  

We were spoilt for choice in London at that time.  Wednesday evening Sounds and NME would come out and I would scour the gig pages to see what was on and would limit myself to just two or three gigs per week as that was all I could afford or didn't want to go to bed at 1:00 a.m. too often as I had a job.

I remember wishing I had been born just a year or two earlier so I could have seen the Sex Pistols but thinking back, I was a teenager at just the right time in just the right place.