30 Years since punk

Say hi to Captain Sensible for me.

Wow Angelic Upstarts are still around. They were always one of my favourites. Great live act. Can't remember that the album was all that good though. Funny thing is the bands that I really liked at the time like the Pistols, Sham, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Adverts and UK Subs sound a bit tame now, while the bands that I didn't like much at the time because I thought they were a bit tame and not very punky, like the Clash,The Jam and the Subway Sect sound pretty good now.

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Originally posted by matt podniesinski:
Say hi to Captain Sensible for me.

Say what?

I have quite a few records from the period and I don't often listen to them these days - exceptions being The Clash, Television Personalities and, of course, the Desperate Bicycles.

Perhaps, I'll work my way through that box set I bought a few years back



My box is different from the graphic - I think it got repackaged, but the catalogue number is the same. The track listing seems to have been varied if the listing on Amazon is correct.

I still remember Bill Grundy provoking the boys and girls into being "bad" on tv. Very tame now, but utterly mad at the time.

Jono

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Originally posted by ROTF:
Perhaps, I'll work my way through that box set I bought a few years back



My box is different from the graphic - I think it got repackaged, but the catalogue number is the same. The track listing seems to have been varied if the listing on Amazon is correct.

Interesting compilation, I've got 29 of the tracks on vinyl 45's.

Nic

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jono 13:
I still remember Bill Grundy provoking the boys and girls into being "bad" on tv. Very tame now, but utterly mad at the time.
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The defining moment of punk (together with the Clash at Rock Against Racism carnival at Victoria park). I know there are those that will argue that the periphery was more important but these two events crystalised the Zeitgeist.

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Originally posted by nicnaim:

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Originally posted by ROTF:
Perhaps, I'll work my way through that box set I bought a few years back



My box is different from the graphic - I think it got repackaged, but the catalogue number is the same. The track listing seems to have been varied if the listing on Amazon is correct.

Interesting compilation, I've got 29 of the tracks on vinyl 45's.

Nic

I've got quite a few singles from that era too - some good some not so good. I hadn't bought singles for years until 1976 happened. The box set is good, but if I'd been the compiler the Desperate Bicycles would have been featured and I would have lost Wayne County for sure.

I also have some final compilations: New Wave and [/i]That Summer[/i] both pretty good IMO.

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Originally posted by Rasher:

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Originally posted by matt podniesinski:
Say hi to Captain Sensible for me.

Say what?

One of the founders of the Damned and the bassist in the original lineup.

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:5e63mp939f6o

Matt

Got it.

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Originally posted by Tarquin Maynard-Portly:
I said, Captain...

He said, "what?!"

He said "What?!!"

Is this dialogue Sensible - or just Happy Talk?

Recovering after the night before. Gig report:

Arrived at around 4.30 having elected to miss the first few acts (Holy Racket, Crashed Out and Abrasive Wheels) on the basis that it was going to be a long night.

Caught the tail end of Argy Bargy who were fairly typical Oi, chest thumping types but they played a decent set.

The mates I had gone with had particularly wanted to see Demented are Go, but they announced over the PA that the lead singer had been arrested so they would not be appearing. Very rock and roll!

Next up were GBH who had the mosh pit in full swing, followed by Subhumans who were absolutely brilliant. I was not familiar with any of their material but I was impressed enough to buy their EP-LP which is a collection of 18 tracks from four EP's. The lead singer looked like a demented bank bank clerk, but proceeded to belt out a manic set whilst leaping about like a man possesed. I don't think I have ever seen music played so fast before.

Next were the Partisans, another group I knew nothing about. They were at least 20 years younger than the other acts, but also played a blistering set at pace.

Now it was getting to the bands I knew and had really come to see, starting with the Angelic Upstarts. Two of the band members came on wearing Sunderland shirts, not a bright idea at a gig in the centre of Newcastle which set the tone of what followed. Upstarts gigs have always had a reputation for violence so what happened next was entirely predictable. Already wound up by the Sunderland shirts, the crowd start lobbing beer at the band. Mensi, the lead singer, offers to rip the heads off the perpetrators, before launching into the first song Teenage Warning, mayhem. Three bars into the next song, Mensi gets a full pint glass (albeit plastic) straight in the face which splits his eye open. Cue end of Upstarts set.

Penetration followed playing all the old favourites and bravely even some new numbers. Pauline still looked good for her age and still has a decent voice too.

The Rezillos blasted onto the stage next and had the pit in a frenzy, personally I though Fay's singing was pretty awful tonight but no one seemed to care.

Last on stage were the Damned, who I think most people thought would be too pissed to play, how wrong they were. Dave Vanian looked like he had been down the gym for the last 15 years and was in great shape. Sensible was on great form with both the audience and his guitar. Top stuff.

This was my first visit to the Academy, but it will not be my last. As ever much fun was had on the people watching front, with some epic hair styles, and more tattoos than you could shake a stick at. Predictably after a 12 hour alcohol session there were some sorry sights, I was not far behind them. Great fun, glad I went.

Regards

Nic