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30 Years Ago: John Peel airs the BIG BLACK session

BIG BLACK recorded this four-song session in Chicago for John Peel. No date given for the recording, but it was aired on this day in 1987. Three of the four songs appear on studio releases, but "Newman Generator" was only ever recorded (or at least, recorded and released)...

6 May 2017

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35 Years Ago: THE CURE release Pornography

...The outing ties in with the release of a new Cure album on the Fiction label, through Polydor. It has the working title of 'Pornography', but as the Polydor spokesperson observed this week: "Whether or not it will actually go out under that title remains to be seen."-...

3 May 2017

• Tags: Punk History The Cure

37 Years Ago: JOY DIVISION live for the last time (Birmingham University)

Tickets were on sale at the union for £1.50, or £1.75 on the door. Food available, late bar. JOY DIVISION played their final concert on this day in 1980. With support from A CERTAIN RATIO, the gig took place at Birmingham Uni's High Hall - a student block,...

2 May 2017

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37 Years Ago: BRATS (pre-MERCYFUL FATE) release 1980

BRATS began as a punk rock band in Copenhagen, 1977. The earliest material is good but not remarkable. Guitarists Hank Shermann and Michael Denner (and briefly Carsten Van der Volsing) soon began incorporating their heavy metal influences - JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS and UFO. BRATS released their only LP...

28 April 2017

• Tags: Black Metal History Heavy Metal History Punk History

27 Years Ago: POISON IDEA live at The Ritz, Indianapolis, IN

POISON IDEA live on this day in 1990. The same year they released the classic Feel the Darkness LP on their own American Leather Records, named after the GERMS song: The Germs - American Leather Lineup: Jerry A. (vocals), Tom "Pig Champion" Roberts (guitar), Charley "Myrtle Tickner" Nims...

27 April 2017

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32 Years Ago: CURRENT 93 Live at the 100 Club London

CURRENT 93, with John Balance and David Tibet, live on this day in 1985 at London's 100 Club.

23 April 2017

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30 Years Ago: CONFLICT organise The Gathering of the 5000

Reputations Proudly in JeopardyProudly Present THE GATHERING OF THE 5,000A Multi Purpose Benefit CONFLICTandSteve Ignorant from CrassIn the Final Tribute to the bandwithAccompanying bands and guestsandThe Crass videos and Conflict film The notorious Gathering of the 5000 gig took place on this day in 1987. Organised by CONFLICT,...

18 April 2017

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35 Years Ago: Charged GBH release City Baby Attacked by Rats

We were I suppose in the second wave of bands, along with DISCHARGE, THE EXPLOITED etc when "City Baby" was released it got a 5 star review in Sounds which was the most popular music weekly at the time. But we didn't get along with the reviewer, Gary...

15 April 2017

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30 Years Ago: EXCEL record Split Image (Thrash/Hardcore Crossover)

During this month in 1987 EXCEL were recording their debut album at Baby-O Studios in Hollywood, California.The album was co-produced by Randy Burns (POSSESSED, MEGADETH, NUCLEAR ASSAULT and many others). Well, the thing that really made the mark on us, as far as getting Randy Burns on the first...

10 April 2017

• Tags: Excel Punk History

33 Years Ago: FLUX OF PINK INDIANS release The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks

...the reaction to The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks has actually distanced us from punk rock, because most punks, in Britain at least, haven't liked it. But judging from letters and people we've come into contact with, people who aren't into punk have really liked it.We'd never...

31 March 2017

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37 Years Ago: DISCHARGE release Realities of War (CLAY 1)

We had done a few demos with Tez singing, and just gave 'em away really to all our mates. But 'Realities' was the first recording we ever did with Cal. We did it all in one day; it was sent off to the plant the same day we...

29 March 2017

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34 Years Ago: JERRY'S KIDS, THE F.U.'S and THE MISFITS live in Boston

Live on this day in 1983 at The Channel club, Boston. The MISFITS set has circulated with video-tape traders for years, the support bands - JERRY'S KIDS and THE F.U.'S, both Boston natives - are not as easily available but Stone Films NYC and Gallery East Productions made several clips...

20 March 2017

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37 Years Ago: JOY DIVISION release Licht und Blindheit (Atmosphere)

Licht und Blindheit was the original edition of JOY DIVISION's Atmosphere b/w "Dead Souls", released by French label Sordide Sentimental on this day in 1980. After Curtis' death in May, Factory reissued Atmosphere with "She's Lost Control" on the B-side. The above video was produced by Anton Corbijn years later,...

18 March 2017

• Tags: Joy Division Punk History

32 Years Ago: COLERA and RATOS DE PORAO Live in Sao Paulo

RATOS DE PORÃO and CÓLERA live on this day in 1985, performing at the Teatro Lira Paulistana theatre in São Paulo, Brazil. Both sets have survived in great condition, listen to both below!

17 March 2017

• Tags: Punk History Ratos de Porao

40 Years Ago: SEX PISTOLS Sign to A&M for 6 Days and Don't Release God Save the Queen

You don't write "God Save The Queen" because you hate the English race. You write a song like that because you love them, and you're fed up with them being mistreated. The SEX PISTOLS staged the iconic signing on this day in 1977. The band joined A&M after...

10 March 2017

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30 Years Ago: D.R.I. release Crossover (cross over the line of your stubborn, closed mind)

D.R.I. released their third album on this day in 1987 through Metal Blade Records. As you can hear in the video, bands like D.R.I. were known as metalcore (or thrashcore), a genre term which has come to mean something completely different. As people endlessly seek to classify music into...

9 March 2017

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34 Years Ago: CONFLICT release It's Time to See Who's Who

Eltham's CONFLICT released their debut album during this month in 1983. It's Time... was originally released on Corpus Christi Records, the label formed by members of CRASS and Southern's John Loder as an outlet for bands that did not necessarily fit on the Crass Records label. Within a year or two...

8 March 2017

• Tags: Conflict Punk History

36 Years Ago: NEW ORDER release Ceremony (this is why events unnerve me)

Written by JOY DIVISION, released as NEW ORDER on this day in 1981 following Curtis' suicide on 18 May 1980. The lyrics for this song were never written down so the band attempted to use rehearsal recordings - like the one below - to decipher and transcribe the sung words....

6 March 2017

• Tags: Joy Division Punk History