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32 Years Ago: ARMIA released Armia

The music was more important than the ideology. Besides, the ideology wasn't well defined, causing a split between mockery and provocation. The beginnings of punk rock were so diverse that people would often say completely opposing things. And that was great. It created a democratic agora. Robert Brylewski...

13 June 2020

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25 Years Ago: FUGAZI release Red Medicine

The last record, compared to the others, was not rife with tension. We didnt have bad vibes in the studio. We didnt succumb to the pressure. We take our shit seriously and we will work really, really hard. We worked for a year on that record in one...

12 June 2020

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35 Years Ago: SACCHARINE TRUST record Worldbroken

...Watt joined us for the World Broken album (thanks to Joe Carducci for the idea). This was amazing and challenging in many ways, recorded live with an audience, completely improvising music set to Jack's poems and prose....I do love some of the "happy accidents" on World Broken and...

9 June 2020

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35 Years Ago: XMAL DEUTSCHLAND record their fourth Peel session

XMAL DEUTSCHLAND recorded their fourth and final John Peel session on this day in 1985. The session aired on 13 May and although four songs were recorded only three appeared on the programme. The complete session was released on 12" by Strange Fruit in 1986. The opener "Polarlicht"...

30 April 2020

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37 Years Ago: THE STALIN release Mushi

THE STALIN released their third LP, 虫 (Mushi, The Insect), on this day in 1983 through Climax Records. The single "Nothing" b/w "水銀" was released on the same day.

25 April 2020

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40 Years Ago: THE CURE release Seventeen Seconds

THE CURE released their second album on this day in 1980 through Fiction Records. The album was the first with Simon Gallup (who replaced Michael Dempsey on bass) and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley. We'd known Siimon and Matthieu for years, and had always been friends. They both played in...

22 April 2020

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43 Years Ago: THE SAINTS live at Paddington Town Hall

Two of the earliest and most important Australian punk bands live at Pattington Town Hall, Sydney on this day in 1977. (Note about the date: it's given as the 21st on the video and recent reissues of Prehistoric Sounds but it might be 3 April... flyer) THE SAINTS...

21 April 2020

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30 Years Ago: DEVIATED INSTINCT record a Peel session

The toast of Norwich, at least if Norwich knows what's good for it. John Peel, 15 May 1990 DEVIATED INSTINCT recorded their John Peel session on this day in 1990 at Maida Vale 5. The four song session aired 15 May. Deviated Instinct are not on the phone...

17 April 2020

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37 Years Ago: Gory Details Mini Punk Festival (THE EXPLOITED, THE BLOOD, MAJOR ACCIDENT)

When RED ALERT had to cancel, Nick Toczek organised a 'mini punk festival' for his regular Thursday night Gory Details gig at the Palm Cove, Bradford on this day in 1983. MAJOR ACCIDENT, who were already booked to play with RED ALERT, were joined by THE EXPLOITED, THE...

7 April 2020

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35 Years Ago: SONIC YOUTH release Bad Moon Rising

...the direction of our material is more or less dictated by our instruments. After we got back from Europe the last time, we decided we were tired of doing the old set, so we took all the strings off the guitars, threw them around a little bit, put...

29 March 2020

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40 Years Ago: DEAD KENNEDYS perform Pull My Strings at the Bammies

The DEAD KENNEDYS only played "Pull My Strings" once - on this day in 1980 at the third annual Bay Area Music Awards, an industry event held at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco. Broadcast live on KMEL. Bay Area Musician, or BAM for short, was kind of the...

25 March 2020

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30 Years Ago: FORCE FED record their first Peel session

FORCE FED were part of the Nottingham hardcore scene during 1989-1991. The lineup included Kalvin Piper (HERESY). During that brief period they recorded two sessons for John Peel's programme, the first on this day in 1990.

18 March 2020

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40 Years Ago: KILLING JOKE release Change

Recorded only 12 days earlier, KILLING JOKE released "Change" b/w "Tomorrow's World" on this day in 1980. The recordings took place at the BBC's Maida Vale 4 for John Peel's programme - their second session - who aired the songs on 17 March. A third song, "Complications", was...

17 March 2020

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30 Years Ago: CRANES record their second Peel session

CRANES recorded their second John Peel session on this day in 1990. The session aired on April 11. The band were unsigned at the time (Peel mentions it during the broadcast, "you may be surprised to hear this...") but within a few months had a deal with BMG-backed...

13 March 2020

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35 Years Ago: CONFLICT release This is Not Enough Stand Up and Fucking Fight

CONFLICT released This is Not Enough Stand Up and Fucking Fight 7" this month in 1985 through Mortarhate Records. Intended as a benefit record to help fund the Stop the City campaigns which ran through late 1983 and 1984. I read that things had gone too far and awareness...

7 March 2020

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40 Years Ago: KILLING JOKE record their second Peel session

KILLING JOKE recorded their second session for John Peel's programme on this day in 1980 at Maida Vale 4. The session first aired on Monday 17 March sharing session spots with a re-broadcast of the REVILLOS' first. Killing Joke went from zero to 100 in ten weeks, and...

5 March 2020

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40 Years Ago: THE CURE record their third Peel session

THE CURE recorded ther third John Peel session on this day in 1980, a few weeks before the release of their second LP, Seventeen Seconds. The first song, "A Forest" was released as a single on the 28th of March.

3 March 2020

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30 Years Ago: GANG GREEN live in London (Can't Live Without It)

Join the Green Party!!GANG GREENWill be recording their show at the LONDON MARQUEE on SUNDAY 25th FEBRUARY for future release as a Live LPFirst 50 paying customers will receive a FREE can of Budweiser on the night GANG GREEN played live at the Marquee, London on this day...

25 February 2020

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