the homosexuals
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Sunday, 10 April 2022 15:21 (two years ago) link
Not sure if there was a better British punk single than this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NBrq-SF1k
― "Spaghetti" Thompson (Pheeel), Sunday, 10 April 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
debut singles by english punk bands would be an interesting sub-topic / poll
"where were you" vs "orgasm addict" vs ...
― budo jeru, Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:19 (two years ago) link
Spiral Scratch surely?
― Rick O'Shea (Tom D.), Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link
Where Were You is also not the debut Mekons single
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link
sorry
― budo jeru, Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
wrong about the mekons, but buzzcocks it looks like is a question of first release vs. "first single"
anyway, obviously i know next to nothing about this stuff
― budo jeru, Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:48 (two years ago) link
It’s not worth polling, as Anarchy would be ipso facto
― Mark G, Sunday, 10 April 2022 22:38 (two years ago) link
The No Thanks! comps were polled once many years ago. These were the top English* tracks by points:
Shot By Both Sides - Magazine 9Boredom - Buzzcocks featuring Howard Devoto 8Oh Bondage Up Yours! - X-Ray Spex 8New Rose - The Damned 7Neat Neat Neat - The Damned 51 2 X U - Wire 5One Chord Wonders - The Adverts 5Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?) - Buzzcocks 5Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 5Mannequin - Wire 4The Day The World Turned Day-Glo - X-Ray Spex 4Dancing The Night Away - The Motors 4Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello & the Attractions 4Heart Of The City - Nick Lowe 3Where Were You? - The Mekons 3Peaches - The Stranglers 3
*by my unscientific definition
― o. nate, Monday, 11 April 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
For what it's worth, Killing Joke were certainly born of punk, but I'd never have suggested they were anything other than post-punk. But, y'know, whatever.
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 9 May 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
All the punks I knew in the early 80s certainly thought Killing Joke were punk.
― atonar, Monday, 9 May 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
Buzzcocks. Of somewhat more newish music, Snuff.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
The Clash
The Jam
Although, the best work of both bands came after they stopped being punks.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 17:01 (one year ago) link
ctrl+f 'astronauts', results: 0
close down ilm
― imago, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
(I mean Rudimentary Peni are my favourite if we're not counting Cardiacs as punk, but c'mon)
― imago, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 17:31 (one year ago) link
probably 4 vaguely fit this bill I cant seperate : Buzzcocks / swell maps / raincoats / homosexuals
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 04:33 (one year ago) link
ctrl+f 'astronauts', results: 0[...]― imago
would you like to elaborate?
― meisenfek, Sunday, 5 June 2022 16:46 (one year ago) link
I would!
https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/peter-pan-hits-the-suburbs-lp
Give it a go, see what you think...
― imago, Sunday, 5 June 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
I associated Astronauts with Surf like the australian band from the 60s of Man or Astro-man?.
MUS44 THE ASTRONAUTS - Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs LPReissue of this long lost masterpice from 1981 originally released by Bulge / Genius records. The Astronauts were (and are, after close to 30 years and a history of lineup shifts only bested by The Fall) the definitive psych-punk ensemble, though even that title doesn't do 'em justice. Their sound culminates the post '77 punk dabblings of head forbears Twink (his 'Do it 77' single and The Rings' 'I wanna be free' platter), Nik Turner (the outstanding Inner City Unit and the 'punkier' late 70's bits of Hawkwind) and Daevid Allen's planet Gong (with fellow acid-punkers Here and Now) all woven in with an earlier Robert Wyatt / mellow candle-y psych folk vibe... While not sounding like any of those things at all. Get it? The album's range is gigantic: from dissonant punk a la Fall ('Everything stops for baby'), to epic progressive folk ('Protest song', 'Baby sings folk songs'), ditties ('Sod us'), hard-rock ('The Traveller'), pop ('How green was my valley'), garage / surf ('Still Talking'), industrial ('How long is a piece of string'), and set to arrangements that employ synths, flute, saxophone, and strays into progressive or even free-form / psychedelic sections. The icing on the cake is the mature statement of the lyrics, a cynical and bitter exploration of the lives of simple men, miles away from the generic horror / punk overtones that permeated most of alternative albums at the time.
The album's range is gigantic: from dissonant punk a la Fall ('Everything stops for baby'), to epic progressive folk ('Protest song', 'Baby sings folk songs'), ditties ('Sod us'), hard-rock ('The Traveller'), pop ('How green was my valley'), garage / surf ('Still Talking'), industrial ('How long is a piece of string'), and set to arrangements that employ synths, flute, saxophone, and strays into progressive or even free-form / psychedelic sections. The icing on the cake is the mature statement of the lyrics, a cynical and bitter exploration of the lives of simple men, miles away from the generic horror / punk overtones that permeated most of alternative albums at the time.
bold statement, i like.
― meisenfek, Sunday, 5 June 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link