I have really been getting back into my Punk recently.
Esp the late 70's early 80's stuff like The Slits, The Ruts and Sham 69

This is neat little no. from the Ruts. More reggae than Punk

aah misfits, sham 69....you young kiddies(gen y and after)..pay attention.. they didnt have ritalin in our day just things called dexies ... not this crazy lady gaga...she should put some pants on i say...now where are my reading glasses


The Jam
Most English ska
Husker Du
The ClasH
Sham 69
Radio Birdman
Then the Rolling Stones blew my mind

Gestalt - its easy to forget Lloyd Cole in the line up you have got

D_Meredith79 said...

... Poison, Skid Row, Cinderella... Metallica ...

And you turned out to be straight?
You are luckier than the lotto winners.

The Pixies came a bit later relative...love that bluebeat stuff as well.. my kids (5and 3) are into it (along with You am I's hip swinging mod stuff) and were so dissapointed that they couldnt see the Specials live ...(in shydaney in a week or two)

I took my (now ) wife to a Lee Perry gig as a 2nd or 3rd date. She didnt have a clue what dub was or what lee was like. With the mad proffessor setting the groove he came out on stage with a giant (1 foot long) reefer and what appeared to be a working girl who just sat at the back of the stage on a chair on the nod.....priceless...great gig

Neville staples specials gig a few years back got me back listening to all the old stuff - and with new technology you can hear the music - not like my old c90's copied off the phonogram

Never got to the Slits - will youtube later as an intro
I lived In WA in the mid 90's - no ska or reggea at all

My kids found a huge stack of albums in the cupboard on the weekend, and i could tell them what they were from 10m away,without my glasses. If they could invent a decent digital turntable I could play them again. Kids were fascinated by the little records Only embarrassing stuff was the early MJ. hardest question was " whats acid rock dad?"

Pennywise,Pennywise, Pennywise.
Sprung monkey, Unwritten law, Bad religon- yeh a bit of the seppo punk rock
Nirvana, Pearljam
Also liked and still listen to You am I, Tumbleweed, Powderfinger's first album(Parabals for Wooden Ears) for the Aussie stuff...

yes it is ben555,

i also forgot to mention the sugar cubes.

there is so much great stuff. i still listen to all of it as well. heading into the 90's and the list would fill a forum.

curious why you guys want to convert vynil into mp3. call me old school but vynil sounds sooooo gooodddddd.....

I think one of the huge differences between music of the past and music today is that it used to mean something.

It was a statement an argument a viewpoint of the youth, symbolic of the time and the place where we were.

Take for instance Combat Rock by the clash. That album had significant social importance despite being their most commercial album. It stood for something.

Todays music (not all but most) feels so manufactured, made to make money, plastic to the ear.


....and of the clash

oh yeah, and i liked abba, deep purple, led zeppelin and king crimson.

Alice in chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Violent Femmes,
Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, NOFX,
The Offspring, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, Primus, RedHotChiliPeppers, Ministry, Metallica, Danzig, TOOL .....the list goes on.

+ whatever was playing on JJJ aswell.

NDH47 said...

Alice in chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Violent Femmes,
Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, NOFX,
The Offspring, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, Primus, RedHotChiliPeppers, Ministry, Metallica, Danzig, TOOL .....the list goes on.

+ whatever was playing on JJJ aswell.

Soundgarden, STP, Temple of the Dog, but no Pearl Jam?!

Also, Rage Against the Machine. Best album ever.

DL said...

NDH47 said...

Alice in chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Violent Femmes,
Stone Temple Pilots, Temple of the Dog, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, NOFX,
The Offspring, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, Primus, RedHotChiliPeppers, Ministry, Metallica, Danzig, TOOL .....the list goes on.

+ whatever was playing on JJJ aswell.

Soundgarden, STP, Temple of the Dog, but no Pearl Jam?!

Also, Rage Against the Machine. Best album ever.

Yes those aswell..

DL said...
Soundgarden, STP, Temple of the Dog, but no Pearl Jam?!

Also, Rage Against the Machine. Best album ever.

No way, Pearl Jam-TEN

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Panda - thanks for the thread...spent the afternoon trailing through old rekuds sans kids...Bliss

Relative - I now know what to do - thanks for the link - upsetters on mp3 COOL

Oliver - thanks for the memory recall - never got to see the Olympic sideburns - love that name - stood in the line and got turned away with my fake id (1986??). Did get to see Harem Scarem and deadly hume (again with my fake id)

greenleader said...

oh yeah, and i liked abba, deep purple, led zeppelin and king crimson.

"The Court of the Crimson King" was the only album I had to buy 2 of as I wore the first one out!

Actually I just checked my record collection and I have 2 copies of "A young persons Guide to King Crimson" too

Confusion will be my epitaph!