DECADE 77-87, recapturing the excitement of opening the music papers to read single, album and gig reviews of PUNK POST-PUNK SYNTH GOTH & INDIE bands from 77-87

Portsmouth, England
Joined December 2017
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Was that an episode of NUMBERWANG! or LOOK AROUND YOU that I just watched? #BorisJohnson
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DECADE 77-87 (post punk, punk, goth & indie) retweeted
40 years to the day since SLF were filmed playing Belfast’s POUND CLUB. A veritable ‘Lesser Free Trade Hall’ moment for N Ireland... READ MORE: goo.gl/HL7siQ @GCPunkNewWave #punk @RigidDigits @JakeBurnsSLF @XSLF1 #slf
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40 years to the day since SLF were filmed playing Belfast’s POUND CLUB. A veritable ‘Lesser Free Trade Hall’ moment for N Ireland... READ MORE: goo.gl/HL7siQ @GCPunkNewWave #punk @RigidDigits @JakeBurnsSLF @XSLF1 #slf
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40TH ANNIV of SHOT BY BOTH SIDES, debut single from MAGAZINE Lyrics matched the music's adventurousness every step: SBBS showed a man refusing to take sides ... ending up "on the outside of everything" goo.gl/HL7siQ @GCPunkNewWave @magazineband @Mr_Dave_Haslam #postpunk
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Today marks 40th ANNIV of RICH KIDS' eponymous debut single RICH KIDS Released in a plain red sleeve, RICH KIDS was two minutes of sustained post-punk power-pop and a single lauded by the press goo.gl/HL7siQ @richkidshq @GCPunkNewWave #punk @GlenMatlock @midgeure1
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This date in 1979, DR. FEELGOOD released MILK AND ALCOHOL A song that owes much to Lee Brilleaux’s “sweat-spattered, eye-bulging, finger-wagging” performance #drfeelgood @GCPunkNewWave @FeelgoodBand #pubrock #leebrilleaux
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Today marks 40th ANNIV of 999’s EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY was performed with all the channelled ferocity of the old 999 tunes, but had an imaginative arrangement. Shards of chopped guitar chords, an off-kilter goo.gl/HL7siQ @GCPunkNewWave @999_band #AS8502 #NineNineNine
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This date 1979, THE RUTS release debut single, IN A RUT Confronting society's ills head on ...Today, we need more bands like The Ruts – their politics have never been more relevant goo.gl/HL7siQ @GCPunkNewWave #punk @therutsdc #theruts #ruts #rutsdc #punkrock #punkgirl
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This date in 1980, JOY DIVISION play PARADISO CLUB, Amsterdam. Video montage features TRANSMISSION, a recording (with improved audio) taken from the concert goo.gl/HL7siQ #joydivision @joydivision @JD_Central @GCPunkNewWave @post_punk_music #iancurtis
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DECADE 77-87 (post punk, punk, goth & indie) retweeted
40 YRS to the day SEX PISTOLS played Dallas Sid Vicious, whose impulse to reach out and grab America increased the more Rotten retired into himself... READ ON: goo.gl/HL7siQ @GCPunkNewWave #punk #sexpistols #punklondon @pistolsofficial @SexPistolsNews @lydonofficial
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This date 1980, JOHN FOXX releases UNDERPASS Perfectly capturing synth revolution: phased riffs, programmed beats and lyrics frostily intoned Constructed sincerely, without any thoughts of underwear goo.gl/HL7siQ #johnfoxx #garynuman @GhostBoxRecords #ultravoxuk
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This date 1980, JOHN FOXX releases UNDERPASS Perfectly capturing synth revolution: phased riffs, programmed beats and lyrics frostily intoned Constructed sincerely, without any thoughts of underwear goo.gl/HL7siQ #johnfoxx #garynuman @GhostBoxRecords #ultravoxuk
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40 YRS to the day SEX PISTOLS played Dallas Sid Vicious, whose impulse to reach out and grab America increased the more Rotten retired into himself... READ ON: goo.gl/HL7siQ @GCPunkNewWave #punk #sexpistols #punklondon @pistolsofficial @SexPistolsNews @lydonofficial
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This date in 81, FIRE ENGINES release LUBRICATE YOUR LIVING ROOM By the fade of 1980, as 'Scotland' got noticed by the trend hunters, and Alt Images, Josef K and OJuice became glows goo.gl/HL7siQ @soundofyoungsco @ScotsPostPunk @HistoryofSMC @TalesOfOneCity @marcrileyd
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This date in 1979, SKIDS release INTO THE VALLEY 'Valley' is pure anthem from its pulsating bass intro to Jobson’s martialling over Stuart Adamson’s indomitable fuzz barrage... goo.gl/HL7siQ @the_skids @GCPunkNewWave @richardjobson #skids #theskids #punk #postpunk
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This date in 81, FIRE ENGINES release LUBRICATE YOUR LIVING ROOM By the fade of 1980, as 'Scotland' got noticed by the trend hunters, and Alt Images, Josef K and OJuice became glows goo.gl/HL7siQ @soundofyoungsco @ScotsPostPunk @HistoryofSMC @TalesOfOneCity @marcrileyd
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It’s Jan 9th 1987, and special guest on The Tube is JULIAN COPE The vibrantly insistent TRAMPOLENE, a three-and-half-minute adrenaline rush of pure space-pop, is endlessly singable... goo.gl/HL7siQ @JulianHCope @HeadHeritage #juliancope #theteardropexplodes #postpunk
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This date in 1979, SKIDS release INTO THE VALLEY 'Valley' is pure anthem from its pulsating bass intro to Jobson’s martialling over Stuart Adamson’s indomitable fuzz barrage... goo.gl/HL7siQ @the_skids @GCPunkNewWave @richardjobson #skids #theskids #punk #postpunk
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