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VD-002 Waiting For You/
It's True (Vendetta 1979) -both on RR2/ 1 on LDK14. v, g-Steve Gray g-Keef Purkis v, b-Dave Jenkins d-Malcolm Oldham Mods. |
70's UK Punk/New Wave Listing =Me
Meanies/ Mean Street/ Media/ Mediaters/ Medium Medium/ Mekons/ Members/ Menace/ Mental/ Mental Errors/
Merton Parkas/ Metal Urbain/ Method/ Metro/ Metrophase
MEANIES
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VD-002 Waiting For You/
It's True (Vendetta 1979) -both on RR2/ 1 on LDK14. v, g-Steve Gray g-Keef Purkis v, b-Dave Jenkins d-Malcolm Oldham Mods. |
MEAN STREET
NES-115 (Can't Wait Till '78 by the WASPS)/ Bunch Of Stiffs (NEMS 1978) -cut from 'Live At The Vortex' LP.<
comp.)
2.Bunch Of Stiffs on 'Live At The Vortex'
Punk. Gary Numan once in this band. Numan had left before this recording.
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TA-001 No Darling, I Love
The Media EP: TV Kids/ Don't Sit Back/ Getting High/ Rose'n' Crown (Tearaway 7/79) -1 on LDK21/ 3 on BSUK3. |
From Portsmouth. Punk. 'South Coast City Rockers/ Back On The Beach Again' (Brain Booster's Music BB-004 1980).
MEDIATERS
comp.)
7.Monotony on 'A Manchester Collection'
Alternative punk.
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SAP-01 Them Or Me/ Freeze (Apt 1979) |
v, sax, horns-John Lewis v, g-Andy Ryder b-Allan Turton d-Nigel Stone sound-Graham Spink
From Nottingham. Alternative punk. Formed fall '78. Stone later replaced by Steve Harvey. LP= 'The Glitterhouse'
(Cherry Red BRED-19 10/81).
FAST-1 Never Been In A Riot/ 32 Weeks/ Heart And Soul (Fast 20/1/78) -rec. 29, 30/10/77
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FAST-7 Where Were You?/
I'll Have To Dance Then (On My Own) (Fast 29/11/78) -rec. 20/10/78 |
VS-300 Work All Week/ Unknown Wrecks (Virgin 5/10/79)
LP)
V-2143 The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen (Virgin 30/11/79)
1.Like Spoons No More 2.Join Us In The Countryside 3.Rosanne 4.After 6 5.What Are We Going To Do Tonight 7.What
8.Watch The Film 9.Beetroot 10.I Saw You Dancing 11.Lonely And Wet 12.Dan Dare
comp.)
1.Never Been In A Riot 2.Heart And Soul 3.32 Weeks 13.I'll Have To Dance Then (On My Own) 14.Where Were You?
on 'Fast Product'
v-Mark White v-Andy Carrigan g-Kevin Lycett g-Tom Greenhalgh b-Mary Jenner d-Jon Langford
From Leeds. Punk/ Alternative punk. Org. b-Ross Allen left to join Delta 5.
MEMBERS
OFF-3 Solitary Confinement/ Rat Up A Drainpipe (Stiff 3/78)
VS-242 The Sound Of The Suburbs/ Handling The Big Jets (Virgin 1/79)
VS-248 Offshore Banking Business/ Pennies In The Pounds// Solitary Confinement (Virgin 3/79) -7" & 12". 'Solitary' is
Stiff single version.
VS-292 Killing Time/ G.L.C. (Virgin 9/79)
LP)
V-2120 At Chelsea Nightclub (Virgin 4/79)
1.Electricity 2.Sally 3.Soho-A-Go-Go 4.Don't Push 5.Solitary Confinement// 6.Frustrated, Bagshot 7.Stand Up And Spit
8.The Sound Of The Suburbs 9.Phone-In Show 10.Love In A Lift 11.Chelsea Nightclub (rec. live in Hammersmith 3/12/78)
-guest: Steve 'Rudi' Thompson (ex.X-Ray Spex) on sax.
comp.)
2.Fear On The Streets on 'Streets'
v-Nicky Tesco g-J.C. g-Nigel Bennett b-Chris Payne d-Adrian Lillywhite
Punk/ Power pop. Payne replaced org. bassist 10/77. Org. g-Gary Baker replaced by Bennett after 1st single.
2nd LP= '1980-The Choice Is Yours' (V-2153 4/80).
IL-004 Screwed Up/ Insane Society (Illegal 10/77) -7" & 12"
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IL-008 I Need Nothing/ Electrocutioner (Illegal 1978) |
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SMALL-5 G.L.C./ I'm Civilised (Small Wonder 4/78) |
SMALL-16 Last Year's Youth/ Carry No Banners (Small Wonder 1979)
v-Morgan Webster g-Steve Tannett b-Charlie Casey d-Noel Martin
Punk. Released after broke up 'The Young Ones// Tomorrow's World/ Live For Today' (Fresh FRESH-14 1980)
-rec. 10/78. Tannett, Casey and Martin later formed the Aces, and backed Vermillion's 2nd single, and also issued their own
single 'One Way Street/ Why Should It Be Mine' on ETC (ETC-01 1981).
MENTAL
God For A Day EP (Kamikaze 1979) -'Kill The Bill' on BSUK3.
From Basingstoke. Punk. Also listed 'Off The Rails' (RAM-001).
MENTAL ERRORS
comp.)
5.Irrelevance on 'Spectacular Commodity' -From Paisley. Punk.
MERTON PARKAS
BEG-22 You Need Wheels/ I Don't Want To Know You (Beggars Banquet 1979)
BEG-25 Plastic Smile/ ---- (Beggars Banquet 1979)
BEG-30 Give It To Me Now/ GI's Sit (Beggars Banquet 1979)
LP)
BEGA-11 Face In The Crowd (Beggars Banquet 1979)
1.Face In The Crowd 2.Plastic Smile 3.Empty Room 4.Tears Of A Clown 5.Hard Times 6.Silent People// 7.When Will It Be
8.Give It To Me Now 9.You Need Wheels 10.You Should Be So Lucky 11.I Don't Want To Know You 12.Steppin' Stone
v, piano-Mick Talbot v, g-Danny Talbot b-Neil Hurrell d-Simon Smith
Mods.
METAL URBAIN
ADA-20 Hysterie Connective/ Pas Poubelle (Rough Trade/Radar 1978)
RT-001 Paris Maquis/ Cle De Contact (Rough Trade 1978)
v-Claude Panik g-Hermann Schwarz g-Nancy Luger syn, rhythm box-Eric Debris
French punk. Formed '77. Split into Metal Boys and Doctor Mix & The Remix in '79, both have singles on Rough Trade.
LP= 'Les Hommes Mort Sont Dangereux' (Byzz BLPS-8101 9/80). Also issues in France.
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DUN-1 Kings On The
Corner/ Dynamo (Do It 1977) -Punk w/ sax. |
METRO
LP)
EMC-3295 New Love (EMI 3/79)
1.Cut-Up 2.Now I Wanna Dance 3.I Don't Wanna Dance 4.New Love 5.Madness Is A Virtue// 6.Girls In Love
7.Underworld 8.Christine 9.The Mystery 10.Woman Zone
v-Peter Godwin g-Colin Wight g-Sean Lyons b-Tony Adams d-John Laforge
Modern pop new wave. Originally duo of Godwin and Duncan Brown, released LP on Transatlantic '76.
3rd LP= 'Future Imperfect' (Germany Metronome 1980).
METROPHASE
PHASE-1/FRESH-6 In Black// Neobeaty/ Cold Rebellion (Neo London/Fresh 1979)
v, g-Nikki Mapp v, g, syn, rhythm machine-Steev Burgess b-Simon Slider
Listed as synth punk. Incl. two from the Swell Maps.