70's UK Punk/New Wave Listing =N

Natchband/ Nasty Media/ Nazis Against Fascism/ Negatives (Sheffield)/ Negatives (Bradford)/ Bill Nelson's Red Noise/

Neo/ Neon/ Neon Hearts/ Nerves/ Neville Wanker & The Punters/ New Form/ New Hearts/ Newtown Neurotics


NATCHBAND

FARS-01 Cadillac (Made U.S.A.)/ Being From The Sky

(Far In 1977) -insert sheet

 

v, g-Phil Roberts g-Colin Pritchard b-Ian Mallett d-Micky 'Smiffy' McAlinsky

Pub punk.

 

NASTY MEDIA

GIL-542 Spiked Copy: The Ripper/ John Peel// Spiked Copy/

Winter (Lightning 7/78)

Punk.

 

NAZIS AGAINST FASCISM

TRUTH-1 Sid Did It (Intelligible)/ Sid Did It (Radio Version) (Truth 1979) -also on Stage (STAGE-1).

 

Punk. Performed by Ben Brierly (ex.Front, Vibrators).

 

NEGATIVES

comp.)

5.Metallic Thread Shirt 8.Don't Say Goodbye on 'New Wave From The Heart'

 

g-Fritz Schultz b-Brad Martin v, d-William Bonnie

From Sheffield. Pop punk. Single 'Electric Waltz/ Money Talk' (Aardvark STEAL-1 1/80).

 

NEGATIVES

LK/SP-6478 Love Is Not Real/ Stakeout (Look 12/79) -1000 copies. both on BSUK3/BT2.

 

v-Dave Wilcox g-Pete Stobbs b-Bob Robinson d-Tino Palmer

Formed in Bradford '78. Punk. Last gig 1/80. Wilcox left, then band became 'Mysterious Footsteps', released

'Like They Do In The Movies/ White Dread (Kirk Enterprises YET-1). (bio. from BT2)

 

BILL NELSON'S RED NOISE

HAR-5176 Furniture Music// Wondertoys That Last Forever/ Acquitted By Mirrors (Harvest 1979)

HAR-5183 Revolt Into Style// Out Of Touch/ Stay Young

(Harvest 1979) -7" (w/o 'Stay Young') & 12".

b-side= rec. live at Leicester de Montfort Hall 8/3/79.

LP)

SHSP-4095 Sound On Sound (Harvest 2/79)

1.Don't Touch Me (I'm Electric) 2.For Young Moderns 3.Stop/Go/Stop 4.Furniture Music 5.Radar In My Heart

6.Stay Young// 7.Out Of Touch 8.A Better Home In The Phantom Zone 9.Substitute Flesh 10.The Atom Age

11.Art/Empire/Industry 12.Revolt Into Style

 

v, g, b, syn-Bill Nelson (ex.Be Bop Deluxe) b-Rick Ford syn, piano-Andy Clark sax, piano-Ian Nelson d-Dave Mattacks

Modern pop new wave.

 

NEO

JET-130 Tran-sister/ A Failed Pop Song (Jet 10/11/78)

comp.)

3.Small Lives 9.Tell Me The Truth on 'Live At The Vortex'

 

v-Ian North (ex.Milk'n' Cookies, US band) g-Robin Simon (Ultravox) b-George Dyner d-Paul Simon

Power pop. North moved to UK '77, formed the band. Later abondoned the band name Neo, released a single and

an LP as North's solo, which see.

 

NEON

FAB-3 Bottles/ I'm Only Little// Anything Anyplace Anywhere

(Sensible 7/78) -rec. 3/78

ADA-27 Don't Eat Bricks/ Hanging Off An "O" (Radar 1978)

 

v, g-Tim Jones g-Martin Holder b-Mark Dunn d-Paul Addison

From Edinburgh. Progressive type of punk. Holder joined after 1st single. Also listed 'Making Waves/ Me I See In You'

(3D 3D-1).

 

NEON HEARTS

NEON-1 Venus Eccentric/ Regulations (Neon Hearts 11/77)

SAT-133 Answers/ Armchair Thriller (Satril 7/78)

SAT-139 Popular Music/ Pretty As A Picture (Satril 2/79)

LP)

SATL-4012 Popular Music (Satril 4/79)

1.Popular Music 2.Armchair Thriller 3.Answers 4.Pin Cushions 5.Body Language// 6.Number One Fun 7.Hideaway

8.Pretty As A Picture 9.Get So Many Pains 10.Party Games

 

v-Tony Dial g-Martin Ratcliffe b-Paul Raven d-Keith Allen sax-Steve Heart (ex.Suburban Studs)

Formed summer '77 in Wolverhampton. Punk. Ratcliffe and Allen left 1/79 to form the Circles. In '80 the band split up,

Dial released a single, by Tony Dial and the Silhouette Theatre, and soon joined Fashion.

 

NERVES

GIL-520 TV Adverts/ Sex Education (Lightning 1978)

Martin Heath, Paul Casson, Gordon Glover

Punk. Not to be confused w/ the Nerves on Good Vibrations rec.

 

NEVILLE WANKER & THE PUNTERS

Boys On The Dole (Lightning 1978)

 

NEW FORM

comp.)

10.On The Edge 11.Boy 12.Blockhead on 'Is The War Over?'

 

v, g-Tim Keegan v, b-Dr.Jules with v, d-Paul Robinson back v-Howie

From Cardiff. Punk.

 

NEW HEARTS

CBS-5800 Just Another Teenage Anthem/ Blood On The Knife (CBS 1977)

CBS-6381 Plain Jane/ My Young Teacher (CBS 1978) -1 on PP9.

comp.)

4.Just Another Teenage Anthem on 'Permanent Wave'

 

v-Ian Pain (later Secret Affair) g-Dave Cairns (later Secret Affair) b-John Harty d-Matt McIntyre

Punk/Power pop.

 

NEWTOWN NEUROTICS

SRTS/79/CUS-363 Hypocrite/ You Said No (No Wonder 1979)

comp.)

6.Hypocrite on 'Labels Unlimited'

 

v, g-Steve Drewett b-Colin Masters d-Tiggy Barber

Punk. Formed spring '78. 2nd single= 'When The Oil Runs Out/ Oh No' (No Wonder NOW-4 1980).

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