UK PUNK/NEW WAVE 1980 LISTING G (cont.) = 'continued from 70's UK punk/new wave listings'.

Gang Of Four/ Gas/ Geneva/ Genocide Exit/ Ghosts/ Girls At Our Best/ Glass/ Glaxo Babies/

Vic Godard & The Subway Sect/ God's Toys/ Going Red/ Graduates/ Graffia/ Grids/ Grip/ Groove/ Ground Control/

Grow-Up


GANG OF FOUR (cont.)

Z-1 Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time/

He'd Send In The Army (EMI/Zonophone 1980)

 

GAS

It Shows In Your Face/ Tomorrow (Polydor 1980) -1 on PP3.

 

Power pop. LP= 'Emotional Warfare' (POLS-1052 11/81).

 

GENEVA

Geneva Street (Valiant 1980) -on PP4

Two Minutes Thirty (Valiant 1980)

 

GENOCIDE EXIT

SEM-016 Future Vibes/ I'm Not Really Here//

Dream Song/ All I Want (Slam! 1980)

 

Punk w/ female v, sounds like early Penetration.

 

GHOSTS

My Town/ I'm Your Man (Arista 1980) -1 on TT9. power pop. =Mike Read (BBC DJ, also Trainspotters).

 

GIRLS AT OUR BEST

RR-1 Warm Girls/ Getting Nowhere Fast (Record 4/80)

RR-2/RT-005 Politics/ It' Fashion (Record/Rough Trade 12/80)

 

v-Judy (Jo) Evans (ex.Butterflies) g-James (Jez) Alan (ex.SOS, Butterflies) b-Gerard (Terry) Swift (ex.SOS, Butterflies)

d-P.Carl (Titch) Harper (ex.Expelaires)

From Leeds. Pop punk.

 

GLASS

Tobor Sam (Glass 1980)

 

GLAXO BABIES (cont.)

PULSE-8 Shake The Foundation/ She Went To Pieces (live) (Heartbeat 6/80)

Y-6 Limited Entertainment EP (Y 1980)

There'll Be No Room For You In The Shelter/ Permission To Be Wrong/ Limited Entertainment, Jihad

LP)

HB-2 Nine Months To The Disco (Heartbeat 3/80)

1.Maximum Sexual Joy 2.This Is Your Vendetta 3.Seven Days 4.Electric Church 5.Nine Months To The Disco//

6.Promised Land 7.The Tea Master And The Assassin 8.Free Dem Cells 9.Dinosaur Disco Meets The Swampsstomp

10.Conscience 11.Slim 12.Shake (The Foundations) -avant garde type. no punk material any more.

 

HBM-3 Put Me On The Guest List (Heartbeat 9/80)

1.Avoiding The Issue 2.Because Of You 3.This Is Your Life 4.Police State 5.Who Killed Bruce Lee(Version)//

6.Stay Awake 7.She Went To Pieces 8.Burning 9.Flesh 10.Puppet Patrol -early materials comp.

 

VIC GODARD & THE SUBWAY SECT (cont.)

MCA-585 Split Up The Money/ Out Of Touch (MCA 1980)

LP)

MCF-3070 What's The Matter Boy (Oddball/MCA 1980)

 

GOD'S TOYS

BAD-4 All The Born Losers/ I Love The Sound

(Of My Own Voice) (Badge 1980)

 

v-Dill v, g-Larry Lupin v, b-Chris Dickie v, k-Nick Kavaz d-John Hobley

From Coventry. Pop new wave.

 

GOING RED

CLEAN-1/MCA-673 Some Boys/ I Tune Kevin's Strings (Razz/MCA 1980) -1 on PP8.

Graham Fellows (Jilted John) backed by the Freshies.

 

GRADUATES

GRAD-1 If You Want It/ Hey Young Girl (Grade 1 1980) -Mods.

 

GRAFFIA

MAGIC-102 Cymer Di (Magic 1980) -from Wales. punk/power pop.

 

GRIDS

KH-001 New Anthems EP: You're No Better Than Me!/ Hypocrite/ Innocent No More (Kings Head 1980) -rec. 20/9/80

 

v-Paul Evans v-Dave Williams g-Andy Tunnicliffe g-Ian Stenhouse b-Gaz Jones d-Tim Davies

Power pop.

 

GRIP

File It Under Maybe Baby/ Pavement Princess/ Hole In The Wall (Mrs.Dixon 1980) -power pop.

 

GROOVE

WHIP-1 I Wanna Be Your Pigmy/ What Am I Gonna Do About You/ Heart Complaint (Trendy 1980) -Punk.

 

GROUND CONTROL

Cover Girl (SRS 1980) -on LDK1. mod/power pop.

 

GROW-UP (cont.)

OM-12 Joanne (Object Music 6/80)

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