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Crass - Stations Of The Crass
Crass were the most important punk band of their age (possibly of any age). I feel that more than enough has been said about their influence on DIY punk, anarchism, animal rights, typeface, stencil-art...you name it, so I won't repeat it here.
Not enough is mentioned about the tunes. This is an album full of really catchy tunes, the best of them delivered over a pitched-up Glitter Band rhythm. If you ever want to see a 60-year-old man pump his fist in the air while chanting ‘Big M.A.N.’, just stick this on.
Three sides of this double album are 45RPM and one is 33RPM. That’s fucking anarchists for ya.
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Metal won't rust when oiled and cleaned
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream
This album made quite the impression on my 13 year-old brain when I heard John Peel play it. It sounded like nothing else I’d ever heard – certainly, it was a world away from the Hong Kong Garden single which had preceded it. I can still recall the sensation of my mind being blown.
Even today, when we’ve all heard everything there is to hear, and can all point out its influences (Yeah but Can, yeah but The Velvet Underground etc), it still holds up as a fucking incredible piece of work.
Siouxsie and the Banshees didn’t get any better than this, but that’s OK.
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If there was a load of fucking skinheads down here you'd all shit yourself and you know it.
Alternative TV - The Image Has Cracked
A conversation on Bluesky about how Jools Holland shittifies (almost) everything he touches, led me to buy this. Holland plays on a couple of tracks, and doesn't ruin everything.
My sister had this LP when I was young and I fucking rinsed it. It's a mix of live and studio stuff, with the live stuff being ATV at the 100 Club inviting audience members on stage to speak their brains. This being late 70s London, it turns up in a fight. Mark Perry sounds like the teacher who's not angry, just disappointed.
I think ATV were the missing link between 77 punk and the next generation of DIY/anarcho punk. They really felt like punk was a force for change rather than a way of getting on Top Of The POPS.
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But when the children call you "Bastard" it will make you think again
Subhumans - From The Cradle To The Grave
Turns out I have this on both CD and vinyl.
When I read the recent book on Subhumans, I was delighted to find out they had been massive Rush fans. Once you know that, you can't not hear the influence. Musically, rather than lyrically - no Ayn Rand tributes here, thankfully.
This is a great album. The title track is one of my favourite 17 minute-long pieces of music.
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