Quote: lofthouse @ October 21 2012, 8:03 PM BST1984 is a great album
But getting back to punk
Any of you old f**kers - recommend me some good British old school punk albums
I've got all the usual suspects
Tell me about any obscure band/album I may have missed
Not strictly punk, but what about Kilburn and the Highroads, Ian Dury's first band.
Quote: lofthouse @ October 21 2012, 8:03 PM BSTAny of you old f**kers - recommend me some good British old school punk albums
I've got all the usual suspects
I take it this includes Damned Damned Damned (from a young f**ker)?
The first two albums by the band Suicide..."So Alone" by Johnny Thunders. To name a British band have you tried "Pink Flag" by Wire?
And Nick Cave's early punk band "Birtday Party" is worth checking out. And the first "Undertones" album (before Feargal Sharkey became a pop singer!) is great too.
Oi Sham 69!
The Adverts.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ October 21 2012, 8:35 PM BSTTo name a British band have you tried "Pink Flag" by Wire?
Excellent album.
Or Gang Of Four's Entertainment!?
Are we going too post-punk now?
The only ones
early Boomtown rats
Although some might say they were New Wave 
Quote: shaggy292 @ October 21 2012, 8:38 PM BSTOr Gang Of Four's Entertainment!?
Bought that one a few months ago. Great.
And the first by The Police *cough cough* is punky enough.
lets get serious now,
The Jam
The Specials
The Blockheads
Ha! Young, loud and snotty had been on my amazon wish list for ages!!
Have to move it to the front of the queue
Quote: shaggy292 @ October 21 2012, 8:26 PM BSTI take it this includes Damned Damned Damned (from a young f**ker)?
Aye got it
Bit overrated IMO
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ October 21 2012, 8:35 PM BSTTo name a British band have you tried "Pink Flag" by Wire?
That's so spooky
Just been reading reviews of that on amazon literally minutes ago
Must be fate!
And not to forget the first P.I.L. album. This was still (art) punk music (listen to "Public Image" and "Annalisa"...not experimental dance pop as in later years.
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Quote: Gordon Bennett @ October 20 2012, 12:47 PM BSTInspired by the Stones/Tickets thread I'm asking you which is your favourite Stones album for the desert island? Why and which songs make this your favourite.
Funnily enough for a big rock fan I didn't own a Stones album before the recently remastered Exile.
I loved Bowie, Costello, New Order, Yes, Santana, Curved Air, Free (I'm not being one of those smartarses but Alright Now - although it introduced them to me - is one of my least favourite tracks of theirs.), Faces, Family, Killers, Imelda May Teardrop Explodes, Echo & the Bunnymen, Blondie, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Love, Small Faces, Supertramp, Bebop Deluxe... the list goes on. I hope this gives you an idea of my tastes but my favourite genre in Blues - R & B as it used to be in the 1960s.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ October 21 2012, 9:35 PM BSTAnd not to forget the first P.I.L. album. This was still (art) punk music (listen to "Public Image" and "Annalisa"...not experimental dance pop as in later years.
I had the Metal Box but it was unplayable. I kept taking it back but I'm sure they just gave me the same copy again.
Quote: shaggy292 @ October 21 2012, 8:26 PM BSTI take it this includes Damned Damned Damned (from a young f**ker)?
Brilliant album, as were the Black Album and Anything.
AND ANYTHING ON STIFF!!!
Oh yes - and John Otway!!!!
Pink Flag is a great album indeed. My punk intake of recent weeks has pretty much just been Nation of Ulysses - 'Plays Pretty For Baby', although for a wonderful example of where the genre has evolved to today 'One Wing' by The Chariot is a bit special. Angriest Christians you'll ever hear.
Quote: Vince Ives @ October 21 2012, 10:45 PM BST'One Wing' by The Chariot is a bit special. Angriest Christians you'll ever hear.
Must check that out.
Quote: Pingl @ October 21 2012, 8:43 PM BSTlets get serious now,
The Jam
The Specials
The Blockheads
Not punk bands, though.
The Saints - an aussie outfit, were pretty pure when they started.