70's UK Punk/New Wave Listing =O
Obtainers/ O-Level/ 101'ers/ Only Ones/ Open Sore/ Oral Exciters/ Original Mirrors/ Oscillators/ Wavis O'Shave/ Others/
Out/ Peter Out & The Faders/ Outcasts/ Outsiders
OBTAINERS
GLITCH-1 Yeh Yeh Yeh/ Pussy Wussy// (Lifeblood/ Bombs by MAG/SPYS) (Fools Dance 1979) -100 copies only.
v-Nick Loot v, d-Robin Banks
Two 11 years old boys, singing and drumming. On Robert Smith (Cure) 's own label.
PSYCHO-1 East Sheen / Pseudo Punk (Psycho 1978) | ||
KR-002 We Love Malcolm/
Leave Me// Everybody's On Revolver Tonite/ Stairway To Boredom (King's Road 1979) |
lineup listed on 1st single) v, g-Ian Gaffney g-John McKintosh b-Tom Hartigan d-Jim Horne
Raw pop punk. In fact, Ed Ball (TV Personalities), John Bennett and Gerry Bennett (both later formed Reacta). Ball later
formed Teenage Filmstars, which see.
NS-3 Keys To Your Heart/ 5 Star Rock & Roll Petrol (Chiswick 6/76) -1 on LDK19
comp.)
1.Keys To Your Heart on Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold
v, g-Joe Strummer (later Clash) g-Clive Timperlee (later Passions) b-Dan Kelleher (later Martian Schoolgirls)
d-Richard Dudanski (later Raincoats, PIL)
1st gig at the Telegraph in Brixton 9/7/74. Broke up 3/76.
Also released 'Sweet Revenge/ Rabies (From The Dogs Of Love)' (Big Beat/Chiswick NS-63 2/81) and LP 'Elgin Ave
Breakdown' (Andalucia AND-101 9/81, rec. '75-'76).
ONLY ONES
OPEN SORE
comp.)
13.Vertigo on 'Farewell To The Roxy'
Punk.
It's A Holiday (Three Elms 1979) on LDK30. Power pop.
ORIGINAL MIRRORS
6007-245 Could This Be Heaven/ Night Of The Angels (Mercury 11/79)
v, g, piano-Steve Allen (ex.Deaf School, Boxes) g-Ian Broudie (ex.Big In Japan, Secrets 9/78, Illuminations)
b-Phil Spalding k-Jonathan Perkins (ex.Helium Kids, XTC) d-Pete Kircher (ex.Shanghai)
Post punk new wave. Formed 12/78. LP= 'Original Mirrors' (910-2039 1980). Broudie also in Jaqui & Jeanette.
Leonard Cheshire/ Fast Breeder Reactor (Warren 1979)
WAVIS O'SHAVE
CR-003 Denis Smokes Tabs (John Is A Figroll): Denis Smokes Tabs/ Mauve Shoes Are Awful/ You Think You're A
Woman Because You Don't Eat Fishcakes// Don't Crush Bees To Death With The End Of Your Walking Stick/ The Figroll
Song/ Oh Peter Oh Steven (Company 1979)
v-Wavis O'Shave g-King Cad b-Rick Woolgar d-Terry Welbourn backing v-Hatt two stings-Hat's Dad
Only 5th track is punk, others are parody things. LP= Anna Ford's Bum (Wavis O'Shave's Album) (Anti Pop AP-2 1980).
v-Phil Swinburne g-Pete Hodges g-Dave Stainforth b-Chris Hollinshead d-John Bulloch
Punk. Also listed 'It's Alright' (Kingston Upon Thames 1978).
OUT
TOSH-113 Who Is Innocent/ Linda's Just A Statue (Rabid 1979) -re-issue Virgin VS-308 1979.
From Manchester. Punk/power pop.
PETER OUT & THE FADERS
comp.)
4.Need You (Oh Yeah) on 'Aylesbury Goes Flaccid'
Punk.
LP)
BIG-1 Self Conscious Over You (Good Vibrations 1979)
1.Self Conscious Over You 2.Clinical Love 3.One Day 4.Love Is For Sops 5.You're A Disease// 6.Love You For Never
7.The Princess Grew Up A Frog 8.Cyborg 9.School Teacher 10.Spiteful Sue 11.The Cops Are Comin' -rec. 6/4/79
comp.)
1.The Cops Are Comin' on 'Battle Of The Bands' -diff. vers.
3.Just Another Teenage Rebel on 'Business Unusual'
v, b-Greg Cowan g-Getty g-Martin Cowan d-Colin Cowan
From Belfast. Punk.
---- Vital Hours/ Take Up (Xciting Plastic 5/78)
LP)
RER-001 Calling On Youth (Raw Edge 1977)
1.Calling On Youth 2.Break Free 3.On The Edge 4.Hit And Run 5.Start Over// 6.Weird 7.I'm Screwed Up
8.Walking Through A Storm 9.Terminal Case
RER-003 Close Up (Raw Edge 1978)
1.Vital Hours 2.Observations 3.Fixed Up 4.Touch And Go 5.White Debt 6.Count For Something// 7.Out Of Place
8.Keep The Pain Inside 9.Face To Face 10.Semi-detached Life 11.Conspiracy Of War
comp.)
5.Consequences on 'Business Unusual'
v, g-Adrian Borland b-Bob Lawrence d-Adrian Janes
Formed in Wimbledon '73. Punk. Lawrence replaced by Graham Green after 2nd LP.