This old chestnut !
Of course The Clash were and still are a Punk band.
They were there at the beginning when it happened in the UK.
Just because a band grows and changes musically doesn't cancel out who they are.
I've heard this argument so many times, by the so-called "Punk Police"
It always comes from someone who wasn't there when Punk happened.
I don't want to sound precious, but I bought their first album when it came out.
I'm a fan...and like any band they made some crap records, I won't deny that.
But when all is said and done...The Clash were a Punk band.
Cheers
Wig

whether or not the clash is punk is in the end irrelevant they were an amazing band hard working producing tons of great songs and giving generations to come the pleasure of rebellion against their parents or something else
remember in the stone roses first big interviews they said this is rave music & then like 5 or 6 years later ravers became xtc popping cokeheads that go to clubs & listen to a rhythm-mashine and call it music or just listen to what they call soul music or rhythm & blues today it makes me puke
yeah i think the ramones started it all wherever they went they left a trail of new bands but one of my all time favorites of british 77 era punk were the drones or what about the jam the first 2 albums were very punky before they got labeled mods
anyway i just got the dvd called unknown passage it's the dead moon story, now check this movie out and tell me why aren't they in the r'n'r hall of fame
love
tobi joi

Reatards

Sky Saxon
The Seeds
Marcus Tybalt
Jan Savage
Daryl Hooper

link wray
the cramps
the sonics
13th floor elevators

hello el tiki
i would consider the following Bands:
Dead Moon, thee Daggermen, the Miracle Workes, the Untold Fables, the Prisoniers, the Milkshakes, the Drones, the Bevis Frond, the Cynics, the Damned, Sex Museum, Demolition Dollrods, the Flaming Groovies, the Frumious Bandersnatch, the Lollopop Shope, the Nipple Erectors/the Nips, the Pop Rivets, Sir Douglas Quintet, the Wimple Winch,
the Music Mashine,
theres so much more that i could think of but thats a start
love
tobi joi

does anyone have any info on the record label called Union Pacific Records out of Great Britian? i work at a record store and have seen two records released by them. they both seem pretty bootleggy. one being an Eddie Cochran record and the other being a Link Wray record (which is mine now) they were both about 20 bucks and were released in the early 70s. gathering what they've released, they look interesting but i couldn't find anything on them on the internet. if you got any info on this label or perhaps what some of the other things they've released are, i'd love to know.

piepsi said:

I don't know this song, but you've made me really curious now. Please: UPLOAD :)

I will upload, but I'll have to parse the song from a 90 minute mp3 from a radio show from a long time ago.

It's probably called fast attack

I don't know this song, but you've made me really curious now. Please: UPLOAD :)

My friend and I just found a tape of an old 1980s punk radio show. We couldn't identify one song and thought the garagepunk community could help. The lyrics go:

Fast Attack, Fast Attack, Fast Attack, Fast Attack
Speed into the ocean but it can't come back
stopped up for a motion but it won't come back
its a Fast Attack

C'mon Russia, C'mon Ronnie
C'mon Russia, show us what you've got

OK Ronnie we got the A-Team
to solve all the problems of the nuclear submarine
Why should we spend all of our money on a fast attack


There's more about Russia and Ronnie and Fast Attack 4X


Any help with this song?

I KNOW, I KNOW... you have seen this before. And it's a fake.

William said:

Definitely the Bambi Molesters, tho I'm not sure if they are still a band!?!

I happened to find their video clips which were taken the day before yesterday!

Chimp Rock!

hello brother
did you ever heard of the band called "the Dolly Mixture" ? i saw them in London once upon a time during the 80's
they were a shangrila type mod punk girl trio great songs great performance as far as i know i only found a double-album called demonstration tapes but they did sing backing vocals for captain Sensible's hit "i say what" before i lost trak of them
also a great album was Ron Ashton's New Order they had such great songs like "1975 no taboos" or "sex-drive"
love SN#26 have not heard Trust since ever
love
tobi joi

yes brother
you are right but that has always been like that by every turn of the century the repetition started so if you really want to hear something exiting and new we have to wait for that alien transplant that enables us to hear different frequencies or maybe we should just wait for someone to invent a new instrument
you know charlie parker wanted to have nothing to do with the academics by improvising the shit out of his sax until he dies of an exhaust and has an overdose of heroin
he was probably turning in his grave when he found out that it took the academic world over 30 years to analize his improvisations and that's what kids learn in school today as modern harmonics to become the great jazzer but i gotta tell you i played with a couple of those learned musicians they can play anything you tell them to play better then you could ever play it but they play with their heads and not with their guts like we do
so don't worry as long as we stick together there is always a chance that those unheard sound come knocking at your door
just be patience
love
tobi joi

To second Michael Kaiser, here's hopin' this is the 2nd coming of Kicks magazine ...*fingers crossed*

love love miriam, one of my favorite people ever.

Yeah! Enjoyed that .
Space in time.

Definitely a blog to follow! I've had a great time with her stories of the Cramps, Stiv Bators, the Ramones, etc. And this is just the start! Thanks, Kopper!

We discovered Kicksville 66 just recently. Great stories, memories, and ephemera Linna's got.

This is a Thunderbolts cover, but I've been trying to find out who did the original... listen to the T'bolts '65 version here: www.myspace.com/thethunderbolts65

Very sad news that another Rock n Roll outlaw Mick Cocks unfortunately has liver cancer, ........... http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=43784

Their Chiswick label singles weren't bad.

These SD records aren't worth the smashing - ALL of them. REPLAY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tQ19tAw6h0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mFXtkzOzx0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjuux3UE7E