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Showing posts with label 1981. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1981. Show all posts

The Beat - Hit It

Fresh from their 1981 U.S. tour The Beat release their 10th single Hit It.

For Madmen Only

A bit of promotional material for UK Decay's First LP For Madmen Only.

Anti-Pasti The Last Call

A  bit of a review of Anti-Pasti's 1981 debut LP The Last Call.

Anti Nowhere League - Streets Of London

Anti Nowhere League's first Single Streets Of London is released. I do remember the B side, causing a bit of a stir with the obscene lyrical content of the song, which led to the British police to seizing all copies of the single from the band's distributors under the Obscene Publications Act and removing all copies from sale... or so the story goes.

The Last Call Tour

A bit of promotional material for Anti Pasti's Last Call Tour from 1981

Jello Biafra

Barney Hoskyns does't quite get the chance to review the Dead Kennedys gig.

Buzzcocks Split

1981 and it's all over for the Buzzcocks, Pete Shelly goes solo, Steve Diggle an John Maher head off to form Flag Of Convenience and Steve Garvey forms Motivation.

Woodstock Revisited

A bit of promotional material for The Woodstock Revisted gig at the Rainbow in Finsbury Park 14th November, 1981

The Beat - Too Nice to Talk To

A bit of promotional material for The Beat's 1981 single Too Nice to Talk To.

♫♪ These are a few of my Favourite Things ♪♫

Wattie from The Exploited runs us through a few of his likes and dislikes.

Joy De Vivre - Our Wedding

Crass have a bit of fun with Loving magazine and offer their services with a free Flexidisc.

Anti-Nowhere League Gig Review

Mr X. Moore has a good old dig at The Anti-Nowhere League. Nice :)

About 1981.

Dance Craze

A bit of promotional material for the soundtrack of the film Dance Craze.

1981.

Discharge and Chron-Gen Singles


Scathing record review for singles by Discharge and Chron-Gen.

1981.

A bit of promotional material from back in the day


The Exploited, Black Flag, Honey Bane and The Insane.

1981.

The Comstat Angels, The Mo-Dettes and The Cuban Heels.

1981.

Dead Kennedys, Anti-Nowhere League and D.O.A.

1981.

Buzzcocks Split


The first murmurs of The Buzzcocks split.
Pete Shelly goes solo.

1981.

Stiff Little Fingers


A bit of promotional material for a Stiff Little Fingers gig.

About 1981

Oi Against Racism!


The Business, Infa Riot, Blitz and The Partizans head off on tour with a series of anti-racist gigs to distance themselves from the racist overtones accociated with the skinhead scene.

New Musical Express
1981.

The Beat Wha'ppen?


Arista Records try to secure the U.S. distribution rights for The Beat's second Album "Wha'ppen?"

1981.

The Clash


An old Clash Poster From U.K. music magazine The Record Mirror.