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On this date in 1980, Modern English released their third single, " Gathering Dust ". It was backed by " Tranquility Of A Summer Moment (Vice Versa) ". Neither track appeared on an album, though the A side was the lead track on a 1983 five song EP called Gathering Dust , and both tracks were ...
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On this date in 1980, The Weirdos released their second EP, Action Design . It was a four track EP that included " The Hideout ", " I Feel ", " Break on Through " and " Helium Bar ". The Los Angeles punk band disbanded in 1981 before they released an album. They have occasionally reunited to ...
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On this date in 1980, Mass released their debut single, " You And I ". It was backed by " Cabbage ". Neither track appeared on an album though both were added as bonuses to their debut, Labour Of Love , when it was re-released on CD. The London post punk was formed by Gary Asquith, Mick Allen, ...
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On this date in 1980, Suburban Lawns released their second single, " Janitor ". It was backed by " Protection ". Both tracks appeared on their self-titled debut album. The Long Beach, California new wave band disbanded in 1985 with one album, one EP and a couple of singles to their credit. The ...
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Chuck
On this date in 1979, Cherry Red Records released a compilation of U.K. punk and post punk bands. Among those featured were U.K. Subs, The Outcasts, Leyton Buzzards, Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle. The album was called Labels Unlimited . Blogload: Labels Unlimited - compilation - ...
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Red
On this date in 1980, Josef K released their third single, " It's Kinda Funny ". It was backed by " Final Request ". The A side appeared on their debut album, The Only Fun In Town . The B side was a non-LP track. The A side reached the #12 spot on the U.K. indie singles chart. The Only Fun In ...
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The Beast
On this date in 1979, Cult Hero released their only single, " I'm A Cult Hero ". It was backed by " I Dig You ". There was no album to follow. Actually, there was no band. Cult Hero was The Cure, some friends and postman Frank Bell on vocals. He used to wear a tee shirt saying "I'm A Cult Hero" ...
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The Cure
On this date in 1979, The Pretenders released their third single, " Brass In Pocket ". It was backed by " Nervous But Shy " and an instrumental called " Swinging London ". Only the A side appeared on their self-titled debut album. The other two tracks were non-LP tracks. The single reached the ...
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Chrissie Hynde
On this date in 1977, Wire released their debut single, " Mannequin ". It was backed by " Feeling Called Love " and " 12XU ". All three tracks appeared on their debut album, Pink Flag . The London punk/post-punk band went on hiatus in 1980 and the band members worked on other projects. They ...
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On this date in 1977, Big In Japan and The Chuddy Nuddies released a combined 7 inch record called Brutality, Religion And A Dance Beat. Big In Japan's contribution was " Big In Japan ". The Chuddy Nuddies' contribution was " Do The Chad ". This was the first release by Big In Japan but ...
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I found this great piece of history. The site contains a lot of pix and vids but no music downloads (hint: just come back to The P5 and search for them). Read This: 1980s L.A. Punk Rock - www.tvparty.com : "TVparty presents found articles circa 1980-85 written by Billy Eye and Judy Zee from ...
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On this date in 1982, The Lords Of The New Church released their third single, " Russian Roulette ". The B side was " Young Don't Cry ". The A side appeared on their self-titled debut album. The B side was a non-LP track that was added as a bonus track when the album was re-released on CD. The ...
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Russian Roulette
The Beast
On this date in 1982, The Human League released their eleventh single, " Mirror Man ". It was backed by " You Remind Me Of Gold ". Both tracks appeared on their third EP, Fascination! (which was really a six-track mini-album). The single reached the #2 spot on the U.K. singles chart and the #30 ...
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On this date in 1981, The Wipers released their second album, Youth Of America . It was a six song album with " Taking Too Long ", " Can This Be ", " Pushing the Extreme ", " When Its Over ", " No Fair " and " Youth of America " as the tracks, none of which were offered up as singles. The album ...
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On this date in 1981, Bemisbrain Records released a compilation of U.S. punk and deathrock bands. Among those featured were 45 Grave, Social Distortion, Red Cross and Christian Death. The album was called Hell Comes To Your House . Blogload: Hell Comes To Your House - compilation - ...
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Andy Partridge of XTC turns 56 today! XTC, left to right: Terry Chambers, Dave Gregory, Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding Wikipedia: XTC Official Website: xtcidearecords.co.uk Video: XTC - Generals & Majors - live - 1980 - youtube Blogload: XTC - Fossil Fuel - The XTC Singles 1977-92 - ...
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On this date in 1980, Six Minute War released their second EP, More Short Songs . It contained the tracks, " Nurses ", " Youth Culture ", " Protect And Survive ", " So Sad ", " Guitarist " and " Sell Out ". The Surrey, England punk band disbanded in 1981 after a few EP's. > Blogload: Six ...
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On this date in 1980, M released their fifth single, " Official Secrets ". It was backed by " Maniac ". Both tracks appeared on their second album, The Official Secrets Act . The single reached the #64 spot on the U.K. singles chart. Robin Scott's new wave act, M, would never recapture the ...
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On this date in 1980, Polydor, through one of their independent divisions, released a compilation of various up and coming artists performing live at The 101 Club in London. Among those featured were Thompson Twins and Mechanics. The album was called Live At The 101 - Warts 'N' All . ...
