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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 22, 2020 9:25:54 GMT
Just played....
I Hate School
Still blows the cobwebs away
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Post by personunknown on Apr 22, 2020 10:26:56 GMT
Great tune. Irony being that one of them became a teacher after they split.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 22, 2020 11:44:12 GMT
I didn't know that. Brilliant piece of triv. Wonder if he still hates school. Probably does.
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Post by zeopold on Apr 29, 2020 19:58:35 GMT
School was a distant memory for the Suburban Studs when they cut that tune
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 30, 2020 11:48:17 GMT
School was a distant memory for the Suburban Studs when they cut that tune I didn't know they were old farts If so, I imagine I Hate Playing Prog Rock didn't have the same punk immediacy |
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Post by personunknown on Apr 30, 2020 14:03:26 GMT
Like The Drones, they were bandwagon jumpers. If you Google image them, there is a press cutting picture, all long hair and silk shirts. Can't remember which Clash biography it is but Bernie Rhodes mentions their transition from satin jackets to bondage strides.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 30, 2020 14:20:17 GMT
Well they certainly weren't alone in seeing which way the wind was blowing and jumping aboard the punk bandwagon - perhaps we should try to come up with the definitive list?
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Post by personunknown on Apr 30, 2020 16:34:17 GMT
Studs and Drones as mentioned. 999, Nick Cash was a Kilburn and the High Roads member. Adam Ant (Bazooka Joe) TV Smith (Sleaze) Brian James (Bastard). Varying degrees of bandwagon jumping I suppose, even the Pistols pre Johnny were trying to be a Faces type rock band. If you took it to a fanatical extreme, probably only Eater would come out 100% untainted.
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Post by jsm on Apr 30, 2020 22:47:19 GMT
Age-wise, The Vibrators and The Stranglers are up there. I still reckon The Vibrators first LP is a classic and The Stranglers were more punk than many of the punks.
I love Peter Cook's introduction of The Stranglers on Revolver '... a young band, possibly younger than me'. Fantastic clip as well
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Post by andyloneshark on May 1, 2020 8:38:56 GMT
The whole question of who was and who wasn't a bandwagon jumper, is never ending and all depends on how far you choose to go back in time.
The older i get, the more it's just about the music. Without the Pub Rock scene that members of The Clash, 999, The Vibrators and The Stranglers were already part of, there would have been no Punk Rock.
The Suburban Studs album always seems to get overlooked, some great songs in it IMO. Sure, it's not a landmark release but the songs are well crafted.
But they were one of the first bands outside London that were active. I guess they were the first Punk band in Birmingham in late 1976.
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Post by personunknown on May 1, 2020 8:57:59 GMT
They were a very early punk band. I vividly remember them playing on local news TV (ATV?) when the scene was taking hold nationwide. I suppose it was our Grundy moment for the Midlands. They had a sax player as well, all jumping about wildly, playing both tracks from their debut single Questions and No Faith.
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Post by johnnyoi on Jun 3, 2020 18:42:39 GMT
Remember seeing these down the Sandpiper in Nottingham.
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Post by personunknown on Jun 3, 2020 21:35:46 GMT
♤♤ Sandpiper in the Lace Market (Stoney Street?). Saw quite a few bands there.
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Post by johnnyoi on Jun 4, 2020 18:11:20 GMT
♤♤ Sandpiper in the Lace Market (Stoney Street?). Saw quite a few bands there. It's now an underground car park.They should put a plaque up "Punk lived here" |
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Post by personunknown on Jun 4, 2020 19:03:01 GMT
♤♤ Sandpiper in the Lace Market (Stoney Street?). Saw quite a few bands there. It's now an underground car park.They should put a plaque up "Punk lived here" The last I remember of it was it becoming a New Romantic venue called The Final Solution! Do you remember the Ad Lib club just around the corner? Mainly reggae but Billy Bragg and some other of those Red Wedge types played there. |
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