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Post by andyloneshark on May 23, 2021 16:43:37 GMT
I don’t think we’ve done a UK DECAY thread on the new T.P. (maybe on the old T.P.?), if not, i think there should be, they were an influential band that tend to get overlooked. The Punks liked them… the Post-Punk kids did too… CRASS clearly did too as they released their phenomenal ‘Rising From The Dread’ e.p. Their gigs had an air of dark tension about them. I didn’t get to see them as much as i would have liked to. This is an early favourite - Steve Harle, one of the greatest drummers from that time. I listen to this and think… hmmmm… The Cult listened to this a lot too…
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2021 16:49:58 GMT
A couple of my favourites Andy.
Like Charge. Criminally underated.
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Post by zeopold on May 23, 2021 17:18:56 GMT
Their gigs had an air of dark tension about them. Good band, gothic before gothic was a thing. IIRC at the gigs the regulars used to do a thing where they would swing their studded belts round like helicopters down the front. If you weren't careful you could catch a nasty gash. I think some of them were later in Furyo with Albi de Luca who was in Gene Loves Jezebel. |
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Post by andyloneshark on May 23, 2021 17:39:18 GMT
...yes, Abbo and Steve Harle formed Furyo from the ashes of UK Decay - This song takes me back to 1984, leaving home and moving into a shared house in Bedminster
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Post by zeopold on May 23, 2021 17:57:17 GMT
...yes, Abbo and Steve Harle formed Furyo from the ashes of UK Decay - This song takes me back to 1984, leaving home and moving into a shared house in Bedminster That chorus effect on the bass is very 1984. Their guitarist Albi was good. I used to run into him round Shepherd's Bush around that time. We had mutual friends in a group called Geschlecht Akt. |
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Post by andyloneshark on May 23, 2021 21:05:18 GMT
...not heard Geschlecht Akt before, Zeo ...sounds good to me - where does the name come from?  Oh... German for Sex Act...apparently  |
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Post by zeopold on May 24, 2021 7:16:28 GMT
^^
They played a fair bit round town in 83/84 and I think they had a single out.
John and Seven, on the right, were from round my way.
John was later in The Men They Couldn’t Hang, and Seven became a bit of an industry player, managing superstar DJs like Sasha and Carl Cox.
They were one of many interesting bands in that dark post-punk vein like UK Decay.
For me, it was an exciting period, lots of creativity and variety before it became formulaic and boring with the likes of The Nephilim and The Mission.
Tea House Camp were another example. I don’t think they got around to cutting a record, though.
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Post by andyloneshark on May 24, 2021 8:14:12 GMT
Yes, i think that whole early 80s 'Post-Punk' era was massively creative, before the 'Goth' tag became a common terminology in the late 80s. I did a bit of nosing around online, Geschlecht Akt released one 12" e.p. called, what else but "Foreplay" also found this live recording which is pretty good quality... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbO-wmkrpeATea House Camp released one 7" called To Kill: Stab In Back |
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Post by zeopold on May 24, 2021 9:38:30 GMT
I did a bit of nosing around online, Geschlecht Akt released one 12" e.p. called, what else but "Foreplay" also found this live recording which is pretty good quality... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbO-wmkrpeAlol they were such hair bears... as we all were around that time, of course |
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Post by andyloneshark on May 24, 2021 9:48:34 GMT
...yes, i think all those great big hairdos were largely responsible for the Ozone layer taking a battering during the 1980s. This is another great Post-Punk band i missed from that era - VEX did alot of gigs with Anarcho-Punk related bands, and released an e.p. via the Mortahate record label... |
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Post by zeopold on May 24, 2021 12:22:53 GMT
...yes, i think all those great big hairdos were largely responsible for the Ozone layer taking a battering during the 1980s. Spray, crimp, backcomb, repeat...  |
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Post by andyloneshark on May 24, 2021 15:25:25 GMT
UK DECAY got off to a flying start in 1979 when Garry Bushell, reviewing the new singles that week, announced that this was the worst punk record ever recorded |
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Post by zeopold on May 24, 2021 15:48:18 GMT
^ Always a promising sign
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 24, 2021 16:15:28 GMT
UK DECAY got off to a flying start in 1979 when Garry Bushell, reviewing the new singles that week, announced that this was the worst punk record ever recorded Tells you all you need to know about Bushell dunnit? Gets instant bonus points for the London drawl on "decay" etc a la Anthony Newley, Bowie etc |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2021 16:36:11 GMT
...yes, i think all those great big hairdos were largely responsible for the Ozone layer taking a battering during the 1980s. This is another great Post-Punk band i missed from that era - VEX did alot of gigs with Anarcho-Punk related bands, and released an e.p. via the Mortahate record label... Vex made their first appearance on the Mortarhate comp 'Who, What etc' with It's no Crime' which was a great track which was also included on their 12" on Fightback Records which was Mortarhates 'Corpus Christi' which was their'sister' label Quite rare now. |
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