The pun is,for the benefit of our dear american chums, that 'Rock' is in fact a candy-striped seaside sweet treat sold in every UK seaside town...think Coney Island.It normally has the local holiday town's name running throughout the entire length of the 'Stick of Rock'.As the cover art clearly demonstrates.
Belfast's tourism hot spots are not really sandy beaches, or even Bobby Sands graffiti,or H-Block ice cream vendors ,but none other than the Harland and Wolff shipyards,notoriously the place that the unsinkable Titanic was built.If there were Ice cream Vendors hanging around the Falls Road,around this time,would chocolate flavor be called a Dirty Protest with a flake?
This compilation, and most all of bands from Ulster, usually sank without a trace,even though all these bands would undoubtedly have played on as the ship slipped below the waves in a desperate bid to get a record contract,preferably with Stiff records,as judged by the evidence presented here.
Top notch Pub Rock from Belfast, no politics mentioned,just honest sweaty Rock'n'Roll,and not a single Kneecapping in sight.
Tracklist:
A1 Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems– Spread The Word Around
A2 Blue Steam– Cortina Cowboys
A3 Cobra – Looking For A Lady
A4 Jumpers – Jimmy Jump
A5 No Sweat – You Should Be So Lucky
A6 Detonators– Cruisin'
B1 Blue Steam– Lizard King
B2 No Sweat – Start All Over Again
B3 Cobra – Graveyard Boogie
B4 Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems– Rough Tough Pretty Too
B5 Jumpers – Baby C'mon
B6 Detonators– Light At Your Window
A1 Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems– Spread The Word Around
A2 Blue Steam– Cortina Cowboys
A3 Cobra – Looking For A Lady
A4 Jumpers – Jimmy Jump
A5 No Sweat – You Should Be So Lucky
A6 Detonators– Cruisin'
B1 Blue Steam– Lizard King
B2 No Sweat – Start All Over Again
B3 Cobra – Graveyard Boogie
B4 Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems– Rough Tough Pretty Too
B5 Jumpers – Baby C'mon
B6 Detonators– Light At Your Window
3 comments:
Bobby Sands? That British agent provocateur, along with Gerry Adams and the one code named 'The Fisherman' McGuiness, who like all other terrorists are ALL government spooks hired to oppress the masses by the so-called elite of inbred, fey, perverted bastards who can trace their family trees to William the CONKerer and his barons.
Thanks for the inside dope on Belfast. I like the band and title on B4. Looking forward...
And i suppose you're one of those who think the Masses shouldn't be repressed?....a comment straight outta MI6 central office. Standard misinformation waffle.....ps....i like the interesting use of the word 'Fey'.....its gives me images of McGuiness and Adams playing Chase me in the stormont panic room.
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