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Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Prutsers - "Volume 3" - (Year Zero Records YEAR040) 2016

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You want more hopelessly obscure Dutch DIY dabblings from the eighties do you? Thankfully Year Zero Records has cobbled together a Thi...
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Komovari64 - "Pana Pagan / Stop" (self released Cassingle / Privaat Band Een) 1982

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Komovari64's 'hit' cassingle from 1982; a dark journey into the claustrophobic world of DIY electronica from a planet still ...
Monday, 28 November 2016

Komovari64 - "Komonovari" (self-released cassette / Privaat Band Drie) 1982

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Remember Komovari64?.....from Holland?.....No?....not surprising because literally only a handful of these cassettes were ever sold ...
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Saturday, 26 November 2016

Man's Hate - "Raiders of the Stolen Hearts" (Man's Hate Productions) 1987

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More Hate, this time it's Man's Hate, which seems to predominate over Women's Hate. Men are pre-programmed ,genetically,...
Thursday, 24 November 2016

Scouts Of Uzbekistan - "Hate is Our religion" (Year Zero Records YEAR039) 2016

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In keeping with the current theme of 'Hate', its only fitting that we feature the latest Scouts Of Uzbekistan album. A parable ...
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Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Various Artists ‎– "Hate's Our Belief" (Aquilifer Sodality ‎– 1AE 03003) 1983

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More on our theme celebrating this new age of the Politics of Hate. Another jolly compilation from an enlightened era in comparison...
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Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Rockwell ‎– "Hate" (Broken Flag ‎– BF 9) 1983

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In 1983 Industrial Noise groups were running out of far right racists to overlay their fuzzy squeals and amplified static with. So natur...
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Monday, 21 November 2016

Con-Dom ‎– "Even More Racial Hatred" (Zeal SS ‎– o51) 1986

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Here's one for Trump and Farage Supporters (aka Thick Twats). Now, after all that Pub Rock, its time to get back to (Ab)normality...
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Various Artists ‎– "Goodbye Nashville Hello Camden Town - A Pub Rock Anthology" (Castle Music ‎– CMEDD1451) 2007

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To finish this long,and sometimes boring,journey through the annals(or anals) of UK Pub Rock(some of you will be pleased to hear), here...
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Eggs Over Easy ‎– "Good 'N' Cheap"(A&M Records ‎– SP 4366) 1972

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From the smallest seeds grow mighty trees which bare the strangest fruit, Eggs Over Easy, despite the terrible name, and bland post-h...
Sunday, 20 November 2016

Nick Lowe - "Jesus Of Cool" (Radar RAD 1) 1978

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Dunno about being the 'Jesus of Cool', but Nick Lowe is probably the Jesus of Pub rock.....and therefore ,ultimately The Jesus of...
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Saturday, 19 November 2016

Eddie And The Hot Rods ‎– "Live At The Rainbow 1977"

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The thing about Eddie and The Hot Rods was they looked like us 'real' kids, not the posh kids from Bromley , or the cliques from...
Friday, 18 November 2016

Eddie and the Hot Rods ‎– "The Curse Of The Hot Rods" (Hound Dog Records ‎– But 002)

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A bunch of previously unreleased demo's and out-takes, recorded by the 'Classic Line Up' from the peak of the Hot Rods betwe...
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Thursday, 17 November 2016

Eddie And The Hot Rods ‎– "Doing Anything They Wanna Do...18 Hot Rods Rockers" (Anagram Records ‎– CDMGRAM 108) 1996

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The pop group I've seen live more than any other, second only to Volcano The Bear (who aren't pop I suppose?), is the superbly en...
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Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Mick Farren ‎– "Vampires Stole My Lunch Money" (Logo ‎– LOGO 1010) 1978

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Proto-Punker ,Political Activist, and Journalist, the late Mick Farren, also late of sixties hippie punks, The Deviants; assembled the g...
Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Fabulous Poodles ‎– "Think Pink" (Blueprint ‎– BLUP 5001) 1979

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The third and final album from proto-new wave pub band, The Fabulous Poodles.Probably their best, but not good enough for it to save the...
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Monday, 14 November 2016

The Fabulous Poodles ‎– "Mirror Stars" (Epic ‎– JE 35666) 1977/1978

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Fine purveyors of finely crafted witty and clever pop songs,The Fabulous Poodles began life in 1975, and hit the Pub Rock circuit. In a ...
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Sunday, 13 November 2016

Wreckless Eric - "Wreckless Eric" (Stiff Records - SEEZ 6) 1978

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I always wanted a Brown 10 incher in my hand, and the chance came in 1978 when my school mate said he was sick of 'Punk' an...
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Friday, 11 November 2016

Mickey Jupp ‎– "Mickey Jupp's Legend" (Stiff Records GET 2) 1978

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In the early seventies no-one played proper Rock'n'Roll, except the MC5 ,Flamin' Groovies, and Mickey Jupp. So here we have a...
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Thursday, 10 November 2016

Mickey Jupp ‎– "Juppanese" (Stiff Records SEEZ10) 1978

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Only a slightly offensive cover adorns this Chuck Berry riff recycling Pub Rock Legend's first solo LP for Stiff. Having been aroun...
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Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Brian Eno and the Winkies - "Peel Session 26/02/1974"

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Yes, Pub Rock band 'The Winkies' accompanied everyone's favourite 'non-musician' Brian Eno, on his first solo tour i...
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Tuesday, 8 November 2016

The Winkies ‎– "The Winkies" (Chrysalis ‎– CHR.1066) 1975

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What connects Brian Eno to the Pub Rock phenomenon? Answer is "The Winkies" who were briefly his backing band, for one tour...
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Monday, 7 November 2016

Kursaal Flyers ‎– "Chocs Away!" (UK Records ‎– 2330 101) 1975

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Not a Fan of The Kursaal Flyers, but they have to be included in this Pub Rock direction we've taken of late. Probably one of the...
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Saturday, 5 November 2016

The 101'ers ‎– "Elgin Avenue Breakdown" (1975-76)

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Champagne Socialist,former Public Schoolboy and Diplomat's son, Joe "Woody" Mellor. Was soon to dump all his squatter c...
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Friday, 4 November 2016

Bees Make Honey ‎– "Music Every Night" (EMI) 1973

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Bees Make Honey made an eclectic mix of country rock, Little Feat Funk, and clever 10cc style rock'n'roll for the discerning d...
Thursday, 3 November 2016

Kokomo ‎– "Kokomo" (CBS) 1975

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Roogalator weren't the only Funky band on the Pub Rock scene you know!...They were by far the best and most edgy pub funk group a...
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