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August 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80: The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”

I don’t hate this at all – but I can’t say I’m hooked, wouldn’t have mattered if I’d ever heard this or not I reckon. Look, I like some of The Damned did and was about but it’s just that thing of this music existing at the wrong time for me, and/or me for it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Machine Gun Etiquette”, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, 80, Punk, Rat Scabies, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80: The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”, The Damned, The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”, The Members, The Young Ones, UK ·

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February 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk

The early eighties in Wellington was the best place and the soundtrack for me was what I suppose you would call post punk. It was a new type of music and I loved it – Echo and XTC, Furs and the Cure, Magazine and Joy Division, Dexy’s and Only Ones, Stranglers and Members, Japan and […]
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November 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The Members (Nov 8, Wgtn)

The Members Bodega, Wellington Friday, November 8 The Members formed in 1976 in England, part of a vibrant punk scene that offered music by The Specials, Madness, The Damned and others. Although technically this version of The Members features – perhaps ironically – none of the original members, JC Carroll (guitar/vocals) and Chris Payne (bass/vocals) […]
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