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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 […]

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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) […]