Posted in New Wave, Punk, Norn Iron, Belfast, music on Mar 16th, 2010 2 Comments »
Shellshock Rock Pt 1
A chance find on YouTube - appears to have turned up not long after I did this post on Belfast / Norn Iron punk. Somebody FedEx a case of vintage Buckfast to saintly Japanese person heyohkubo3 and put it on DO Tower’s tab please.
Links to the other 5 parts of the […]
Posted in Zombie, Rockabilly, Punk, obituary, music on Feb 7th, 2009 1 Comment »
Donagh is correct in pointing out on a recent post of his that I am the morbid banshee rock obit specialist of this blog. This weather, it seems that the greats are passing away on a weekly basis. Latest in the list I found out about last night through my very own Poison Ivy - […]
Posted in Proto-punk, Post-punk, 50 Favourite Albums, Kurt Cobain, Punk, music on Feb 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
[ And straight in at number 27, fuck it do I love early 1980s Thursday nights!!.. ]
I have always retained a childish attachment to reverse countdowns of people’s favourite music tracks - it’s most likely the fault of the man pictured above. While looking for a Butthole Surfers track on the web a few posts […]
Posted in Manu Chao, Henry Rollins, Mick Harvey, Punk, French, music on Dec 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Warning for Donagh - this post may or may not mention football … Avert your eyes now !
A post resulting from more deadtime spent on YouTube - I’ve a lot of that recently due to the wonderful French employment market for blokes with funny accents.
Anyhow, had heard a cover on the radio of great 80/90s […]
Posted in New Wave, Punk, Norn Iron, Belfast, music on Sep 26th, 2008 5 Comments »
“If anywhere in the world needed punk, it was Belfast”
(Terri Hooley - glass-eyed rogue)
I recall (that’s like remembering only a tad more middle class) my first and probably only trip up to Belfast. It started on a bus from Busaras that trundled up the pathetic excuse for an N1 that was only halfway decent to […]