5 OVERLOOKED PUNK/POST-PUNK SINGLES BY PAUL D. BRAZILL
Music, Paul D. Brazill, punk, Punk Noir Magazine
As much as I liked The Clash and the Pistols, they were never one of MY bands. The Adverts, however, were very much my band. They were a great live band who released some great punk singles and a great debut LP. My Place was a change of pace, though. Moody and stripped down, it was pretty much ignored, unfortunately. The B-side – Back From The Dead– was co-written with The Doctors Of Madness’ Richard ‘Kid’ Strange and is also a lost gem.
Split Up The Money – Vic Godard & Subway Sect.
The impact of the first couple of Subway Sect singles is well documented. The band’s move into swing also. The transition record is the classic ‘Stop That Girl’. But before that was Split Up the Money, a smart and catchy slice of kitchen sink crime fiction that acted as a taster for the forthcoming What’s The Matter Boy? LP.
Spizzoil were a glorious racket- all screeching, discordant guitar and,er, kazoo- I saw them live twice!- and Spizz’s second musica…
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