Archive for May, 2008
THE DOGS D’AMOUR: the state we’re in (Kumibeat Records, 1984) An euphoric power pop riff, a chorus that could have been written by Slade in 1972 had Slade been a little less ham-fisted, and we’re diving head first into the what could have been the definitive glam punk statement of the 80s. Unfortunately, it was […]
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Tags: dogs d'amour, glam, glam punk, glam rock, hanoi rocks, johnny thunders, Punk, punk rock, rock and roll, sleaze rock, tyla
Another year, another project for Lydia. This time around, she teamed up with James Johnston and Ian White of lounge lizards Gallon Drunk to play a few European dates in celebration of her new book The Gun Is Loaded. While in the past fifteen years or so Lydia seemed to continuously get better with age […]
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Tags: experimental music, gallon drunk, london, lydia lunch, No Wave, noise music, post punk, Punk, teenage jesus and the jerks
Shane MacGowan’s 70s punk band The Nipple Erectors will be playing a reunion set at London’s 100 Club this coming Tuesday 6 May, supported by cult ’77 punk rocker Johnny Moped and Seattle power pop band The Cute Lepers.
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Tags: alcohol addiction, garage punk, garage rock, johnny moped, london, Nipple Erectors, Punk, punk rock, Shane MacGowan, The Damned, the pogues
