Music
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Mexican hard rockers. Never heard of them before. But it’s good.
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Saw the Clash a few times. There was a venue in Birmingham (cant remember the name) that used to put on punk bands all the time, frequented it a lot in my late teens.....Damned, Adverts, The Ruts and the like......
"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
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@Giles damn that’s so awesome. Really love the Adverts, would’ve been super cool so see ‘em.
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@popvulture TV Smith has been in my neck of the woods two weeks ago, playing an Adverts set. He still can deliver a great show!
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@tody that’s awesome! I’ve heard his solo stuff and love it, and I knew he was still out there — glad to hear he’s still bringing the goods. I haven’t been paying tons of attention to see if he comes to the states, but from what I gather, not too often. I need to double check on that.
Love the Ruts too — both are super underrated.
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@popvulture He has been involved with Die Toten Hosen for some time now. 2001, they put out the "Useless" album, with them as his backing band. That's a superb record.
And Babylon's Burning by the Ruts is one of these all time classics...
As we're on the topic of UK punk - here's one of them new bands, they are quite promising:
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@tody hell yeah — thanks man! I’ll give these guys a listen.
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@endo - on TANGK - just got the first listen - i like it a lot, they are still a very honest band, that works hard and put a lot of effort. they are true.
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eh, and just found the sad news - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/10/rock-singer-damo-suzuki-dies-aged-74
RIP Damo
