PUNK DEBUTS

 



During the UK musical explosion of 1976 known as Punk ,a number of bands were formed as a direct consequence of the emergence of the Sex Pistols and a number of other bands, who may not be directly 'Punk' bands, embraced the 'can do' attitude of the movement. The critical moment of decision on whether there was validity in Punk was the release of albums from these bands and during 1977 and 1978 the debuts from the movements best were/are surprisingly good and when reflected on 30 odd years later they capture the vibrancy of the times.
Here's my best of the bunch

1.Never mind the bollocks here’s the Sex Pistols-Sex Pistols 1977

Holidays in the sun

Liar

No feelings

God save the Queen

Problems

Seventeen

Anarchy in the UK

Bodies

Pretty Vacant

New York

EMI

 

2.The Clash-The Clash 1977

Janie Jones

Remote control

I’m so bored with the USA

White Riot

Hate & War

What’s my name

Deny

London’s Burning

Career Opportunities

Cheat

Protex Blue

Police & Thieves

48 Hours

Garageland

 

3.The Scream-Siouxsie & the Banshees-1978

Pure

Jigsaw feeling

Overground

Carcass

Helter Skelter

Mirage

Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)

Nicotine Stain

Suburban relapse

Switch

4.In the city-The Jam 1977

Art School

I've Changed My Address

Slow down

I Got By in Time

Away from the Numbers

Batman theme

In the City

Sounds from the Street

Non-Stop Dancing

Time for Truth

Takin' My Love

Bricks and Mortar

 

5.Crossing the red sea with the Adverts-The Adverts 1978

One Chord Wonders

Bored Teenagers

New Church

On The Roof

New Boys

Bombsite Boy

No Time To Be 21

Safety In Numbers

Drowning Men

On Wheels

Great British Mistake





6.Another music in a different kitchen-The Buzzcocks 1978

Fast Cars

No Reply

You Tear Me Up

Get on Our Own

Love Battery

Sixteen

I don’t mind

Fiction Romance

Autonomy

I Need

Moving Away from the Pulsebeat

 

 

7. Pink Flag-Wire 1977

Reuters

Field day for the Sundays

Three girl Rhumba

Ex Lion Tamer

Lowdown

Start to move

Brazil

It’s so obvious

Surgeon’s Girl

Pink flag

The Commercial

Straight Line

106 beats that

Mr Suit

Strange

Fragile

Mannequin

Different to me

Champs

Feeling called love

12 X U

 

8.Damned, Damned, Damned-The Damned 1977

Neat, neat, neat

Fan Club

I fall

Born to kill

Stab yor back

Feel the pain

New Rose

Fish

See her tonite

1 of the 2

So messed up

I feel alright

 

 

9.Real life-Magazine 1978

Definitive gaze

My Tupla

Shot by both sides

Recoil

Burst

Motorcade

The great Beautician in the sky

The light pours out of me

Parade

 

=10. Germ free Adolescents -X-Ray Spex 1978

Art-I-Ficial

Obsessed with You

Warrior in Woolworths

Let's Submerge

I Can't Do Anything

Identity

Genetic Engineering

I Live Off You

I Am a Poseur

Germfree Adolescents

Plastic Bag

The Day the World Turned Day-Glo

 

 

=10. The image has cracked-Alternative TV

Alternatives
Action Time Vision
Why Don't You Do Me Right?
Good Times
Still-Life
Viva La Rock N' Roll
Nasty Little Lonely
Red
Splitting In