"Atv = three points in time. A = action. T = time. V = vision as the four minds crack in atvv!" One of the great early (1978) UK punk rock singles - Action Time Vision - from Alternative TV , delivered to your eyes and ears via a smokin' Internet connection and whole bunch of tubes. Trouser Press writes: "Although the abstract stuff doesn't hold up so well, it's still an amazing document of a [...]
Alternate TV: Love Lies Limp brief band bio
The Violet Pets From: Tooting Broadway, London United Kingdom T he Violet Pets are another of those bands for which the Devil has a penchant that may no longer be in existence. Their myspace site doesn't appear to have been touched for a couple of years and the photos on their Last.FM [...]
Formed in 1976 by Mark Perry, who was know for creating the Punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue , Alternative TV (or ATV) featured Perry on vocals, Mickey Smith on bass, John Towe (previous drummer for Generation X) on drums, and Alex Fergusson on guitar. Based in England, the band began rehearsing at Throbbing Gristles Hackney Studio. In May of 1977, the band began playing gigs. They would be known for having many line up changes through out their career, the first was when Mickey Smith was replaced by Tyrone Thomas (who was in a previous band with Perry The New [...]
From far away. Stays for a day Never a frown with golden brown - The strangler . . " Summer 2010. It's not a good year, but we stick together. " 01. Alternative TV - Nasty Little Lonely The Image Has Cracked (Anagram Punk UK, 1978) 02. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Switch The Scream (1978) 03. The Stranglers - Golden Brown [...]
The Beets, German Measles & Coconut Coolouts at the Funhouse, Seattle | 30 April 2010 New York's ramshackle, frumpy party scene visited the Funhouse on Friday night for some debauchery, good times and music. Seattle's Coconut Coolouts played hosts, opening the night with their version Pacific Northwest garage party rock. The Coolouts have boiled party rock down to a science of two stand-up drummers, Bruno Kirby on keyboards, a primal stomp and some well chosen covers. It seems [...]
African Music Machine - Burundi Black Drummers Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's son Alternative TV - Loves Lies Limp Chrisma - Aurora B The human League - Rock'n'Roll/Nightclubbing Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (M.A.T.H.E.S remix)
It's tax day in America so here's an early return for anybody who wants it: a vinyl rip of the entirely essential 1981 compilation I.R.S. GREATEST HITS VOLS. 2 & 3 which has never been released on CD. I've been meaning to do this for some time, and April 15 seemed like a good excuse to finally hook up the turntable to the computer. This double-LP, which I first bought while on a family vacation in Myrtle Beach in 1985, was a formative record for me. Already familiar with I.R.S. Records through R.E.M., The Go-Gos, and General Public, [...]
Alternative TV 'How Much Longer' and 'You Bastard. Release date: 1979 on Deptford Fun City Records. Band members: Mark Perry, Chris Bennett, Alex Fergusson and Tyrone Thomas. Pampelmoose Punk Rock Classics - Alternative TV from Dave Allen on Vimeo. I was digging through a crate of 73 singles the other day and considered ripping them to MP3 [...]
There're so many unheralded punk nuggets floating around the world that it really has become impossible to track each and everyone down. And oddly enough, it's taken a Japanese label to ingratiate listeners to the sounds of F.U.2. 1977 Records appears focused on re-releasing a great deal of scum-fuck punk in order to perhaps re-tell part of history. And for this particular release, they've not only re-told some of it, but explained it as well. Beginning in the early '60s a huge crop of Brit Beat combos popped up. Amongst them [...]
"How much longer will people wear nazi armbands? And dye their hair? Safety pins and spray their clothes? Talk about anarchy, fascism and boredom. When you don't know nothing. But you... Punk | Powerpop | Mod | Hard Core
Mojo's 50 Greatest UK Indie Records Of All Time One of the UK's best music magazines, Mojo , has just published a list of the 50 greatest UK indie records of all time. As you, and no doubt Mojo, would expect it's a list that is bound to prompt many drunken debates in indie pubs and clubs across the land. The list includes [...]
Waved Rumor
Art Decade
The Devil Has The Best Tuna
Revolution Rock
motel de moka
the finest kiss
L.A.D.R.I.
Sound Bites
Pampelmoose
Chewing Pine
Killed By Death Records
Hervé - Pick Me Up, Sort Me Out, Calm Me Down
Someone remixed 'Aerodynamic' by Daft Punk on Google's Moog Doodle
Hervé feat. Ronika - How Can I Live Without You (Make It Right) (Video)
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