Tended to sing good sing along anthems, full of laddish humour. They tended to attract the yobbish punks to their gigs, including neo-nazi skinheads. Much to the annoyance of the band itself.

 

hits included Angels with dirty faces, If the kids are united, Hurry up Harry, Hersham boys.

like them... good old fashioned mod/britpop lads group. good cover of the yardbirds excellant 'mr youre a better man then i' (c**p title though)

They were the 1st cartoon punk band (Generation X was the real thing). Without them Greenday and The Offspring could not have existed. The Adventures of the Hersham Boys is the funniest punk album .............EVER. Jimmy Pursey father of modern American chart music :D

hits included Angels with dirty faces, If the kids are united, Hurry up Harry, Hersham boys.

 

kids are united is cool whether sham 69 or atari teenage riot

 

 

the eng-er-land tune was alright as well. not to sure about Gen X, thought of Billy Idol's Xmas album still fresh in brain!!!

 

no doubt you've seen the NME this week with their tribute to Joe Strummer and the clash that ties into the Juliam Temple film Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten but did you also see the news about Carbon/Silicon with features Mike Jones of the Clash and obv the producer of the libs finest moments!!! This project is with a dude called Tony James who was once in the Sister Of Mercy years ago, which can only be a good thing.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/CarbonSilicon.jpg

 

however on the other hand this supergroup might be very dodgy as Tony James seems to have been in a band further back which had comedy lead crooner Billy Idol as it's star. Also the drummer is from Kubb and he used to be in Reef, so obv not Tony Allen then!!! do you think this project will be any good? will the be the next TGTBATQ? or end up quite like some of the tunes below??? it could be good it could be bad but i guessit wont sound like queen :lol:

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/TheGoodtheBadandtheQueen.jpg

 

Big Audio Dynamite:

 

 

 

 

 

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

 

Sigue Sigue Sputnik is a British pop-cyberpunk band that achieved moderate fame in the mid- to late 1980s, when the song "Love Missile F1-11" hit the pop charts around the world. "Love Missile F1-11"'s success was due in part to the song's use in the cult-hit movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Led by former Generation X bassist Tony James, the band adopted a style of new wave music similar to that of such bands as New York electronica duo Suicide and Swiss techno-rock duo Yello, by layering vocals, yelps, guitar riffs, electronic sound effects and short samples over pulsating synthesizer bass lines.

 

The themes and imagery in the band's songs were often influenced by futuristic, dystopian or post-apocalyptic films such as A Clockwork Orange, The Terminator, Blade Runner and the Mad Max trilogy. The band's music and image also mashed together a range of other pop culture influences, including the electronica/Krautrock influences of Kraftwerk, Marc Bolan's T-Rex, and the swagger and sex appeal of Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley and glam rock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sisters of Mercy:

 

 

 

 

Generation X:

 

 

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Reef-rides.jpg

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2KRZz4G0s...ted&search=

 

Reef:

 

gawd... tigerboy... you go to far too much trouble dude, does anybody actually listen to all of these clips?.. sorry but theres just not enough hours in the day.

gawd... tigerboy... you go to far too much trouble dude, does anybody actually listen to all of these clips?.. sorry but theres just not enough hours in the day.

 

 

my thoughts exactly :lol:

my thoughts exactly :lol:

 

but surely brian man! you should know all of those posted. you dont need to bother