THE KILLJOYS – Johnny Won’t Get To Heavenġ8. ![]() THE SNIVELLING SHITS – Terminal Stupidġ7. THE RADIATORS FROM SPACE – Television Screenġ2. Along with the foursquare punk attack of the Lurkers, the Cortinas, Sham 69, and many others, there's the speeded-up pub rock of Fruit Eating Bears, the joyous power pop of the Stoat, the prog-inspired twists and turns of Psykik Voltz, the arty minimalism of English Subtitles, the psych-inspired surrealism of Victim, the edgy cool of the Flys, and the acoustic guitar in a bedsit parody/tribute of Patrik Fitzgerald.Ġ3. This set is also a potent reminder that early punk was never as monochromatic as many liked to believe (or as samey as U.K. ![]() Just as that record still sounds fresh and explosive four decades later, nearly all of the 111 songs on Action Time Vision are filled with energy, passion, and a sense of discovery, as the musicians strive to find their place in a new musical landscape and have fun doing it. ![]() The set opens, fittingly enough, with "New Rose" by the Damned, widely acknowledged as the first British punk single and the release that turned Stiff Records into a going concern. Well as the bands that emerged on homegrown labels.
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