Not done one of these in ages so I present....
Urbans Obscure(ish)Post Punk Bands Who Don't Really Get Much Attention On The Forum Compilation
It's not all Joy Division , Gang Of Four and Public Image Ltd you know....
01 - Inner City Unit - Watching The Grass Grow
This seems as good a place as any to start.
This band who i've talked about a lot in the past were fronted by ex Hawkwind man Nick Turner.
This song was the first ever No 1 song in the first ever week of the Indie charts.
Taken from the album Pass Out (1980)
02 - Liquid Liquid - Cavern
Ever wondered where Grandmaster Flash got THAT bassline from?
Well now you know
Taken from the E.P. Optimo (1983)
03 - The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Years before he was writing fantastic books about Krautrock Julian Cope wrote possibly the best post punk single ever.
(If you forget Love Will Tear Us Apart ever existed)
Taken from the album Kilimanjaro (1980)
04 - Section 25 - Dirty Disco
It wouldn't be a proper post punk compilation without a band off Factory Records.
Think Gang Of Four with a phat bassline , less sixth form politics and a lot more balls.
Taken from the album Always Now (1981)
05 - Blurt - Alouette
Spazzy jazz
Taken from the album Pagan Strings (1992)
06 - Sad Lovers And Giants - Things We Never Did
Echo & The Bunnymen with horns
Taken from the album Epic Garden Music (1982)
07 - MX-80 Sound - Tidal Wave
More spazzy jazz but with a much more obvious punk influence
Taken from the album Hard Attack (1977)
08 - Fad Gadget - Ideal World
Fad Gadget are usually known as a fine synthpop band .
However this first track off their fourth album showed that they also liked to rock out a bit too.
Taken from the album Gag (1984)
09 - Savage Republic - Next To Nothing
Savage Republic are an interesting one.
They were hugely influenced by African music and Africa was a re-occurring topic in their lyrics.
Yet they played with the same type of intensity & chaos as The Birthday Party.
Taken from the album Tragic Figures (1982)
10 - Blue Orchids - The Flood
The Blue Orchid were formed in 1979 by Martin Bramah & Una Baines from the original line up of The Fall.
A bit more melodic than The Fall but not a million miles away.
Taken from the album The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (1982)
***Obligatory Song By The Fall***
11 - The Fall - Leave The Capitol
Well you didn't think they wouldn't be here.
I decided to go with this forgotten little gem off their Slates E.P.
The lyrics are about vampires but it's just a thinly veiled attack by MES on London.
Taken from the E.P. Slates (1981)
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