X-Ray Spex

tgpo · 02-03-2010, 06:29 AM

Anyone else a fan of X-Ray Spex? Punk with a saxophone just works for them somehow, I can't explain it.

DeadShotKeen · 02-03-2010, 06:32 AM

Love 'Oh Bondage! Up Yours', never got round to the LP (think they did just the 1?), should do at some point.

tgpo · 02-03-2010, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadShotKeen

Love 'Oh Bondage! Up Yours', never got round to the LP (think they did just the 1?), should do at some point.

They released a 2nd LP, Conscious Consumer, in 1995. From what I understand, it sucked.

**Janszoon** · 02-03-2010, 07:30 AM

I've had the bonus tacks re-release of Germ Free Adolescents for ages but I have to admit "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" is the only song I've ever really gotten into. Maybe I should give it another chance.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-03-2010, 11:11 AM

It's a shame that Oh Bondage basically overshadows everything because there's some great stuff on their album.

Bulldog · 02-03-2010, 11:16 AM

I have the expanded reissue of their first album on CD somewhere, but I've long since lost it. Shame really, it was a pretty fine album - I used to listen to it religiously when I was a teenager and basically first getting into vintage punk rock beyond the Pistols and the Clash's debut. From what I remember, Identity, I Am a Poser, Highly Inflammable and Germ Free Adolescents were my favourites.

tgpo · 02-03-2010, 12:14 PM

I picked up their anthology from amazon for $11. 52 tracks, including Peel sessions. Not a bad deal.

http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Submerge-...dp/B000H9I15K/

02-03-2010, 06:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I've had the bonus tacks re-release of Germ Free Adolescents for ages but I have to admit "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" is the only song I've ever really gotten into. Maybe I should give it another chance. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	It's a shame that Oh Bondage basically overshadows everything because there's some great stuff on their album. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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tgpo Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 207	I picked up their anthology from amazon for $11. 52 tracks, including Peel sessions. Not a bad deal. http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Submerge-...dp/B000H9I15K/ __________________ tgpo.org \| Last.fm

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02-03-2010, 06:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
DeadShotKeen Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 79	Love 'Oh Bondage! Up Yours', never got round to the LP (think they did just the 1?), should do at some point.

02-03-2010, 11:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	I have the expanded reissue of their first album on CD somewhere, but I've long since lost it. Shame really, it was a pretty fine album - I used to listen to it religiously when I was a teenager and basically first getting into vintage punk rock beyond the Pistols and the Clash's debut. From what I remember, Identity, I Am a Poser, Highly Inflammable and Germ Free Adolescents were my favourites.