Tag Archives: Punk/New Wave

Using their wild and fun live show, Boston’s the Fools brought the Tubes’ love of life in to the age of new wave and, like their NEW YORK competition Blotto, had a novelty hit in the first ’80s. Shaped in 1975, the Fools became a preferred of Boston radio in …

The production arm of early synth popsters Heaven 17 and occasionally a documenting entity in its correct, B.E.F. (or English Electric Basis) was created by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh soon after their leave from the initial lineup from the Human being Little league. Ware and Marsh experienced formed …

Tx quintet Blue Oct formed through the post-grunge growth of the middle-’90s when vocalist/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld began penning angst-ridden rock and roll songs by using his sibling, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, and violinist Ryan Delahoussaye. Bassist Liz Mullaly finished the band’s preliminary lineup, and Blue Oct released an unbiased debut record, …

Often tagged simply because garage rock revivalists, the Fleshtones mix the fuzz electric guitar and Farfisa organ sounds of this genre with rockabilly, ’50s and ’60s R&B, and surf right into a potent retro stew the group loves to contact “very rock.” The group produced in 1976 in Queens, NY …

A gritty punk quintet from Richmond, VA, Avail comprises vocalist Tim Barry, guitarist Joe Banking institutions, bassist Gwomper, drummer Erik Larson, and “cheerleader” Beau Beau. Their unique sound is situated in the sincerity and hostility of punk, the energy of classic rock and roll, and an admiration from the close …

Chicago’s the Blue Meanies possess continuing their wacky design of hyper, obnoxious ska-punk that additionally fused with jazz and funk affects since forming in 1989. Debuting in 1991 with “Grandma Hair shampoo”/”Dickory Dock,” this one would be the beginning of their extended discography and revolving lineup. Although their workers was …

Jason DeVore (vocals), Costs Marcks (electric guitar/vocals), Jeremy Hardwood (bass/vocals), and Jim Wilcox (drums) comprise the exotic punk audio of Specialist Zero. Shaped in Mesa, AZ, in 1994, Specialist Zero initially began like a five-piece with vocalist Jerry Douglas. Douglas remaining the group in 1999, but continued to be a …

The Australian group Big Pig made a memorable first impression in 1988 using the belligerent percussion and incendiary vocals of their only U.S. strike, “Breakaway.” Big Pig was mentioned for their style sense aswell, wearing natural leather aprons that offered them a distinctive look. Shaped in Melbourne, Australia, in 1986, …

Post-minimalist composer and NY downtown music figure Rhys Chatham was involved with music young. He studied traditional flute, and had been playing functions by modern composers such as for example Luciano Berio and Pierre Boulez by enough time he began monitoring structure (including serialism) in his early teenagers. Chatham started …

The Exploited are among the U.K.’s many politically outspoken thrash rings. Located in Edinburgh, the music group is normally led by vocalist Wattie Buchan, whose helping cast has transformed several times because the group’s inception around the finish from the ’70s. The music group has garnered a big hardcore audience …