New Wave
‘New Wave’, 1977. Real-time Punk compilation album. New Wave was the Marketing Department’s rebrand of those pesky punks. Thus, anything a bit guitary or non-mainstream got a look in. So, pub-rockers like Little Bob Story and older acts like the Flamin’ Groovies are here. The Boomtown Rats make an appearance with ‘Looking After No 1’, which was a Top 20 hit and helped the album sell. But, you know, it’s the Boomtown Rats. Anyway, a couple from the Ramones, Patti Smith’s ‘Piss Factory’, New York Dolls ‘Personality Crisis’, Dead Boys ‘Sonic Reducer’, a Talking Heads track, and the Damned’s ‘New Rose’ (the first ever Punk single) made this album a bargain. Edgy beer-spitting punk on the cover raised questions in the Houses of Parliament, probably…
New Wave
‘New Wave’, 1977. Real-time Punk compilation album. New Wave was the Marketing Department’s rebrand of those pesky punks. Thus, anything a bit guitary or non-mainstream got a look in. So, pub-rockers like Little Bob Story and older acts like the Flamin’ Groovies are here. The Boomtown Rats make an appearance with ‘Looking After No 1’, which was a Top 20 hit and helped the album sell. But, you know, it’s the Boomtown Rats. Anyway, a couple from the Ramones, Patti Smith’s ‘Piss Factory’, New York Dolls ‘Personality Crisis’, Dead Boys ‘Sonic Reducer’, a Talking Heads track, and the Damned’s ‘New Rose’ (the first ever Punk single) made this album a bargain. Edgy beer-spitting punk on the cover raised questions in the Houses of Parliament, probably…