Scenes from Rip It Up and Start Again
Showing posts with label debut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label debut. Show all posts
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Scritti Politti - Skank Bloc Bologna

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I step into the room and immediately stumble against a typewriter lurking on the dingy brown carpet. A small tower of books perches precario...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Joy Division and Martin Hannett's production

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Joy Division began life as Warsaw - to most contemporary ears, a fairly undistinguished, punk-inflected hard-rock band. "Digital",...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Devo's first singles and debut album "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo!"

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As expressed in the anthem "Be Stiff", Devo's proudly neurotic, uptight attitude was a revolt against the take-it-easy baby bo...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Gang of Four - "At Home He Feels Like a Tourist" and "Entertainment!"

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While the Mekons struggled to promote Quality of Mercy , Gang of Four released their debut major-label single, "At Home He Feels Like a...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Mekons' second single and debut album

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The Mekons' second single for Fast Product, the indie smash "Where Were You?" was released toward the end of 1978 and quickly ...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Militant entertainment: introducing Gang of Four and the Mekons' "Never Been in a Riot"

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Gang of Our shunned the heat of rock spontaneity, the intuitive looseness of letting songs emerge "organically" out of jams. ...
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