Iggy Pop, sometimes called the “Godfather of Punk,” got his start as the front man for the Stooges, with three loud, abrasive, classic proto-punk albums spanning 1969-1973. His shirtless stage...
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Mid-‘70s, Dave Edmunds found himself playing a prominent role among the back-to-basics crowd of the UK pub rock scene, producing such pub rock pioneers as Ducks Deluxe and Brinsley Schwarz,...
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Nick Lowe is perhaps best known for his work as a producer; his extensive production discography includes a handful of Elvis Costello’s most acclaimed albums, some of Graham Parker’s most...
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The raucous, charged rock and roll of Dr. Feelgood comes straight out of the mid-‘70s UK pub rock scene. The rhythm and beat drive these songs like very few others...
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Vocalist Neville Staple and guitarist Lynval Golding were black and Jamaican born; vocalist Terry Hall and guitarist Roddy Radiation were white boys from England. Together, they formed a major part...
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Neo-psychedelic rocker Robyn Hitchcock got his start in the Soft Boys, who came to relative prominence (meaning, not much at all) during the explosion of post-punk and new wave bands...
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Although Tom Petty first made his name at the start of the new wave and punk era, I wouldn’t really call him new wave, and he’s certainly not punk. But...
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Pioneers in industrial and electronic music, the music and visual arts group Throbbing Gristle used transgressive music, lyrics, and visual imagery to shock and disturb. Fronted by Genesis P-Orridge, with...
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Sometimes rankings seem arbitrary. My Top 6 from 1979 had a few albums that feel head and shoulders above the rest of the albums of the year. But after that,...
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Among the mass of post-punk bands that proliferated in England in the aftermath of punk, few had as memorable a sound as Gang of Four. They keyed in on punk’s...
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