Does anyone recognize this bass player? The timeline would be 1980 if it were someone who was filmed for Urgh A Music War. This was in WB's URGH photo archives that we had access to.

Thanks in advance!

Phenomenal record and song from 1978.

While this is not Post Punk. The 4 recordings on this album “Nite Flights” that were written by Scott Walker are allegedly influenced by what Bowie and Eno were doing, yet they take things further into what Post Punk became.

Highly recommended!

**The Scott Walker written songs on this album were “The Electrician”, “Shutout”, “Fat Mama Kick” and “Nite Flights”.

A fine day for Manchester as Joy Division's Still released today in 1981

From George Gimarc's Post-Punk Diary

From Seeing Through The Airwaves: Thomas Dolby’s Windpower by Ted Mills

“The majority of the sounds on “Windpower” come from the PPG Wave Computer, an analog synthesizer “the size of a deepfreeze” that Dolby nicknamed “Henry.” For this song, its unreliable nature produced a bass sound with a swing-rhythm delay. The happy accident became the backbone of the song (and “…fitted so well into the feel of the song that I’ve performed the song live, on occasions, with only that bass sound and my voice,” he told emusician). For what could have been an exercise in minimalism, Dolby throws in all sorts of filigree: a flute here, a brass section there (both played by Simon Lloyd), synth drum tracks that he makes swing like the bass or shudder on the bridge. A lot more texture and variety happens in this song than most electronic music of the ‘80s would allow. Some of the track’s magic comes from a transitional period in pop music, right after synthesizers started becoming available and affordable to working musicians but before every band and producer bought them for studios and never got past the factory settings.”

Bill Nelson and his E-Bow guitar…

This song by Bill is an absolute gem.

If you haven’t heard or delved into Bill Nelson’s recordings. He’s a treasure! There is a lot of stuff to listen to.

Have a look at his website discography. Lots of info in there from Bill himself.

https://www.billnelson.com/albums-list

Highly recommend!

Brilliant track from their only LP, “Painless Nights”.

Brilliant song from their 2nd LP.

Real nice recording from Liverpool’s China Crisis.

The Peel Session version from 1983 is just as good..if not better…

https://youtu.be/6ZzO3oFSJjY?si=yhh2ce66iyII9W8C

An Australian band, named after an acid trip that Lewis had with two pigs named Nancy and Jam Fancy... They remind me of Radio Birdman.

Cathedral of Tears was a post-punk/new wave band heavy on the synths, formed by TSOL frontman Jack Grisham after leaving that band. They had an EP release in 1984 before disappearing for good. 2019 brought some demos recorded in 1983 out of the woodwork.

Intense French coldwave classic.

Wonderful cover of a Lou Reed song. A lot less sleazy than the original.

A toe-tapper

People often ask what a John Peel session was actually like behind the scenes. Picture this: January 1981. You're 21 years old, walking into Studio One at Langham Place.

You've got a green Japanese Telecaster, a Premier kit, and BBC technicians wearing heavy brown overall coats who look at you like you're about to short-circuit a multi-thousand-pound mixing desk. You have exactly one afternoon to track everything live with zero edits or safety nets.

We thought those tapes were gone forever, but we've rescued and remastered the 5-track session, and it dropped on Bandcamp. If you lived through the era of taping the radio under your duvet, come say hello!

https://missingpresumeddead.bandcamp.com

They got signed after "Lev Bronstein" a punk rock song but their mainstream LP was very much a ska punk album. Punk rock didn't really have a place in the 80's the existing punk acts turned New Wave and the local punks became Hardcore and had limited commercial success.

Please recommend me some fast post-punk bands. Stuff like Home Front, Schedule 1, early The Sound, Blitz, etc.

Stuff with post-punk instrumentation and sound-aesthetic but punk energy.

What’s yalls favorite of these 4?

Watched Monster House with my kids and I had no idea this was played during the end credits.