Have you ever heard the Peel (sp?) sessions they did? -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 4:46 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: The only band that matters...loses a member
Tom Robinson is a presenter on BBC Radio 6 now, http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/tom_robinson/, and you can listen online. X-ray spex were superb, and very much a part of the original Punk scene, I still have a single with a very bright picture sleve around here somewhere. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 December 2002 20:51 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The only band that matters...loses a member > > > I can still remember when Wendy O died. Sad day in Storrs, > CT. Now there truly is no use for black electricians tape. > > As for Stiff Little Fingers, I just picked up a "Best of" > retrospective album, and it didn't have "Barbed Wire Love". > Did I miss something? Was that decided to have been too > commercial, or did no one else like that song? > > Two other bands from that era that I still listen to daily, > although they don't quite fit the above list: X-Ray Specs and > the Tom Robinson Band. > > I'll have to check out Blitz tonight. They are "new" to me. > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/23/02 03:25PM >>> > While I am heartbroken to hear the news, the Clash is far > from the only band that matters. > > They mattered. The band has been gone for quite a number of > years now, and can no longer be spoken about properly in the > present tense. > > Other bands that mattered (in some cases, are still mattering > along) include the Angelic Upstarts, Cocksparrer, the Cockney > Rejects, Sham 69, Stiff Little Fingers, Blitz, Oi Palloi, the > Rezillos, the Buzzcocks, Wire, the Plasmatics and dozens and > dozens of other mid-70's - early-80's UK punk bands. > > If you enjoyed the Clash, you may find some of these > interesting as well. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephenie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:44 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: The only band that matters...loses a member > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/23/obit.strummer/index.html ~~ Stephenie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
