Monthly Archives: June 2012

Killing Joke’s Youth blog “Lord of the flies …..only on a bus”

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

More genius from Youth as he documents the European Killing Joke tour: Me and Geordie have been blasting the tunes in the back of the bus loud in to the night, the bus has a  great pounding sound system which … Continue reading →

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Tubeway Army – “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” named in Grauniad’s “The best No 1 records”

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

After David Bowie’s Low and Heroes, the race was on for the first big British electronic hit. Everyone knew it was going to happen, because this was the sound of the future. Who would it be: the Human League, Ultravox, … Continue reading →

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Gary Numan live, Tuesday 29th May 2012, Bristol O2 Academy

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

I haven’t really kept up with Gary Numan’s career.  I love Tubeway Army, especially the eponymous debut LP, when he was riding high on high energy, proto-punk rhythms and before his burgeoning PUNK! career was de-railed by his chance encounter with … Continue reading →

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