Necessary Evil

Necessary Evil – Normal (Live @ Albany Empire, London, 1980)

Stef Petticoat's band before turning into The Petticoats. By the way, it would be smashing to listen to that cult out of print Necessary Evil tape. Any caritative soul?

The Mo-dettes

The Mo-dettes – White Mice

Big Flame

Big Flame – Cuba!

From Hulme to heaven. Perfect shit to listen to while you dance like a possessed!

Anarka And Poppy

Anarka And Poppy were created in Preston in late 1981 by “guitarist Sean Kirtley and vocalist Jane Mason, at the tender age of seventeen, originally as just a guitar/vocals duo.”

“The punk scene was pretty big in Preston about then. We tended to stick and work with the punks that had summat to say though, rather than with the poseurs. So, a good, co-operative, little ghetto was born in the heart of Preston; full of activity, never a dull moment, everyone was welcome… the 'other' punk bands all seemed to sound and look exactly like Discharge, and that was the more popular scene, to be honest. Jackets with studs on all that; fashionable cheese cloths, bum-flaps and bondage straps; we didn't look like that, so we never got too much attention from the 'hardcore'. We didn't really care though; they could all go to hell as far as we were concerned at that time. That was our general attitude.” Sean Kirtley 

Anarka And Poppy

“As for the worst gig we ever played? That was with New Model Army and Here And Now at the Bier Keller in Blackpool. We forgot that we needed our own drum kit and New Model Army wouldn't lend us theirs. We didn't like the idea of playing with them anyway, so it was off to a strange start from the beginning. Then when the bastards wouldn't lend us their drums, it turned into a right arse of a night. Someone eventually persuaded them, but it was like, 'For Christ's sake, you pricks! They're only bloody drums!' Here And Now were a sound bunch though, and they played an excellent set.” Sean Kirtley


Anarka And Poppy – P.O.P.P.I.E.S.
By the way, any chance to listen to the Take It For Life cassette?

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Excerpts and pic taken from The Day The Country Died book.

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Spain Is Different

What happens when you live in a country under a dictatorship during almost 40 years, where all seems to be grey and boring, and society is very conservative and traditionalist, but then the dictatorship is over and a relative new freedom era begins? Try to imagine this situation being a teen. And now try to imagine you suddenly learn about Punk-rock, Electronic Music, Industrial, Goth, Synth, Psychedelia, and Two Tone Ska at the same time. Too many new sounds to discover that your mind is just blown up – of pure joy, of course! Well, this is the feeling I get anytime I watch these videos of late 70s and early 80s Spanish bands. They just did whatever they wanted to do and didn't care about anything or anyone! Now, let's enjoy.


Siniestro Total – Mario


Derribos Arias – Europa


Ejecutivos Agresivos – Mari Pili


Maria Morticia & Los Decrépitos – Vamos a contar murciélagos


Lavabos Iturriaga – ?


Glutamato Yeyé – Todos los negritos tienen hambre y frío


La Caída de la Casa Usher – Insecto Vivo Insecto Muerto


Metal & Ca – Automáticas