Adverts - Live shows 1978

Here's three live Adverts shows from 1978. These shows are interesting because they are playing six new songs written after the first album, some of which would, in slightly different versions, end up on the second album. These were all recorded from the audience so the sound is raw. The Marquee has the best sound of the three despite some serious tape hiss.

@ The Star, Croydon 2-26-78
01. One Chord Wonders
02. Safety In Numbers
03. Bored Teenagers
04. Male Assault
05. Quickstep
06. Bombsite Boy
07. On The Roof
08. New Day Dawning

09. On Wheels
10. New Boys
11. New Church
12. Gary Gilmore's Eyes
13. Drowning Men
14. No Time To Be 21


@ Maidstone Art College, Kent 6-30-78
01. Fate Of Criminals
02. Gary Gilmore's Eyes
03. Drowning Men
04. Bombsite Boy
05. Television's Over
06. Male Assault
07. We Who Wait
08. New Boys
09. On Wheels
10. Safety In Numbers
11. Back From The Dead
12. Love Songs
13. Bored Teenagers
14. No Time To Be 21

@ Marquee, London 7-27-78 [from cassette tape]
01. Fate Of Criminals
02. Gary Gilmore's Eyes
03. Drowning Men
04. Bombsite Boy
05. Television's Over
06. Male Assault
07. New Church
08. We Who Wait
09. New Boys
10. On Wheels
11. I Surrender
12. Back From The Dead
13. Love Songs
14. Safety In Numbers
15. Bored Teenagers
16. No Time To Be 21
17. One Chord Wonders
18. The Great British Mistake

V.A. Die Young Stay Pretty comp. tape (1984)

Here's another early 1980s hardcore compilation with bands from all over the world. My old band, Fatal Existence, also has two tracks on this one. I downloaded this off of soulseek a few years ago but before that I'd never heard of it. I don't know what country its from or who released it. Whoever did it never sent my band a copy. Does anyone have that information? It would be great to know. It is cool that we were included on it with all those other great bands. When my band released our tape we sent it to many people and 'zines all over the world.

track list:
01. Dead Virgins - Rape Capitol Hill
02. Vicious Circle - Public Minister
03. Rattus - Ei vihnaa, ei kateutta
04. Skjit-Lars - Ein skigard
05. Bloody Riot - C.I.S.
06. SWA - Anarki
07. Fatal Existence - Alienated
08. Perdition - I`m Laughing (At You)
09. Civil Dissident - The $ Buck Stops Here
10. Diet of Worms - Wild Thing (live)
11. Skjit-Lars - Æ vil spy på verden
12. Chronic Disorder - The Final Line
13. End Result - I Won`t
14. Bleah - Live at Hunstadsentret
15. Rattus - Viinaa suonissa, kusta päässä
16. Civil Dissident - Exhibition A-An Ego Trip
17. Bristles - Don`t Fall In Love
18. Bleah - Live at Gimle
19. Rattus - Whole Lotta Rosie
20. Fatal Existence - We Don`t Want It
21. X -  (live)
22. Skjit-Lars - Alt går til helvete
23. Blå-s - Lillegutt
24. SWA - De Control
25. Civil Dissident - Tell me the Solution
26. Mental Crisis - Names Don`t Matter
27. Diet of Worms - Happy and Dumb
28. Diet of Worms - I Was A Poser
29. Dead Virgins - World War Three
30. Bloody Riot - Naia de merda
31. Chronic Disorder - Blood and Honor

V.A. Meet Cafe Tape Compilation (1983)

Like a lot of kids in the early 1980s, I was also in a band. That band was called Fatal Existence. The band only lasted from June 1983 to April 1984 and in that time we recorded one tape, which was released in September 1983, and played two shows. A few songs from our tape were used by the Vancouver Canada fanzine Meet Cafe on a comp. tape that they released at the end of 1983. Except for two U.S. bands all the bands are from Canada.

track list:
01. Fatal Existence - Oppressive Police
02. Fatal Existence - A Living Hell
03. Red Tide - Cruise Missle
04. Red Tide - Tomatarama
05. Red Tide - Reagan Sucks
06. Dead End - Sheep Don't Care
07. Dead End - World So Shit
08. Mere Mortals - Liquid Laugh
09. Mere Mortals - DO 2079
10. Bill Of Rights - Drunk Government
11. Immoral Minority - Practice What You Preach
12. Immoral Minority - Madagascar
13. Silent Minority - Jazz Drums
14. Silent Minority - What Is Freedom
15. Polkaholics - Zap The Universe
16. Hates - Also Watched
17. Hates - Punk 1301
18. Hates - No Talk
19. Fatal Existence - Alienated
20. Fatal Existence - Grand Ol' Flag
21. Mere Mortals - Death's Door
22. Mere Mortals - Normal
23. Immoral Minority - They're Cowards
24. Immoral Minority - Die Democratic

Rolling Stone magazine; Issue 153; January 31, 1973

Here is another issue of Rolling Stone magazine. There isn't much I think would be of interest to Punk Rockers except a Iggy & The Stooges gig review but I scanned a few things I thought might interest some people.

In this issue:
-Death of Bobby Darin article
-Death of Tex Ritter article
-Brownsville Station article
-Alice Cooper article
-Iggy & The Stooges NYC 12-31-73 gig review

Damneddeadsham band - Claredon Hotel, London 10-06-81

What do Dead Boys, Damned and Sham 69 have in common besides being Punk bands? A member from each of those bands got together in 1981 and formed Lords Of The New Church. However, while they were in there embryonic phase they played this gig as the Damneddeadsham band playing songs from each of their former bands plus a few cover. It's recorded from the audience and is a rough recording but I don't think you'll hear Brian James play Sonic Reducer or Stiv Bators sing Borstal Breakout anywhere else.

setlist:
01. intro
02. Sonic Reducer [Dead Boys]
03. Borstal Breakout [Sham 69]
04. Neat Neat Neat [Damned]
05. Get It On [T-Rex]
06. Sick of Being Sick [Damned]
07. I Had Too Much To Dream [Electric Prunes]
08. Pills [Bo Diddley]
09. Ain't Nothing To Do [Dead Boys]
10. New Rose [Damned]
11. If The Kids Are United [Sham 69]
12. Sonic Reducer [Dead Boys]

Rolling Stone magazine; Issue 259; February 23, 1978

Here is an old issue of Rolling Stone magazine from early 1978. I've only scanned the stuff in it that will be of interest to Punk Rockers.

In this issue:
-Jam article
-Punk Comes Out Of The Closets article
-Random Notes [w/Ramones/Stranglers/Glen Matlock]
-Sex Pistols In Texas article [three pages with photos]
-Sex Pistols album review
-Jam album review

Crabs - Vortex, Peel, singles 1978-1979

In 1979-1980 I bought the album Farewell To The Roxy and listened to it endlessly. I thought every song on it was great but my favorite one was the Crabs Lullabies Lie. In those years it was nearly impossible to find out any info on those smaller bands that seemed to only release one song on some comp LP or maybe a single before disappearing into obscurity. As far as I knew the Crabs never released anything else. At about the same time period I bought the Fulham Furies single. I thought it wan an okay Punk single but nothing outstanding. I never knew until the 1990s that this band was in fact the Crabs. Sometime in the last 10 years the Vortex show and Peel Session began to make the rounds of the trade circles and it was quite a joy to get a hold of these  in order to finally be able to hear more music by The Crabs. Also, some websites finally started to write about and supply loads of information of the Crabs history. In 1978 they signed to Lightning Records and were supposed to release an ep with the songs Victim, Blue Unction and Save My Skin. No record has ever surfaced so it is believed that it was never released. The band split up in July 1978 and the lead guitarist Ronnie "Rocker" Newson and drummer Ricci Titcombe joined Zorro. Zorro was considered a part of the emerging New Wave Of British Heavy Metal scene and released one ep in 1979. Two of the songs on the ep sound more in league with The Crabs than any Heavy Metal sound. On the Vortex gig The Crabs played with Sham 69, Jerks and Mirrors. The Jerks recording from this show is officially released on their We Hate You CD and there is a tape of the Sham 69 set floating around.

Crabs website here: http://www.bobdylantributeband.myby.co.uk/crabs/index.html
info here: http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/crabs.htm
Zorro info here: http://nwobhm.info/nwobhm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=42

Crabs - Vortex, London  1-03-78
01). Hawaii 5-0 + Dull Kid
02). Blue Unction
03). All Day & All Of The Night [Kinks]
04). Don’t Want Your Love
05). For Us
06). Under Pressure
07). Save My Skin
08). Victim
09). Wartime Memories
10). Lullabies Lie
11). You Really Got Me [Kinks]

Crabs - John Peel Session 5-03-78
01). Under Pressure
02). Victim
03). Don’t Want Your Love
04). Lullabies Lie

Fulham Furies - Single (1978)
01). These Boots Are Made For Walking
02). Under Pressure

Zorro - 'Arrods Don't Sell 'em ep (1979)
01). Arrods Don't Sell 'Em
02). Soldier Boy
03). Starfight