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Entries from June 2008

Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC2

Terry Lane - Sunday 15.06.08, 12:16pm

Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC2, 1985
After being unceremoniously sacked from The Clash, the band he had formed with Paul Simenon, Mick Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts.
In 1985 as Joe Strummer, Paul Simenon and a bunch of session musicians released the truly awful Cut The Crap as The Clash, Big Audi Dynamite unleashed [...]

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Tags: 1980's · Rock

Radiohead – Bodysnatchers on Later

Terry Lane - Saturday 14.06.08, 07:00am

Radiohead – Bodysnatchers on Later.. with Jools Holland, BBC2, 2007

Amazing live performance by Radiohead as they perform Bodysnatchers, taken from their 2007 album In Rainbows, on BBC2’s Later… with Jools Holland.

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Tags: 2000's · Later · Rock

Bauhaus – Dark Entries

Terry Lane - Friday 13.06.08, 07:00am

Bauhaus performing Dark Entries live at The Old Vic, London in 1984.
I saw Bauhaus a couple of times around this period and they were so energetic and powerful on stage. Pete Murphy was the perfect frontman, while his interaction with flambouyant guitarist Daniel Ash was great to watch.

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Tags: 1980's · Post Punk · Rock

Sigur Ros – Ágætis Byrjun

Terry Lane - Thursday 12.06.08, 13:37pm

Sigur Rós perform Ágætis Byrjun from their album, Ágætis Byrjun, as part of the BBC Electric Proms concert at The Roundhouse, London in 2007.
This is one of my favourite Sigur Ros tracks.  The music is beautiful, and his voice accentuates that beauty.  Sigur Rós are truly unique and wonderful.

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Tags: 2000's · Alternative · Electric Proms

The Pretenders – Tattooed Lover Boys

Terry Lane - Wednesday 11.06.08, 07:00am

The Pretenders – Tattooed Lover Boys Live in 1981
Here’s a great performance but poor quality picture to remind everyone how good The Pretenders used to be before they turned into a crap MOR pop band.
This is the original line-up: Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass [...]

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Tags: 1980's · Rock

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