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Siouxsie & The Banshees – Helter Skelter, Live 1983
Here’s a great clip of Siouxsie & The Banshees performing The Beatles’ Helter Skelter from 1983. The Banshees were probably at thier peak in the early 1980’s.  The line-up was sexy Siouxsie Sioux (vocals), Steve Severin on bass, Budgie on drums and, for a short period of [...]

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Stereophonics & Oasis – I’m Only Sleeping, live MTV Unplugged
Stereophonics have made six great studio albums: Word Gets Around (2007), Performance and Cocktails (1999), Just Enough Education to Perform (2001), You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003), Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (2007), and this years’ compilation – Decade In The Sun: The Best Of [...]

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Ian Brown – F.E.A.R.
Here’s the promo video for my favourite Ian Brown track, F.E.A.R. from 2001 – and what a great video.  Imagine seeing a grown man riding a kids lowrider pushbike around the Soho streets of London, and then you realise it’s none other than King Monkey himself, the legend that is Ian Brown!

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Radiohead – Ceremony
Here is a great live studio performance of Radiohead performing New Order’s first single, Ceremony.  The recording is taken from Radiohead’s own Thumbs Down webcast.

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Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Autobahn, the single was an edited version of the 22 minute album track.  It features vocals enhanced by a vocoder, and was originally released in 1974. The single faired better in the UK, where it reached no. 11, than in the US Billboard charts where it peaked at no. 25.
In the making of [...]

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