Always Searching For Music

Nope not the Buzzcocks classic,, but Times Up for ASFM I've thought long and hard about this and have decided its time to close ASFM. ...

Having viewed so many brilliant blogs (see some of the best in my list) it wasn't easy to choose what to post first. My first offering i...

Development Corporation is one of my all time favourite punk vinyl’s, I have played it, taped it, played it more and now I have digitized it...

The Mekons., there is so much to be said about this brilliant band. I bought their first single “Never Been in a Riot” which is a simple, c...

I was going to move on to another band but it didn’t feel right not including the Mekons third single, "Work all week". An...

OK the next one is a bit of a weird one, it’s definitely not punk, I don’t know what to call it (any opinions on genre?), and I struggle to...

Another great punk classic from the Fast label. The label states "Play Loud" and so you should. For me the b-side "Horror...

What can you say about Jerks "get Your Woofing Dog Off Me" Just read the lyrics: Saw your face was screaming The Man said you...

Oh yes, this one has it all, sub two minute punk song, melodies, power pop punk. Five songs all different, all brilliant, and yet hardly a...

Here they come I'll Never let them take me away I won't go to room 16. YOU WILL The opening lines to "Puppet Life". ...

It's time for a Snatch fest, and no this is nothing to do with porn (thats all you find if you ever trying to a search for this band...

This single is one of interest based upon the fact that the Mutations who are the men in the shadows on the back cover are also the Strangl...

The Rings only release, what a shame, this is an excellent example of classic punk. Simple guitar riffs Simple lyrics Simple shouting ...

Strictly speaking the title of today's blog should be "The Valves - it Don't Mean Nothing At All" which is the a-side of t...

Back to 1977 again for the brilliant Wasps first and only single. From the drum beat start to the excellent riff, classic punk. I started th...

Crisis were one of my favourite punk bands for a number of reasons: 1. Their songs were brilliant 2. They were a local band (surrey) 3....

Definitely not punk, and a bit of an oddity that would full under the category of New Wave. I put this up as a curiosity rather than one of ...

Another classic from Chiswick, they knew how to pick some excellent bands. This was never rated by the critics but has always been one of my...