Junk Gunk 'n' Punk: 10/01/2012

177 The Defects - Suspicious Minds EP

Love or hate it ;) - for me The Defect's 'Suspicious Minds' will always be in the top 10 of my Punk Rock cover songs list !! I love it !! - And what a shame - I did not found both B-side tracks on Youtube ! Here you have it, enjoy :

A-Side : 'Suspicious Minds'
B-Side : 'Song For Mark Walker' / 'Know 'Bout you'

176 Destructors V - T.V. Eye EP

This is the only Destructors release under their later name Destructors V before they split up back in 1984.
A-Side comes with a catchy driving rhythm and guitar playing. B-Side tracks were not published on Youtube before, so here you have it :

A-Side : 'T.V. Eye'
B-Side : 'The Fatal Kiss' / 'Love Like Glass'

See also : www.destructors666.com and their comprehensive band story on Wikipedia.

175 Action Pact - Stanwell

I think you all know Action Pact's Punkrock hymn 'Suicide Bag' from the Punk And Disorderly compilation.

The catchy B-Side track 'Stanwell' is awesome as well but I did not found it on Youtube yet. So it's time to post it !!!

174 Rabid - The Bloody Road To Glory EP

Ok, it's time to post some more '82 Brit Punk stuff ...

Rabid formed 1979 and released their debut 'The Bloody Road To Glory' three years later. After being played in John Peels radio show the EP became a UK Indie Chart hit. Take a look at Rabid's Wikipedia site to get further information ...

'Jubilee'
'Crisis '82'

'Police Victim'
'Glory of War'

The Bloody Road To Glory EP was recently re-issued by Fallout/Jungle Records as well as a 12 track CD that also contains Rabid's 'Bring Out Your Dead' EP. (You can download the 'Bring Out Your Dead' EP here.)

173 The Stoat - Up To You / Loving A Killer

Here we have the second single of The Stoat. The first single I already posted here.

'Up To You' is a real Poer Pop gem !

A-Side : 'Up To You'
B-Side : 'Loving A Killer'

www.punk77.co.uk gives some more infos ...

172 Zorkie Twins - Mr. Simpson / From Now On

First and only single of Zorkie Twins, released 1980.
The rockin' number on the B-Side I really love !

A-Side : 'Mr. Simpson'
B-Side : 'From Now On'

Check out the Myspace site, there you will find 4 more tunes ...

As you can read here : http://music-isms.blogspot.de/ they provided two songs to two Skeleton compilations - "Blank Tapes Vol. 1" and "A Trip to the Dentist". Of these you can find 'Little Arthur' on Youtube.

171 Ricky Cool - I've Got This Problem With Girls / You're Not My Type

A-Side is already posted here on Youtube and there also an existing blog post on http://shortsharpkickintheteeth.blogspot.de/.
Nice Power Pop / Pup Rock tunes ! Enjoy !

A-Side : 'I've Got This Problem With Girls (They Don't Like Me)'
B-Side : 'You're Not My Type'

170 The News - Audio Video / Secret Love

Following the last post here we have again some good melodic new wave tunes released 1981 by The News.

A-Side : 'Audio Video'
B-Side : 'Secret Love'

169 Neo - Tran-Sister / A Failed Pop Song

Some new wave tunes here. Neo was was fronted by the former Milk 'N' Cookies guitarist Ian North. Wikipedia gives you more infos.

A-Side : 'Tran-Sister'
B-Side : 'A Failed Pop Song'

168 Blackpool Rox E.P. No 2

The cover looked interesting and the price was low (2 pounds), so I thought I give it a try ... Ok, not really my cup of tea but worth to give it a listen !

Sign Language - 'The Killing'
Love 30 - 'Touchdown'
Fifth Column - 'Laugh While You Can'
Crack House - 'Jesus Loves You'

The EP was already discussed in a blog post: phoenixhairpins.blogspot.de.