Tuesday, 6 June 2017




1.Shot By Both Sides (4:32)
4.Motorcade (5:51)
5.Touch And Go (2:59)
6.Burst (3:56)
7.Shot By Both Sides (4:26)



Vaykorus said...


James Trash said...

I've always thought of Subway Sect as the first 'Post-Punk' band. Very unique sounding right from day one.

Ollie Stench said...

I usually count Ultravox! as one of the harbingers of post-punk. They were pretentious and arty enough to qualify, and to my (definitely non-prog) ears they wore their influences in their inner breast pocket as opposed to wearing said influences on the proverbial sleeve.

Regardless, THANKS for this post!

Jonny Zchivago said...

I'd say that Subway Sect were possibly the first 'Indie' band....at least proto-indie.

Jonny Zchivago said...

Ultravox......post-glam. The glaringly obvious influences were Roxy Music and...er...Roxy Music, before they desperately made their Roxy Music goes Punk record...ha! Ha! Ha!.....then came their Brian Eno collaborates with German electronic duo record....'Systems of Romance......all good stuff however.

Unknown said...

Woooowww!!! .....THANK YOU!!!

Anonymous said...

I want to say thank you for your enthusiasm. It's not so often people take (this kind of) music so seriously and analyse things so sharply as you do. That's always inspiring and thanks to your writing style also entertaining, besides the great music you offer itself!

Jonny Zchivago said...

Many thanks mr Anonymous. I do try.

pinkpressthreat said...

I adore Magazine, always have. Difficult to know where to place them really. I'd say definitely one of those bands who were punk and post-punk at the same time during that period...but the prog influence is undeniable, probably more down to the presence of Dave Formula and his musical history (St.Louis Union etc) than the others. I think Barry Adamson's basslines were highly influential to whatever it was that happened afterwards, and McGeoch's clipped, angular yet at times expansive style. Wow, what a band!
Thanks Jonny - think I have this on another HD but why not have a duplicate (might be better quality too).

Paulo X said...

Very interesting discussion! I'd include Wire in the post-punk canon.

pinkpressthreat said...

Agreed Paulo. In fact I'd say Wire are a perfect example. They started out with rudimentary musical ability but incredible artistic vision, and basically as time went on their ability caught up with the ideas to the point where they were post-punk, the same band but moving forwards into new areas. I might have said this before somewhere online, but musos with limited ideas will always BE musos with limited ideas, whereas artists with vision can sometimes switch disciplines...pick up musical instruments and do something unique with them over time. I mean just look at the trajectory for Wire...from Pink Flag to Chairs Missing and 154. Astonishing.

Jonny Zchivago said...

Mmmmm, Wire.
Interesting one that.Definitely Post-Punk on musicianly inability.
They were on a prog rock label......the first album at least was a 'concept' album...the prog influence came mainly in their thoughtful and arty approach to their tunes....especially Gilbert and Lewis, who of course went onto the inescapably prog Dome series of albums.

or wire related stuff:


I have scheduled Wire's peel sessions for posting....the official albums are way too trendy for this blog.

Bodhi Amol said...

Hello,from my perspective the first Post-Punk band came avant la lettre,Pere Ubu.They made a Post Punk sound already 1975/1976,don't you agree?