The Smiths weren't a punk bank, they were a bit on their own at the time, but are generally lumped together as 'Alternative Rock', along with the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Radiohead etc.
Stiff Little Fingers live on Ulster TV in 1978... [video=youtube;RBYoNYuUVk0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBYoNYuUVk0[/video]
Melvin Bragg knows **** all . I once grew my hair in what I thought was a David Beckham / Jamie Redknapp style . Not too long but sort of collar length. This was in attempt to look like said pin ups . I wasn't overly impressed when , in one night , I was likened to Melvin Bragg and then to cap it off Ken Barlow . Got the shears out the very next day and never went down the long haired road again .
The Damned, Siouxsie and The Cure were all just considered punk bands, then some punks decided to get a bit gloomy and they joined Bauhaus and Joy Division as a bit of a side movement.
A classic punk line..... [video=youtube;daFb3J-cwLg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daFb3J-cwLg[/video]
Buzzcocks, pre-Shelley... [video=youtube;QoYiQ8Qsozk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoYiQ8Qsozk[/video]
What is it with you and bromances? You've had one too many for my liking , you're soiled goods . What we have is purely platonic .
I am young and nubile. Take me where I stand, and thrust your virile member hard and fast into my anus.
Can't believe I didn't think to post this earlier, this thread is no longer off-topic [video=youtube;Uhgo11KokxE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhgo11KokxE&feature=player_embedded[/video]
Great but surely not a punk band . I also liked the post punk American alternative bands . The Pixies , Sonic Youth and Mudhoney to name a few . Also liked My Bloody Valentine and The Wedding Present . Not strictly punk but in my opinion the musicians were definitely from the same mold. Edgy and alternative .
They were very much considered a punk band at the time, in the late 70's I loved The Cure and I didn't see them as being any different to The Clash, Siouxsie, The Damned, The Undertones, The Pistols, SLF, or anyone else I was listing to. U2 are another band that I suspect many wouldn't think of as being a punk band nowadays.
The stuff I relate to is nothing like punk . Even stuff as far back as Killing an Arab ( calm down Erik) I wouldn't call punk . The late eighties stuff on Kiss me kiss me kiss me is melodic and in places very easy on the ear . Hardly Holiday in Cambodia !
