Buzzin Music

A rare rehearsal recording of The Smiths has been posted on YouTube.  The demo is from 1983 & predates their debut release.
Mike Joyce (The Smiths drummer) tweeted a link to the demo, saying: “A fan of The Smiths? An early recording you’ve probably never heard before”.
The Smiths – The Pablo Cuckoo Tape Demo tracklisting:
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The Day The Country Died – A History Of Anarcho Punk 1980 -1984 by Ian Glasper & published by Cherry Red Books is Glasper’s second book in a trilogy of books exploring the landscape of a so-called “second wave” of punk rock that took hold in throughout the UK in the early 1980s.
The Day [...]

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It’s one thing to be one step ahead.  Quite another to be 30 years ahead.  Bill Nelson has continuously innovated in music, sometimes so far ahead of the wave that he has only been noticed through those who have been influenced by him such as The Kaiser Chiefs, Ambulance, The Darkness, Foo Fighters et al.
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In 1980 Bruce Springsteen released his most commercially successful album to date.  ‘The River’ was a double-album that received both critical acclaim and more commercial success.  Springsteen was at the peak of his career. So his record label was very keen to release his next album and build on the commercial success of one of [...]

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Adam Ant and the Good, the Bad & the Lovely Posse live @ Central Hall, Chatham, Medway, Kent – Saturday 8th September, 2012.
The lights went down in this small, all seated, theatre and almost immediately the backing band – the Good, the Bad & the Lovely Posse – took to the stage.  With the first [...]

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