Heartland

Do you know this group?

Yes.

Me too. Haven't heard them in a loooooooooooong time though.

No...

NOW you're talking.

Fantastic stuff, highly recommended and well worth a listen.

Proto Goth or Positive Punk as it was called back then

Before that time, even. They were doing the whole Goff thing with The Black Cat roundabout the same time as Bela Lugosi's Dead. Famous also as the band who gave the movement it's name: http://www.ukdecay.co.uk/pressSoundsGoth1.htm

Ahhhh UK Decay...bought the first e.p Black Cat somethingorother then the For My Country single. Saw them supporting the Dead Kennedys in 1980. Bought the first album. Then I moved on.....

Gaz will have seen them as he saw Bauhuas at the Northampton Racecourse Pavillion (where they supported) also in 1980.


http://www.ukdecay.co.uk/

You should try Skeletal Family too.

that's just wrong

What do you guys recommend by this group?

This is a difficult question, as the only 2 CDs available were very limited editions (100 copies each) sold through their website, and no longer available. You'll have to COUGHdownloadCOUGH stuff if you want to hear anything. Or go to record fairs and look for some vinyl, which seems to be fairly widely available. It tends to be overpriced on eBay and from collectors though.

Having said that, the For Madmen Only LP is very fine, dark with a punky edge, nicely raw and abrasive. If that's not the kind of stuff you like, try the Rising From The Dread EP, which is more progressive and melodic. The early seven inch singles are also very good.

Debaser wrote:Ahhhh UK Decay...bought the first e.p Black Cat somethingorother then the For My Country single. Saw them supporting the Dead Kennedys in 1980. Bought the first album. Then I moved on.....

Gaz will have seen them as he saw Bauhuas at the Northampton Racecourse Pavillion (where they supported) also in 1980.


http://www.ukdecay.co.uk/

Don't mind them. Got the for madmen only album yeeaaaarrs ago.
They were more accessible than I thought they'd be with the name.
Not listened to them for years.

only name, nothing more, any even one tune heard so far

James Blast wrote:Positive Punk

That must be one of the worst genre names I ever heard It'd just put me off listening to it, even

My ex -flat mate, who was one of the Play Dead following was a huge UK Decay fan, when they split , Inexcelsis was formed: Spon (ex-UK Decay) on guitar , Errol Blyth on vocals , Mark Bond on bass (both ex-Ritual) and Roxy on drums. Prior to In Excelsis Spon put out a few records with UK Decay . Ritual released 2 singles (Mind Disease 7� and Kangaroo Court 12�) before splitting when the drummer and guitarist quit to join Death Cult. (Jamie Stewart and Nigel Preston) .

Some of that was 'lifted' from the Internet But you get my drift.

Yes, in fact Spon is my sound engineer for The Coven!! and I was the headline DJ for UK Decays reunuion gig last January.

Gee that was one hell of a night!


Me & Abbo -

And here's my signed copy of Nights for Celebration.