Merseyside Punk, Post Punk and Pop Bands

Dalek I Love You sent me in this direction. I was really into lots of these in the early eighties. There were hundreds of them and they all seemed to be on John Peel. They shared an indefinable romantic resource of melody, ambition  and emotion.

                                                                   1. Dead or Alive

 

I was never a huge fan but their early records like this were much more interesting than the later hits. You spin me round like a record baby. Please!

 

2. Wah! Heat

 

 

From original Crucial Three member Pet Wylie.

 

3. It's Immaterial

 

Sounded just great coming out of transistors on late night Radio 1 when I was 17.

 

4. Pale Fountains

 

 

WEA put a lot of money behind this but the band didn't deliver commercially. They made some gerat Arthur Lee influenced records though. This is a flawed album with some fine moments.

 

5. Ellery Bop - We Deny

 

 

Merseyside rockers. Like John Lennon's nephews.

 

6. China Crisis

 

 

My favourite of theirs. Also the first thing I heard.

 

7. The Wild Swans

 

 

From another Teardrop Explodes member Paul Simpson. Bill Drummond said it was thebest thing ever released on his Zoo label.

 

8. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

 

 

From the Wirral if that counts

 

9. The Icicle Works

 

 

I've already featured this bunch

 

10. Black

 

 

The Scouse Scott Walker. Famous for his huge hit It's a Wonderful Life. This is their first single.