Smashing live performances of smashing knockouts…
‘Heroes’ by DAVID BOWIE
Glastonbury Festival, UK, 2000
Talking about a firework performance, here’s the late great hero…
From the awesome, same-titled album 1977 album…
Smashing live performances of smashing knockouts…
‘There She Goes’ by THE LA’S
The Word – Music Show on Channel 4 – UK – 1990
Well, it’s more like: ‘there goes the studio crowd’…
THERE SHE GOES – from their self-titled 1990 debut LP
Smashing live performances of smashing knockouts…
‘Disgrace’
BOSS HOG
Radio KEXP Studio
SEATTLE US 2016
Explosive! Steamy! Rip-Roaring! Filthy! Blues! Punk! Dynamite! Oh yeah, it’s BOSS HOG!!!
DISGRACE is on their 2016 BROOD STAR 12″ EP – Available here
Smashing live performances of smashing knockouts…
‘I Am Mark E. Smith’
FAT WHITE FAMILY
Dot To Dot Festival
Manchester 2015
One of the most fascinating and hectic gangs of the 21st century in my book…
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Smashing live performances of smashing knockouts…
‘Black Mold’
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
13 August 2013
Ziggo Club, Amsterdam, Holland
Sweaty, nasty, red-hot and smoking blues exorcism! Must be that Jon Spencer devil…
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BLACK MOLD was the opener of 2012 MEAT + BONE album – here on Spotify
Smashing live performances of smashing knockout songs…
‘Tear It Up’ by THE CRAMPS
15 August 1980 – Santa Monica, CA, US
24 Karat rock & sex & roll – sweaty, beastly and rowdy – blistering icons forever…
TEAR IT UP (Johnny Burnette cover) on their debut LP THE SONGS THE LORD TAUGHT US
Smashing live performances of smashing knockout songs…
‘Do It Clean’
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
Royal Albert Hall
LONDON – 18 July 1983
Stellar riffage, pumping rhythm section and razor-sharp ‘sexmachine’ Ian McCulloch hugged by a fan in the end. Timeless band! I saw them about 30 times (so far)…
DO IT CLEAN – On the band’s dazzling 1980 debut LP CROCODILES
Smashing live performances of smashing knockout songs…
‘Where Is My Mind?’
PIXIES
Town and Country Club
London – 1988
One of the best & most influential bands ever. I saw them two years later, in 1990, for the
first time. Seeing 2500 people losing their minds was quite impressive, so was Kim Deal…
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Smashing live performances of smashing knockout songs…
Losing My Religion – R.E.M. – 19 July 19 2003 – Wiesbaden, Germany
Spine-tingling rendition! Part of a music movie called ‘Perfect Square‘ – more info here.
From 1991 bestseller album OUT OF TIME
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F.F.S: the surprising, but perfectly matching supergroup of indie pop rockers Franz Ferdinand and glam pop veterans Sparks performed two songs on the BBB’s ‘Later With Jools Holland’ show. They played ‘Johnny Delusional’ & ‘Police Encounters’. The vocals of Alex Kapranos and Ron Maell fit just splendiferous. This town is definitely big enough fo the both of them. The self-titled debut album will be released on June 8/9 and they will take each other out to go on tour. Pop glory in the making…
– Johnny Delusional –
– Police Encounters –