RADIO BIRDMAN

"radios appear"
Year:  1977
Country:  Australia
City:  Sydney
Label:  Warner Music
Format:  CD , LP , Box
Tracks:  12
Time:  36 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:         Garage Rock

Although the best-known band of the early australian proto-punk or already punk scene of the late 70s was The Saints, the first band to wave the punk rock flag in the land down under was Radio Birdman. Formed by Deniz Tek and Aussie surfer-turned-vocalist Rob Younger in 1974, Radio Birdman's approach to rock & roll and garage rock was rooted in the high-energy, apocalyptic guitar rant of The Stooges and New York Dolls, sprinkled liberally with a little East Coast underground hard rock courtesy of Blue Öyster Cult. Their first EP "burn my eye" released in 1976, was a great record and still remains a seminal chunk of Aussie punk. Loud and snotty, with Younger bellowing his guts out and Tek on a search-and-destroy mission with his guitar, this was a great debut that set the stage for the impending deluge of Aussie punk bands waiting in the wings. After the release of their debut LP, Radios Appear (the title comes from a lyric in the Blue Öyster Cult song "Dominance and Submission"), in Australia a year later, Radio Birdman seemed poised to break Aussie punk worldwide.

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THE KINKS

"the ultimate collection"
Year:  2002
Country:  UK
City:  London
Label:  Universal
Format:  2 x CD
Tracks:  44
Time:  138 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Mod        Hard Rock

The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1963 by brothers Dave and Ray Davies. They are regarded as one of the most important and influential rock groups of the era. The band emerged in 1964 during the height of British rhythm'n'blues and mod movement, and were briefly part of the British Invasion of the US until their touring ban in 1965. Their third single, the Ray Davies penned "You Really Got Me", became an international hit, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and reaching the Top 10 in the United States. Between the mid-1960s and early 1970s, the group released a string of hit singles; studio albums drew good reviews but sold less than compilations of their singles. They gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' observational writing style. Albums such as Something Else (1967), The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968), Arthur (1969), Lola Versus Powerman (1970), along with their accompanying singles, are considered among the most influential recordings of the period. After a fallow period in the mid-1970s, the band experienced a revival during the late 70s and early 80s with albums Sleepwalker, Misfits, Low Budget, Give the People What They Want and State of Confusion. In addition, groups such as Van Halen, The Jam, The Knack, Pretenders and The Fall covered their songs, helping to boost the Kinks' record sales. In the 90s, Britpop acts such as Blur and Oasis cited the band as a major influence. The Kinks broke up in 1996, a result of the commercial failures of their last few albums and creative tension between the Davies brothers.

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ADOLESCENTS

"caesar salad days"

Year:  2023

Label:  Frontier

Format:  LP

Tracks:   15

Time:  30 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Skate Punk

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"russian spider dump"
Year:  2020
Label:  Cleopatra
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  15
Time:  30 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Punk Hardcore

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"cropduster"
Year:  2018
Label:  Concrete Jungle
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  18
Time:  35 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Punk Hardcore








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"manifest density"
Year:  2016
Label:  Concrete Jungle
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  13
Time:  30 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Punk Hardcore

The Adolescents are a punk rock band from Fullerton, CA, USA. The band has broken-up and reunited a number of times and have gone through a number of line-up changes, with only bassist Steve Soto appearing on every Adolescents record. The band was formed in 1980 by Soto, who had been the original bass player for Agent Orange, when he hooked up an Agent Orange fan named Tony Brandenburg (better known by his mulitple aliases: Tony Reflex, Tony Cadena, Tony Montana. Frank Agnew returned to the fold shortly afterwards and the Blue Album line-up even reunited for some live appearances in 1989 (one of which was released as the album "Return To The Black Hole" in 1997) but the band split again the same year. The Adolescents remained dormant throughout the 1990s but members participated in a number of different bands. In 2001, the Blue Album line-up reunited again to play shows live shows. Casey Royer and Rikk Agnew soon bowed out but the band still continues to play with several different drummers and second guitarists. They released "O.C. Confidential" in 2005 and are working on a follow-up.

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"la vendetta"
Year:  2014
Label:  Concrete Jungle
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  16
Time:  33 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Punk Rock






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"presumed insolent"
Year:  2013
Label:  Concrete Jungle
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  13
Time:  35 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Punk Hardcore







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"the fastest kid alive"
Year:  2011
Label:  Concrete Jungle
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  15
Time:  38 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Punk Hardcore







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"OC confidential"
Year:  2005
Label:  none
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  13
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Punk Rock







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"brats in battalions"
Year:  1982
Label:  Triple X
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  13
Time:  26 min.
Genre:  rock

Style:        Punk Hardcore

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"idem"
Year:  1981
Label:  Frontier
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  13
Time:  28 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Punk Hardcore







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MC5

"kick out the jams"
Year:  1969
Country:  US
City:  Detroit
Label:  Warner
Format:  CD , LP
Tracks:  10
Time:  30 min.
Lyrical themes:  social issues, pacifism
Genre:  rock
Style:        Garage Rock

"kick out the jams" is the debut album by proto-punk band MC5 and it was released in February 1969, through Elektra Records (own of Warner Music). Although the album received several unfavorable reviews upon its release, it has gone on to be considered an important forerunner to punk rock music  and in 2003 was ranked number 294 on Rolling Stone magazine "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. Despite its superficial non-political appareance, members of the band like Wayne Krammer or Rob Tyner, showed publicly their sympathy for democracy, socialism and activism pacifist. Their behavoir against Vietnam war and all wars in general, was repeated in different live concerts along USA during the first MC5 periode. This album is normally described as "garage rock" but it keeps also many similarities with rhythm'n'blues and classic rock. To mention also a curiosity which happened in 1993, when the spanish band M.C.D recorded a covers collection album, using the same classic MC5 cover, which you can listen to HERE .

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"back in the USA"
Year:  1970
Label:  Warner Music
Format:  CD , LP
Tracks:  10
Time:  32 min.
Lyrical themes:  social issues, pacifism
Genre:  rock
Style:         Garage Rock

Following this is more easy vibe of debut album, the first composition by guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith to appear on record and it differs from all other MC5 recordings past, present and future in a melodic rumination on that eternal teenage strip/hang out where everything’s cool while you get to try out various styles of your own self to see what’s gonna fly with the gang and onlookers and there’s always some action going down somewhere to find and shake up; and therefore (like the rest of the whole shebang) teenage as fuck. And Sonic’s Midwestern drawl-vox is tuff comfort itself. As stripped down and economical as its monochromatic sleeve, “Back In The USA” is a barely-contained flask of combustible material and by my estimation the strongest influence on punk outta The MC5’s three LPs. And although imbalanced by compromise in a couple of respects, all you got to do is put the two cover versions behind you and realise how well the remaining nine hang together: tense, terse and trebly rock’n’roll as performed full throttle, under the gun and on the run. MC5 musicians had sympathy for the "White Panther Party", which was a far-left, anti-racist, white american political collective founded in 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was asked what white people could do to support the Black Panthers. Newton replied that they could form a White Panther Party. The counterculture era group took the name and dedicated its energies to "cultural revolution." Sinclair made every effort to ensure that the White Panthers were not mistaken for a white supremacist group, responding to such claims with "quite the contrary." This party was socialist, anti-capitalist inspired and worked with many ethnic minority rights groups in the Rainbow Coalition.

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AU PAIRS

"playing with a different sex"
Year:  1981
Country:  UK
City:  London
Label:  Universal
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  14
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Post Punk

Blasting into the post-punk consciousness with a tremendous debut album, the Au Pairs, fronted by lesbian-feminist Lesley Woods, played brittle, dissonant, guitar-based rock that shared political and musical kinship with the Mekons and (especially) the Gang of Four. The music was danceable, imbued with an almost petulant irony, and for a while, very hip and well-liked by critics. Unlike many bands of the day, however, the Au Pairs (at least initially) backed it up with searing, confrontational songs celebrating sexuality from a woman's perspective. Also, they took swipes at the conservative political climate sweeping England after Margaret Thatcher's election as Prime Minister. Occasionally, Woods' commitments to sexual and social politics made her sound inflexible, doctrinaire, and hectoring (especially on their OK second album). But, at first blush, the Au Pairs were a mighty intimidating proposition, able to take on so much and deliver great music in the process. After a desultory live album in 1983 (Live in Berlin), the band split up, and Woods and her bandmates have maintained a low profile.

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