-I was recently out walking along the seafront at Bradwell-on-Sea when I bumped into an ex-punk from Tottenham & his wife who reminded me of some of the early Punk gigs that we’d both been to, especially those at the Chancellor Hall in Chelmsford. So here’s a playlist of some of the first Punk, New Wave & Reggae bands I was lucky enough to see, around 1977/78- Come & join the……….
1 THE CLASH-COMPLETE CONTROL
2 GENERATION X-WILD YOUTH
3 SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS-WHERE HAVE ALL THE BOOT BOYS GONE
4 THE SLITS-INSTANT HIT
5 THE BUZZCOCKS-AUTONOMY
6 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES-METAL POSTCARD
7 ASWAD-ETHIOPIAN RHAPSODY
8 X-RAY SPEX-IDENTITY
9 XTC-TRAFFIC LIGHT ROCK
10 SHAM 69-I DON’T WANNA
11 THE BOOMTOWN RATS-LOOKIN AFTER NO.1
12 MISTY IN ROOTS-HOW LONG JAH
13 PENETRATION-FIRING SQUAD
14 EDDIE & THE HOT RODS-DO ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO
15 THE ADVERTS-SAFETY IN NUMBERS
16 STEEL PULSE-KU KLUX KLAN
17 THE SLITS-SHOPLIFTING
18 ASWAD- I A REBEL SOUL
19 THE CURE-A FOREST
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