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any early 80's alt/soft punk fans out there?

great time for music imo. new sounds, edgy but musical and sometime.....downright deep/moving. never got into the really hardcore punk seen. liked the softer side destruction alot better =)

just finished a psychedelic furs binge tonight. had joy division/early new order on all weekend. planning on reminiscing with lou reed/velvet underground and early rem later this week.

haven't really listened to this stuff much in recent memory. not sure why?. i own almost everything these bands ever put out but still rarely give them a turn anymore?.

early furs with all that sax and mr butler's near painful voice =). i'm gonna grab some tickets for their upcoming show at house of blues (chicago). i'm sure it won't be as crazy as the shows back then but the music will still be great. didn't even know they were touring.

really enjoyed joy division and after the death of Ian....early new order stuff. incredible music considering their roots. new order eventually lost their edge but back then....they were it!

any other fans out there?
levy03
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
the skids, the adverts, penetration, the only ones, 20/20, polystyrene, any trouble, sandii and the sunsets, romeo void, divinyls, hunters and collectors, the lime green spiders, magazine, yada yada
dokosan
58 posts
 
If could only have one CD (ok double cd) on desert island, it would be New Order Substance. It has all the classics. Whenever I listen to Blue Monday, it sounds completely fresh. I concur that their newer material was not up to the earlier but still find a few good songs there. You probably already have it but if not, check out the first Electronic cd which is a Barney, Johnny Marr collaboration.
nealrm
68 posts
 
Bauhaus and Peter Murphy (after Bauhaus). The Fixx (or Cy Curnin). Love and Rockets. The Stranglers. XTC.

Try http://www.radionigel.com/ I found a bunch of alt 80's groups there. Lots of stuff that never quite made it to mainstream.
john_fink
140 posts
 
I have tons of this stuff from college days. I was playing The The and Guadalacanal Diary over the weekend.
levy03 OP
442 posts
 
wow....forgot about The The! infected was one of my favorites. couldn't keep that disc out of my cdp back then. gotta pull that disc out soon too.

Dokosan....new order substance is truly one of the great double disc's out there. the version of ceremony on substance really kicks!.
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