Buzzcocks : Spiral Scratch ep (New Hormones) This Ep was recorded in 1976, with the original Buzzcocks
line-up, and even today, you can't quite match the spontaneous energy
and noise onslaught of this classic punk band's first release! BREAKDOWN
and TIME'S UP use basic three-chord guitar riffing turned up and one
hundred mile an hour drumming as original vocalist Howard DeVoto(in
pre-Magazine and pre-Luxuria days, obviously!) shouts and rants about
life's vicissitudes and being stood up at the supermarket(I think, but
what the hell?. BOREDOM is a true punk classic, the title tells all
of the subject matter but this song is far from boring(unlike today's
godawful boy bands and gangsta rap rubbish) - the guitar 'solo' is one
big UP YOURS to middle-aged rock musos, even now I'm nearing that age
myself! Brings back memories of college punk discos and an alternative
music club I used to visit - this track was a dancefloor favourite.
Finally, we have a fast FRIENDS OF MINE which sounds in places like
a cross between someone's vaccuum cleaner and my two-year old nephew
trying to emulate Bill and Ted on my old Aria Pro2 guitar! Wonderful.
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