UK PUNK/NEW WAVE 1980 LISTING Ma (cont.) = 'continued from 70's UK punk/new wave listings'.

Magazine/ Magic Michael/ Mike Malignant & The Parasites/ Manicured Noise/ Mechanics/ Media/ Mekons/ Members/

Menace/ Merciful Release All-Stars/ Merton Parkas/ Method Actors/ Metro/ Metrophase/ Metroz/ Steve Miro & The Eyes/

Mirror Boys/ Missing Scientists


MAGAZINE (cont.)

VS-321 A Song From Under The Floorboards/ Twenty Years Ago (Virgin 2/80)

VS-328 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)/ The Book (Virgin 3/80)

VS-334 Upside Down/ The Light Pours Out Of Me (live) (Virgin 5/80)

VS-368 Sweetheart Contract// Feed The Enemy/ Twenty Years Ago/ Shot By Both Sides (Virgin 8/80) -12".

B-side= rec. live. Also released as double pack (7/80).

LP)

V-2156 The Correct Use Of Soap (Virgin 5/80)

1.Because You're Frightened 2.Model Worker 3.I'm A Party 4.You Never Knew Me 5.Philadelphia//

6.I Want To Burn Again 7.Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 8.Sweetheart Contract 9.Stuck

10.A Song From Under The Floorboards

 

V-2184 Play (Virgin 1980)

1.Give Me Everything 2.A Song From Under The Floorboards 3.Permafrost 4.The Light Pours Out Of Me

5.Model Worker// 6.Parade 7.Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 8.Because You're Frightened 9.Twenty Years Ago

10.Definitive Gaze -rec. live at Melbourne Festival Hall, 6/9/80.

 

MAGIC MICHAEL

MAGIC-1 Millionaire/ My Friend And I (Atomic 1980)

 

Featuring Rat Scabies and Captain Sensible.

 

MIKE MALIGNANT & THE PARASITES

PM-001/002 These Things Are Sent To Try Us EP:

(other side by the PINK FLAMINGOS)//

Is Death Best/ O.D. Baby/ Terminal Fracture (Para-mingo 1980)

v-Mike Malignant g-Ziggy Parasite b-Plog Parasite d-Nick Parasite

Alternative Punk.

 

MANICURED NOISE

PRE-001 Bikini World/ ---- (PRE 1979/80?)

PRE-003 Metronome/ Moscow 1980 (PRE 1980)

PRE-006 Faith/ Freetime (PRE/Charisma 1980) -rec. 9/79

 

v, g-Steven Walsh b-Jodee Taylor d-Stephanie Nuttall sax-Peter Bannister

From Manchester. Sounds like Talking Heads.

 

MECHANICS

RR-1 I Don't Wanna See Your Picture/ Cool Johnny (Riviera 1980)

 

v-Al Hodge v, b-Dave Quinn d-Alan Eden

From Golant, Cornwall. New wave pop.

 

MEDIA (cont.)

BB-004 South Coast City Rockers/ Back On The Beach Again (Brain Boosters 1980)

-2 on EBM2.

 

MEKONS (cont.)

SV-101 Teeth/ Guardian// Kill/ Stay Cool (Virgin 1/80)

RED-7 Snow/ Another One (Red Rhino 1980)

 

MENACE (cont.)

FRESH-14 The Young Ones// Tomorrow's World/ Live For Today (Fresh 1980) -rec. 10/78

 

MEMBERS (cont.)

VS-333 Romance/ The Ballad Of John And Martin (Virgin 3/80)

VS-352 Flying Again/ Disco Oui Oui// Love In A Lift/ Rat Up A Drainpipe (Virgin 5/80)

LP)

V-2153 1980-The Choice Is Yours (Virgin 4/80)

1.The Ayatollah Harmony 2.Goodbye To The Job 3.Physical Love 4.Romance 5.Brian Was 6.Flying Again//

7.Normal People 8.Police Car 9.Clean Men 10.Muzak Machine 11.Gang War

 

MERCIFUL RELEASE ALL-STARS featuring THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAMERS

LP)

MR-2 Ready In The Rhythm Section (Merciful Release 1980)

(1-6= the Syndromes)// 7.Cruise Missile 8.Esther's Not On The Phone 9.Weird Film 10.Om Ah Hum 11.Wedding Bells

12.Oh Maracas 13.A Good Game Of Cricket Never Hurt Anybody 14.Tomorrow Is Another Day 15.Duck's Fly

16.H-Bomb -rec. 7/80. 8 on TT10.

 

Pop punk.

 

MERTON PARKAS (cont.)

Put Me In The Picture (Beggars Banquet 1980)

 

METHOD ACTORS

AS-006 The Method// Can't Act/ Bleeding (Armageddon 12/80) -rec. in London, 14/9/80.

 

v, g-Vic Varney v, d-David Gamble

From Athens, GA, USA. Alternative punk.

 

METRO (cont.)

LP)

0060-345 Future Imperfect (Germany Metronome 1980)

1.Going Up In Flames 2.Alone 3.The Promise 4.Exterminating Angels 5.The Face//

6.America In My Head 7.Gemini 8.Middle Of The Night 9.Making You Up

 

METROPHASE (cont.)

New Age (Neo London 1980)

 

METROZ

PLAS-2 Video Veto/ Cybonette (Plastic Speech 1980)

 

STEVE MIRO & THE EYES (cont.)

LP)

OBJ-008 Rude Intrusions (Object 1980)

1.Choke It Back 2.Hammer And Tongs 3.Ain't You Got No Life 4.Making Money 5.Give Me Back My Dice

6.Shadow Screen// 7.Gin Video 8.Breaking 9.Jeans For China 10.Good Looking Girl 11.It's A Long Way To Paris

12.Stuck For Words

 

Turned to alternative punk style w/ new k-Duncan Prestbury. sax-Smith had left.

 

MIRROR BOYS

At Tiffanys (Wortley Road 1980) -listed as punk/new wave.

 

MISSING SCIENTISTS

RT-057 Big City, Bright Lights/ Discotheque X (Rough Trade 10/80)

 

v, g, syn-Pan Dan v, b, syn-Joe from Hendon syn-Jackie (Silicon Teens) v, perc-Empire