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

00.3 Minutes/ Thrust/ Thunderboys/ Tiger Tails/ Steve Torch/ Toyah/ Toys/ Toys/ Toys/ Toytown Gamblers/ Tranzista/

Trend/ Tuniks/ TV 21/ Twilight Zoners/ Twist & Shout/ Type


00.3 MINUTES

XPRES-40 Automatic Kids (Rocket 1980) -power pop. Pronounced Three Minutes.

 

THRUST

EJSP-9341 The Thrust EP: Society/ Fed Up (Own label 1980) on BT2. only 500 copies. (100 w/ sleeve)

 

EP line up) v-Pete Simpson g-Mick Griffiths, Ivan Thomas, Richard Battye

Band lasted 12/77-12/80 w/ unstable line up of bass and drums. (bio. from BT2)

 

THUNDERBOYS

EJSP-9339 Fashion/ Someone Like You (Recent 5/80)

 

v-Carmel McCourt v-Danny Thunderboy g-Terry Baker b-Chris Hall d-Alan Adler

Power pop.

 

TIGER TAILS

NELCOL-2 Words Without Conviction/ Norman/ Fashion Fool (Snotty Snail 1980)

-1 on LDK17. Hard punk

 

STEVE TORCH

RR-005 Live In Fear// Fear/ Smoke Your Own (Redball 1980?)

 

TOYAH (cont.)

SAFE-28 Ieya (Safari 1980)

 

TOYS (cont.)

TOYS-2 Still Dancing: The Things I Say/ Blanket To Blanket// Pretty Girl/ Johnny Head-In-Air

(Toys 1980) -2 on TT9/ LDK13.

 

TOYS

Go To The Police/ Breakdown (Red Bus 1980)

 

Power pop. Another Toys.

 

TOYS

RAK-313 Doctor Doctor/ Sweet Magdalene (RAK 1980)

 

Pop new wave. And here's one more Toys.

 

TOYTOWN GAMBLERS

Surf City/ Dancin' On Graves (Frog Prince 1980) -punk/power pop. 1 on LDK21.

 

TRANZISTA

Better Beware/ Time Of My Life/ (Are You) In The Mood? (1980)

 

TREND (cont.)

This Dance Hall Must Have A Back Way Out (MCA 1980)

 

TUNIKS

GO-386 Favourite Positions (Logo 1980)

 

TV 21

AAARGH-1 Playing With Fire/ Shattered By It All (Powbeat 1980) -1 on PP1/ LDK13

AAARGH-2 Ambition/ Ticking Away/ This Is Zero (Powbeat 9/80)

From Edinburgh. Power pop.

 

TWILIGHT ZONERS (cont.)

ZIP-002 Brighton Rock/ Diversion (Z.I.P./Dining-Out 1980)

 

TWIST & SHOUT

Bounce Back (Wessex 1980) -listed as power pop.

 

TYPE

Bright Green Angels/ Won't You Be Mine! Fast (Broken 1980) -1 on LDK15.