[kj] punk festival /demob

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Wed Jul 7 11:39:39 EDT 2004


DEMOB!!!

yes haven't heard any mention them in a long while, seems noone ever 
knows of them. 

looking forward to getting my mits on the new demob cd





On 7 Jul 2004 at 16:06, Patrick Davies wrote:

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> J
> haven™t been referred to as a kid for a long time!
> 
> Never said you were knocking the beat Alex but I hold anything with
> suspicion that uses any term like real punk/metal/ska/etc
> 
> As I mentioned it was originally developed as an alternative to the
> Reading festival which initially seemed to start out with old farts
> from the punk era being promoted and in that sense you shouldn™t put
> too much into the real punk tag. The cockney rejects were never a punk
> band anyway
> 
> Just looking at some of the more prominent bands:
> STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 
> HAZEL O'CONNOR & 
> THE SUBTERRANEANS 
> ARI UPS SLITS (saw her recently “ good show!)
> THE BUSINESS 
> CHAS & DAVE 
> JOHN OTWAY 
> THE LURKERS 
> MENACE 
> SPLODGENESSABOUNDS 
> THE VARUKERS 
> DEMOB 
> THE ADICTS 
> KING KURT 
> ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE 
> VICE SQUAD 
> 999 
> PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES 
> THE BEAT 
> DISCHARGE 
> THE LAST RESORT 
> GBH 
> COCKNEY REJECTS 
> TV SMITH & BAND 
> THE VIBRATORS 
> SUBHUMANS 
> UK SUBS 
> JESSE JAMES
> 
> I mean chas n dave! Very punk! King Kurt is pushing it to!
> Interesting to see some bands there I saw in 1977!
> If the kids are united¦: O
> iPat
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Kids, I'm not *KNOCKING* the Beat,....I'm just pointing out the 
> discrepancies in advertising a "real Punk" gig when you've got bands
> on the roster who aren't orthodox Punk at all (yes, I'm aware that
> there was a mutual respect from both the Punk and Ska scenes). It's
> just that when you box things in a slap genre tags on everything,
> you're bound to look foolish at one point or another (and this is one
> of those points). 
> 
> Best Beat tune = "Two Swords" 
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