Category Archives: Assorted Images

Rock G.P.A.: Altered Images [part 1]

Posted on September 19, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Now that Altered Images have returned for that fourth album a mere 39 years after breaking up after their their album seemed to show their ability to land singles in the charts flagging dramatically, the appearance of album number four … Continue reading →

Posted in Assorted Images, Core Collection, Record Review, Rock GPA, Scots Rock | Tagged 1981, Altered Images, Happy Birthday, Martin Rushent, Steve Severin | 11 Comments

Forty Years Ago Today, Simple Minds Changed Everything with “New Gold Dream [81,82,83,84]”

Posted on September 13, 2022 by postpunkmonk

I was planning on starting a thread about another Scot band today but an email I received from a friend in the predawn hours [he was on OZ time…] alerted me to the salient fact that on this day in … Continue reading →

Posted in Assorted Images, Core Collection, Scots Rock | Tagged 1982, New Gold Dream, Simple Minds | 13 Comments

Billy MacKenzie Has Been Gone For 25 Years Now… [part 1]

Posted on January 22, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 1: My STUPID YEARS… Where does the time go? It feels like he just died last month. I can remember the awful pit in my stomach when I discovered, somehow, on the internet [which in 1997, I only had … Continue reading →

Posted in Assorted Images, Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s, Those First Impressions | Tagged 1997, BillyMacKenzie, obituary | 18 Comments

Breaking The Ice With Bette Bright…43 Years Later

Posted on September 9, 2021 by postpunkmonk

I never heard Deaf School until sometime in the early 90s when a friend have me the US 2xLP compilation of “2nd Honeymoon/Don’t Stop The World” and I finally got to hear the fascinating group. Sure, I’d heard the name … Continue reading →

Posted in Assorted Images, Want List | Tagged 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, Bette Bright, Clanger/Winstanley, Deaf School | 11 Comments

The Arcadia Project: Down The Black Lace Rabbit Hole [part 4]

Posted on July 6, 2021 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] There were two violinists credited on “So Red The Rose.” It was that sort of album, so it’s hard to know if both were playing on the one track that featured them prominently or not. We’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Assorted Images, Core Collection, New Romantic, Record Review | Tagged 1985, 1990, Arcadia, Duran Duran, Nick Rhodes, Simon LeBon | 14 Comments

The Arcadia Project: Down The Black Lace Rabbit Hole [part 3]

Posted on July 2, 2021 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from this post] “Missing” was the only song of this project that existed in Simon LeBon’s notebooks prior to Nick Rhodes calling him up and telling him that he wasn’t going on a holiday for six months, but was … Continue reading →

Posted in Assorted Images, Core Collection, New Romantic, Record Review, Your Prog Roots Are Showing | Tagged 1985, 1990, Arcadia, Bryan Ferry, Duran Duran, Nick Rhodes, Simon LeBon | 8 Comments

The Arcadia Project: Down The Black Lace Rabbit Hole [part 2]

Posted on July 1, 2021 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Throughout it all one could hear Carlos Alomar’s rhythm guitar arcing an elegant line throughout the percussive mix. And it was a very percussive mix with not one but two, top flight percussionists throughout the album. … Continue reading →