Tag Archives: 1981

REDUX: Want List: The Fingerprintz Singles

Posted on March 19, 2024 by postpunkmonk

October 7, 2015 Among the 30 releases that arrived in the mail on Monday, was a record that was pretty significant to me. The Fingerprintz “Shadowed” 12″ single. I bought what was the new Fingerprintz album, “Beat Noir” when it … Continue reading →

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Savage Republic Captured The Paradox of Post-Punk In SoCal ’81

Posted on February 7, 2024 by postpunkmonk

When I think back to 1981, I was listening to a lot of WPRK-FM. College radio from Rollins College; a tony private college in Winter Park, Florida that had much better programming than the offerings from the State University that … Continue reading →

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Soft Cell’s “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” Sidestepped Synthpop Clichés In 1981 To Stand Apart From The Crowd [pt. 3]

Posted on October 12, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The Hippie Generation had their classic morning-after song in Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down.” The Punk Generation got their equivalent in one of Soft Cell’s greatest singles. Written with empathy for the new club kids … Continue reading →

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Soft Cell’s “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” Sidestepped Synthpop Clichés In 1981 To Stand Apart From The Crowd [pt. 2]

Posted on October 10, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Pinned to a lurching backbeat the band obviously loved [there are backbeats galore on this album], the solemn “Youth” showed the young slip of a 24 year old Marc Almond already looking backward at the ash … Continue reading →

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Soft Cell’s “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” Sidestepped Synthpop Clichés In 1981 To Stand Apart From The Crowd [pt. 1]

Posted on October 9, 2023 by postpunkmonk

1981 was full of new bands heavy on the synths bursting out all over the place in the UK. The seeds sown by Gary Numan and Sparks a few years earlier were sprouting like weeds by that time. That year … Continue reading →

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REDUX: The Trouser Press Years

Posted on June 26, 2023 by postpunkmonk

May 20, 2016 I have to admit that I was never one to follow the rock press very much. First of all, in America, this usually meant Rolling Stone or Creem Magazine; neither of which ever did anything for me. By … Continue reading →

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To Get The Complete Suburban Lawns, You Have To Do It Yourself

Posted on June 5, 2023 by postpunkmonk

I always liked The Suburban Lawns. I remember hearing “Gidget Goes To Hell” on WPRK-FM college radio in 1981, and made further note of their song “Janitor” when I.R.S. Records came sniffing around, because who else in 1981 would have … Continue reading →

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