Tag Archives: reformed bands

30 Days: 30 Albums | Blondie – Ghosts Of Download

Posted on September 27, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Lately, I have been picking up [and paying for…] and Blondie albums that I did not have. This is down to two things; built-up curiosity and having heard the reformation era song “Maria” on the gym sound system and really … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days - 30 Albums, Record Review | Tagged 2014, Blondie, Ghosts of Download, reformed bands | 12 Comments

30 Days: 30 Albums | B-Movie – Climate Of Fear

Posted on September 12, 2018 by postpunkmonk

I first heard B-Movie on a flexidisc from Flexipop magazine that had a version of “Remembrance Day” coupled with Soft Cell’s “Metro Mr. X” and I saw it as a cheap way to check out this “Soft Cell” I’d been … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days - 30 Albums, Record Review | Tagged 2016, B-Movie, Climate Of Fear, reformed bands | 8 Comments

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 53]

Posted on April 4, 2018 by postpunkmonk

[continued from this post] While the Onetwo album had been gestating since the early 2000s, to be released in 2007, there had already been a seismic occurrence with the tentative reformation of OMD in 2005 for the purposes of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA | Tagged 2005, 2006, 2007, OMD, reformed bands | 2 Comments

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 34]

Posted on February 1, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Sugar Tax | 1991 – 1.5 [continued from last post] “Side One” ended with “Big Town,” a mewling diatribe against the music industry… at least according to the official notes on OMD’s current discography. … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Mid-80s Malaise, Rock GPA | Tagged 1991, OMD, reformed bands, Sugar Tax | 4 Comments

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 33]

Posted on January 31, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Sugar Tax | 1991 – 1.5 [continued from last post] I bought my copy of “Sugar Tax” as an import, which was the first time I’d bought the new OMD album on CD that … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Mid-80s Malaise, Rock GPA | Tagged 1991, OMD, reformed bands, Sugar Tax, Virgin Records | 7 Comments

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 32]

Posted on January 30, 2018 by postpunkmonk

In 1989, by the time that OMD had thrown in the towel, I had come to a crossroads in the road regarding my affinity for British pop. By the mid-80s all of the band I cherished had either broken up … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Mid-80s Malaise, Rock GPA | Tagged 1991, NWOBJP, OMD, reformed bands, Virgin Records | 29 Comments

REDUX: New Wave Scorecard

Posted on January 6, 2014 by postpunkmonk

May 17, 2011 I was viewing the latest Simple Minds news the other day at Dream Giver, the best SM information site out there, when I saw that temporary Simple Minds drummer Michael Ogletree is hitting the Rewind Festival this … Continue reading →