Folk-Punk: God's Little Monkeys - Lip

Some people consider much of punk rock just cruder, less-developed heavy metal but to me a lot of the best punk sounds like amped-up, sped-up, riled-up folk music.

God's Little Monkeys (more here), the English folk-punk band previously known as Malcolm's Interview (more here) bade farewell to the world with the 1991 album Lip, a slightly more contemporary (read: commercially palatable) version of their sound.



It's a nice little record with hummable songs like "Hollywood or The Humber" and some more bass-centric tunes, like a cover of The Temptations "Ball of Confusion".



If you appreciate the music the bloggers you visit regularly post, then I would exhort you to comment - such feedback is the very oxygen of the blogosphere.

Speaking of comments, that is the section wherein you will find the Lip link.

(Since I have been unable to fix track four on the Malcolm's Interview album, I have added a link to the original .flac file in the comments.)

Go check out singer/guitarist Jon Townsend's YouTube Channel

Folk-Punk: Malcolm's Interview - Breakfast in Bedlam

Some people consider much of punk rock just cruder, less-developed heavy metal but to me a lot of the best punk sounds like amped-up, sped-up, riled-up folk music.

Before they changed their name to, God's Little Monkeys (more here), Malcolm's Interview were an eighties English band driven by the rebellious aggression of both aged folk music and post-punk rock.




Malcom's Interview sole album, 1987' Breakfast in Bedlam, sees the band employ the ancient shanty,"Blow the Man Down, the (then) modern Billy Bragg anthem "It Says Here" and a volley of their own skiffle-speed creations, like "A Hundred Years".





Y'know COMMENTS are so appreciated here, not just for ego gratification or even as impetus to post more of the same (i.e. MRML would gladly post the 2nd God's Little Monkeys album, if there is sufficient commentary) but also because by adding your stories, your links, your evaluations (or even simply your gracious thanks) you make this blog so much more then it is with just me yammering to a cold, dark universe.


Speaking, at great length, of comments, that is the section wherein you will find the Breakfast in Bedlam link.

(New link for missing track is further down in the comments)

Go check out singer/guitarist Jon Townsend's YouTube Channel

Thanks to grey-rainbow for the fantastic rip and scans

Folk-Punk: God's Little Monkeys - New Maps of Hell

Some people consider much of punk rock just cruder, less-developed heavy metal but to me a lot of the best punk sounds like amped-up, sped-up, riled-up folk music.

God's Little Monkeys were another eighties English band that followed The Pogues back to the pubs of yore.

GLM sound a bit more old-fashioned than The Pogues, what with their skiffle licks, those Country & Western tunes and their raising-the-red-flag lyrics but they're just as much fun.

New Maps of Hell link is in the comments.