Punching Holes: La Mer (1980)

 
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An irregular MRML series powered by the wild generosity of our reader, Roberto: Enjoy and don't forget to leave our benefactor a thank-you comment.

After leaving Newcastle scratchy post-punk band Punishment Of Luxury (more HERE), singer Brian Bond formed Punching Holes (with Tim Jones, Norman Emerson and rock music writer Sid Smith who would later write a successful King Crimson biography). Here's their lone single, produced by the late Dave Goodman (more to come...) for the Pinnacle label.




Reactions to this Punilux-related rarity are strongly encouraged and can be left in the COMMENTS section (where the  La Mer 7" link can be found).

Punishment of Luxury: Peel Sessions (1978-1979)

Punishment of Luxury (a.k.a. Punilux) were a pummeling late-seventies post-punk band from Newcastle, England who played in a tightly-wound, hard-hitting, funk-inflected style, comparable to the Gang of  Four but artier and more mad. Lemon Records has re-issued their landmark debut, Laughing Academy (which I picked up a few months ago). Here for all MRML readers but especially Blog Hero 1st Class, Roberto, who requested these sessions amidst all the gifts he has given us. It took me a Longy time to find the files but finally a good friend of this blog came though to help Roberto and me out.

30/08/1978
01-Funk Me
02-Let's Get Married/You're So Beautiful
03-Babylon
    Brian Bond (Lead Vocals)
    Jeff Thwaite (Drums)
    Malla Cabbala (Guitar, Vocals)
    Nevil Luxury (Lead Guitar, Vocals)
    Jimmy Giro (Bass, Vocals)

30/05/1979

01-Radar Bug/Metropolis
02-British Baboon
03-Secrets
    Brian Bond (Lead Vocals)
    Steve Secret (Drums, Backing Vocals)
    Nevil Luxury (Lead Guitar, Vocals)
    Jimmy Giro (Bass, Vocals)

Feedback on Punilux, in the form of COMMENTS, is invited. (Peel Sessions link is in that same feedback-giving section).

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