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COME CHECK OUT MY TOP TEN LEATHERFACE
VIDEOS OVER AT THE BIG TAKEOVER!
(Don't be afraid to leave a thought behind!)
COME CHECK OUT MY TOP TEN LEATHERFACE
VIDEOS OVER AT THE BIG TAKEOVER!
(Don't be afraid to leave a thought behind!)
A Leatherface – Hops And Barley
B Wat Tyler – Discipline
C Leatherface – A Public House
D1 Wat Tyler – Not Superstitious
D2 Wat Tyler – (I Just Called To Say...)
The ever-reliable Discogs says, "15th in Singles Club series. Double 7". Wraparound sleeve in polythene bag, plus photocopied insert (label info one side, letter from Wat Tyler on other). Each band covers the others' songs. D2 is a hidden untitled track, based on the Stevie Wonder song: a tribute to British talk-radio host James Whale ("I just called to say 'James Whale You're A Fucking Cunt'") "
Well we've been prattling on about Leatherface for weeks (see HERE) but as for Wat Tyler, the clown-princes of anarcho-(pop)-punk, I`m a little short on detail. They were a a classic Very English band who were always connected to bands I knew well (Leatherface's cover of "Hops and Barley" is STILL in their set) but whom never found their way into my record collection. Despite being a fixture of the punk scene of the eighties and nineties (they even got on Lookout Records for a bit) the band`s profile is now pretty miniscule on the internet. The Wikipedia entry on the band is almost, non-existent and while we can thank the fucking brilliant blog Kill Your Pet Puppy for this post on the band, compared to the epic posts KYPP is famous for, this one is quite brief. (And speaking of brief posts on WT, I Vomit 4 U has a a good one here). Any one out there who wants to do a guest post on Wat Tyler for MRML is hereby invited.
Well, readers, what do you make of all this then? Let us know in the COMMENTS section (which is where you'll find the LF/WT split single).
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B Wat Tyler – Discipline
C Leatherface – A Public House
D1 Wat Tyler – Not Superstitious
D2 Wat Tyler – (I Just Called To Say...)
The ever-reliable Discogs says, "15th in Singles Club series. Double 7". Wraparound sleeve in polythene bag, plus photocopied insert (label info one side, letter from Wat Tyler on other). Each band covers the others' songs. D2 is a hidden untitled track, based on the Stevie Wonder song: a tribute to British talk-radio host James Whale ("I just called to say 'James Whale You're A Fucking Cunt'") "
Well we've been prattling on about Leatherface for weeks (see HERE) but as for Wat Tyler, the clown-princes of anarcho-(pop)-punk, I`m a little short on detail. They were a a classic Very English band who were always connected to bands I knew well (Leatherface's cover of "Hops and Barley" is STILL in their set) but whom never found their way into my record collection. Despite being a fixture of the punk scene of the eighties and nineties (they even got on Lookout Records for a bit) the band`s profile is now pretty miniscule on the internet. The Wikipedia entry on the band is almost, non-existent and while we can thank the fucking brilliant blog Kill Your Pet Puppy for this post on the band, compared to the epic posts KYPP is famous for, this one is quite brief. (And speaking of brief posts on WT, I Vomit 4 U has a a good one here). Any one out there who wants to do a guest post on Wat Tyler for MRML is hereby invited.
Well, readers, what do you make of all this then? Let us know in the COMMENTS section (which is where you'll find the LF/WT split single).
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Hey thanks for all the great posts this year and thanks for this Clawfist rarity. Do have any more singles from Clawfist? Such as the Thatcher On Acid, Bloodsausage, Sunflowers splits Breed or anything else by this neat little label.
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Thanks very much, Hops n Barley is a great cover
ReplyDeletehey thanks for the Leatherface posts.
ReplyDeleteI consider myself a pretty well-versed listener to punk (and old enough to know mall punks aren't) and for some reason, I am not familiar with Leatherface. I used your posts as a jumping off point and found some great music that's been hiding from me all these years.
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ReplyDeleteI'll have to investigate the CLawfist catalog.
Jez
It's no wonder they've kept it in their live set so long.
Aikne
Leatherface were definitely a cult favourite (even within punk circles) so they might've snuck by you at the time but I'm happy you found them here.
Can't help you with the Wat Tyler history...the Leatherface video of Hops and Barley does have an homage to the WT song "Barry Bonds Claret and Blue Army" also. Recommend their split with Thatcher on Acid "Yurp Thing."
ReplyDeleteI'll give that a shot I've always sorta liked TOA despite my limited awareness of their discography.
ReplyDeleteHello all. If you want a history of Wat Tyler then please ask. I was privileged to see them about 120 times over the years. I saw the highs and lows.I remember the time at the Dublin Castle in Camden they gave up playing their instruments, a few broken strings and the like, so the band sat around a piano and belted some tunes out! There are so more stories from pissing off the False Prophets, Sick Of It All, to the law suits for the breach of copyright.
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ReplyDeleteIf you want to do a write up on WT's history, I'll post it. Contact me here
musicruinedmylife@gmail.com