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Good to hear that Dils track. Its on a great complilation CD of early US punk called Black Hole which is well worth checking out. By the way, I have met Mensi and he is a truly impressive character !

Mickey, all these years I thought you were saying 'Memphis Eejit'!

Mickey, your’s is a radio show which plays punk rock, right? And a damn fine one at that I might add. After a more than a few months of avid listening I have noticed one period in the evolution of the punk which is conspicuous by its absence and that is the British bands circa 1980 to 1983. Yes, by that stage punk had become a parody of itself with its studded leather jackets, tartan trousers and red Mohican hair styles, but there were some blinding records released for our listening pleasure. So come on Mickey, dust off some Exploited, Blitz or Discharge and make our speakers crackle a bit.

The dB's may have chosen Stands for Decibels as an LP title because of the obscurity of their band name. I'd choose Like This as my least favorite LP title of theirs. Thumbs up for the EPrunes and good to know it was written by two women!

Ah yes HM, a bit of Blitz would certainly make the speakers crackle. When I first played the All Out Attack EP in the early 80's I thought my needle was fluffed up! Still a fan of 'em though.

Jasonbrighton, there certainly was a ‘unique’ production sound on the All Out Attack EP, but all four tracks are classic tunes. Voice of a Generation has to be one of the all time classic punk albums of the time, with no a duff track on it.

Come on Mickey it’s criminal that you are ignoring this the phase in the evolution of punk.

I wasn't a great fan of Oi partly cos I really hated the politics associated with a lot of the bandsand quite a bit of the music (luckily there was plenty of great American hardcore around at the time).

There were some good tracks though (I did like Blitz). My own guilty pleasures are:

Bad Man - Cockney Rejects
Surban Rebels - The Business
One Nation Under a bomb - Conflict

Richard those dodgy politics were nothing to do with the bands themselves. It was all of the media's making (surprise, surprise). All the top bands of the time The Business, Cock Sparrer, Blitz, Cockney Rejects, Angelic Upstarts etc were all politically sound. If they even bothered with politics at all that is.

But like you say there were some great tracks, so come on Mickey, let's hear 'em!!.

Never one to withstand any pressure, I will begin to consider records made by tartan-trousered, mohican-headed bands who have singers with names like Beggsy, Scordy, Jiggso, and Graham. If any of these records suggested are not good, then on your own head be it.