International Discography of the New Wave Vol. 1981
International Discography of the New Wave, Vol. 1982-83
by B. George and Martha Defoe [Omnibus/One Ten, 1981, 1983]
Irish Rock - Where It's Come From - Where It's At - Where It's Going
by Tony Clayton-Lea, Richie Taylor [Sidgwick and Jackson, 1992]
Irish Rock: Roots, Personalities, Directions
Isle of Noises : Rock and Roll's Roots in Ireland
by Mark J. Prendergast
1st edition [O'Brien Press, 1987]
US edition (re-titled) [St. Martin's Press, 1990]
It Makes You Want to Spit: An Alternative Ulster 1977-1982
by Sean O'Neill & Guy Trelford
1st edition [Punk Appreciation Society 1998]
2nd edition [Reekus 2003] initially self-published, the Reekus edition is greatly expanded and highly recommended
77: The Year of Punk and New Wave
by Henrik Beck Poulsen [Helter Skelter Publishing 2006]
Punk Diary. The Ultimate Trainspotters Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982.
by George Gimarc [Backbeat Books 2005] combines two earlier books, the Punk Diary 1970-79 (publ. 1994) and Post Punk Diary 1980-82 (publ. 1997)
The Worldwide Megabook of Heavy Metal Bands
by Mark Hale [Popular Culture, Ink., 1993]
Ultimate Hard Rock Guide: UK/Europe/Scandinavia Vol.1
by By Garry Sharpe-Young, Horst Odermatt [Bang Your Head Enterprises, 1999]
Part II: MAGAZINES & PERIODICALS
Hot Press (1977-) still exists as a post-mid-life-crisis right-on-politik lifestyle magazine,
but good musical coverage up to 1982 and Bill Graham remained a
perceptive critic
Hot Press Yearbooks 1979-88
V.G.Plus, The Irish Record Collector Magazine (1996-97) Ran for 3 issues, launched by well known Sex Pistols collector Gavin Walsh.
If anyone can fix me up with a (photo)copy/scan of #1 please get in touch.
Parts of this overview are taken from the "Early Irish Fanzines" article that appeared in Loserdom #13.
See the loserdom site for more details. Please see the help section for fanzines I'm looking for.
Launched: May 1977 Issues: 9 (including one triple issue)
Black & White
Launched: November 1979 Issues: 3
From Loserdom #13:
"Heat's creators Pete Nasty (Pete Price) and Ray Gunne (Jude Carr),
had a more graphics/print background, and were more influenced by the
New York fanzine Punk than the very basic photocopy-staple job of
Sniffin' Glue. The text was handwritten while pages were well
designed, laid-out and printed with a colour cover. The subject matter
covered new wave/punk band interviews, articles, reviews and later
comic strips and films. Having secured advertising funding and
distribution from Better Badges in England, the magazines circulation
was increasing by 200 each issue; jumping to 2000 copies when they
tried to secure proper nationwide distribution through Easons
newsagents. By Heat Vol.2 issue 2 [no.11], the magazine was gathering
momentum, but a published article "McGuiness is good for U2" lead to
the end of the road. The article alleged that U2 manager Paul
McGuiness had succeeded in getting a band [Modern Heirs] pulled from a
support slot at a gig, for U2 instead. McGuiness threatened to sue
Heat unless the article was pulled but a batch had already gone to
Easons. McGuiness subsequently found out and sued the magazine
ensuring its closure and place in Irish music folklore's history,
although a benefit gig for Heat managed to cover the costs.
Heat's two
writers later started another fanzine called Black & White, this time
laying out contributions from bands rather than featuring their own
articles, it didn't receive quite as a good a reaction though and only
lasted for 3 issues."--from loserdom #13
Most copies of the offending issue of Heat currently in circulation are missing
the offending page (pages 5/6)
which was cut out following the threat of legal action. The expense of
this action effectively ended the magazine. Ironically, they had just
signed a distribution deal with Easons, Ireland biggest retail chain
(booksellers) at the time.
Imprint
Launched: March 1979 Issues: ?
Edited by Barbara Fitz. Issue 11 features Zerox Irish Fanzine Directory charting
names and dates of the releases of Irish fanzines up to that time.
Insane Society
Launched: November 1978 Issues: ?
It's Your World
Launched: July 1977 Issues: ?
Liggin'
Launched: February 1978 Issues: ?
Mental Energy
Launched: July 1980 Issues: ?
Moonstruck
Launched: 198? Issues: ?
Ms.Marvel
Launched: March 1980 Issues: ?
Neu Carnage
Launched: July 1979 Issues: ?
A thick zine, circa 100 pages, by Gerry Mulinho, a punk who worked in a bank.
Provided scene reports for MRR in 1984. Neu Carnage also released some tapes
including the Vermin Package compilation (1982).
According to MRR#25 (1984) it was about to release a cassette EP featuring
Capital Scum [Belgium], Vortex [Belgium], Warriors of the Last Days [Columbia],
Toxic Waste and Catholic Guilt. A 2nd EP was to follow if the first was
successful featuring War Risk 3 [Belgium] among others.
More details appreciated.
A New Clear Threat
Launched: 1981 Issues: 5-6
Anarcho-punk fanzine put out by P.A. of Paranoid Visions. About 5-6 issues were
issued between 1981-85 in small runs, under 50 copies. Deko got involved from
about the third issue as he had access to a photocopier. They split the
workload, about 15-20 pages each, filled with lyrics and images.
9 To 5
Launched: mid 1979 Issues: ?
Orange Vomit
Launched: mid 1978 Issues: ?
Poptones
Launched: 198? Issues: ?
Positive Reaction
Launched: January 1980 Issues: ?
Private World
Launched: 198? Issues: ?
Raw Power
Launched: March 1977 Issues: 2
Raw Power lasted two issues, the second issue containing the first ever
interview with Derry band the Undertones.
Shock Treatment
Launched: October 1977 Issues: ?
Skanar
Launched: June 1980 Issues: ?
Something Else
Launched: January 1980 Issues: ?
Sweet Sensations
Launched: 198? Issues: ?
Too Late
Launched: December 1978 Issues: ?
To Pence Worth
Launched: April 1980 Issues: ?
Up Against It
Launched: 198? Issues: ?
Up Yours!
Launched: February 1978 Issues: ?
Vox
Launched: March 1980 Issues: 15
Dave Clifford's excellent fanzine ran for 15 issues.
It Makes You Want To Spit
UTV documentary filmed January 1978 mostly at The Pound, Belfast
featuring Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems, SLF and Victim
Unseen by yours truly. Where's the torrent?
Shellshock Rock
by John T. Davis
Hollywood Films, 1979
46mins.
Acclaimed punk documentary made in Northern Ireland in 1978-79 by John T.Davis.
The film was set to debut at the Cork Film Festival in 1979 but was banned at
the last minute. This ludicrous decision is indicative of the public hysteria
surrounding anything associated with punk rock at that time. Davis travelled to
Cork anyway and the film had its debut at the campus of UCC. A crowd of over
1000 turned up to see the film and sets by Rudi and the Outcasts. The film was
then re-instated in the festival programme.
See here for
Brian Young's recollection of the film.
The film has yet to be released officially on DVD. A bootleg edition (above)
exists but it excludes all appearances by the Undertones. This was probably
taken from a Channel 4 UK television broadcast which removed this material at
the request of the band (replaced by ???) Bootleg, downloadable versions of the
original film are findable online.
Davis shot two other NI punk related films:
"Protex Hurrah" and "Self Conscious
Over You" (Outcasts).
See the relevant band pages for more details.
Big Time - The Story of Terri Hooley
by Roy Wallace
2002
27 mins.
A portrait of Good Vibrations supremo Terri Hooley. I haven't seen it
but it's reputedly a little one-sided. Not commerically available.
From A Whisper To A Scream
RTE TV Series
(this link doesn't seem to work anymore: http://www.rte.ie/tv/fromawhispertoascream/ )
Produced and directed by David Heffernan, who was responsible for the excellent Sight & Sound (?)
show on RTE TV in the late 70s/early 80s which featured performances by many Irish punk and
new wave bands. Unfortunately this 3-part documentary series wastes far too much screen time
genuflecting at the usual suspects, interrupts proceedings far too often for the exceedingly
long-winded Niall Stokes to state the bleeding obvious, and chooses it's subjects based on a
criteria of pop success (especially, in typical small country syndrome fashion, success abroad)
rather than musical innovation. Even so it includes some fascinating fragments from the 77-83
era. Will RTE ever release a multi-disc box set of everything the producers left out? Of course not!
From a Whisper to a Scream was released on DVD in 2001 and more recently re-released as
"Out of Ireland - From A Whisper To A Scream."
RTE Archives
The RTE Archives should contain many performances by Irish bands on TV shows such as:
• Our Times
• Youngline (1978)
• SBB ina Shui (1976-83)
• Aspects of Rock (1979)
• New Moves (c1979)
• Anything Goes (early 80s)
• Non Stop Pop (1981-82)
• TV Ga Ga (mid-80s)
• Visual Eyes (mid-80s)
• Megamix (late 80s)
• Borderline (1986-87)
• No Disco (late 80s)
• TV Ga Ga
Shows like SBB Ina Shui (1976-83) and The Late Late Show regularly
had live or mimed performances. Everyone remembers the Prunes on the
Late Late!
Radharc -- at least I think it was Radharc -- an episode about the effects
of music on teenagers; the opening sequence was footage of Rory Gallagher
playing "Messing With The Kid", it also included a section on punk in the
North, including clips of the Outcasts... so is this all my imagination or
did someone else see this?
If you're waiting for RTE to make a DVD of this material YOU CAN FORGET IT.
RTE's idea of raiding the archive is something like Reverb -- snippets
of footage with some irritating American named Des Bishop doing a 'humorous'
voiceover, plus lots of comedians and other talking heads talking over the
footage, telling us how great (or awful) the bands were, rather than letting
us watch and hear for ourselves.
