Again, something a little left field whilst still meeting the 1977 criteria. Ultravox! in the time of original vocalist John Foxx were a far cry from the chart friendly band that Ultravox would become with Midge Ure at the helm. Was it punk? I dunno, outside of the big hitters on the scene, 'punk' was a broad church early on.... and some elements fitted the bill, raw guitars, punk sounding angry lyrics and a look the shouted New Wave. With art-school backgrounds they shared the same influences as the A-listers..... Bowie and Roxy Music. However, it was their early use of synthesisers that set them apart and it was the unabashed acknowledgement of their influence often repeated by Gary Numan, who was to become one of the biggest pop stars in the UK in 1979, that sealed their reputation as early pioneers of British electronic music.
Maybe not for everyone...... but the were part of it in '77!
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Artwork: https://we.tl/t-D9xFAHciRV
01. I Want To Be A Machine
02. Slip Away
03. The Frozen Ones
04. Distant Smile
05. Young Savage
06. My Sex
07. Artificial Life
08. Wide Boys -
Saturday Night
In The City Of The Dead
10. The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned
11. Rockwrok
12. Fear In The Western World
Alternative Broadcast
01. I Want To Be A Machine
02. Rockwrok
03. Slip Away
04. The Frozen Ones
05. Distant Smile
06. Young Savage
07. My Sex
08. The Man Who Dies Every Day
09. Artificial Life
10. Wide Boys
11. Saturday Night In The City Of The Dead
12. The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned
13. Rockwrok
14. Fear In The Western World
Saw these guys in a nightclub in San Francisco in 1979, maybe their last or second to last gig before John Foxx left. Those days were before all the factionalization of the punk/new wave thing.All we knew was they were nothing like the prevailing Journey/Boston/Foreigner bullshit that dominated the airwaves in late '70's San Francisco.
ReplyDeleteThey were marvelous.
Thanks for posting it.