Blank Generation
Steve Green
This week on Blank Generation we celebrate the release of our first own label release. The Octonary EP features 4 previously unreleased tracks by the Automatics and is a limited edition release of 300 only on 7″ white vinyl, and comes housed in a luxury sleeve with 4 page lyrics and information booklet. The purpose of the EP is to promote the EIGHT albums of unreleased Automatics material that is now ready to download and stream on Apple, Amazon and Spotify etc. Two of the tracks on the EP feature Stiff Little Fingers’ guitarist Ian McCallum and the other two feature Steve Jones and Johnny Thunders (RIP) respectively. For more information email steve@blankgeneration.show
In the spirit of new releases I took the chance to play the latest singles by the Buzzcocks and Brian Chevette of Eater, who was my guest on last week’s show. Tracks from new albums by 999, The Vibrators and The Ramonas are also aired along with fairly recent recordings by U.K. Subs, Bad Religion, Duncan Reid and The Big Heads and Big Head Nick Hughes’ Middlenight Men, who’s two great singles to date are also featured.
Elsewhere, two tracks each by The Skids and Stiff Little Fingers are blasted out as well as eight incredible covers by Lasse Pop Experience. I would encourage listeners to check the latter out on You Tube to get the full impact of what they are all about.
The Stiffs’ Phil Hendriks closes the show with a David Philp (Automatics) composition that is simply incredible. I am hoping to get Phil on the show as a guest at some point, as his career in music is interesting to say the least. Apart from being frontman of the incredible Stiffs, his solo stuff is amazing, and he is also in current lineups of the Bay City Rollers and the Glitter Band. Did I forget to say his wife is the best Blondie tribute act out there as well?
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Playlist:
Rule Britannia – Automatics
Irish Blessing – Automatics
Peace on Earth – Automatics
Wild One – Automatics
Gotta Get Better – Buzzcocks
Destination Zero – Buzzcocks
Rat Star – The Middlenight Men
B.A. Baby – The Middlenight Men
To Live Or Live Not – Duncan Reid & The Big Heads
C’mon Josephine – Duncan Reid & The Big Heads
Don’t Wanna Know – 999
Shoot – 999
I Want To Live In Outer Space – The Ramonas
Our World – The Ramonas
Broke – The Ramonas
Take Me Home – The Ramonas
Wasted – The Ramonas
So Called This, So Called That – The Ramonas
High On Life – The Ramonas
Camp Cruel – The Ramonas
The Sound Of The Suburbs – The Vibrators
Baby Baby – The Vibrators
Tired Of Waking Up Tired – U.K. Subs
Rockin’ In The Free World – U.K. Subs
I Live Off You – Lasse Pop Experience
Young Savage – Lasse Pop Experience
Bombers – Lasse Pop Experience
Pack, Fair & Square – Lasse Pop Experience
Male Model – Lasse Pop Experience
Private Affair – Lasse Pop Experience
Believe Me – Brian Chevette
Room For One – Brian Chevette
This Is Our World – The Skids
Into The Void – The Skids
My Dark Places – Stiff Little Fingers
When We Were Young – Stiff Little Fingers
Lose Your Head (Demo) – Bad Religion
Faith Alone – Bad Religion
The Profane Rights of Man – Bad Religion
The Kids Are Alt-Right – Bad Religion
Radio Blaring Out From A Burning Car – Phil Hendriks
