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Up Against It (album)
''Up Against It'' is the fifth album by West London post punk and indie band The Times released in 1986. Track listing #"Up Against It" #"Last Tango for One" #"Boys About Town" #"Garden in the Moonlight (Love Theme for McTurk and Rowena)" #"WPC Boon'" #"Most Modern Woman in the World" #"Jacks Revolution" #"Ladies of the Cause" #"Mutiny in the British Empire" #"Escape!" #"She's a Professional" #"It's Cabaret Time!" #"The War" #"The Wedding Song" Personnel * John East (bass, vocals) * Paul Damien (drums, vocals) * Edward Ball (vocals, guitar) References The Times (band) albums 1986 albums {{1980s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times (band)
The Times are a British indie band, the brainchild of Ed Ball, co-founder member of the Television Personalities, Teenage Filmstars and 'O' Level. Whaam! Records 1981–1982 After releasing a string of 7-inch singles variously as O'Level ("We Love Malcolm", 1978), The Television Personalities ("Part-Time Punks", 1978), Teenage Filmstars ("There's A Cloud Over Liverpool", 1979, "I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape", 1980), that culminated with the debut Television Personalities album "And Don't The Kids Just Love It" (1980) on Rough Trade Records, Edward Ball and Daniel Treacy opted for even more artistic control by setting up their own label, WHAAM! Records. At the same time, recorded as a proposed Teenage Filmstars' debut LP, Ball's 1980 collection of songs was completed as "Go! With The Times", from which the first Times single "Red With Purple Flashes" (1981) was released on Whaam! This was followed by "Pop Goes Art!" (1982), released in individually hand-painted sleeves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-rock influences. Inspired by punk's energy and DIY ethic but determined to break from rock cliches, artists experimented with styles like funk, electronic music, jazz, and dance music; the production techniques of dub and disco; and ideas from art and politics, including critical theory, modernist art, cinema and literature. These communities produced independent record labels, visual art, multimedia performances and fanzines. The early post-punk vanguard was represented by groups including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wire, Public Image Ltd, the Pop Group, Cabaret Voltaire, Magazine, Pere Ubu, Joy Division, Talking Heads, Devo, Gang of Four, the Slits, the Cure, and the Fall. The movement was closely related to the development of ancillar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music or simply indie) is music that is produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, DIY ethic, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing. The term ''indie'' is sometimes used to describe a genre (such as indie rock and indie pop), and as a genre term, "indie" may or may not include music that is independently produced, and many independent music artists do not fall into a single, defined musical style or genre and create self-published music that can be categorized into diverse genres. The term 'indie' or 'independent music' can be traced back to as early as the 1920s after it was first used to reference independent film companies but was later used as a term to classify an independent band or record producer. Record labels Independent labels have a long history of promoting developments in popular music, stretching back to the post-war period in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go! With The Times
''Go! with the Times'' is an album recorded in November 1980 but released in 1985 by West London post-punk/ indie band the Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou .... Track listing Side A #"You Can Get It" #"I'm with You" #"Your Generation" #"Pinstripes" #"Dressing Up for the Cameras" #"Red with Purple Flashes" Side B #"The Jokes on Zandra" #"Nowhere to Run" #"No Hard Feelings" #"My Andy Warhol Poster" #"Man from Uncle" #"Reflections in an Imperfect Mirror" Personnel * John East (bass, vocals) * Paul Damien (drums, vocals) * Edward Ball (vocals, guitar) References The Times (band) albums 1985 albums {{1980s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enjoy The Times
''Enjoy the Times'' is the sixth album by West London Post punk and Indie band The Times released in 1986. Track listing Side A #''Britannia Sleeps Tonight'' #''Something Like the Truth'' #''here to Go "Here to Go" is a song by the American new wave band Devo, written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale. It was released on their sixth studio album, '' Shout'', in 1984 and was released as a single in 1985. "Here to Go" quotes a bit of the musi ...When the Sun Goes Down'' #''Times TV'' #''Housewives Law'' #''Think Big!'' #''The Third Wave'' Side B #''The American Way'' #''Winning Hearts and Minds'' #''Cousin Frank Goes to Hollywood'' #''Enjoy'' #''Dream Now oung America' #''Times Radio'' #''When the Talking Had to Stop'' References The Times (band) albums 1986 albums {{1980s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
