10 December 1976 (Transcript)


 * (JP: 'Well, I think you'll find this programme's in rather marked contrast to the programmes that preceded it, because tonight we're going to have a look at punk rock. Mind you, no two people seem to be able to agree exactly what punk rock is, as is evidenced by the fact that someone's been phoning us off and on during the day, and trying to convince us that our guests tonight, the Damned, are not a punk rock band, and punk rock fairly clearly means something entirely different to Americans. Anyway, we'll hear a lot of music that may be punk rock, and a lot that certainly is. We start with the Damned. Off you go and play, boys.')
 * Damned: 'So Messed Up' (Peel Session)
 * (JP (referring to Dave's raspberry at the end of the track): 'And you. Those are the Damned and the first number from them on our programme, and it's called 'So Messed Up'. The members of the band: Dave Vanian on vocals, Brian James on guitar, "the wonderful Captain Sensible" (he's written that himself) on bass, and Rat Scabies on drums. And a band that I used to hang around with in California in the 60s, the Seeds, and they seem to be fairly crucial to the punk movement, and they were a fine band then, which I used to enjoy, and this is their best known record.')
 * Seeds: 'Pushin' Too Hard (Compilation LP-Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era)' (Sire)
 * (JP: 'Those are the Seeds and 'Pushin Too Hard' from about 1966, I would estimate. This is something from 1973, which is a lot more vicious, I think.')
 * Iggy & The Stooges: 'Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell (LP-Raw Power)' (Embassy)
 * (JP: 'If this had been a two-hour programme, I would probably have played you something from the LP 'Metallic K.O.', which is not easy to get hold of, but if you do, you'll find it's one of the most uncompromising LPs you've ever heard, I think. Iggy Pop & The Stooges, from the 1973 LP 'Raw Power', and that's 'Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell'. Now, people would argue, I think, whether Eddie And The Hot Rods are actually a punk rock band. The fact that they've achieved some sort of success will probably disqualify them in the eyes of several people, but they're on the front of the current issue of 'Sniffing Glue', and that's good enough for me.')
 * Eddie And The Hot Rods: 'Horseplay (Weary Of The Schmaltz) (EP-At The Sound Of Speed)' (Island)
 * JP: 'Eddie & The Hot Rods, and 'Horseplay (Weary Of The Schmaltz)', and the Damned again.')
 * Damned: 'Neat Neat Neat' (Peel Session)
 * (JP: 'The Damned and that's called 'Neat Neat Neat', and we'll have a look at some of the New York music now. This is Richard Hell from an EP which is available in a limited edition on the Stiff label, not surprisingly, in Britain, and Richard Hell previously with Television and the Heartbreakers and now with his band Voidoids. This is '(I Belong To The) Blank Generation'.')
 * Richard Hell & The Voidoids: '(I Belong To The) Blank Generation (7 inch)' (Stiff)
 * (JP: 'That's Richard Hell, who as I said was previously with Television, and this is the only record available at the moment, while Television have been signed to one of the big American labels.')
 * Television: 'Little Johnny Jewel Part 1 (7 inch)' (Ork)
 * WORK ONGOING***


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