Known Pleasures

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A sometimes wry look at the highly influential music that washed up in the seismic splash that was punk.

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Known Pleasures Ep 8 - Killing Joke

Killing Joke emerged from the squats of Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove during what became known as the second wave of punk in late 1978. They cast a long, dark, influential shadow over bands as diverse as Metallica and Nirvana but it is their early works that set the template and reconfigured what the noise left by the end of punk could be. Spotify Playlist Link: https://open.spotify.com/user/1230971434/playlist/1HBKGQDP2chi5WtexX4Qy8?si=ozSO0_jERuyEq_olyUgeMw...

Sep 23, 2017•51 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Known Pleasures Ep 7 - Flowers/Icehouse & Models

Flowers (or Icehouse as they came to be known) and Models might seem like strange bedfellows, but both bands sprang from the same highly concentrated influence the explosion of punk had over the Australian music scene before going on to the wider commercial success they are perhaps better known for today. Spotify Playlist Link: https://open.spotify.com/user/1230971434/playlist/0z6CF7WXufgzeNmcz5Sb6z?si=2qlevN1CRUa9cxYnsF0knw...

Sep 02, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Known Pleasures Ep 6 - Gary Numan

The eighties, unlike any other decade, started with music being created on instruments that had never before existed. Sure, the Moog had appeared in the late sixties and showed up in various recordings throughout the seventies, but by the turn of the decade there were many drum machines, sequencers, analogue & digital keyboards that began to change the musical landscape in many ways. And this electronic music went from being an underground curiosity to a commercial powerhouse thanks in large...

Jul 25, 2017•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 6

Known Pleasures Ep 5 - The Police

To the derision of many in the punk movement, The Police would go on to become the most successful new wave band of all. Their sparse, insistently rhythmic, impossibly catchy songs simply took the world by storm, and within three years they were arguably the biggest band on the planet. So, with the benefit of almost four decades’ hindsight, how does the legacy of The Police stack up? Pleasant, but forgettable reggae-tinged pop from a best-forgotten band; or creators of some of the most brilliant...

Jul 06, 2017•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Known Pleasures Ep 4 - Public Image Ltd

In 1977 John Joseph Lydon (nee Rotten) made his name defining punk. 12 months later he arguably went one better to invent post-punk. A mere 9 months after breaking up the incendiary Sex Pistols the first output from his new band Public Image Limited arrived in October 1978 in the perfect form of the single Public Image. Suddenly a lot more seemed possible. Spotify Playlist Link: https://open.spotify.com/user/1230971434/playlist/6KBo48oUFsB8d9qBU7KNI4?si=dk2-9Z1_RuCfFdJPrjeR5g...

Jun 08, 2017•53 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Known Pleasures Ep 3 - Japan

There has been some debate between the three of us as to whether Japan deserve to be categorized as a Post Punk band. They did start their life in 1974 as an almost glam rock outfit looking like the New York Dolls playing a kind of punk/funk hybrid. They then went through various changes in look, style and performance and unwittingly (much to their chagrin) spearheaded the ‘New Romantic’ movement in the early Eighties. But their music became much admired at this time due to it’s unique instrumen...

May 01, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Known Pleasures Ep 2 - Siouxsie & The Banshees/The Cure

Conjoined in many ways aside from Robert Smith’s stint as touring Banshee guitarist, the links between these two may not be immediately obvious but as post-punk pioneers they stand out for their early albums in particular. Sounds and the way to treat them – once the shackles were gone nothing was off limits. Spotify Playlist Link: https://open.spotify.com/user/1230971434/playlist/6h3xMAqIwHiHu3AiBHfRgV?si=ogY6P5XWS-iWSyJWPJQHAA...

Apr 19, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Known Pleasures Ep 1 - Simple Minds

In 1977, from the primordial swamp of Glasgow, in the grimy inner-urban heart of Scotland, a rock band emerged. Their name: Simple Minds. But 40 years, and 30 million records later, are they destined to be remembered as one of the most innovative, ground-breaking groups of the early 1980's or are they merely to be recalled as the band whose cheesy pop song played in the background at the end of The Breakfast Club. Did we, indeed, ‘Forget About Them’, or will they live on in our memories as long ...

Apr 19, 2017•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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