So we've got the classic rock represented, here's a spot for the the stuff that really turned me/the younger members among us on as we developed musically. Very loose defenition of postpunk. The only rule is that nobody, under any circumstances, post Love Will Tear Us Apart, or Synthpop generally.
I'll start it off with some German stuff Uwe is ashamed to have turned me on to accidentally, and then a few other things to get the ball rolling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmpPV-AX_qU&feature=kpObviously, we need some Hooky in here:
Severin (and as a drummer, Budgie; for his work with The Banshees as well as with the Slits):
Speaking of the Slits, Tessa Polit totally took the torch of women holding it down while the guitard wanks off and vocalists spread their ass feathers from Kaye and Quatro. Uwe, I expect a translation of that (I am just making an educated guess here) gibberish at the beginning. RIP Ari.
Can't leave out Gallup:
Mani:
The song that made me think that fretless might be cool after all (session guy in studio, obviously; these dudes usually had synth bass parts):
... And cap it off with one of my favorite contemporary local groups. The only way to experience these guys was getting tossed around in front bumping into the vocalist and getting hip checks from the bass player. I dunno why they always recorded their stuff so oddly dryly; but most live vids sound hilariously bad even by iphone standards - an absolute shame you can rarely hear the bass at all - or I would have chosen a different song (I'm in the vid at 6:04, holding a beer next to the dude who didn't have the foresight, as I did, to remove his glasses... which was obviously after the show pictured at 6:39, where I have my glasses on and learned my damn lesson.... lol at 7:05 and the Toronto FD at 7:58; who the fugg made this vid? Those were good times):
OK I lied, I'll post these local dudes too (recently signed to Geffen, I think) just because an old band of mine used to play a lot of shows with them and the dude rocks the snot out of a Gibson RD Artist: