Tag: 1990s Punk

Live Punk And New Wave Albums From The 1990s

Punk and new wave music was a big shock when it started to emerge in 1976 with its raw, basic, powerful sound.

Wikipedia defines punk rock as

“Punk rock (or simply punk) is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands typically use short or fast-paced songs, with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through informal channels.”

Wikipedia defines New Wave as

“New wave music is an umbrella term for several late-1970s to mid-1980s pop/rock musical styles with ties to 1970s punk rock. The wide range of bands categorized under this term has been a source of much confusion and controversy. The new wave sound of the late 1970s moved away from the smooth blues and rock & roll sounds to create music with a twitchy, agitated feel, choppy rhythm guitars and fast tempos. Initially—as with the later post-punk—new wave was broadly analogous to punk rock before branching as a distinctly identified genre, incorporating electronic/experimental music, mod, disco and pop. It subsequently engendered subgenres and fusions, including New Romantic and gothic rock.”

Before punk and new wave came proto-punk and pub rock in the UK which laid some of the ground work for the “revolution” and after the initial burst of energy, the movement developed into what we know as indie rock and alternative rock.

Punk Rock & New wave Live Albums Recorded In The 1990s

If punk rock was innovative in the mid 1970s and new wave was creating new sounds and trends in the late 1970s and early 1980s, things had changed by the 1990s and groups paraded their former glories.

It’s easy to be cynical about these later albums but the growth in popularity and the improved recording technology means that some people may these albums to the earlier recordings.

Live albums recorded under the general punk and new wave banner include:

Buzzcocks Encore du Pain 1995
Depeche Mode 101 1998
Ian Dury Live! Warts ‘n’ Audience 1990
The Pretenders Live at the Isle of View 1995
The Pretenders Live From New York City 1998
The Ramones Loco Live 1991
Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre Live 1996
Squeeze The Complete BBC Sessions 1977 to 1994
Squeeze A Round And A Bout 1990
Television Live At The Academy NYC 12.4.92

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The All Time Best Punk Rock & New Wave Live Albums

I don’t have a readers poll to find the best live albums for this decade but there is a poll for the all time best new wave and punk rock live albums.

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