Spurts! - Punk & Post-Punk From the '70s & Beyond

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2016-11-04

Label: Warner Music Australia

A bargain-priced 93 track compilation to celebrate the so-called 40th Anniversary of punk, 'Spurts!' (which takes its name from a Richard Hell song) features many of the biggest names of the genre, from Ramones to The Damned to Patti Smith to the Buzzcocks to Nick Cave's first band Boys Next Door to The Dead Kennedys, through to more recent things like The Offspring, NOFX, The Living End and even Eddy Current Suppression Ring.

The compilation actually goes back further than the 40 years, to 'pre-punk' groups like The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, The Mc5 and Joe Strummer's band The 101ers. It also includes a disc of classic 'post-punk' stuff – Joy Division, Public Image, The Birthday Party, The Cure, Talking Heads and The Models.

The album was compiled with the assistance of Joe Hansen, original guitarist for current Melbourne punks Clowns (who are also featured), and the group featured on cover is the Teenage Radio Stars from Melbourne, who are included as well and who featured a young James Freud and Sean Kelly circa 1978.