As punk music changed and evolved over the UK, it also did in Carlisle in its own way. People who were one time Punks/Mods/New Wave formed ..
I had an interesting contact with Matt recently about the Carlisle band he was in called “Every Smiles A Lie”. As it is coming ..
Considering the main reason for this blog was to inform people of the punk bands that were around in the late 70s and 80s in North Cumbria, ..
A few months ago I did an interview for “Uncut” magazine about the punk scene in Carlisle (see the post below). At the end of the interview ..
Nick Scott – vocals / guitar Dunoe – vocals Liz – bass Simon Blackshaw – Drums I knew of the Wishing Chair when ..
A new release from the Carlisle punk band “The Exiles – From Nowhere to Nowhere”, some great music here with a cleaver ..
The name Kevin Akitt, crops up now and gain but it is very hard to pin him down. There is a few references to him in various punk blogs ..
Fib loaned me “The Decline of Western Civilization” by Penelope Spheres, a video collection about Punk/rock music in L.A./USA. ..
Recently someone called this blog a “platform for my own material”. Nothing is more far from the truth. As it says in the introduction…well, ..