more girl stiffs i cry out into the echo chamber

seen from United Kingdom

seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom

seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from China

seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from Singapore

seen from United Kingdom

seen from Malaysia

seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from Canada
seen from China

seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Greece
more girl stiffs i cry out into the echo chamber
Wreckless Eric *May 18, 1954
Average Live Stiffs tour experience
3/6/26.
As long as we're on a power pop jag (recent Softjaw post and dozens of references to The Lemon Twigs) we might as well post The Rubs "Impossible Dream" (HoZac Records, 2017). I absolutely revere HoZac for their new music and reissues, but I find it nearly impossible to keep up with the label as evidenced by my 9-year delay on this classic.
The Rubs (Chicago, Illinois) is really mainly the work of Joey Rubbish (Joey Montanaro) whose style of power pop reminds me of The Toms, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric. More recently, he's released work as Flesh Panthers and recorded music for The Whiffs. Rubbish isn't a one trick pony by any means - listen to "Too Young For Me" - it's got the swagger and sound of The Rolling Stones.
Wreckless Eric — England Screaming (Tapete)
Wreckless Eric Goulden wrote these songs in the early 1980s, just after getting dropped by Stiff Records and in the midst of a turn from the jagged power pop of cuts like “Whole Wide World” towards acerbic social commentary. They were originally recorded by a short-lived, Goulden-led band called Captains of Industry, an outfit which included Ian Drury’s keyboard player Mickey Gallagher, who can be heard on the original release tootling away on organ.
As originally realized, the songs were an odd mix of biting satire and giddy Beatles pop, sung with a trebly enthusiasm that undercut an often subversive message. It was a commercial and critical disaster. Explained Goulden in a 2008 interview in Turn It Down, “The whole thing was a disaster because no one knew who or what Captains of Industry was and we got really bad reviews. It was the 80s and everyone was having a great big cocaine party — all except me, drunk and disgusted in my corner. I tried to make an album about the state of the country, real life under the Thatcher regime, but no one wanted to know. I think the production lets it down — I particularly don't like the vocals or the vocal sound. When Different Class by Pulp came out it all became clear, that was the album I'd wanted to make but I wasn't up to it.”
when i make a playlist you know it's over
Wreckless Eric (born Eric Goulden, 18 May 1954)