Sunday, 28 February 2010

Cobalt Hate #1, 1979


"SO YOU GOT IT DID YOU? WELL DON'T EXPECT NOTHING GREAT 'COS I AINT GOT MANY POSITIVE IDEAS,
and i carn't type 8 cept with 1 finger and that s slow! anycase, i'm gonna try and let you know what you wanna HEAR.,.,."
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Brilliantly chaotic one here for a kick-off. A big favourite. Sharp, succinct and witty stuff from Welwyn. Bits on Crass, Poison Girls, Rondos, Epileptics, Rubella Ballet; sniping at the Clash and a withering review of UK Decay/Pneumania. Still, UK Decay proved magnaminous enough, hosting as they did, in December 1979, a Cobalt Hate benefit gig featuring themselves, Crass and Poison Girls. For more see here.
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This blog seeks to compliment the 2 superb existing archives:



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