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As part of the 麻豆社's Punk Britannia season, Tom is joined by punk pioneer TV Smith, former frontman and songwriter with The Adverts.

As part of the 麻豆社s Punk Britannia season, Tom is joined by punk pioneer TV Smith, former frontman and songwriter with The Adverts, arguably one of the punk movements most consistent standard bearers over the last 35 years.

He rose to prominence with his band The Adverts, which he formed in 1976. They signed to Stiff records and in 1977 reached the top 20 with their single 'Gary Gilmour's Eyes'. They released their debut album 'Crossing The Red Sea' the following year, which has been acclaimed as a defining punk album. The band failed to live up to their initial success and split in 1979. TV Smith went on to form TV Smith's Explorers, then Cheap, and from the early 90s he's been a solo artist. He has recentlty released an EP 'Dangerous Playground' of tracks he's written for a new German play called 'The Cold Kiss Of Warm Beer'.

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Sat 2 Jun 2012 21:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • 1 Giant Leap

    My Culture

    • Palm Pictures.

  • Admiral Fallow

    The Paper Trench

  • The Adverts

    One Chord Wonders

    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • T.V. Smith

    Thin Green Line

    • thirsty ear.

  • Phantom Limb

    The Pines

  • The Grubby Mitts

    To A Freind's House The Way Is Never Long

    • lost toys records.

  • T.V. Smith

    Der Stacheldrahtman

  • Empty Pools

    Vanderbilt Cup

  • Shy and the Fight

    How To Stop An Imploding Man

  • Electric Penguins

    Highgate Hill (Edit)

    • Highgate Hill (edit).
    • Talking Tiger Records.
    • 001.

  • Cedric Watson et Bijou Cr茅ole

    Le Soleil Est Leve

  • Gunning for Tamar

    Bonfires

  • Duppy Beatz Empror & Duppy Beatz

    Dangerous (ft. Buggsy & Splitz P)

  • Ultravox

    Brilliant

    • Brilliant.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Soul Coughing - St Louise Is Listening

  • Stylusboy

    Whole Picture

  • O. Children

    Chimera (Radio Edit)

  • Pond

    Moth Wings

  • Buffy Sainte鈥怣arie

    Universal Soldier

  • Outlandish

    Gangsta Like Crazy

    • Made Records.

  • CHEW LiPS

    Do You Chew?

    • Family Records.

  • The Black Acid Band

    Spanner & Ratchet

  • Tinariwen

    Imidiwan Ma Tennam

  • Crash & The Bandicoots

    Don't Have Any Legs

  • Icebreaker & BJ Cole

    An Ending (Ascent) II

  • Back Door

    Plantagenet

  • Theatre of Voices

    Ah! perhaps / have mercy, my god.

    • harmonia mundi usa.

  • Sam Lee

    The Ballad Of George Collins

    • white.

  • Thunderbird Gerard

    Trouble

    • white.

  • Ulver

    Dark is The Bark

  • George Montague

    Mind

  • The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu

    Jerusalem On The Moors

    • klf communications.

  • Gavin Bryars

    Raising The Titanic (APHEX TWIN Big Drum Mix)

    • beat.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Jun 2012 21:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music