Where is the love for THE MEMBRANES?

they did some cool stuff! i don't think anyone listens to them anymore. i even like their weird industrial remixes that would be on later 12-inches. i'm listening to the 1986 German comp/album Giant right now (which is weirdly a mostly re-recorded version of their second album from 1985?) and it is proof that fun post-punk didn't entirely die in 1984. also, did they invent the grebo look? also, i don't care if they still put out albums. they probably do. who doesn't? "king cotton whiplash" is a really cool song. someone should cover it.

i was listening to Brix Smith on the Grew up a Punk podcast and she talked about John Robb in glowing tones

john robb is kind of energetically omnipresent in UK musicwriter world (also he's a nice man!)

Met him a few times when I was a gig-going student in Manchester - a nice guy indeed. Never totally enjoyed any of their albums, but they did have a few solid tunes - Roaring bull in Victorian England is one that springs to mind

That tune in my head now sounds like a cross between the fall and the volcano suns - northern ranting meets this sort of rolling storm of rumbling noise. Dunno if that's an accurate for their whole back catalogue tho

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wODgd27EiA8

^ oops, turns out it's *wounded* bull

squarely in the "you must have had to have been there to appreciate them" category for me, idgi

I saw them playing in the bandstand in Stanley Park in Blackpool when I was on holiday with my parents, must have been 1981 or 82? It was a free concert, just stumbled across it, I don't remember if my parents were actually with me, I think my brother might have been. A couple of guys from A Certain Ratio were in the audience. I mentioned it to John Robb when I was talking to him after some punk commemoration thing or other.

THere's a new box set either just out or imminently due that has most of the 80s stuff on. Assumed that would be why there was a thread starting.

Have always loved Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder and its b-side All Skin & Bone and the cover of Voodoo Chile.

I stayed at the John Robb house sometime in '88 after a gig, not sure who by. Think I could have been there for the Dinosaur Jr video that was shown on Snub too but wanted to be elsewhere for some reason.

Came out last month, 24th April
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/everyones-going-triple-bad-acid-yeah-the-complete-recordings-1980-1993/

DISC ONE:
1. GET A HEAD
2. THE THROAT
3. ATTRACTION FOR THE EASY LIFE
4. MYTHS AND LEGENDS
5. KICK OUT
6. KAFKA’S DAD
7. SHOT BY MY OWN GUN
8. I AM FISH EYE
9. DREADFUL SOUND ENGINE
10. GREEN AND GHOSTLY LAND
11. MORE SKIN AND BONE
12. MR. CHARISMA BRAIN
13. BARBED SNAKE FISH THING
14. CHEWING THE FAT
15. TYPICAL MALE PENIS
16. FIREFACE
17. GIFT OF LIFE

DISC TWO:
1. EVERYTHING’S BRILLIANT
2. CLEANSED AGAIN
3. EVERYTHING’S BRILLIANT (VERSION)
4. NEW BLOOD FOR YOUNG SKULLS
5. KING COTTON WHIPLASH
6. BIG FUN TONIGHT
7. KENNEDY ‘63
8. POSTDETERGENT VACUUM CLEANER MAN
9. DAY MY UNIVERSE CHANGED
10. BANG!
11. SNAFFLEFLATCH
12. THE MURDER OF SISTER GEORGE
13. SPACESHIPS
14. 1986
15. THANK HEAVENS FOR THE IRON HORSE
16. SLEAZEBALL
17. PHONEY T.V. REPAIR MAN
18. THE ELVIS I KNEW WAS NO JUNKIE
19. EVERYONE’S GOING TRIPLE BAD ACID, YEAH!
20. JAW CRACKER FUZZ
21. MR. CHARISMA BRAIN (LIVE)

DISC THREE:
1. SPIKE MILLIGAN’S TAPE RECORDER (W/ PHILIP BOA’S VOODOO CLUB)
2. TIMEWARP 1991 (LONG LIVE TRAD ROCK)
3. TOO FAST TO LIVE, TOO FAST TO DIE
4. GROOVY FUCKERS
5. MACHINE GUN SUK
6. DRAGONFLY
7. TIME WARP 1991 (REPRISE)
8. LOVE YOUR PUPPY
9. TATTY SEASIDE TOWN
10. VIVA! SPANISH TURNCOAT
11. BULBOUS LOVE CHILD
12. ELECTRIC STORM
13. FUCK MY OLD BOOTS (ROBO COP AND SEACOMBE)
14. JOHN ROBB’S 91st NIGHTMARE
15. LONG LIVE THE HOOLIGAN!
16. PUNK OUT BABY
17. CORN DOLLY FEAR
18. (THE WORLD ACCLAIMS…) ETERNAL PROTEIN MAN
19. BACON FACTORY
20. LET’S TAKE THE DEATH TRIP
21. CHEAP MALE AGGRESSION
22. COR BLIMEY! AIN’T ENGLAND SNIDEY

DISC FOUR:
1. MUSCLES (1987 VERSION)
2. GREAT MISTAKE (1987 VERSION)
3. ALL ROADS LEAD TO NORWAY (1987 VERSION)
4. ENTERTAINING FRIENDS (1987 VERSION)
5. VOODOO CHILE
6. HEY BRYN MAER
7. TATTY SEASIDE TOWN
8. AUTO-FLESH
9. SPACE HOPPER IGNITES
10. CARETAKER MENTALITY
11. LIFE, DEATH AND THE SCARY BITS IN BETWEEN
12. TUFF VEGGIE AGRO
13. MORE THAN A KISS, THE FREAK FLAG REMAINS HIGH
14. 24 HOUR DRINKING AT NORTHERN PRICES
15. THE VILE ANTICS OF SUPER YOB
16. A MISSIVE FROM COUCH POTATOE COMMAND
17. ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS BOOTY
18. GROWLING PEOPLE
19. ICE AGE

DISC FIVE:
1. FASHIONABLE JUNKIES
2. ALMOST CHINA
3. MUSCLES
4. ALL ROADS LEAD TO NORWAY
5. ENTERTAINING FRIENDS
6. GREAT MISTAKE
7. HIGH ST YANKS
8. FUNNY OLD WORLD
9. THE HITCH
10. MAN FROM MOSCOW
11. SPIKE MILLIGAN’S TAPE RECORDER
12. ALL SKIN AND BONE
13. SHINE ON PUMPKIN MOON
14. BIG NOSE AND THE HOWLING WIND
15. MYTHS AND LEGENDS
16. THE KITEMAN
17. ICE CREAM FOR CROW
18. ANJIE
19. BIG DECISION (SLIGHT RETURN)
20. WOUNDED BULL IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND

kinda genius this...

17. ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS BOOTY

those titles are like the toy dolls and half man half biscuit had a baby.