Thursday, 3 September 2020

The Victims - All Loud On The Western Front

The Victims were a punk band from Perth, Western Australia, active in 1977-79. The band's members were Dave Flick (Dave Faulkner) on guitar and vocals, James Baker (drums) and Rudolph V (Dave Cardwell) on bass.
In 1977, The Victims released their debut single, "Television Addict" (Faulkner/Baker)/"I'm Flipped Out Over You" (Baker/Buncle), of which only 1,000 copies were pressed. The following year they released an EP entitled simply The Victims (also known as No Thanks to the Human Turd), which included five tracks: "I Understand", "Open Your Eyes", "TV Freak", "High School Girls" and "Disco Junkies". Only 500 copies of the EP were released. Baker went on to play in the first line-ups of The Hoodoo Gurus and The Scientists. Faulkner was also a founding member of The Hoodoo Gurus.
In 1989, a compilation album, All Loud on the Western Front was released. It included all the songs from their single and EP, as well as "Perth is a Culture Shock".
Vulgar, Romantic, Raw

Probably ripped by Ratboy to uncompromising FLAC

The Victims; All Loud On The Western Front

1.       Television Addict
2.       Flipped Out Over You
3.       High School Girls
4.       TV Freak
5.       I Understand
6.       Open Your Eyes
7.       Perth Is A Culture Shock
8.       Disco Junkies


4 comments:

  1. Nice one AJ.Looking forward to this, big fan of the Scientists and early Gurus.
    Regards
    Lord Geldeston

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    1. I hope you enjoy its youthful exuberance Lord G. As for Scientists and Hoodoo's there's so much to love...and post

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    2. Yep youthful exuberance indeed. Not a classic but great to hear none the less, there a certainly some flashes of what was to come from the Hoodoo Gurus. Stoneage Romeo's has been a constant pleasure to listen too.
      Look forward to the possibility of some related posting.
      Regards
      Lord Geldeston

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    3. Oh it's definitely not a classic. Legendary maybe, but no classics here. As for related bands, oh yes!

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