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“The Better Parts of Urgh! A Music War”
Urgh: A Music War was a documentary of the British and American punk and new wave scenes circa 1980. It’s fascinating for many reasons, not the least of which was the bewildering stylistic array of bands all of which could once be lumped under the banner of “New Music”.
The following are just some of the highlights…
For lots more Urgh! visit Music Ruined My Life
The Cramps Rip It Up
999 Homicide
XTC Respectable Street
Steel Pulse Klu Klux Klan
The Members Offshore Banking Business
Dead Kennedys Bleed For Me
Devo Uncontrollable Urge
X Beyond and Back
The Go-Go’s We Got the Beat
OMD Enola Gay
