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Jeff Nielsen: January 9, 2011

“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

  1. The Cramps Rip It Up

  2. 999 Homicide

  3. XTC Respectable Street

  4. Steel Pulse Klu Klux Klan

  5. The Members Offshore Banking Business

  6. Dead Kennedys Bleed For Me

  7. Devo Uncontrollable Urge

  8. X Beyond and Back

  9. The Go-Go’s We Got the Beat

  10. OMD Enola Gay