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Revenge Recommends: "Israel" by Siouxsie and the Banshees

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Siouxsie and the Banshees had a long and critically-acclaimed career (1976-1996), but their golden period was the early 80s, especially t...
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Revenge Recommends: "Art of Flying" by Lady Pank

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For those wishing to learn about Polish rock (I know you're out there!) a good place to start is "Sztuka latania" ( Art of Fl...
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Revenge Recommends: "1965" by Negative XP

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If you want to know what incelcore is, a good place to start is here: "WTF is Incelcore?" With the deadpan vocal and fuzzy guitars...
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Revenge Recommends: "Wish You Were Here" by Lia Ices

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Pretty much a perfect cover version of Pink Floyd's classic song. The American singer's "bruised" and ethereal voice is a ...
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Revenge Recommends: "Brave New Soldiers" by The Pack

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A brooding, squalling, and sometimes shrill classic goth-punk track from Kirk Brandon's first band, THE PACT. In addition to Brandon on...
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Revenge Recommends: "Pinball Prison Blues" by Puddles Pity Party

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Here at Riff Raff Towers we are, generally speaking, musical purists with a deep distrust of unearthly fusions, such as rock-rap, gypsy punk...
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Revenge Recommends: "Assassing" by Marillion

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A standout track on a very powerful album, Assassing off Marillion's 1984 album Fugazi (Italian for 'fucked-up' apparentl...
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Revenge Recommends: "Winter In The Blood" by The Waterboys

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This is a demo version of a song written for The Waterboys' classic 1985 album, This Is The Sea . In spite of its quality, the so...
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Revenge Recommends: "Back With a Bang" by Skrewdriver

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Skinhead Oi band Skrewdriver were mixed up with some pretty controversial street politics and "bad optics" in the 70s and 80s. ...
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Revenge Recommends: "No Love Lost" by Warsaw

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Warsaw was Joy Division's earlier monicker, and this potent track, No Love Lost , with a pummeling three-minute instrumental lead-in, ...
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Revenge Recommends: "Dig Watermelon Man" by Herbie Hancock and Friends

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This song started life in 1962 as a track on Takin’ Off , the debut album of jazz piano legend Herbie Hancock. The lyrics, co-written ...
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Revenge Recommends: "Five Years" by" David Bowie

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In the early 1970s Bowie was at the height of his creative powers. Five Years was the first track on his 1972 concept album The Rise ...
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Revenge Recommends: "Riff Raff" by AC/DC

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The song that gave its name to Riff Raff the magazine, and through that to this blog. AC/DC at the Glasgow Apollo in 1978. As Bon Sc...
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Revenge Recommends: "Bullet" by Grand Avenue

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Bands like U2 and Coldplay are among the biggest on the planet. Denmark's Grand Avenue, founded in 2001, tick all the same boxes, b...
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Revenge Recommends: "America" by Hugh Laurie

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Hugh Laurie is now best known for his straight acting role as the title character in the American medical drama series "House...
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Revenge Recommends: "Infected" by The THE

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Back in 1986, when The THE released their second album  Infected , they little realized that the deadly Ebola virus would be sweeping the w...
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