Wednesday, September 28, 2011

LE RITZ - 'Punker'


Breaker BS-2001, 1977.

01 - Punker
02 - What A Sucker

Steve Midnight (Brian Watkins) - vocals, Chuck Key (Trevor Davies) - guitar, Buss White (Derek Griffiths) - guitar, Dick Tater (Roger Philpotts) - bass, Bernie Bolt (Bernie Radnor) - keyboards, Lofty Brooks (Graham Brookes) - drums. (real names courtesy of 45 Revolutions)

A short-lived punk band from Leominster in Hertfordshire who originally formed to play at street parties celebrating the Queen's silver jubilee. The Breaker label/studio was based in Birmingham and was owned by members of folk rock band Quill who briefly flirted with new wave themselves on their Blondie-esqe 'Love In A Jar' single. 'Punker' is the superior of the two tracks but 'What A Sucker' scores extra points for the Trumpton inspired intro.

1 comments:

Stephen (AI) said...

A-side is brilliantly stupid. I give it a ten!