Band: The Undertones

[Mark]

[Angry_Dragon]

NOT CRAP

[Severance Package]

Definitely not crap. Lots of great songs.

Good times, those Undertones.

[Tom]

I absolutely love the undertones. Fergul's <sp?> voice can be taxing if taken in multiple album quantities, but definitely Not Crap.

[Tom]

This one didn't get a fair shake, I think.

[endofanera]

I agree. I love the Undertones. I even like some of the Feargal Sharkey solo stuff.

And for those who havent seen it, Shellshock Rock has some fantastic footage of the Undertones in their prime. It's a great film. Search it out.

VERY NOT CRAP

[joelb]

Who can crap on the Undertones?

Big NC

[Mason]

NOT CRAP AT ALL.

Listening to "Get Over You" and "Here Comes the Summer" extremely much these past few weeks.

[Bill Swansea]

Not crap. Total Irish greats and one of the best punk bands ever. I'm still not sick of "Teenage Kicks" despite hearing it badly played by every cover band I have ever seen, ever.

[ctrl-s]

NOT CRAP

Right through the night!

[Eugenius]

It is June so I start thinking about Here Comes the Summer, as a result I spent the weekend listening to The Undertones and then again on my way into work this morning. They are one of the bands that I'm not sure I would like if they came along now but were awesome when I was 12. Because of this I always listen to them with a kind of a guilty pleasure born out of nostalgia.

Not Crap.

[zom-zom]

These guys were the first Punk Rock band I ever saw, opening for The Clash.
I got right in front, being from the age of mostly arena rock shows, their action of loading their own gear onto the stage and setting it up in an arena setting seemed very cool to me. They started out and really blew me away. Also I was half-drunk and yelling at Feargal and he answered me so I thought they were the coolest. And they were.

That first album is a rock and roll classic I think. And they were so great live, at least back then.

[hellholiday]

If I wrote songs as good as Teenage Kicks, Wednesday Week or Julie Ocean I'd be a happy guy.

[Brett Eugene Ralph]

These guys were the first Punk Rock band I ever saw, opening for The Clash.
I got right in front, being from the age of mostly arena rock shows, their action of loading their own gear onto the stage and setting it up in an arena setting seemed very cool to me. They started out and really blew me away. Also I was half-drunk and yelling at Feargal and he answered me so I thought they were the coolest. And they were.

That first album is a rock and roll classic I think. And they were so great live, at least back then.

I love this flashback image of a young and rowdy zom. Salut.

[flyinghouses]

I had the impulse to listen to them a couple days ago. I like their summery music. NC

[Wheel]

Someone uploaded the recent BBC documentary about them onto youtube for all you yanks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxTOMcPax6k

[Bill Swansea]

Someone uploaded the recent BBC documentary about them onto youtube for all you yanks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxTOMcPax6k

The bit about Sharkey smoking cigarettes to look more intense when they were signing their contract made it for me.

[Wheel]

That was hilarious. They just tended to rip the piss out of him throughout.