The Shirts
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A Conservative Impulse in the New Rock Underground
Report by James Wolcott, The Village Voice, 18 August 1975
"No longer is the rock impulse revolutionary — i.e., the transformation of oneself and society — but conservative: to carry on the rock tradition." ...
The Shirts: Dingwall's, London
Live Review by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 22 July 1978
YOU KNOW the feeling. Out comes a new album from a new band and you get so enthusiastic about it that you're falling over yourself ...
Various Artists: Live At CBGB's (CBGB 315)
Review by Gene Sculatti, Crawdaddy!, December 1976
MEANWHILE, DOWNTOWN ...
Various Artists: Live At CBGB's/Max's Kansas City 1976
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 27 November 1976
YOU KNOW what these albums remind me of: The This Is Mersey Beat collections that Oriole put out after the first wave of Liverpool bands had gotten ...
Live Review by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 22 July 1978
DO NOT BE fooled by New York New Wave. New York Punk is mainly the product of the small, highly incestuous Soho arts scene. Jimmy ...
The Shirts: Street Light Shine (Capitol) ***½
Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 22 September 1979
THE SHIRTS are the problem children of the New York rock scene, but they don't let it show; desperation wouldn't suit them at all. ...
The Shirts: Shirts Appeal – Loosen Your Choler
Profile and Interview by Max Bell, New Musical Express, 9 December 1978
THE SHIRTS from Brooklyn reckon they've been mistreated. Right from the moment their name went on CBGB's lavatory wall. They are angry. But not beaten ...
Report by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 8 November 1975
"BEAT ON the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with a baseball bat..." ...
Shirts: Lackeys, Schemers, Pants, Sleeves, Cufflinks And Shirts
Profile and Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 8 April 1978
"WE WERE always obscure in a way. The way things went, we developed our own world, sort of. We have our own language, words that ...
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