The Undertones
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The Undertones: the Famous Five go to Finland
Profile by Johnny Black, Smash Hits, 6 August 1981
IN JULY in Helsinki, Finland, the only darkness you can find is inside buildings with no windows. Buildings like the "Travastia Klubi" where the Undertones ...
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Interview by Ira Robbins, Rock's Backpages audio, June 1980
The mumbling Derry boys talk about pop and punk, translate their lyrics for American listeners and ruminate on what it takes to break big in the USA.
File format: mp3; file size: 45.7mb, interview length: 49' 57" sound quality: **
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The Undertones: Queen's University, Belfast
Live Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 8 July 1978
ON A NIGHT when one of the world's top bands, Ireland's favourite sons Thin Lizzy, were packing them in at the Ulster Hall, it was ...
'Teenage Kicks' Is The Undertones' EP
Interview by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 30 September 1978
DAVE McCULLOUGH FINDS PURE PUNK IN DARKEST DERRY ...
Crash Course in Corruption with The Undertones
Report and Interview by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 4 November 1978
Their record's bubbling under......so why aren't they bubbling over? ...
The Undertones: Putting On The Anti Style
Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 10 March 1979
...are the Undertones, Derry's nosethumb to the star system. HARRY DOHERTY helped them bury a few rock myths. ...
The Undertones: The Undertones (Sire SRK 6070)*****
Review by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 5 May 1979
Teenage dreamland ...
The Undertones: The Undertones (Sire)
Review by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 5 May 1979
"So you think you're so clever/you're never in doubt". ...
The Undertones: The Undertones (Sire).
Review by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 5 May 1979
FOR SOME reason, this album reminds me of a scene in Kate Bush's live show, the part where she plays a rifle-toting trouble-shooter on 'James ...
The Undertones: The Reluctant Debutantes
Report and Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 26 May 1979
"When the group first started I suppose it's like a phase, y'know, ye want to be a fireman or ye want to be a policeman. ...
Consuming Passion: The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers
Profile by Simon Frith, Melody Maker, 23 June 1979
IT seemed like they were the last gigs of the year. Summers coming. Exam requests for DLT, college partings for Anne Nightingale, End of the ...
The Undertones, The Freshies: Apollo, Manchester
Live Review by Mick Middles, Sounds, 13 October 1979
CASUALLY, NERVOUSLY, Manchester's newest wonderpoppers, The Freshies, hobble onto their first major venue stage. Chris Sievey tries hard to appear relaxed as he attempts to ...
The Clash/Undertones/Sam & Dave: The Palladium, NYC
Live Review by Andy Schwartz, New York Rocker, November 1979
THIS REVIEW is being turned in weeks late, and I know why. After all these years and all these bands, all the disappointing second albums ...
Smash Hits Dept. of Gritty Realism presents: If This Is Tuesday, It Must Be Blackburn
Report by David Hepworth, Smash Hits, 15 November 1979
David Hepworth goes on the road with THE UNDERTONES ...
Interview by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 12 April 1980
The Undertones backlash starts here. Well, not really. But Dave McCullough is worried... ...
The Undertones: Hypnotised (Sire)
Review by Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, July 1980
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING special about the Undertones. They're a motley gang of Irish kids with typical imperfect faces and no visible charismatic presence as ...
A Better Mousetrap: The Undertones Beat A Path To America’s Door
Interview by Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, September 1980
Back in the primordial '70s, a rash of groups moved into the British 45 charts to occupy the places formerly inhabited by the Beatles and ...
Interview by Howard Wuelfing, New York Rocker, October 1980
SINCE THEIR performing debut here last year supporting the Clash, the Undertones have cleared a whole mess of professional and personal hurdles. ...
Black Uhuru, Mink De Ville, The Undertones: Roackpalast, Essen, West Germany
Live Review by Richard Cook, New Musical Express, 24 October 1981
THESE BIENNIAL all-night Rockpalast bloat-ons are comically close to the idea of a festival mentality geared to Germanic efficiency: You vill be entertained! The groups ...
The Undertones: Kilburn National, London
Live Review by Mick Brown, The Guardian, 18 August 1982
FOLLOWERS OF the Undertones will be reassured to learn that after a 12-month leave of absence back in their native Ireland, one thing remains unchanged: ...
The Undertones: Kilburn National Ballroom, London
Live Review by Neil Tennant, Smash Hits, 2 September 1982
PLAYING ONLY their second live date of '82. The Undertones were greeted by an ecstatic audience. ...
Profile and Interview by Betsy Sherman, Boston Rock, 20 October 1982
WE CAN now exhale in relief — the Undertones are back and they've hardly changed. They've gotten some lines in their formerly cherubic faces since ...
The Undertones: Brightness On The Edge Of Derry
Interview by Iman Lababedi, Creem, February 1983
NEW YORK — A SHORT HISTORY OF DERRY, IRELAND:1688 — Britain lay siege to Derry City for 105 days.1976 — The Undertones are formed. ...
The Undertones: Sounding Out Stroke City
Interview by Sean O'Hagan, The Observer, 11 July 1993
The pop star's tale: Michael Bradley has lived most of his life in the thick of the Troubles — but he has not let them ...
Review by Susan Compo, MOJO, July 1994
The Undertones/Hypnotised/Positive Touch/The Sin Of Pride /The Peel Sessions Album ...
Various Artists: Cash From Chaos: The Complete Punk Collection
Review by Ian MacDonald, Uncut, February 2002
Perverse selection – from New York Dolls to Gonads, Buzzcocks to Toy Dolls — misses chance to be definitive summary ...
The Undertones: Teenage Dreams, So Hard To Beat
Retrospective and Interview by Mick Houghton, Uncut, November 2008
For the Undertones, living the rock'n'roll dream meant visits to church and McDonald's, and adopting pigeons when they could've been partying with the Clash. But ...
Terri Hooley: I Need Excitement
Book Excerpt by Stuart Bailie, Dig With It Books, November 2023
NOTE: This is an excerpt from Seventy-Five Revolutions, Stuart Bailie's book about the legendary owner of Belfast's Good Vibrations record store. Buy the book here. ...
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