PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES レコード& CD

Review: UK punk rockers Peter & The Test Tube Babies made an initial splash not only with a ghastly band name, but also with a distinctively gritty sound and jokey lyrics, as exemplified by this live album Keep Britain Untidy. All live takes on the band's originally energetic and humorous punk rock, it cathces in full effect. riding on a wave of their nascent popular inclusion in the "punk pathetique" microgenre. Grumbly vocals and raucous drumkit-guitar-crunch slappages come across fourteen wild live moments.

Review: True to the Radiation knack for reissuing only the most vital and unfairly forgotten gems of their time, the blues punkabilly grit of 'Pissed & Proud' has finally found a modern home on wax. The harmonica-blaring, ludicrously catchy oi-punk tempering of Peter & The Test Tube Babies was a far cry from their impish, boyish upstart demeanour, while timeless scrappy anthems such as 'Banned From The Pubs' are an era keepsake unto themselves.

These live collections were recorded over an August Bank Holiday weekend in 1982 with performances in Hammersmith and Wood Green, as well as their hometown, Brighton, and they couldn't sound more of and ahead of their time, simultaneously. You can practically hear the absorbed pub walls dripping with dingy sweat.