Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts From Northern Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts From Northern CD

Four disc (three CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) set. The plight of Northern Ireland throughout the 1970s and 1980s is well documented. Less widely acknowledged, though, is the unifying impact that punk rock and everything that came in it's wake had on the country's youth. Whilst violence, disenchantment and danger became everyday obstacles, punk provided an outlet, a means of expression and something beyond the political landscape in a way few other cities on earth could have understood. The Shellshock Rock film first captured this in 1978, and we proudly extend that account with three discs of tracks recorded during a period that breathed new life into the country's musical culture. The bands of Belfast and beyond created a scene entirely of their own, without the aid of an existent network of venues and publications. Punk forged alliances that reached across sectarian boundaries, and pushed back against a culture of traditions and establishment which seemed to offer very little to the country's youth. Featuring in-depth sleeve-notes, essays by both Stuart Bailie and John T. Davis, unseen imagery and, for the first time outside of Japan, the seminal Shellshock Rock film, this latest addition to our series of deep, geographically focussed sets promises to be the most vital of them all. Nowhere was punk as necessary and as life-changing as it was in Northern Ireland. DVD NTSC Region 0

1. True Confessions - the Undertones 2. Rich Bitch - Midnite Cruiser 3. Striker - Midnite Cruiser 4. Punk Rockin' Granny - Duggie Briggs Band 5. 42 Hours Late - Duggie Briggs Band 6. Dance Away Love - Xdreamysts 7. Parents - the Idiots 8. Any Danger Love - Starjets 9. War Stories - Starjets 10. Cruisin - the Detonators 11. Start All Over Again - No Sweat 12. Rough, Tough, Pretty Too - Pretty Boy Floyd and the Gems 13. Sharon - Pretty Boy Floyd and the Gems 14. Lizard King - Blue Steam 15. Baby C'mon - Jumpers 16. Looking for a Lady - Cobra 17. Ii'm Not Your Type - Tinopeners 18. I Don't Wanna Be - Tinopeners 19. Busy Signal - Clive Culbertson 20. Kiss Me - Clive Culbertson 21. Suzy Lie Down - Cramp 22. Me ; Bobby McGee - Lenny and the Lawbreakers 23. Nine to Five - the Androids 24. Lipstick Heroes - the Androids 25. Contrast Disorder (Demo) - the Doubt 26. Lookaway (Demo) - the Doubt 27. Suspect Device - Stiff Little Fingers 28. Gotta Get Away (Single Version) - Stiff Little Fingers 29. Strange Things - Protex 30. Strange Obsessions - Protex 31. One By One - Ruefrex 32. The Perfect Crime - Ruefrex 33. In It for the Kicks - the Faders 34. Don't Tell the Detectives - the Zipps 35. Self-Conscious Over You - the Outcasts 36. Magnum Force - the Outcasts 37. I Need You - Victim 38. The Teen Age - Victim 39. Ya Don't Do Ya - the Moondogs 40. She's Nineteen - the Moondogs 41. Metal Love - Rod Vey 42. Soldier Boy - Rod Vey 43. Why'd Ya Have to Lie? - the Sweat 44. Light on the Hillside - Stage B 45. Heart on the Line - the Tearjerkers 46. Mixed Up Kid - Aftermath 47. For the Night - Male Caucasians 48. Spies - Reflex Action 49. Recession - Reflex Action 50. The Whistle Song - the Rattling Throntons 51. 14 Steps (Session Version) - Rudi 52. When I Was Dead - Rudi 53. The System Is Here- Ex-Producers 54. Dance (Until You Drop) - the Defects 55. Guilty Conscience - the Defects 56. Radio Songs - Strike 57. Teenage Rebel - Strike 58. TV Deceives - the Singles 59. I'm Only Asking (Demo) - the Singles 60. I Don't Like Girls - Minor Classics 61. You'll Never Find Love - Minor Classics 62. Mr Mystery Man - Shock Treatment 63. Put It Around - the Nerves 64. Here She Comes - the Peasants 65. Jealousy - Acme 66. Surprise, Surprise - Big Self 67. Jagged Edges - Big Self 68. Get My Act Together - Katmandu 69. Bloody Bouncers - Control Zone 70. Johnny Johnny - Control Zone 71. Conscious - Electro-Motive Force 72. Spidermen - Electro-Motive Force 73. Just Friends - Dogmatic Element 74. Strange Passion - Dogmatic Element 75. The Award Winning Film By John T. Davis