- Included in the Under Appreciated Rock List.
- THE WANDERERS. Dead Boys front man Stiv Bators and his bandmates that were originally in Sham 69 brought a palpable apocalyptic vision to vinyl in 1981.
- The Original Facebook Post about THE WANDERERS is at: Original Facebook Posts / Feb 2011 / THE WANDERERS.
Martin Winfree published a note.
February 4, 2011
UNDER-APPRECIATED ROCK BAND OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2011: THE WANDERERS . . .
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Martin Winfree
February 4, 2011
The Under-Appreciated Rock Band of the Month for February 2011 is THE WANDERERS. Decades before Green Day released their punk rock concept album American Idiot (which found its way to Broadway last year), Dead Boys front man Stiv Bators and his bandmates that were originally in Sham 69 brought a palpable apocalyptic vision to vinyl in 1981. Details are given in my Notes.
Martin Winfree
February 12, 2011
Fully half of my lifetime ago, in the same year (1981) that this month’s under appreciated rock band the Wanderers released their album, Mubarak came to power in Egypt and declared a perpetual state of emergency; his awful reign came to an end just yesterday. Once again, I am reminded of how great it is to live in a nation where I have the luxury of worrying about 30-year-old rock bands.