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Bill Mason Band
Punk Rock
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
“It is cleary an AYSO! Punk rock that is still so very cool to listen to. Touches of ska are here and there, but for the most part it is a Clash like rock version of punk with Elvis Costello’s pop sensibilities. Completely British, raw and irresistible.” - David Lowman, CCM's 500 Best Albums of All Time
“This is the first Christian response to the driving punk rock style of The Ramones and The Clash. Listening to this record is the audio equivalent of having gulped twenty cups of coffee. It features loud, raw, neurotic guitars, brattily thrashing at an adrenaline-pumped pace; stuttering vocals; plus all the fashionable accoutrement - leather jackets, glum looks, cryptic lettering on the lyric sheet, black and white photo of the band standing in front of a burnt building, and some classic lines like 'triangular power's got a hold on me, 'I'm checkin' out on Mr. G,' and 'ain't no God on that radio.' Cover Note states 'Special thanx to Jesus without whom the new wave would not be possible!' One heckuva great classic old-school punk/nu-wave album!” - 2011 Born Twice Records Reissue promo blurb.
Discography
| 1979 | No Sham! | Kingsway Music |
| 1979 | Out on the Streets (single) | Kingsway Music |
No Sham!
1979 Kingsway Music (KMR 311)
1981 Star Song Records (SP 101)
2011 Born Twice Records (BTW7785)
Bill Mason - Lead Vocals, percussion
Si Hawthorne - Guitars, backing vocals
Iain Beeston - Bass guitar, backing vocals
Dave Rawding - Drums, percussion
Phil Holmes - Fender Rhodes, Korg synth, acoustic piano, vocals
Paula Holmes - Backing vocals
Steve Gilbert - Congas, whale noises
- Billy & The Rota's
- Detectives
- Out On the Streets
- I Don't Want You
- Stand Up and Be Counted
- Radio
- I Got the Answers
- Mr. G
- Get Inside
- Lost Years
Out on the Streets
1979 Kingsway Music (KMS 903)
- Out on the Streets
- Mr. G