Outsiders / Second Layer / The Sound / Adrian Borland - Close Up LP Post PUNK
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€ 69 Sold For
May 12, 2012 Sold Date
May 5, 2012 Start Date
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  Netherlands Country Of Seller
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The Outsiders were Wimbledon's official entry into the 1977 UK punk menagerie. The line-up of Adrian Borland (vocals, guitar), Bob Lawrence (bass), and Adrian Janes (aka Jan - drums) had in fact been playing together for a few years before punk took off. Citing the Velvet Underground as their main influence, The Outsiders was a classic example of an existing band that, through the explosion of punk, managed to elevate themselves to a higher level, thereby securing more gigs and even getting records released.

The second album Close Up was released in 1979. This received better, but still cautious, reviews from the press; the NME concluded that it was a patchy album, but from "a band with a future." After this album, Lawrence and Janes left, and Borland went on to front the post-punk group The Sound.

 

 


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