Greeting Moggers,While many have pointed out I missed my one year anniversary, it actually is today. Today you say, but your MOG page says you joined on October 5th, how can this be?Well my MOG journey began on the 4th when a friend told me of a site I should check out. I was skeptical but went over and created my page the next day and really never thought I would head back. Over the next few d...
More >
British DJ John Peel said, of his favorite record "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones, that "There's nothing you could add to it or subtract from it that would improve it."I know how I got here, but that's not important - let's have some fun! Ukulele Orchestra of GBAsh
More >
.THE UNDERTONES teenage kicks Re-release Date: 3th September 2008digitally remastered numbered limited edition 30th anniversary 7" vinyl reissue in a cardboard outer and inner poster booklet. on the 16th june 1978 on a wet miserable day in belfast - damian o' neill - 17 - michael bradley 18 - feargal sharkey - 19 - john o' neill - 20 - billy doherty- 19 - the undertones - derry's one and only p...
More >
Its officially wednesday on the east coast: The Undertones - Teenage Kicks The Damned - Smash it up(so this is where Noel Fielding got his look from for The IT Crowd) The Jam - Town Called Malice
More >
Teenage Kicks..Singer Sharkey's quavering delivery was distinctive, and made the band instantly recognisable. By 1977 they were performing their own three-chord pop punk material influenced by Nuggets-type material and the Ramones, and in 1978 released their debut four-song EP Teenage Kicks on the Good Vibrations label. It became a hit with support from noted BBC DJ John Peel, who considered th...
More >
Last week, a colleague asked what I thought the quintessential, classic Punk Rock single of all-time was. I responded immediately with "(I'm) Stranded" by The Saints because .... well .... as far as I'm concerned, it is. There's just no arguing with Ed Kuepper's wall of furious guitars on that track. As much as adore da brudders, this song manages to out-Ramone the Ramones. Of course, being th...
More >
The Undertones were not a great band, never had even one great album, but their song "Teenage Kicks" is one of my all-time favorites. When I loaded 983 songs onto my iPhone and hit "play" in iPod mode for the first time, guess what it played?
More >
The Undertones may be debatable about their "punkness", but they were very respected by the punks, and this song is hat punk rock is all about.
More >
I discovered The Undertones through a John Peel interview. He cited Teenage Kicks EP as his favorite album of all time. That's pretty high praise from a band most people outside the UK (aside from us audiophiles) have never heard of. Just listen - for a band from the politically volatile Northern Ireland, their music posses the "Teenage Exerience." In being apolitical it is political (I kno...
More >
© 2006-2009 Mog Inc. All Rights Reserved
