Hello mate. I always tell people your Dad was probably the most naturally talented band member. It's so physically challenging playing drums and he handled that easily and could play at amazing speed too. I suppose we were all competent at what we did individually and were all a bit mad too at times, some laughs, but I have to mention the fact that we were allowed to practice in your Gran's house and we were so tight because of that. All the best
Almost 30 years of listening to punk rock, and just when you think you’ve heard everything from 1976 to now, along comes these little rare and hidden punk gems to remind you that punk is always bigger than you think, and will never die. Fun band to listen to, somewhere between hard and heavy, and light and fun, with the kind of musical composition - tempo, limited chord arrangements, sharp melodies balanced with steady driving baselines, and the high-speed drums that keep you dancing and pogo’ing along. And of course, the vocals that make punk what it is; a come one, come all singalong!
Thanks Jason It’s good to hear your feedback/assessment. I wrote the songs and it just felt that there was only one way to play them, it was how it was with Punk then. Everyone seem to know what was required of them. A year prior to that none of us had ever picked up an instrument
@Mick Flannery this band you were part of in your youth, that may or may not mean much to you now, means a lot to myself and many others. I love early OI and punk and other underground music, and I just discovered this record yall put out. And I think it's incredible. It's exactly what I needed to hear. So just wanted to say thanks, mate.
They have totally got it, sooo good and able to experiment and express themselves within those early tight punk parameters. Every song on this ep is brilliant, honest, real and raw and superbly played. When punk bands are consistently this good, theirs is the real legacy.
WOW...!!! I haven't heard this in yonks...!!! I was mate's with the band's Oi -- polloi , and external menace, and it was the lads from ex -- menace who gave me some tapes and records and this stuff was on one of the tape's.... ANYHOOS WORLD I'M 53yrs OLD AND STILL A PUNK ....AS THEY SAY IN IT FOR LIFE...!!!??!!! 🅰️ SO A BIG UP TO ALL ANARCHISTS, AND PUNK'S ALSO FOR UPLOADING THIS BAND CHEERS BUDDY...🅰️☮️☯️🏴🏴🏴🏴🇨🇮🏴🏴🏴💣💣💥💥🔥💥💥.....🍺😊✌️🌎🌍🌏🌈🌈🌈
Whow not heard this since it's release, remember seeing them set up and play in penilee Barshaw park , memories of drinking down by the phone box at the shop's on p enilee,, happy days
have me bollox broke trying to get hands on reissue and get hold of it even on Evil Records-have been collecting punk and oi since Summer of 76 and let me say one of the hardest 7" singles to get.give up at this stage,great punK roCk.well done,from DUBLIN
Black leather 1-They all queue up for the uk subs despite the fucked up weather and there's always one in every crowd, the one who'll cause the bother and a riot starts and the headline's made for the kids in black leather. So the pigs move in to jail a few before it goes any further. So they jail a few, more than their fair share, promotions getting better. Now half the nick is boys in blue and the others in black leather. 1st- We aint dead(yet) Oh we're gonna go on, even though Sid Vicious and Eddie Cochran are gone. The press make it out as a phase gone bye but no way will we ever lay down and die. 2- we'll never give up, we'll never say die, the media say what the government want and the harder they push the harder we try, we'll never give up we'll never say die. All the lads 1 I'll never go to work, I'll never go to war you can stuff it. They offered me their crap, I flung it in their face you can keep it. I never take no shit, I never buy no rules, I take nothing. I'm walking down the street and you're laughing at my gear but I love it. 2- We play the game by ear, we take it as it comes and you believe it. They ask me who I am, I tell you my reply and leave you thinking. You won't find me at home, I'm never on my own, I'm always drinkin HEY! I don't need you, to show me through(life). Don't talk about freedom, as you don't know the meaning. @@BeerSassageKarst
Ralston wall - Things will never change about the situation of the Penilee and Ralston segregation They put up a wall right around the place and they phone up the Police if you show your face Ralston wall, where you're full of shit. Ralston wall and you all know it. Ralston, you're all the same We ain't got any money but we're happy anyway. I took myself a drink and got full of aggravation, I took a walk to Ralston and landed in the station. The pigs came in and messed us about and stuck us in the jail, now I can't go out the country coz I'm only out on bail. Ralston Wall, if you're on their side. Ralston wall, where the snobs all hide. Ralston wall, where the scruff don't stay We ain't got any money but we're happy anyway. hook Robin Hood ain't here no more so we ain't got any outlaws left to even up the score. Take a look what's happened here, they're giving to the rich and they're stealing from the poor Ad lib to end. Scotland - Can't you look and see, what's good enough for me, is good enough for you and any other you were OK at the start but you lost your Scottish heart and that's when we don't wanna know you You'll take the high road and I'll take the low road, and I'll be in Scotland before you you were Ok at the start, then you lost your Scottish heart and that's when we don't wanna know you You hear this stupid crap, shouting about this and that, and give us an assembly but we don't wanna hear coz politics is queer, as long as we beat them at Wembley
Black leather 1-They all queue up for the uk subs despite the fucked up weather and there's always one in every crowd, the one who'll cause the bother and a riot starts and the headline's made for the kids in black leather. So the pigs move in to jail a few before it goes any further. So they jail a few, more than their fair share, promotions getting better. Now half the nick is boys in blue and the others in black leather. 1st- We aint dead(yet) Oh we're gonna go on, even though Sid Vicious and Eddie Cochran are gone. The press make it out as a phase gone bye but no way will we ever lay down and die. 2- we'll never give up, we'll never say die, the media say what the government want and the harder they push the harder we try, we'll never give up we'll never say die. All the lads 1 I'll never go to work, I'll never go to war you can stuff it. They offered me their crap, I flung it in their face you can keep it. I never take no shit, I never buy no rules, I take nothing. I'm walking down the street and you're laughing at my gear but I love it. 2- We play the game by ear, we take it as it comes and you believe it. They ask me who I am, I tell you my reply and leave you thinking. You won't find me at home, I'm never on my own, I'm always drinkin HEY! I don't need you, to show me through(life). Don't talk about freedom, as you don't know the meaning.
@@MikeJones-xz7ki Thanks my friend. When we were asked to record an EP Black Leather was the only song we had so I had to fast track another three songs in a few weeks
50 years ago John Peel played "Ain't Dead Yet". I recorded it off the radio and it was one of my favourite songs, (just perfect punk). I never heard anything else by Straw Dogs until now and it was worth the wait.
Guitarist. I knew it was a compliment so thanks again. I'm glad you like the stuff as I wrote the songs, I was 17 or 18 and didn't have a clue how to write songs so I just put down what was in my head. I had to think fast as we were given funding to do the tracks and only had weeks before the studio was booked. What's happening at your end and whereabouts are you?
Hi Mick...sorry for late response. (I don't always have regular internet access). These songs are really good. I discovered the band by accident as I was looking up an old group from my hometown (Boston, MA. USA) who had the same name. Formerly The FU's, they changed their name to The Straw Dogs and went from straight thrash to a more hard rock sound, they did both well. I am also a huge fan of the old English punk--Scottish in your case--from the early 1980s and this record is simply class.
Watertown MA.? One town over from where I grew up, Cambridge. (All of which I consider the Boston area). Cambridge is ruined forever but last I checked Watertown was still nice. Check out the Mt. Auburn cemetary! Punk rock forever. Take it easy!
Mick Flannery Mick Flannery 1 year ago Black leather 1-They all queue up for the uk subs despite the fucked up weather and there's always one in every crowd, the one who'll cause the bother and a riot starts and the headline's made for the kids in black leather. So the pigs move in to jail a few before it goes any further. So they jail a few, more than their fair share, promotions getting better. Now half the nick is boys in blue and the others in black leather. 1st- We aint dead(yet) Oh we're gonna go on, even though Sid Vicious and Eddie Cochran are gone. The press make it out as a phase gone bye but no way will we ever lay down and die. 2- we'll never give up, we'll never say die, the media say what the government want and the harder they push the harder we try, we'll never give up we'll never say die. All the lads 1 I'll never go to work, I'll never go to war you can stuff it. They offered me their crap, I flung it in their face you can keep it. I never take no shit, I never buy no rules, I take nothing. I'm walking down the street and you're laughing at my gear but I love it. 2- We play the game by ear, we take it as it comes and you believe it. They ask me who I am, I tell you my reply and leave you thinking. You won't find me at home, I'm never on my own, I'm always drinkin HEY! I don't need you, to show me through(life). Don't talk about freedom, as you don't know the meaning.
No, I didn't have time to think about that as I only had a couple of weeks to write these songs and I'm not sure if I knew who U2 were then, BUT!! I'm not sure if I recall seeing them supporting SLF in Glasgow Apollo very late 70s
Love this my dad was the drummer in this band 👌👌
Hello mate. I always tell people your Dad was probably the most naturally talented band member. It's so physically challenging playing drums and he handled that easily and could play at amazing speed too. I suppose we were all competent at what we did individually and were all a bit mad too at times, some laughs, but I have to mention the fact that we were allowed to practice in your Gran's house and we were so tight because of that.
All the best
Was good listening to the story’s of the days yous played in my grans house sounded wild mick how’s things anyways hope all is well and good
@@williambinning6014 All good here thanks. Hope all's well
Legend
@@mickflannery7324 apab vs acab story...have you something to tell ? Thanx a lot
Almost 30 years of listening to punk rock, and just when you think you’ve heard everything from 1976 to now, along comes these little rare and hidden punk gems to remind you that punk is always bigger than you think, and will never die. Fun band to listen to, somewhere between hard and heavy, and light and fun, with the kind of musical composition - tempo, limited chord arrangements, sharp melodies balanced with steady driving baselines, and the high-speed drums that keep you dancing and pogo’ing along. And of course, the vocals that make punk what it is; a come one, come all singalong!
Thanks Jason
It’s good to hear your feedback/assessment.
I wrote the songs and it just felt that there was only one way to play them, it was how it was with Punk then. Everyone seem to know what was required of them.
A year prior to that none of us had ever picked up an instrument
Jason, this is heads above a lot of the releases from that era, is this the Straw Dogs that went on to record into the 2000s??
More often than not, its the rarities that are the best finds
Glad you like it as I'm not sure if I do
EVIL RECORDS has released this on vinyl, a limited edition to 350 copies. Fucking great songs!
@Mick Flannery this band you were part of in your youth, that may or may not mean much to you now, means a lot to myself and many others. I love early OI and punk and other underground music, and I just discovered this record yall put out. And I think it's incredible. It's exactly what I needed to hear. So just wanted to say thanks, mate.
Kind words. It was this music that blew me away as a youngster so I can relate to that
Legends, from before Oi became rock n roll for grandma's house
Appreciated
They have totally got it, sooo good and able to experiment and express themselves within those early tight punk parameters. Every song on this ep is brilliant, honest, real and raw and superbly played. When punk bands are consistently this good, theirs is the real legacy.
cheers glad you enjoyed our ep
aye, gets ye goin :) cheers @@johnmurphy-ks3kn
Just is so good I just ordered 7 inch repress
One of my all time favorite rare eps
this is wonderful
CHEERS
it really is..
WOW...!!! I haven't heard this in yonks...!!! I was mate's with the band's Oi -- polloi , and external menace, and it was the lads from ex -- menace who gave me some tapes and records and this stuff was on one of the tape's.... ANYHOOS WORLD I'M 53yrs OLD AND STILL A PUNK ....AS THEY SAY IN IT FOR LIFE...!!!??!!! 🅰️ SO A BIG UP TO ALL ANARCHISTS, AND PUNK'S ALSO FOR UPLOADING THIS BAND CHEERS BUDDY...🅰️☮️☯️🏴🏴🏴🏴🇨🇮🏴🏴🏴💣💣💥💥🔥💥💥.....🍺😊✌️🌎🌍🌏🌈🌈🌈
If i ever i find myself in Scotland I'm looking you up to go grab a pint. I'll need a tour guide or drinking partner
Up for it
Os 2 Straw Dogs são maravilhosos, Oi! Oi! Oi!
Does remind me of old stiff little fingers and the outcasts(Belfast)...with an oi! twist...Nice!
Love music forever 💪🍺
Cheers
Whow not heard this since it's release, remember seeing them set up and play in penilee Barshaw park , memories of drinking down by the phone box at the shop's on p enilee,, happy days
Trying to get my band to cover "all the lads", it's one of our favourite songs to sink cans to before we hit the pub
Do it! What's your band?
Great stuff. I hope you do and as the guy who wrote it I’d love to hear it
i be down for listening to that if you do
have me bollox broke trying to get hands on reissue and get hold of it even on Evil Records-have been collecting punk and oi since Summer of 76 and let me say one of the hardest 7" singles to get.give up at this stage,great punK roCk.well done,from DUBLIN
Email me at warboots82@gmail.com i can probably help
Great melodic, sing-along punk/Oi. And I agree about the SLF influence. Thank you for posting!👊🏼
Can’t argue as we were all into them and it rubbed off, probably unintentionally
Thanks for the comment
Awesome band
Top music 🍺 Oi
Thank you
Great stuff. First time hearing this band. Thanks for the upload (y)
Thanks and good luck at your end
In case anyone missed it, the ep has been reissued on www.evilrecords.org for some time now
cant get it!!
we aint dead ( YET ) Play It LOUD n PROUD
Fair play, i was expecting a kinda Discharge sound.this is a really good punk single, better than a lot of releases from that era,, fair play
If the proclaimer's had a chance to be successful this where I'd send them x
Dave if you can arrange something give me a shout haha
Amazing!! Greetings from brazil!
Thanks very much my friend
Fucking classic
so sick . mashing slam dance!
glad you enjoyed
Amazing EP, thanks for upload
Were old but were true
really f ing good nothing compares oi:)
Oi! Oi! Oi!
Niceee! enjoy Oi!
Cheers Pal
🐼
Happenin?
Love it man second song sounds real good
best!
It's great to hear that. Nobody would really touch us back then. We seemed to be in the wrong movie
It's a crying shame...
you wonder what could have been but I joined The Exploited for a couple of years after we fell away.
Thanks
Would you happen to have lyrics for these gems?
Black leather 1-They all queue up for the uk subs despite the fucked up weather and there's always one in every crowd, the one who'll cause the bother and a riot starts and the headline's made for the kids in black leather. So the pigs move in to jail a few before it goes any further. So they jail a few, more than their fair share, promotions getting better. Now half the nick is boys in blue and the others in black leather. 1st- We aint dead(yet) Oh we're gonna go on, even though Sid Vicious and Eddie Cochran are gone. The press make it out as a phase gone bye but no way will we ever lay down and die. 2- we'll never give up, we'll never say die, the media say what the government want and the harder they push the harder we try, we'll never give up we'll never say die. All the lads 1 I'll never go to work, I'll never go to war you can stuff it. They offered me their crap, I flung it in their face you can keep it. I never take no shit, I never buy no rules, I take nothing. I'm walking down the street and you're laughing at my gear but I love it. 2- We play the game by ear, we take it as it comes and you believe it. They ask me who I am, I tell you my reply and leave you thinking. You won't find me at home, I'm never on my own, I'm always drinkin
HEY! I don't need you, to show me through(life). Don't talk about freedom, as you don't know the meaning. @@BeerSassageKarst
Ralston wall -
Things will never change about the situation of the Penilee and Ralston segregation
They put up a wall right around the place and they phone up the Police if you show your face
Ralston wall, where you're full of shit. Ralston wall and you all know it. Ralston, you're all the same
We ain't got any money but we're happy anyway.
I took myself a drink and got full of aggravation, I took a walk to Ralston and landed in the station.
The pigs came in and messed us about and stuck us in the jail, now I can't go out the country coz I'm only out on bail.
Ralston Wall, if you're on their side. Ralston wall, where the snobs all hide. Ralston wall, where the scruff don't stay
We ain't got any money but we're happy anyway.
hook
Robin Hood ain't here no more so we ain't got any outlaws left to even up the score.
Take a look what's happened here, they're giving to the rich and they're stealing from the poor
Ad lib to end.
Scotland -
Can't you look and see, what's good enough for me, is good enough for you and any other
you were OK at the start but you lost your Scottish heart and that's when we don't wanna know you
You'll take the high road and I'll take the low road, and I'll be in Scotland before you
you were Ok at the start, then you lost your Scottish heart and that's when we don't wanna know you
You hear this stupid crap, shouting about this and that, and give us an assembly
but we don't wanna hear coz politics is queer, as long as we beat them at Wembley
I was speaking to Turky this morning
Hello mate, do you have any contact with any of the band members?
Lucky you. I've not saw him since then
Have you an email?
@@mickflannery7324
@@stinkytrouble mickflannery@hotmail.co.uk
@Mick Flannery did you guys have any other recordings like rehearsals, live or demos, maybe from the Kik Rock session?
Don't think so. there used to be cassettes of rehearsals and even a video but someone stole that. pity.
need original 103p this rocks
I don't think there's too many around now Thomas but thanks for the compliment
Nice 45
Cheers pal
Fucking brilliant 7”
Good review Gordon
Thanks
cheers mate
Punk rooooocck!!!
fuckn great band
Could have been. Thanks
Black leather 1-They all queue up for the uk subs despite the fucked up weather and there's always one in every crowd, the one who'll cause the bother and a riot starts and the headline's made for the kids in black leather. So the pigs move in to jail a few before it goes any further. So they jail a few, more than their fair share, promotions getting better. Now half the nick is boys in blue and the others in black leather. 1st- We aint dead(yet) Oh we're gonna go on, even though Sid Vicious and Eddie Cochran are gone. The press make it out as a phase gone bye but no way will we ever lay down and die. 2- we'll never give up, we'll never say die, the media say what the government want and the harder they push the harder we try, we'll never give up we'll never say die. All the lads 1 I'll never go to work, I'll never go to war you can stuff it. They offered me their crap, I flung it in their face you can keep it. I never take no shit, I never buy no rules, I take nothing. I'm walking down the street and you're laughing at my gear but I love it. 2- We play the game by ear, we take it as it comes and you believe it. They ask me who I am, I tell you my reply and leave you thinking. You won't find me at home, I'm never on my own, I'm always drinkin
HEY! I don't need you, to show me through(life). Don't talk about freedom, as you don't know the meaning.
Thanks. This is a really cool song.
@@MikeJones-xz7ki Thanks my friend. When we were asked to record an EP Black Leather was the only song we had so I had to fast track another three songs in a few weeks
50 years ago John Peel played "Ain't Dead Yet". I recorded it off the radio and it was one of my favourite songs, (just perfect punk). I never heard anything else by Straw Dogs until now and it was worth the wait.
ha that's me Gerry molyneauxby the way not me missus obviously,her email came up shouldve been mine
wow I love them they are great and I like the Robbie Burns song a lot wow better then the English oi
Amazing! From where in Scotland?
Glasgow,,,,,penilee
Cheers @@markmulheron807
@@stinkytrouble mickflannery@hotmail.co.uk
Is that the Scottish flag in the background
@@mickflannery7324
Are you from the band?
ep
anyone know where I can get a record of them ?
when the punk and Oi had actually the real old school good song..
oi! from mexico
That intro sounds like stolen by U2. 😂
Don’t know but we were definitely first
This is pretty much the shit!!!!
I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks
It's Yank for "this is brilliant " . Super great stuff Mick. You were in the band?
Guitarist. I knew it was a compliment so thanks again. I'm glad you like the stuff as I wrote the songs, I was 17 or 18 and didn't have a clue how to write songs so I just put down what was in my head. I had to think fast as we were given funding to do the tracks and only had weeks before the studio was booked.
What's happening at your end and whereabouts are you?
Hi Mick...sorry for late response. (I don't always have regular internet access). These songs are really good. I discovered the band by accident as I was looking up an old group from my hometown (Boston, MA. USA) who had the same name. Formerly The FU's, they changed their name to The Straw Dogs and went from straight thrash to a more hard rock sound, they did both well. I am also a huge fan of the old English punk--Scottish in your case--from the early 1980s and this record is simply class.
Watertown MA.? One town over from where I grew up, Cambridge. (All of which I consider the Boston area). Cambridge is ruined forever but last I checked Watertown was still nice. Check out the Mt. Auburn cemetary! Punk rock forever. Take it easy!
anywhere i can get the lyrics?
Mick Flannery
Mick Flannery
1 year ago
Black leather 1-They all queue up for the uk subs despite the fucked up weather and there's always one in every crowd, the one who'll cause the bother and a riot starts and the headline's made for the kids in black leather. So the pigs move in to jail a few before it goes any further. So they jail a few, more than their fair share, promotions getting better. Now half the nick is boys in blue and the others in black leather. 1st- We aint dead(yet) Oh we're gonna go on, even though Sid Vicious and Eddie Cochran are gone. The press make it out as a phase gone bye but no way will we ever lay down and die. 2- we'll never give up, we'll never say die, the media say what the government want and the harder they push the harder we try, we'll never give up we'll never say die. All the lads 1 I'll never go to work, I'll never go to war you can stuff it. They offered me their crap, I flung it in their face you can keep it. I never take no shit, I never buy no rules, I take nothing. I'm walking down the street and you're laughing at my gear but I love it. 2- We play the game by ear, we take it as it comes and you believe it. They ask me who I am, I tell you my reply and leave you thinking. You won't find me at home, I'm never on my own, I'm always drinkin
HEY! I don't need you, to show me through(life). Don't talk about freedom, as you don't know the meaning.
@@mickflannery7324 thanks a lot ! this record is one of my all time oi favorites
Is that a lion with a mohawk???
Hello Piotr. I suppose it is. It's known as The Lion Rampant, and is part of a Scottish flag. Without the mowhawk of course.
@@mickflannery7324 Are you aware of any skinheaded lions?
@@piotrb8434 I'm sorry mate, I don't think I have. Who are they?
@@mickflannery7324 No idea. Just thought that since there are punk lions then maybe skinhead lions exist too.
@@piotrb8434 it's your idea now to do what ever you want with
can you pass me them by e-mail?
Did they steal that intro riff from U2 or did U2 steal it from them?
No, I didn't have time to think about that as I only had a couple of weeks to write these songs and I'm not sure if I knew who U2 were then, BUT!! I'm not sure if I recall seeing them supporting SLF in Glasgow Apollo very late 70s
This is music , reggaeton is the worst shit in the world!!!