VARIOUS – Bloodstains Across Yugoslavia Straight Edge XXX ” in which the lads

” in which the lads finally come to terms with synthesizers (with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison manning the keyboards)

complete with a Ronettes-style baion beat intro

and drum roll can

this was also the only album to include a version of their classic debut single

VARIOUS – Bloodstains Across Yugoslavia Straight Edge XXX ” in which the lads"The subtitle here tells half of the story, but what it doesnt hint at is the range of musical styles encompassed by the term punk in the period covered by the compilation, 1978 1980. For those too young to remember, Yugoslavia was, in that period, an independent socialist republic, generally considered part of the Eastern bloc by the west, but under the dictatorship of Marshal Tito almost as isolated from the USSR and East Germany as it was from the