The classic 1981 concert film “Urgh! A Music War” — which captured dozens of punk, New Wave and post-punk bands live on stage — quietly received its first-ever DVD release last week as part of the new Warner Archive on-demand catalog.
Long believed to be unreleasable on DVD, the Miles Copeland-produced film is available for $19.95 [...]
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Aug
2009
‘Urgh! A Music War’ finally released on DVD
Tags: Dead Kennedys, Derek Burbridge, Echo and the Bunnymen, Invisible Sex, Miles Copeland, New Wave, Oingo Boingo, Pere Ubu, Post-Punk, Punk, The Cramps, The Police, Urgh! A Music War, Warner Archive, X, XTC
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Jul
2009
WBCN ‘The Rock of Boston,’ station that helped break U2 in U.S., going off-air
Tags: Mike Dreese, Newbury Comics, Oedipus, Ramones, The Clash, The Police, The Rock of Boston, U2, WBCN
Boston modern-rock radio station WBCN (104.1 FM), aka “The Rock of Boston,” will be pulled off the air next month and survive as a Web-only outlet, its owner announced today in a surprise move.
Launched as a classical-music station in 1958, BCN gained initial fame in the ’60s and ’70s for its progressive/underground format, then — [...]
