Expert: timothy sasscer - 8/4/2008

Question
Do you know where (online) you can get any substantial recordings by the
Neon Boys, and also do you know any good sites where you can download (for
free or otherwise) albums/gigs by bands like: the Neon Boys, the New York
Dolls, the Nipple Erectors, PiL, the Damned Television etc. and also, I
have/adore the album Blank Generation and would like to buy Destiny Street,
but I was wondering if you'd heard it and would recommend it as I haven't
been able to hear it properly?

Answer
Ari;

Sorry for the delay.  The short answer is not helpful, which is either mp3 blogs or torrents, and of the bands you mentioned I only know of a couple of blogs which have  PiL:  They were, of course, one of the best, in the Wobble/Levene days:

here is the difficult 3rd album (or 4th, depending on how you count)

http://lawandapellmannu.blogspot.com/2008/06/public-image-limited-flowers-of-rom...

and the debut:

http://kar4agin.blogspot.com/2007/06/public-image-ltd-pil-vol-1.html


What you need is Metal Box/2nd Edition, if you don't have it yet.

And Mr. Quine and Mr. Hell made an indispensable album with Blank Gen., that is for sure, although I only have Destiny Street on cassette:  It has some good things (anything with Robert Quine!), but overall I'd say it is one-fifth as good as B/G, but of course tastes are subjective.

I know this hasn't helped much, but if you don't have the above, enjoy them, and I've found torrents before of incredible PiL boots, like the LA Metal Box concert (Career Without A Future?), so they are out there and can be found.



Tim