Jungle Vinyl & CDs

Review: Viva La Revolution indeed. The Adicts tore out of England's east coast, and specifically Ipswich, and immediately made an impact. Asked to change their name by Sire Records in a bid to appease the charts and TV bookers - although, oddly, one of the options was apparently The Fun Adicts, which raises more quandaries - Rockers In Orbit captures their huge sound in all its glory. Recorded live at Alabama Halle, Munich, Germany, depending on which way you're listening first impressions invoke breakneck punk, motoring metal, and even the romance and commanding power of The Cure at their loudest and most dominating. Ultimately, though, these guys just sound like The Adicts. A questionable reference point we can only assure you is meant as a total complement. Not a band people will forget in a hurry.

Review: If you're new here, we should only have to mention the fact Johnny Thunders and fellow Heartbreaker Jerry Nolan got their first breaks through iconic Big Apple punk catalysts the New York Dolls. But by the mid-1970s, the notorious band were disintegrating faster than their tunes run, and so the pair quit after a Florida tour and got with Richard Hell, formerly of Television, to form something fresh. "I was fed up with Television because it was getting so pretentious," Hell apparently once said. "So I thought, this is perfect - we'll make a really good rock & roll band that's dealing with interesting subjects." Enter Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, responsible for one single contribution to the pantheon of rock & roll albums, but an exceptional one at that. Also a very divisive record - with critics commenting that several tracks sounded muddy, apparently due to the lack of final mix down, with Nolan leaving the group as a result of the situation. The rest is history, as is this rare and unsung gem from the just-about-pre-punk era.

Review: Having recently been refused entry into the US due to their staunch anti-Trump stance, London's own pub rock turned homegrown punk icons UK Subs shall reissue their criminally underrated Japan Today for Record Store Day 2025. Originally released in 1987 and ranked letter J in the Subs' A-Z album list, this LP has been out of print for the past decade and finally returns home to wax for both longtime fans who've worn their original pressing down to PVC scraps and late to the party newcomers doing their most studious punk homework. Remastered with updated artwork, featuring both Knox and Daryl Barth wielding a double-guitar assault, the record boasts some of the band's most overlooked gems such as 'Another Cuba' and 'Thunderbird Wine'.