Tyne
and Wear museums are organising an exhibition all about the development
of punk in the North East of England from 1977-1979. A section on The Carpettes
is planned and Barry Donaldson, the organiser is looking for any items of
memoribilia associated with the band from that period. If you think you
have anything at all which might be of interest and you would be prepared
to loan the Museum, please contact us and we will forward your message.
DECEMBER
2005
Not really news, but
just discovered this page featuring a collection of Photos
taken at The
Carpettes gig at The Futurum in Prague in 2003.
NOVEMBER
2005
12
Inch Vinyl copies of "THE CARPETTES", the new album on NDN Records
are now released.
There
are Nine different versions of the album, each with a different
serial number and label and each pressed on a different coloured vinyl.
For
details visit the NDN Records website.
August
2005
OUT
NOW !
NEW
ALBUM RELEASE!
"THE
CARPETTES"
(NDN
42)
The
eponymously titled new album
For
all the details go here--------
New
Carpettes album !
2005
reunion of The Carpettes, who were a popular late 70`s/early 80`s punky
pop band in the vein of The Boys, The Vapors and The Vibrators in England.
They
had a few albums out on Beggars Banquet and lots of singles
and EP`s. Well, here they are back together in 2005 recording 13 pretty
darn
exciting,
rocking and shiny vibrant rock `n roll that reminds me of early 80`s Ramones,
Psychotic Youth(obscure=ish Swedish band,
check
`em out..we have a CD left
of
theirs) and, on the more recent front, The Groovie Ghoulies. Imagine Chuck
Berry
playing The Ramones and that sort of grabs it, too. It`s punky in spirit,
straight
ahead
rocking in sound and always obsessed with finding
catchy
choruses and melodies
in the verses. Bless The Boys! They call themselves a band that is
"Power Pop For The Punk Generation" and thats dead-on. Like the
bands listed above,
The Carpettes master a blazing, blisteringly fast style of rock `n roll,
but sharply crisp guitars, biting melodies and sing-a-long choruses.
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