Penetration- "Lovers of Outrage" (1978) Live at Reading Festival

Before recording one of the lost gems of the post-punk era with Factory in-house producer Martin Hannett in 1980, Pauline Murray fronted a British punk band called Penetration, a more Patti Smith- influenced contemporary of early Siouxsie & The Banshees. Their first album, Moving Targets, deserves a far more prominent place in the annals of early punk than it has received. Her story is coming soon...

The Au Pairs- "Come Again": Live in London, 1981 from Urgh! A Music War

The Au Pairs: imagine Gang of Four fronted by a magnificently militant lesbian and you've got some idea of what The Au Pairs were all about, but if you're not into the politics, don't be put off because this was one fierce post-punk band. Their story is coming soon.

Crispy Ambulance- "The Presence" (1980) Official Video

Let's start with a clip from a brilliant post-punk band from Manchester that was a more experimental contemporary of the Joy Division, and who were fated, quite undeservedly, to toil in the considerable shadow of Ian Curtis & co. This version of the single, "The Presence," is a little more straightforward than the Martin Hannett-produced studio version found on Live on a Hot August Night, and finds the Crispies thoroughly mining the Joy Division sound, but putting their own languid stamp on it.