Alternative Colchester

05/06/2026

We are working on ideas for Season 2 of Alternative Colchester and using the break plus the fact it is the 50th anniversary of punk rock to revisit Steve Green’s Blank Generation show he did 6 years ago with Phoenix FM. Episode 2 went out on 23rd February 2020 and legendary Boys founding member, bassist and vocalist Duncan Reid was the special guest and chose the playlist. You can listen by clicking on the link below and we think you’ll agree the playlist takes some beating.

https://phoenixfm.com/2020/02/23/blank-generation-2-oh-boy-duncan-reid/

Silver Machine (Hawkwind)
Jeepster (T Rex)
School’s Out (Alice Cooper)
Virginia Plain (Roxy Music)
Slow Death (The Flamin’ Groovies)
Jet Boy (New York Dolls)
Chez Maximes (Hollywood Brats)
Milk and Alcohol (Dr Feelgood)
Born To Lose (Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers)
I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones)
Dirty Pictures (Radio Stars)
Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (The Adverts)
Here Comes the Summer (The Undertones)
Smash it Up (The Damned)
Going Underground (The Jam)
Quit This Town (Eddie and the Hot Rods)
Clampdown (The Clash)
King Rocker (Generation X)
Outdoor Miner (Wire)
Generals and Majors (XTC)
Homicide (999)
The Ghost at Number One (Jellyfish)
I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick)
All the Small Things (Blink 182)
Terminal Love (The Boys)
Soda Pressing (The Boys)
Silver Bells (The Yobs)
No Joke (The Hollywood Killers)
Bombs Away (Duncan Reid and the Big Heads)
The Man on the Desk (Duncan Reid and the Big Heads)

30/05/2026

Whilst Tim Young and Steve Green are sorting out a few logistical problems, they thought it would be a good idea to keep the momentum going by celebrating the 50th anniversary of punk rock and revisiting the Blank Generation series Steve did 6 years ago at the start of and throughout COVID with the excellent Phoenix FM. Check this out for a playlist to die for!

BLANK GENERATION #1 (First aired 16th February 2020)

Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones)

New Rose (Damned)

Nasty Nasty (999)

Safety In Numbers (The Adverts)

First Time (The Boys)

I Don’t Care (The Boys)

Shadow (The Lurkers)

Ready Steady Go (Generation X)

White Man In Hammersmith Palais (The Clash)

Gangsters (Special AKA)

New Wave Love (The Dole)

Solitary Confinement (The Members)

Times Up (Buzzcocks)

Charles (The Skids)

Lookalikes (The Drones)

Naive (The Killjoys)

Thinking of The USA (Eater)

Big Time (Rudi)

True Confessions (Undertones)

Looking After No. 1 (Boomtown Rats)

Where Were You (Mekons)

Young Savage (Ultravox!)

Cherry Bomb (Runaways)

All Kindsa Girls (Real Kids)

Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys)

Tired of Waking Up Tired (The Diodes)

When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again (The Automatics)

Bad Hearts (The Tights)

This Perfect Day (The Saints)

Ca Plane Pour Moi (Plastic Bertrand)

Give It Back (Dickies)

Part Time Punks (TV Personalities)

Hey Little Rich Boy (Sham 69)

Something Better Change (Stranglers)

Johnny Was (Stiff Little Fingers)

Jah War (The Ruts)

Click here to listen again: Blank Generation features punk rock music from 1976 through to 1980. Artists from the era will feature as guests and get to play their influences and favourites as well as their own stuff, which won’t necessarily be limited to those five years. Show 1 Playlist Blitzkrie...

26/05/2026

With 10 episodes in the can we are calling time on Season one of Alternative Colchester and taking an end of season break. We will be back before you know if with a new line up of guests and stellar playlists celebrating punk rock 1976-1981 with an unapologetic bias towards Stiff Little Fingers. Hanx!

20/05/2026

RED FLAG 77’s vocalist and bassist chat punk rock with a bit of football banter thrown in for good measure (sorry John!) but mainly play classics, forgotten gems and obscure rarities from, or inspired by the 1976-1981 first wave scene. You can listen to episode 10 and all previous episodes on Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc and online at www.alternativecolchester.co.uk

20/05/2026

Bullitz 23 TONIGHT in SOUTHEND ON SEA..!! At The Railway Hotel. FREE SHOW 8pm START...😎

19/05/2026

Joey would have been 75 today 😢

18/05/2026

Episode 1 of Alternative Colchester went out on January 16, 2026 and episode 10 went out last Friday, May 15th 2026.

Tracks played to date:

1. Barbed Wire Love - Stiff Little Fingers
2. Swallow My Pride - Ramones
3. Up Against The Wall - Tom Robinson Band
4. Love You More - Buzzcocks
5. Goodbye Toulouse - The Stranglers
6. Brickfield Nights - The Boys
7. Oh Bo***ge! Up Yours - X-Ray Spex
8. Any Danger Love - The Starjets
9. Civilization - The Flys
10. Cracked - The Tights
11. Thinking of The USA - Eater
12. Big Time - Rudi
13. When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again - Automatics
14. Pills - The Lurkers
15. Gate 49 - Stiff Little Fingers
16. She’s Not There - UK Subs
17. There Must Be Thousands- The Quads
18. Looking After No.1 - Boomtown Rats
19. The Kids Just Wanna Dance - Fast Cars
20. I’m So Bored With The USA - The Clash
21. Nasty Nasty - 999
22. Terminal Love - The Boys
23. Tin Soldiers - Stiff Little Fingers
24. Run With The Pack - Starjets
25. Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
26. Lookalikes - The Drones
27. Go Buddy Go - The Stranglers
28. The British Way Of Life - The Chords
29. EMI - S*x Pistols
30. No Time To Be 21 - The Adverts
31. Bone Idol - The Drones
32. Warhead - UK Subs
33. Jealous Again - Black Flag
34. No Time - London
35. Rock n Roll - Discharge - Deep Throats
36. Banana Splits - The Dickies
37. I Don’t Mind - Buzzcocks
38. Identity - X-Ray Spex
39. Top of the Pops - The Rezillos
40. Get Over You - The Undertrones
41. Incendiary Device - Johnny Moped
42. Straight Jacket - The Adicts
43. Teenage Treats - The Wasps
44. 01-01-212 - Vice Creems
45. Smash It Up pt 1 & Pt 2 - The Damned
46. White Man (In Hammersmith Palais) -The Clash
47. Mars Bars - The Undertones
48. Johnny B Goode - S*x Pistols
49. Roadrunner- S*x Pistols
50. Solitary Confinement- The Members
51. Murder Mystery - The Tearjerkers
52. In A Rut - The Ruts
53. At The Edge - Stiff Little Fingers
54. Inside Out - The Stiffs
55. No one’s Coming Outside - Chelsea
56. I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles - Cockney Rejects
57. Stiff Little Fingers - The Vi*****rs
58. Bits Of Kids - Stiff Little Fingers
59. Secret Police - The Unwanted
60. Eton Rifles - The Jam
61. Martin - Tom Robinson Band
62. At Home, He’s A Tourist - Gang of Four
63. Wot’s For Lunch, Mum? - The Shapes
64. Posing At The Roundhouse- TV Personalities
65. Gina (I’ve Got A Cortina) - Salford Jets
66. Janie Jones - The Clash
67. Defiant Pose - The Cortinas
68. 78 RPM - Stiff Little Fingers
69. Grey Cortina - Tom Robinson Band
70. Saturday Night (Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees) - Leyton Buzzards;
71. This Is Pop! - XTC
72. Life in a Scotch Sitting Room 2, Episode 6 - Ivor Cutler
73. Final Solution- Pere Ubu
74. I’m A Little Airplane - Jonathan Richman & Tye Modern Lovers
75. Suffice To Say - The Yachts
76. Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hi**er? (Dads Army Theme Song) - Bud Flanagan
77. Mr Fire Coal Man - Stiff Little Fingers
78. 77 Sunset Strip - The Riptides
79. No More Of Thar - XSLF
80. Cast Of Thousands - The Boys
81. Strummerland - Dead Pollys
82. Love Song - The Damned
83. She Knows - The Lurkers;
84. This Perfect Day - The Saints
85. Protex Blue - The Clash
86. Suspended Sentence - John Cooper Clarke
87. Lexicon Devil - The Germs
88. Walk On By (extended version) - The Stranglers
89. So What - Crass
90. New Wave Love - The Dole
91. Attitudes - The Brat
92. Operation Underground - Hi-Fi Spitfires
93. Questions - Suburban Studs
94. Love and a Molotov Cocktail - The Flys
95. Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
96. I Don’t Like You - Stiff Little Fingers
97. TV Stars - The Skids
98. London Calling - The Clash
99. Fire in Cairo - The Cure
100. Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & The Banshees
101. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
102. Walk on By (single version) - The Stranglers
103. Still Not Dead - Bullitz 23
104. Angel In A Raincoat - Sleepers
105. State Of Emergency - Stiff Little Fingers
106. I Don’t Want To Work For British Airways - Scissor Fits
107. Is Vic There? - Department S
108. Better Decide Which Side You’re On - Tom Robinson Band
109. Johnny Won’t Hurt You - The Carpettes
110. (I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear - Blondie.
111. Blitzkrieg Boo (For The Ipswich Lot) - Blue Flag 78
112. Sick On You - The Boys
113. Lookalikes - The Drones
114. Know Your Product- The Saints
115. No One - Johnny Moped
116. Football Crazy - Red Flag 77

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16/05/2026

Listen on Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc or online. Guests are Rikki Flag and John “Fanny Adams from Red Flag 77 and a playlist that includes tracks by Bullitz 23, Sleepers, Stiff Little Fingers, Scissor Fits, Department S, Tom Robinson Band, The Carpettes, Blondie. Blue Flag 78, The Boys, The Drones, The Saints, Johnny Moped and RED FLAG 77

15/05/2026

Still Not Dead by Bullitz 23 is a fantastic slice of 1977 inspired punk rock, proving that the genre is alive and kicking 🧷

Episode 10 is live now. Our guests are Rikki Flag and John “Fanny” Adam’s from Red Flag 77 and it includes a great 1976-1981 punk rock playlist. Get it and all previous episodes at www.alternativevolchester.co.uk , Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc