The Drones - Punk Band - Lookalikes 1977

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • The Drones were one of the best early UK Punk bands formed in Manchester in October 1976. This is a track entitled 'Lookalikes' taken from the 'Temptations of a White Collar Worker' E.P. released in July 1977 on the band's own O.H.M...S Records - GOODMIX-1

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  • @markwelbyBlood
    @markwelbyBlood 6 лет назад +28

    A big influence on my life, made me the person I am today. I'm so glad I was a teenager during this time

    • @ianevans2570
      @ianevans2570 4 года назад +4

      And me. I was 5'5" then. I've shrunk since...

    • @anthonymaylett5823
      @anthonymaylett5823 4 года назад +2

      They are a collyhurst band Manchester I knew them and they are very good friend with the stranglers

    • @anthonymaylett5823
      @anthonymaylett5823 4 года назад +2

      Was there that nigjt

    • @davidgriffiths2924
      @davidgriffiths2924 4 года назад +2

      ...and me.

    • @Reido-cd7qq
      @Reido-cd7qq 4 года назад +1

      My godfather is the son of Michael Howells I only met him once before his death but nice to come back here and see him

  • @gwugluud
    @gwugluud 12 лет назад +17

    I had this great song on a compilation called "Streets" bak in the 70s, it also had Slaughter and The Dogs, The Doll, and The Lurkers...Wish I still had it. It should be re-released!

    • @robertharrison9912
      @robertharrison9912 5 лет назад +1

      Its one of the best unreleased albums ever its mentioned in Cranked up really high by Stewart Home mega-xxx

    • @ianevans2570
      @ianevans2570 4 года назад

      Schoolboy error there...

    • @markrobinson3101
      @markrobinson3101 4 года назад +1

      I emailed Beggars Banquet Records about a re-issue. They said the licensing was too much of a pain. I ripped my clean vinyl and cleaned up a bit. Amazing album

    • @MattAttack54
      @MattAttack54 2 года назад

      The pork Dukes were also on the streets Comp bbbb Bend and Flush !!!

    • @simonbeesley7638
      @simonbeesley7638 Год назад

      isgodaman?......classic!

  • @HORROR4SURF
    @HORROR4SURF 13 лет назад +5

    "You just wanna be yourself;
    You dont wanna be like anyone else"
    (MJ Drone)

  • @JasonBoyce-dc6yx
    @JasonBoyce-dc6yx 3 месяца назад +1

    Love this band and this song especially. I was in a band back in the early 80’s and we had the honour to support them at The Half Moon in Putney. I wish I could remember more about the night. 🧷🎸🧷🇬🇧

  • @brsrkr7695
    @brsrkr7695 2 года назад +4

    These guys freakin' kick asses... How have I not heard of them before? 🤔

  • @bumshanky
    @bumshanky 9 лет назад +13

    in an era of new wave some grabbed the headlines like sid vicious ! some made great music and were great live the drones were amazing and never got the credit they deserved

  • @ianmccraight-se7vq
    @ianmccraight-se7vq Год назад +5

    46 years later and i know every word

  • @ChronoTriggerMTY
    @ChronoTriggerMTY 6 лет назад +5

    Mi banda de Punk Clásico Favorita!

  • @dzyanist
    @dzyanist 11 лет назад +10

    ...Awww, this is beautiful..!!! 1st generation punkrock, the essence...I LOVE IT !!! Really excellent posting.., THANK YOU for sharing it..!!!

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 11 лет назад +5

    BRILLIANT punk band!

  • @joebyfield3923
    @joebyfield3923 4 года назад +1

    Long live The Drones!

  • @Paul-eb4jp
    @Paul-eb4jp 2 месяца назад

    There's me in the hooped top at 2.58, wonderful days.

  • @steved1387
    @steved1387 2 года назад +2

    So cool to see period footage of The Drones. Thank you so much!

  • @johnbrown6012
    @johnbrown6012 9 лет назад +5

    A beautiful record from a great year for music!!!!

  • @adriansymcox1641
    @adriansymcox1641 9 лет назад +4

    fantastic great band

  • @SpitRecords
    @SpitRecords 13 лет назад +1

    Top band top video

  • @broadly122
    @broadly122 12 лет назад +1

    dancing to the beat of the livin' dead.xx

  • @richardmensgroup5111
    @richardmensgroup5111 2 года назад

    Cracking track on 1 of my first punk vinyl Albums (Streets it was called, John Cooper Clark .slaughter and the dogs. Ect

  • @ricktellon3755
    @ricktellon3755 7 лет назад +3

    Got this on compilation album "Streets" from 77.

    • @jamesmcfall6875
      @jamesmcfall6875 6 лет назад

      Great album.nosebleeds.pork dukes

    • @ferocel
      @ferocel 6 лет назад +1

      I listened to that album so much that I automatically hear 'Hungry' by the Zeros in my head at the end of this.

  • @diegobias784
    @diegobias784 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this jewel

  • @davidsomerset
    @davidsomerset 9 лет назад +1

    Gus Gangrene is a character in 'New Dawn Fades: A Play About Joy Division & Manchester'. NW tours starts this week in Chester. Then on to Macclesfield, Leeds, Bury, and Manchester!

  • @laplumaeclectica3853
    @laplumaeclectica3853 Год назад

    LOVE

  • @MaxAndTheTatraplan
    @MaxAndTheTatraplan 12 лет назад +1

    G R E A T
    PUNK ..MOD ...
    luv it and thx for ultra super rare clip
    cheeeeeeeeeeeeers
    max

  • @popatyourecords
    @popatyourecords 10 лет назад +1

    great drive love it

    • @reneeconlan
      @reneeconlan 9 лет назад

      +popatyourecords INDEED ! ;-)

  • @l.salisbury1253
    @l.salisbury1253 10 лет назад +5

    And all this simply 'cause Johnny Rotten said "We want MORE bands like us!"

    • @DiscusRussell
      @DiscusRussell 5 лет назад

      bullshit

    • @electricleg207
      @electricleg207 5 лет назад +1

      He didn't mean musically like The Pistols he meant the honesty . As you probably know he disliked most of these type of groups.

    • @DiscusRussell
      @DiscusRussell 5 лет назад +1

      @@electricleg207 musically the Drones ruled and won the fight as Gary has told me lol

    • @DiscusRussell
      @DiscusRussell 5 лет назад +1

      im sitting here with a 1998 Get sorted tour Tshirt
      Adolf and the piss artists as suport band ha ha

    • @Buz-Lunch-Punx
      @Buz-Lunch-Punx 5 лет назад

      @@DiscusRussell hahaahha

  • @101100rich
    @101100rich 12 лет назад +1

    i was at that gig at skunx in april 1982 and also have the bootleg of it , my mates from scarborough were 1 of the suport bands called the breed i dont supose you have that recording along with the other band that played called xpozez from huddersfield , i know there used to be recordings of these bands

  • @bohsgerry
    @bohsgerry 4 года назад +1

    A brilliant BAND that are back In some form or shape.Never played IRELAND though,maybe when all the corona virus shite is sorted and we've a whole new world.Manchester had great stuff like The Smirks,Nosebleeds,warsaw Pakt,Slaughter and The Dogs,,,

  • @みっちぇる-i5t
    @みっちぇる-i5t 4 года назад +1

    素晴らしい!

  • @leegreenwood6316
    @leegreenwood6316 8 месяцев назад

    Saw them at Wigan casino when the Sex​Pistols failed to show up on the Spots tour. Great band.

  • @edfeltch
    @edfeltch 12 лет назад +4

    Must've been the water in Manchester that produced more great bands than any place else.

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 12 лет назад

    Excellent!

  • @n974kpv
    @n974kpv 12 лет назад

    I lost with MJ a few years agao i used to go to his bar in rhodes greece but i thought that folded years ago..Does he still gig i really would like to get back in touch..I have the original demos of the first album and the demos done for picadilly radio in manchester..And a tape of me playing drums when they played in swindon..

  • @pressure6625
    @pressure6625 2 года назад +1

    The Drones and The Depressions are great punk bands!

  • @Punkdomain
    @Punkdomain  13 лет назад +2

    Had to use audio from the single, as there are only 3 short video clips taken from a TV documentary. Would kill for that gig, or any other early Drones gig on CD or DVD, so if anybody out there has anything, please get intouch - the only one I have is Skunx '82.

    • @laurasweet6651
      @laurasweet6651 Год назад

      Did you get anything? His' daughter here. Sadly passed last month and was his funeral today. Would LOVE to see more live footage x

    • @davebentley3343
      @davebentley3343 Год назад

      ​@@laurasweet6651 whose daughter? I'm Dave Bentley the band's old manager etc

  • @anonyarena
    @anonyarena 12 лет назад

    I've loved this band and this song for years but had never seen footage of them at all. They look as great as I always imagined they would. Thanks for posting this terrific video. Hooray for The Drones! Hooray for all MancPunk!

  • @ivanafterfive
    @ivanafterfive 12 лет назад

    Thanks for posting this! Loved to finally see some video of the band.

  • @tjmacjee1339
    @tjmacjee1339 5 лет назад

    remember seeing them supporting The Clash 1n 1977

  • @AnthonyMaylett
    @AnthonyMaylett Год назад

    Collyhurst band Manchester I went to same school as Mike lovely man St malachys

  • @jdsbeau1
    @jdsbeau1 Год назад

    Classic

  • @Skandalosaska
    @Skandalosaska 12 лет назад

    Awesome video!!! thanx!

  • @anthonymaylett5823
    @anthonymaylett5823 Год назад

    Electric circus in collyhurst flats Manchester I was there

  • @OneTheBlue
    @OneTheBlue 2 года назад +1

    Basically my 16 year old life philosophy right here.

  • @stefanrothe8622
    @stefanrothe8622 9 месяцев назад

    Absolut genial! 🤩👍👍 Viel zu unbekannt geblieben!

  • @tupakaamaru
    @tupakaamaru 6 лет назад

    Jest energia i czad

  • @101100rich
    @101100rich 12 лет назад

    i have traded punk bootlegs with lots of people and the only recordings i have seen by the drones are from when they reformed in the mid 90s i have never come across any early recordings , the ones i have seen are from japan in 1997

  • @pierreo9271
    @pierreo9271 28 дней назад

    the riff reminds me of Raw Power.

  • @comandomahounopasaran1334
    @comandomahounopasaran1334 10 лет назад

    buenos..

  • @patrickbodenham6879
    @patrickbodenham6879 3 года назад

    Punk ... just trendy, handsome and commercial

  • @patrickmccabe9665
    @patrickmccabe9665 12 лет назад

    r.i.p. mike howells - drones frontman

  • @lethe51
    @lethe51 10 лет назад

    way coool

  • @anthonymaylett5823
    @anthonymaylett5823 3 года назад

    Best collyhurst band Manchester

  • @Punkdomain
    @Punkdomain  12 лет назад

    The Drones website is now up and running (thedrones dot co dot uk - sorry RUclips won't allow me to post proper link). There is a 'Message Board' if anyone would like to leave a message in memory of M.J. and a contact at bottom of 'Home' page if anyone wishes to contribute.

  • @Punkdomain
    @Punkdomain  12 лет назад

    Hello, thanks for posting. I now have a cleaned up version of the Skunx gig if you are interested? Sorry, I don't have anything at all by the other two bands you mention, but would love to hear them, so if you have anything at all please get back to me - I have plenty of stuff to trade (see my website).

  • @Punkdomain
    @Punkdomain  12 лет назад

    If you could put me intouch with M J, that would be great, 'cos I have a great live gig that should be out there on CD. Great Band!

    • @davebentley3343
      @davebentley3343 4 года назад

      Contact the bands manager Dave Bentley dave.bentley54@gmail.c0m

  • @Punkdomain
    @Punkdomain  12 лет назад

    I can sort you out with a copy of that - cost is a fiver.
    Cheers,
    Paul

  • @iddyscheintot6479
    @iddyscheintot6479 10 лет назад +1

    Punk-Rock vom Allerfeinsten.

  • @WaltzInBlack
    @WaltzInBlack 4 года назад +1

    Electric Circus

  • @edfeltch
    @edfeltch 12 лет назад

    @n974kpv,any chance the tapes will see light?love to hear your drum version.

  • @lazlokovacs2263
    @lazlokovacs2263 Год назад

    Look a like Raw Power...

  • @abergaz
    @abergaz 5 лет назад

    !!!!!

  • @CrankedUpReallyHigh1
    @CrankedUpReallyHigh1 11 лет назад +7

    The "Raw Power" riff, recycled. Nice...

  • @bohsgerry
    @bohsgerry 10 лет назад

    like the nosebleeds shut out a bit by success of buzzcocks and joy division and slaughter and the dogs.great band and still going in one form or the other!!!like the nosebleeds!!!

    • @IdleAl
      @IdleAl 8 лет назад

      Recently reformed....with Al from the Nosebleeds on guitar, and Mad Muffet from SATD on drums!!

  • @rioter1977
    @rioter1977 11 лет назад

    HERE,S THE OTHER 2 **

  • @rioter1977
    @rioter1977 11 лет назад

    MINT, TOP POST 5 STARS *****

  • @daviddavis3155
    @daviddavis3155 4 года назад

    I used to have this 45, never make friends with kleptomaniac s

  • @DiscusRussell
    @DiscusRussell 5 лет назад

    Ask the lads when a few the lads had to sneak into the a country in the 98 tour lmfao

  • @MrMorebollocks
    @MrMorebollocks 11 лет назад

    Has anyone got lyrics for the album songs?

  • @Punkdomain
    @Punkdomain  12 лет назад

    Hi Gus,
    Mike passed away on 10th January. If you contact me through the Punk Domain website I will give you a link to the family announcement. Cheers, Paul.

  • @crazygingerjakeholden2771
    @crazygingerjakeholden2771 5 лет назад +2

    this is real music with a very good meaning behind it not the 2010s crap

  • @diegoduque4854
    @diegoduque4854 10 лет назад +4

    1 person dont knows what is real punk

  • @Punkdomain
    @Punkdomain  12 лет назад

    This is real bad news - does anyone have any further information?

  • @NBM3
    @NBM3 13 лет назад

    WHERE"S THE LIVE AUDIO !?!?!?

    • @anthonymaylett5823
      @anthonymaylett5823 3 года назад +1

      Collyhurst flats electric circus Manchester thete area

  • @lescam58
    @lescam58 11 лет назад

    Hi
    Gus its Dave Bentley would like to get in touch

    • @carolebox2653
      @carolebox2653 8 лет назад +1

      lescam58 hi Dave it's Carole Box.
      How are you? Xx

  • @sonocarolina
    @sonocarolina 12 лет назад

    Hi it's Gus, what happened?

    • @chetknight3071
      @chetknight3071 8 лет назад

      +Carolina Simmons I know it's been 4 years since this post but if you're still checking notifications, please tell Gus that Chet from Atlanta says "hello". My band toured with the Drones almost 20 years ago. Great band, great guys.

  • @Punkdomain
    @Punkdomain  12 лет назад

    I don't know what your game is, but if you have a promlem with me, then email me, and we'll sort it out. I have never ripped anyone off in my life, and do not intend to start now, so please get in touch. There's a 'Contact Us' button on the punkdomain website.

  • @markpub
    @markpub 2 года назад

    Not a bad riff but the singer sounds like Timmy Mallet

  • @doomkatt13x
    @doomkatt13x 9 лет назад +3

    Love punk hate this. x

  • @2degucitas
    @2degucitas 10 лет назад +1

    come on, get the mosh pit going, slam dancing is necessary

    • @HellYeahBigKev
      @HellYeahBigKev 10 лет назад +7

      no such thing in the 70's

    • @brighterdeathnow
      @brighterdeathnow 10 лет назад +6

      "Moshing" is a dumb ass term and as @Kev Hulse said, didn't exist in the 70's...
      If anything it would be pogoing but mostly we all just went nuts in all individual styles... No mandatory dance rules like now. Especially now that you can see whatever "moshing" is; in a Judas Priest video.

    • @iloveNathalie1
      @iloveNathalie1 10 лет назад +5

      Mike IX Spot on. You didn't even need to look 'punk' to be a punk, either.

  • @pisynth3784
    @pisynth3784 8 лет назад +4

    Saw them live in 1977, they were pretty rubbish. Slaughter and the Dogs were way better.