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sarramkrop 05.06.2007 09:35 AM

Why The Action Swingers rock
 
It's all in this song that've uploaded from The Complete London Toe Rag Sessions cd. Enjoy:

I Don't Wanna Be This Way
http://www.badongo.com/file/2966199

demonrail666 05.06.2007 09:56 AM

One of the greatest live acts i've seen. Their first album may as well be welded into my CD player.

sarramkrop 05.06.2007 10:42 AM

Today i'm more of a 'Quit While You're Ahead' man. Do you know their Courtney Love song?

MellySingsDoom 05.06.2007 10:43 AM

I'm listening to this right now. Awesome tunage, and naturally....

 


...excellent guitar riff.

demonrail666 05.06.2007 10:43 AM

Yeah, that's a great one. I have a live version of it and the studio version on More Fast Numbers.

PAULYBEE2656 05.06.2007 11:51 AM

havent heard em in ages. id download but badongo aint accessible by me for the last few weeks for some strange reason......

sarramkrop 05.07.2007 06:49 PM

Studio version of the same song. I prefer the solo on this one:
http://www.badongo.com/file/2980484

I'll get round to uploading some of the stuff Bob Bert plays on, at one point.

DJ Rick 05.07.2007 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Today i'm more of a 'Quit While You're Ahead' man.


Me, too! "Miserable Life" is my favorite song on that. It gets stuck in my head a lot, even if it's been months since last listen.

sarramkrop 05.08.2007 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJ Rick
Me, too! "Miserable Life" is my favorite song on that. It gets stuck in my head a lot, even if it's been months since last listen.


That's my favourite song on it too. Those guitars totally slay.

sarramkrop 07.27.2009 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonrail666
Yeah, that's a great one. I have a live version of it and the studio version on More Fast Numbers.


Do you happen to have any of their live shows for download? I can find very, very little online?

stu666 07.27.2009 02:55 PM

i only have this, if you want it let me know.

Action Swingers
Peel session BBC
22 03 1992

(flac)

sarramkrop 07.27.2009 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stu666
i only have this, if you want it let me know.

Action Swingers
Peel session BBC
22 03 1992

(flac)


I have that one already, but thank you stu.

demonrail666 07.27.2009 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Do you happen to have any of their live shows for download? I can find very, very little online?


I don't. I saw them at the Garage and at what was then the old Camden Palace. I don't know of any bootlegs of either of them - or of any gigs besides the one on the official live cd. Ned Hayden seems pretty pro-active about that kind of thing, making a real effort to hunt down and block any Action Swingers stuff he finds on the net.

PAULYBEE2656 07.28.2009 07:36 AM

wow... this is an old thread.. badongo is mentioned.. how 2006 of ye all!

infinitemusic 07.28.2009 08:04 PM

Hey, could someone upload one of these albums? I was only able to find one song online.

Genteel Death 04.05.2011 06:56 PM

I'm posting this mainly for the benefit of demonrail666, and also to serve as a reminder that the Action Swingers RULE! Ned Hayden is the ''D Diggler'' on the title of this (old) thread and defending himself. You might recognise someone else too. Anyway, some funny and interesting comments from certain posters from the Goner forum and loads of aggro of the punk kind.
http://www.goner-records.com/board/i...=4&topic=24141

demonrail666 04.06.2011 04:07 PM

Haha, what a great read. I've met a couple of people who've had dealings with Ned Hayden. I think he has a bit of reputation for being 'difficult'.

It's unusual for AS stuff to survive on youtube long so I stopped looking. Just found these though. Just studio stuff but anyway, for those that still haven't heard them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgF_ZTmdqa0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQr6qQgD5qY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4MYyn8Rw0M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0ASI3e8Dk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1OR8yOsh6k

PAULYBEE2656 04.07.2011 08:44 AM

action swingers do indeed rule and are still held in great esteem by bob and julie. love em....

Genteel Death 10.09.2012 12:49 AM

Total Punk are putting out a 7'' of ''Miserable Life'' b/w ''Losing My Cool'' around xmas, apparently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=u7lCgQ7Bx2s

Genteel Death 11.10.2012 05:16 AM

From AS's FB page:

''Will be releasing the Action Swingers back catalog digitally beginning in the new year. First up will be the Complete London Toe Rag Sessions and Decimation Blvd followed by Quit While You're Ahead and the first album. An album of previously unreleased tracks is also in the works as well as a DVD featuring live shows and the I Don't Wanna Be This Way video shot by Richard Kern.''

Genteel Death 01.26.2013 07:27 AM

From AS's FB page:
''The Action Swingers' Decimation Blvd and Complete London Toe Rag Session are now available for the first time wherever digital downloads are sold. The rest of the back catalog will be available in the next few weeks.''

Genteel Death 02.08.2013 06:55 AM

haha.

LISTEN UP FOLKS because today is your luck day. TOTAL PUNK is giving you a chance to do something with your stupid MISERABLE LIFE. We are getting ready to put out a single by the legendary ACTION SWINGERS and are in the need of some cover art. We have already given all of the world?s top up and coming graphic artists a stab at this and Ned Hayden, the Swingers main man, has rejected them all. So now it is your turn. Submit your cover art to the ?TOTAL PUNK GET REJECTED BY NED HAYDEN CONTEST? and Ned Hayden himself will select a winner. Well that is if he doesn?t declare you all losers.
What exactly is he looking for? He?s looking for ART and it better be totally punk. Here?s one word of advice from our man on the street ?Leave your crayons at home.? You got the idea yet? Good! Remember these covers are stamped so make it one color and keep it simple. Also make sure the band?s name is on it. We aren?t trying to be mysterious here. In addition we need you to design an 11?x17? one color promo poster to accompany this record.
What do you win? Not only do you get cover credit on this totally classic release. In addition to getting your place in the history books, you also get a test press of the new Action Swingers 7? on TOTAL PUNK, an unfolded silk screen promo poster, and a free copy of the next two TOTAL PUNK singles. WOWZA! Can it get any better? Well yes actually it can. In addition to all the great prizes listed above, we will also throw in a free TOTAL PUNK embroidered patch! You lucky duck.
And for you losers, don?t worry we haven?t forgotten about you. Each losing entry will receive a personalized rejection letter from the man himself, letting you know why your cover was rejected and just how talentless you are.
All artwork should be 300dpi and submitted to totalpunk45s@gmail.com with the subject heading ?I WANT TO GET REJECTED BY NED HAYDEN.? The artwork should all be one color and the dimensions of the cover should be no larger than 7?x7? and the poster 11?x17?. The contest is over when Ned finds artwork worthy of this great release. Hurry up people or miss out on the chance of a lifetime.


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