Thursday 7 July 2022

And The Teachers Cannot Understand Why The Pupils Are Now Beyond Their Command

Justa Nother Teenage Rebel by The Outcasts appears on the 1999 compilation 1 2 3 4: Punk & New Wave 1976-1979. It was released as a single in 1978 on Good Vibrations Records, the label founded by Belfast legend Terri Hooley, who ran the record shop of the same name.
 
The 7" single of Justa Nother Teenage Rebel had the catalogue number GOT3. The follow up GOT4 was the debut EP by an up and coming band from Derry, The Undertones' Teenage Kicks. I wonder what happened to them? 
 
The Outcasts came together in 1977, formed by brothers Greg and Colin Cowan and Colin Getwood, and were at the heart of the Belfast punk scene. Colin passed in 1982 and the band called it a day in 1985, before reforming in the 21st century.
 
In the - let's face it, frankly quite minimal - research for this post, I came across The Outcasts performing 1984 single Seven Deadly Sins at the "Punk In The Park" festival in Ward Park, Bangor on Sunday 21st August 2021. It's worth watching for the dancing mum who keeps coming in and out of scene. I can't work out if she's dancing or practising some strange kind of land swimming. One might question whether it was water or vodka in her plastic bottle at the start...


6 comments:

  1. Love it.They seem to be playing to a crowd of two

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    1. I felt sorry for the guy setting up the merch stand, using a clothes airer! As for the crowd, I can only say it must have been difficult trying to pogo in a deckchair...

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  2. That live performance sounds great but - I'm sorry, guys -I have to look away!

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    1. Sorry about that C, I maybe should have added a health warning that audio options may be advisable!

      I didn't include it in the post but there's another great clip of Greg Cowan being interviewed by (I think) Stiff Little Fingers' Jack Burns in 1984, followed by a clip of Seven Deadly Sins. Greg reaches almost Spinal Tap levels of brilliance with his "most successful band in Belfast" quotes. As for the video, visually The Outcasts can't seem to decide whether to be Billy Idol or Depeche Mode. Great stuff.

      https://youtu.be/OnlvT-YRbbA

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    2. Ah, thanks for that, it's a great clip, and that video for the single is just as you describe - plus I can go away happy now with that image of them in my mind now instead...

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    3. Phew, that was a close call. Glad I was able to redress the balance, C!

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