The Radiators From Space were the first punk
rock band from Ireland, influencing many of those
who followed including the Undertones and the
Boomtown Rats, and are often cited by U2 as an
inspiration.
They were also one of the earliest of the class of
'77 punk rock bands. This, their first album, is
full-on protest punk, with angry guitars and biting
lyrics. At the time Rolling Stone magazine
recognised them as "outdistancing most of the
competition".
The original 13-track album is turned into a 33-
track epic. Of the 33 only the album plus three
non-album single sides have been available on
CD before. The two alternate versions have only
ever been available on an Irish cassette
compilation.
The 15 previously unissued recordings comprise
ten 'live in the studio' sides made on the first day
of recording and five very live tracks from the
band's debut London show at the Vortex Club. All
are mastered from new high res transfers.
The band never really broke up. Philip Chevron
went on to join the Pogues, but there were
frequent reunions and three further studio
albums over the years.
