How The Pop Group Redefined Punk

[@108Mics]

Apologies for the technical slip up at around 2:30 (glitched a bit when I exported it)

[@basedworldbillionaire2900]

Looks even better..

[@108Mics]

@@basedworldbillionaire2900 truly was a happy accident

[@jackiedavies182]

Rest in peace Mark Stewart

[@alexanderclaylavin]

No!! I hadn't heard that. What an absolute rock god. As I said when Nic Roeg died, we can never let up for a minute from here on out.

[@squarenoize1]

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[@grillah1252]

fuck, ya beat me to it

[@brianmcgill8030]

What do I think of the pop group? Fucking brilliant. RIP Mark Stewart.

[@wp6007]

Funny note about the post-punk label, the first thing tagged as post-punk, a 10/10 pere ubu single, is also tagged as proto-punk, both primary on rym.

[@snowgirl5907]

rip mark stewart

[@qriofficial1769]

They were like the Magic Band of Punk, in the best way possible.

[@raulpineda1821]

I agree with your assessment 100%. The Pop Group hijacked my turntable in the lates 70s/early 80s. Every time I revisit their records, I am perpetually mesmerized by their brilliance. They had the same visionary courage as The Velvet Underground did in the 60s. Thanks for the wonderful video.

[@teixeiro]

great, nobody talks about the pop group & they are one of my favorite bands

[@hopebgood]

The first time I saw The Pop Group live was 1980. Liked all the incarnations ever since. On-U, Mark Stewarts Maffia etc etc One of my fave gigs ever was Adrian Sherwood live mixing a solo set by Keith Le Blanc in some tiny little pub in London.

[@willsmath]

yesss bro Y is my fave post-punk album

[@sprin999]

Goated as always!!

[@upcruss2852]

such a great band, loved the vid

[@mortalmannequin4091]

Wish more people could work off this amazing sound. Please do a video on unwound one day they are my favorite band of all time!!

[@reagan-s-parrot]

As a diehard postpunk teenager, the pop group is my heartbeat

[@matthewmohri9990]

The Pop Group song came up on my feed on KZbin and I listened to much much much Gratitude. I can't believe I had not heard of the band. I dig what I've heard in the last 30 minutes between that song, The Peel Sessions, and your description.

[@antonisl1384]

Ι love them. One of my favourite bands ever. Y is a true masterpiece, and I will agree with you that their second album is very underrated. Strange you didn't mention Savage Sea while talking about Y, really a standout track in the album, really stunning

[@thisklik]

Good video!!You are fare from stupid, or i'm stupid too.The Pop Group is one of my favorite, and yes, i saw them twice, from 2010.The last show in Bern,Switzerland few years ago, was total blow up!!Like in the old times, 40, maybe 50 people in a club, and they were fantastic, even without a bass player.The second guitarist did all the bass lines with a guitar, and the bass amp.There was a young guy on the mixer, and he did amazing job with mixing and effects!!! I wish I have recording of that night! And "For how much longer..." is one of my favorite album from the whole universe!!! Long Live The Pop Group!!!

[@jamesnetwall1193]

Excellent video and I want to say thank you. I discovered the band through this video and have been a fan since.

[@thatonenotthisone5215]

Yet another banger mister 108 keep them coming

[@stdlfr3418]

Gr8 stuff as always! Keep up the good stuff ;)

[@lightbright4996]

Hell yeah! thanks for that ~♡

[@ZeeDDD65]

You ever notice how the bass and drums to Blood Money is actually the same from Thief of Fire just slowed down?

[@basedsouljah]

Two years later and still absolutely surprised you're not at a million subs yet.

[@billburwood7047]

excellent video

[@kevincastellanos538]

Fantastic video

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4956]

I literally just finished listening to "For how much longer do we tolerate mass murder?" Did you make this video specifically for that occasion🤭

[@108Mics]

Maaaaayyyyyyyyyybeeee 😉😳

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4956]

Ooops, i edited my comment, because i had written "occasionally" instead of "occasion", please, mr. influential music tastemaker, give me back the heart, pweaaaatty pweeease😿

[@108Mics]

U got it 😽

[@CindyKirby-lf8zy]

Goth Funk from Hell is the best description of them I have ever read! I absolutely love it!!!❤

[@sthefankrinski]

Gr8 video man, keep on the good work, loving ur focus

[@basedsouljah]

OUR ONLY DEFENSE IS TOGETHER AS AN ARMY ILL HOLD YOU LIKE A GUN

[@startervisions]

Great content

[@Dayglodaydreams]

I love This Heat.

[@DS-ib8ih]

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[@IgNaceus]

Not a word about Pigbag, though...

[@terryflannigan7546]

✨Satiating musical hunger ✨

[@franta7294]

thank u

[@marsteinou4568]

108 mics based af

[@avnsector7529]

pls make more video

[@anyellivemusic]

Legends

[@iyers]

Did i miss a reference to one of their best tracks: "Where there's a will"? Odd if you didn't mention it as you've used a lot of clips of them miming to it on Belgian tv in 1980...(with Mark in GI helmet) RIP Mark Stewart Br1STol legend

[@Dayglodaydreams]

You should do one on Birthday Party.

[@featherycoffee1401]

Jimmy Fallon has had some wild things performed there, isn't it

[@dmitrizul438]

By any chance could you talk about Kayo dot- choirs of the eye or maudlin of the well- bath/leaving your body map . They are both are made from the same person names Toby driver

[@cortisonesss]

Just going to remind you that you made that Not Available video, so you can release it now that you remember.

[@bennyshambles]

Not mentioning Maximum Joy was a miss. Great band started by Dan Catsis and John Waddington after The Pop Group break-up; easily the most enjoyable out of Rip, Rig + Panic, New Age Steppers, and Mark Stewart/Maffia/solo.l (although I do appreciate them all).

[@3babylon3]

yeah dude make an unwound video that would be cool man

[@IgNaceus]

Wow....Matt Groening has great musical taste.

[@lex5964]

waiting for the midori vid

[@YTPartyTonight]

"We Are Time" is a song Mike Watt likes to cover to finish live performances. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6OsnHeLrp1keK8feature=shared&t=2270

[@UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos]

Matt Groening is based.

[@EssenceOfMine]

did you delete Manic Street Preachers video? I can't find it.

[@108Mics]

I unlisted it just cuz a lot of the info is wrong and I don't rly like the vid anymore. U can actually still find it if you go to my rateyourmusic (username 2__underscores) cuz I have a list with links to all of my essential albums vids. I might actually redo that vid at some point but we'll see

[@alexanderclaylavin]

The Pop Group remains a stirring affront on the status quo. Just that title of the first album gets to it. It won't do to simply ask the naive question of, "Why do we permit injustice?" If we want to be truly honest and august with each other, then we must also know "Y"... we must look into the very building blocks of the world we have built around us to understand what's wrong with us, to understand oppression, and maybe even glimpse real freedom. This music is not particularly listenable or satisfying. Don't put it on for somebody unless they're absolutely out of their minds. The Pop Group is an exhilarating confrontation with soaring, reckless creativity and soulful, delirious outrage. If Jim Morrison urged the listener to 'Break On Through To The Other Side'... then these lads blew the whole door off its hinges. And the further you scout around out there into the art world and politics you will find that Mark Stewart left an indelible imprint on an improbable array of notable figures. It's like Alan Vega... you wouldn't think that anybody would know about this absolute monster of a musician, but there he is, in fact, actually everywhere... growling just beneath the surface of this tidily kept moonscape.

[@Bibidrego578]

Check out MAO - Graveyard Music it will blow ur mind

[@adnanomeragic9597]

come back

[@108Mics]

I’m workin on something ;)

[@wp6007]

Feels odd seeing these "music channels" know about scarufficore artist like the pop group & clouddead.

[@LiteralEVERYTHING]

hi love you

[@briteness]

This video actually made me like the Pop Group less. I don’t take my political views from records, even if I do happen to agree with them. It’s not why I listen to music, and I just do not want to hear about politics while I am listening to music.

[@autocyclist4062]

A local band from here...southern Calif...GoGoGo Airheart...fully ripped off the Pop group... and I didn't find out until later, too late, and had thought gogogo were genius's.... not simply plagarists big mistake

[@chunkrecords]

After listening to a few tracks .. no, I wouldnt say GGGA were plagiarists. They just followed the 00er trend for punk-funk with scratchy guitars and aggressive singing like The Rapture, !!!, Radio 4 or Head Automatica. Sure, Pop Group is one of the main influence for this kind of music, but also The Clash and Gang of Four, early A Certain Ratio..

[@LeshaAnn]

San Diego is known for ersatz scene-music. Lifelong sufferer, here.

[@harrytakeover1790]

Are you okay because there’s nothing that has been heard from you for 2 months

[@108Mics]

Ye, I’m aight. J been busier and less motivated as of late, but I have a bunch of projects in the works so I’ll get back eventually. Appreciate it and apologies for the wait 🙏

[@the9thinning1]

@@108Mics you make dope content

[@TheHoneypot27]

the pop group happened at the core of punk. they were a punk band not postpunk [whatever the fuk that is supposed to be]

[@vincentclarke2385]

This is nonsense.

[@PeterChoyce]

the song STEREOTYPE from Marks 2013 LP which i forget the title was the #1 song of the year on the top 90.3 on WZBC Boston - but no mention here..

[@PeterChoyce]

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