Alternative TV

Alternative TV (sometimes known as ATV) are an English punk/post punk band, formed in London in 1977.

Author Steve Taylor writes: "Alternative TV pioneered reggae rhythms in punk and then moved on to redefine the musical rules".

History

Alternative TV were formed by Mark Perry, the founding editor of Sniffin' Glue punk fanzine, with Alex Fergusson. Early rehearsals took place at Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records studio with Genesis P-Orridge on drums (recordings from this period appeared, long afterwards, on the Industrial Sessions CD). The band's first live appearance was in Nottingham supporting The Adverts.

The band's debut on record was "Love Lies Limp", a free flexi disc issued with the final edition of Perry's Sniffin' Glue fanzine. For their first two singles Perry and Fergusson were accompanied by drummer John Towe (ex-Generation X) and Tyrone Thomas on bass; Towe later left to join The Rage and was replaced by Chris Bennett. This line-up was the most straightforwardly 'punk' version of ATV, although they combined short, fast songs with extended pieces such as "Alternatives to NATO", in which Perry read an anarchist political text and envisaged the possibility of a Soviet invasion of Britain. Shortly afterwards they released the "How Much Longer"/"You Bastard" 7" in December 1977. The A-side was a pointed critique of punk style: "How much longer will people wear/Nazi armbands and dye their hair?"

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PLAYLIST TIME:

Action Time Vision

by: Alternative Tv

Action, time and vision
Action, time and vision
ATV equals 3/40 time
A equals action
T equals time
V equals vision and the four boys crack
In ATV, V, V, V, V
Action, time and vision
Action, time and vision
Quarter notes don't mean a thing
Listen to rhythm and listen to us sing
Were in action and the four boys crack
In ATV
Action, time and vision
Action, time and vision
Action, time and vision
Action, time and vision
Everything's as clear as time
See the movement, see the mime
Were in vision and the four boys crack
In ATV, V, V, V, V, V, V
Action, time and vision




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