The Undertones
The Undertones slam-bang punk-pop drew its strength from one simple fact: you didn't need a secret handshake to enjoy it. John and Damian O'Neill mated infectious guitar hooks to '60s garage, '70s glam rock, and Feargal Sharkey's signature vocal quaver. Those qualities came together on their breakout hit "Teenage Kicks," whose simplicity harked back to '60s ideals of when the song was king.
The Undertones formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1976. However, they avoided references to their hometown's sectarian strife for "more songs about chocolate and gi...[more]
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This is a black, size small the Undertones shirt with an Teenage Kicks design.
Small Shirt $19.99
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This is a black, size medium the Undertones shirt with an Teenage Kicks design.
Medium Shirt $19.99
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This is a black, size large the Undertones shirt with an Teenage Kicks design.
Large Shirt $19.99
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This is a black, size XL the Undertones shirt with an Teenage Kicks design.
X-Large Shirt $19.99
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Reissue! It's hard to follow up a classic, as the Undertones themselves well knew, starting their second album with the endearingly self-effacing "More Songs About Chocolate and Girls," a song that acknowledges the difficulty of writing and recording a second album after the unexpected popularity of your first. Surprisingly, the lads make a good job of it; Hypnotised is only barely less perfect than the debut, and even the primary flaw, a pointless and rushed cover of "Under the Boardwalk," has its charms. [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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Reissue! Best known because of lead singer Feargal Sharkey's solo career and the O'Neill brothers later stint as That Petrol Emotion, Ireland's the Undertones fashioned smart power pop and punk sides during the music's late '70s and early '80s heyday. While not in the Undertones' classic Ramones-go-pop mold, The Sin of Pride does find them grafting the bounce of Motown and layers of sound to their lithe and cerebral brand of punk. To help with the expanded program, the group have included trumpet, saxophon [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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Like the other volumes in Sanctuary Records' ambitious reissue project of the Undertones catalog, their final recording, The Sin of Pride from 1983, gets the deluxe treatment -- not only is the sound better than the Rykodisc reissues of the mid-'90s, but the liner notes feature quotes from John O'Neill, the band's principal songwriter, and tell the story of the band's dissolution. To ice the cake there are four more bonus tracks than the earlier reissues, giving a much more complete feel of t [ read more ]
CD $13.28
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It's hard to follow up a classic, as the Undertones themselves well knew, starting their second album with the endearingly self-effacing "More Songs About Chocolate and Girls," a song that acknowledges the difficulty of writing and recording a second album after the unexpected popularity of your first. Surprisingly, the lads make a good job of it; Hypnotised is only barely less perfect than the debut, and even the primary flaw, a pointless and rushed cover of "Under the Boardwalk," has its charm [ read more ]
CD $14.23
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This two-disc set is more or less a belated CD issue of the 1983 compilation All Wrapped Up, thankfully replacing the icky cover photo of the earlier set with a more appropriate group shot. However, Undertones completists and trainspotters might balk at some of the seemingly arbitrary track substitutions made on this issue: For example, the singles from 1981's The Positive Touch, "Julie Ocean" and "Life's Too Easy," were completely re-recorded for their 7" release, but this set uses the origi [ read more ]
CD $18.98
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This two-disc set is more or less a belated CD issue of the 1983 compilation All Wrapped Up, thankfully replacing the icky cover photo of the earlier set with a more appropriate group shot. However, Undertones completists and trainspotters might balk at some of the seemingly arbitrary track substitutions made on this issue: For example, the singles from 1981's The Positive Touch, "Julie Ocean" and "Life's Too Easy," were completely re-recorded for their 7" release, but this set uses the origi [ read more ]
CD $23.73
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This Sanctuary Records reissue of the Undertones' catalog is more than just a straight redo of the Rykodisc attempt in the 1990s. For starters, all original artwork has been restored; secondly, the tapes have been remastered to current digital standards; thirdly, the Sanctuary versions contain solid liner notes. Lastly and more importantly, these versions, especially of the band's debut LP, contain more bonus material, including outtakes of "True Confessions" and unreleased takes of {&"You've [ read more ]
CD $14.23
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This Sanctuary Records reissue of the Undertones' catalog is more than just a straight redo of the Rykodisc attempt in the 1990s. For starters, all original artwork has been restored; secondly, the tapes have been remastered to current digital standards; thirdly, the Sanctuary versions contain solid liner notes. Lastly and more importantly, these versions, especially of the band's debut LP, contain more bonus material, including outtakes of "True Confessions" and unreleased takes of {&"You've [ read more ]
CD $13.28