Punk rock or Parody

It's a bit of an odd dilemma.

Nuke the Whales (1979)

So sometimes you come across a thing that is a bit unique and you're not sure if actually punk rock or some kind of one off parody of Punk Rock which ends up being totally punk rock by accident of not giving a shit. They took their name from a no-budget cult film Sins of the Fleshapoids by the Kuchar Brothers . (They don't make them like that anymore.)

So now here's this. Nuke the whales. Something you could likely get at one of those t-shirt shops at the Mall. (I had one as a preteen youngster that said "Save a tree Eat a Beaver")

I dunno, look at the cover. Who can really tell at this point 37 years later what the band's intent was. The band themselves may not even know or care anymore.

I certainly don't.

Fuck whales.

 

Turkeys in China (1979)

This band has Andy Metcalfe from the Soft Boys on bass and was recorded at their SpacewardStudios. The songs definitely have a certain similarity in word count and obsessions with what Robyn Hitchcock was writing at the time. (the use of words like "drains" and something about crabs, the title "Porky's Minion" etc...).
To my jaded ears some of these sound like they could be rejected Soft Boys tracks played by a different band. "The International" and "24 Hour Shop" anyway.

Your personal mileage will vary.