Neon

Neon were a British punk band formed in early 1978 and were from County Durham and they really did sound like no other band at that time. Originally coming from the remains of a band called The Hephalumps they weren't going to be your bog standard 1234 merchants. However as Tim Jones recalls "We were immediately labelled punk from our first gig so that's what we thought we were although in retrospect there were so many other influences that eventually became known as New Wave." and he accurately describes their sound as "progressive punk.... Fast and furious guitar riffs." I'll add weird time signatures verging on jazz to that! Live their "playing jerks with danceable tension" opined Phil Sutcliffe in Sounds to complete the description of their sound.
==Links to Peel==
Peel first played Neon in the summer of 1978 on his radio programme via their debut single. He would play further material from the group until the early 80's, including a session they recorded for his show in 1979.
==Sessions==
The band's only session is available on Wuh! Wuh!: The Complete Neon Collection 1977-1979 3xCD, 2009 (Snaps)
1. Recorded: 1979-03-14. First Broadcast: 22 March 1979. Repeated: 25 April 1979
*Confuse The News / Eyeing Up Diddies / Plum Plum Crazy / Exterminate
==Other Shows Played==
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*01 June 1978: Bottles (7" (Sensible)
*15 June 1978: Bottles (7" - Bottles / I'm Only Little / Anytime Anyplace Anywhere) Sensible
*10 July 1978: Bottles (maxi single) Sensible
*20 December 1978: Bottles (maxi single) Sensible
;1979
*27 February 1979: Don't Eat Bricks (7") Radar
*21 March 1979: Don't Eat Bricks (7") Radar
;1980
*01 September 1980: Don't Eat Bricks (7") Radar
;1981
*06 December 1981 (BFBS): Anytime Anyplace Anywhere (7") Sensible
==External Links==
*Punk 77
*Discogs
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