Cat No: YZLCD002
Format: CD

Bustin’ Out is a startling snapshot of the musical ructions which sprang up after punk’s scorched-earth revolution. The music termed post-punk is well represented in many of its diverse strains by some of its prime movers.

This multi-hued set, compiled by Mike Maguire and the first set in the New Wave To New Beat series, is a fine testimony to the Post Punk Era 1979-1981, encompassing anything from Gary Numan’s austere electronic pop through 23 Skidoo’s atmospheric tribal boogie, passing via Killing Joke’s radical approach, often cited as a massive influence on anyone from Nirvana to industrial bands.

The set defies blanket description, but illustrates how the disparate post punk spirit captured the rest of the world, providing perfect examples of how music had moved on since 1977’s spring-clean, trampling fences like a herd of elephants in this exciting, unpredictable time.

Design by Mike Coles, of Killing Joke artwork fame, and the booklet carries the words of Kris Needs.