{"title":"Andy Blade","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"tiny-specks-in-a-huge-abyss-pb","title":"Tiny Specks In A Huge Abyss","description":"\u003cp\u003ePunk pioneer\/Eater main-man, Andy Blade’s 7th solo album and follow up to 2024’s critically acclaimed and heavily rotated, Sparks bros endorsed \u003cem\u003eBeing Alive Is Fun\u003c\/em\u003e. It is imbued with the usual left-of-centre Blade-ism’s and themes: star maps, UFO’s \u0026amp; a slightly twisted nod to tragic 70’s heroine Karen Carpenter. You get what you deserve with Blade, and with Tiny Specks you are rewarded with a rich code to decipher at your leisure. Most of all, however, it is all about the quality of his songwriting. Opening track ‘Karen Is The Drummer’ (featuring Blade’s regular singing collaborator - PseudoPomp’s Katerina Sharkova) seems unsettlingly self-explanatory, but all does not seem well in the Carpenter M.O.R world - ‘It’s just her \u0026amp; her brother \u0026amp; her folks indifference to that girl’. Occasional Dinosaur Jr vocalist Tiffany Anders gives ‘I’m Not Myself’ a poppy but eerie nuance. PollyPikPocketz’s Myura Amara pops up on the short but very sweet ‘About That’. Matilda Scotland, Quick Romance’s uber-cool punky-chanteuse - adds her Gen Z aura to the summery ‘I Like It When You’re Happy’. Former Generation X guitarist Bob ‘Derwood’ Andrews, with whom Blade has worked with consistently of late, once again features heavily on ‘Tiny Specks’… Like with Katerina Sharkova’s voice, Derwood guitar lines interweave with Blade’s honeyed vocal as though they made for each other. ‘This Place’ is another key track, capturing the claustrophobic-genocidal mood of what has been taking place in Gaza\/Palestine for over two years now, and counting. ‘This is not so much a protest song as it is the noise in my head’. If John Lydon is the Widow Twanky of Punk, and Billy Idol, its Elvis, then Andy Blade must surely be the Sinatra of Punk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Munster","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53173888778571,"sku":"R6254-7298","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/p_62faf288-8cfd-4306-b93e-6e2af65a95a9.jpg?v=1755120022"},{"product_id":"aint-that-a-shame-1","title":"Ain't That A Shame","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndy Blade pays tribute to The Damned’s Brian James with an EP of songs they co-wrote. The lead track is an instant classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Ain’t That A Shame” channels the bittersweet grandeur of classics like “Ain’t It Fun” by the Dead Boys, “Baby Baby” by The Vibrators, and “You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory” by Johnny Thunders, alongside the melodic ache associated with The Only Ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes you play a song, and it feels like you’ve known it your whole life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNearly 50 years after it was first written, 'Ain’t That A Shame' finally emerges as the 24-carat earworm it was always destined to be — a lost punk era classic reborn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1978, during a late-night, alcohol-fuelled studio session, Andy Blade (formerly of Eater), Brian James (founding member of The Damned) and Mark Laff of Generation X came together for an all-star collaboration. The trio recorded two tracks of the four Blade\/James songs they had written together - \"Lying Again” and “Death Awaits” - showcasing a psychedelic new wave edge driven by James’ unmistakable guitar and Blade’s urgent vocal delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortly after the session, the short-lived union dissolved. James would later revisit one of the songs they’d worked on together “Ain’t That A Shame” (originally titled \"I’m Not Taking All The Blame” with Blade’s lyrics) - reshaping it for his first solo single before going on to form The Lords of the New Church with Stiv Bators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor decades, that could have been the end of the story but in 2025 Andy Blade decided to re-record the original version with Billy King (John Mckay’s Reactor) playing Brian’s parts. The result is nothing short of a revelation - an irresistibly catchy song, driven by a nagging, poignant guitar coda and Blade’s characteristically emotive vocal. It is a fitting tribute to the late Brian James, complete with a solo that captures James' distinctive, razor-sharp style. \"I am sure Brian would approve. It is my tribute to him”, says Blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTimeless in its appeal, “Ain’t That A Shame” feels equally at home in a sweaty club or blasting across a festival field — the kind of anthem that has crowds singing back, arms and phones aloft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antenna Records","offers":[{"title":"7\" - Berry","offer_id":57144204067147,"sku":"R6438-9578","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"7\" - Clear","offer_id":57144204099915,"sku":"R6438-7820","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-28at10.25.21.png?v=1777368335"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/andy-blade.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}