{"product_id":"shellshock-rock-alternative-blasts-from-northern-ireland-1978-1984","title":"Shellshock Rock - Alternative Blasts From Northern Ireland 1978 - 1984","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e74 Tracks\u003c\/strong\u003e across 3 CDs and the \u003cem\u003eShellshock Rock\u003c\/em\u003e film on DVD. Includes tracks from \u003cstrong\u003eThe Undertones\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eStiff Little Finger\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eOutcasts\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRudi\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eProtex\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTinopeners\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Moondogs\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDefects\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLenny and the Lawbreakers\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eVictim\u003c\/strong\u003e, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe plight of Northern Ireland throughout the 1970s and 1980s is well documented. Less widely acknowledged, though, is the unifying impact that punk rock and everything that came in its wake had on the country’s youth. Whilst violence, disenchantment, and danger became everyday obstacles, punk provided an outlet, a means of expression, and something beyond the political landscape in a way few other cities on earth could have understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eShellshock Rock\u003c\/em\u003e film first captured this in 1978, and we proudly extend that account with three discs of tracks recorded during a period that breathed new life into the country’s musical culture. The bands of Belfast and beyond created a scene entirely of their own, without the aid of an existent network of venues and publications. Punk forged alliances that reached across sectarian boundaries and pushed back against a culture of traditions and establishment which seemed to offer very little to the country’s youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing in-depth sleeve-notes, essays by both Stuart Bailie and John T. Davis, unseen imagery, and, for the first time outside of Japan, the seminal \u003cem\u003eShellshock Rock\u003c\/em\u003e film, this latest addition to the Cherry Red series of deep, geographically focused sets is the most vital of them all. Nowhere was punk as necessary and as life-changing as it was in Northern Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Red","offers":[{"title":"CD | x4","offer_id":50484240417099,"sku":"1093364","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b009560d-9129-4701-afc1-0917e1170c0d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727585395","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/shellshock-rock-alternative-blasts-from-northern-ireland-1978-1984","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}