A paean to time spent dancing, a long time ago.

Last Days of Disco (New song by The Smoking Ruins featuring Jude McGee)

No Word From China

Rags to Tatters

Blind Lead The Blind

Daylight

Don't Come Looking

Mumbo Jumbo

Rags To Tatters

Persuasion

Water

I'm a TV: pel mel live 1979—1984   

Tinman (live)

Click Clack (live)

This song was written and performed by pel mel in 1979, but never recorded in a studio. This version was recorded by pel mel organisation in 2018.

Clever Move

Continuing Imprisonment

This song was written and performed by pel mel in 1979, but never recorded in a studio. It was recorded by pel mel organisation in 2018.

I'M A TV

Australian post-punk / pop band 1979 -- 1984. pel mel began in early 1979 in Newcastle, Australia, playing to a regular turnout of dole bludgers, students and the under-age. In 1980 the band escaped to Sydney and released their first single, ‘No Word from China’, a slice of dark but danceable post-punk pop that became a minor underground hit. Two albums and several singles of alt pop followed, and pel mel toured with artists such as the Birthday Party, the Go-Betweens, New Order, the Fall, Elvis Costello and more. Members included: Graeme Dunne -- vocals, guitar, bass; Jude McGee -- vocals, sax, synth; Dave Weston -- drums; Jane McGee -- guitar; Glen Hill -- bass (1979--1980); Nigel Savage -- sax; Lindsay O'Meara -- bass (1980--1982); Craig Bottle- bass (1982-1983) Paul Davies -- guitar (1983-1984). 

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