Note: Until I get my geography sorted out everything whether it's Ireland or Northern Ireland is included here until I decide what to do with it.
Besides Stiff Little Fingers and the early Undertones, most Irish punk that I know about is on the Good Vibrations label. While most of it is good, it tends towards powerpop. The Outcasts were a pretty good band, the song "Cops Are Coming" (on the 2x7" compilation and their LP) has particularly interesting lyrics. I happen to like the first U2 LP (though it isn't really punk) and don't mind some tracks from a couple of their other LPs. Some of their later releases include some of the most pompous and self-indulgent shit I've ever heard.
Bears Insane/Decisions 7" (1978)
On Me/Wot's Up Mate 7" (1978)
Insane LP [recorded 1977] (1986)
Blades Hot For You/The Reunion 7" (1980)
Ghost Of A Chance +1 7" (1981)
The Bride Wore White/Animation 7" (1981)
Revelations (of Heartbreak)/Rules of Love 7" (1982)
Downmarket/You Never Ask 7" (1983)
Those Were The Days 2CD [= The Last Man In Europe LP,
Raytown Revisited LP and 3 extra non-LP tracks]
Live At The Television Club 23 Nov. 1984
Boomtown Rats Lookin' After Number 1 +2 EP (1977)
Mary Of The 4th Form/Do The Rat 7" (1978)
Someone's Looking At You +1 7" (1979)
s/t LP (1977)
A Tonic For The Troops LP (1978)
Clive Culbertson Time To Kill/Busy Signal 7" (1979)
Defects Dance Till You Drop +2 EP (1981)
Survival/Brutality 7" (1982)
Suspicious Minds +2 EP (1983)
Defective Breakdown LP (1982)
Duggie Briggs Band Punk Rockin' Granny/I'm A Flasher 7" (1977)
Doubt Contrast Disorder +3 EP (1980)
Electro-Motive Force E.M.F. EP (1982)
Faders Cheatin'/Library Book 7" (1979)
Freshmen You've Never Heard Anything Like It +1 7" (1979)
Jets Original Terminal/The Iceburn 7" (1979)
Lenny & The Lawbreakers Me & Bobby McGee/Suzy D 7" (1979)
Midnite Cruiser Striker/Rich Bitch 7" (1977)
Moondogs Ya Don't Do Ya/She's Nineteen 7" (1979)
Who's Gonna Tell Mary/Over-caring Parents 7" (1980)
Talking In The Canteen +2 EP (1981)
Imposter/Baby Snatcher 7" (1981)
That's What Friends Are For LP (1981)
Nerves Notre Demos LP (1981)
Outcasts Just Another Teenage Rebel/Love Is For Sops 7" (1978)
Self Conscious Over You/Love You For Never 7" (1979)
Programme Love +3 EP (1981)
Self Conscious Over You LP (1979)
Peasants Here She Comes +3 EP (1980)
Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems Spread The Word Around +1 7" (1978)
Protex Don't Ring Me Up +2 EP (1978)
I Can't Cope/Popularity 7" (1979)
I Can Only Dream/Heartache 7" (1979)
A Place In Your Heart/Jeepster 7" (1980)
Listening In LP (2001) [7" tracks + '79 Peel session]
Rudi Big Time/Number One 7" (1978)
I Spy +3 EP (1979)
The Band That Time Forgot LP (2002)
[demo/radio tracks 1979 - 1981]
Big Time (The Best of Rudi) CD [demos, 7"s, live]
Ruefrex One By One/Cross The Line/Don't Panic EP (1979)
Shock Treatment Big Check Shirts/Mr. Mystery Man 7" (1981)
Singles TV Deceives/Send For Sorrow 7" (1981)
Speed Big City/All Day & All Of The Night 7" (1977)
Static Routines Rock 'n' Roll Clones/Sheet Music 7" (1979)
Stiff Little Fingers Straw Dogs/You Can't Say Crap On The Radio 7" (1979)
Inflammable Material LP (1979)
Nobody's Heroes LP (1980)
Hanx! LP (1980)
All The Best 2CD (1983)
Live And Loud 2LP (1988)
Live In Sweden LP (1989)
See You Up There CD! [live March 17, 1988]
Strange Movements Dancing In The Ghetto/Amuse Yourself 7" (1979)
Strike Radio Songs/Teenage Rebel 7" (1980)
Sweat No More Running LP (1980)
Tearjerkers Love Affair/Bus Stop 7" (1979)
Murder Mystery/Heart On The Line 7" (1980)
Threat Lullaby In C/High Cost Of Living 7" (1980)
Tinopeners Set Me Free/I'm Not Your Type 7" (1979)
U2 Boy LP (1980)
Undertones Teenage Kicks +3 EP (1978)
Jimmy Jimmy/Mars Bars 7" (1979)
Teenage Kicks +3 Promo EP (1979)
You've Got My Number/Let's Talk About Girls 7" (1979)
Here Comes The Summer +2 EP (1979)
My Perfect Cousin +2 EP (1980)
Wednesday Week/I Told You So 7" (1980)
It's Going To Happen/Fairly In The Money Now 7" ('81)
Beautiful Friend/Life's Too Easy 7" (1982)
Love Parade/Like That 7" (1983)
s/t LP (1979)
s/t LP (1979) [Canada issue - a few different tracks]
Unearthed LP (2001) [1979 demo/live, 1979 radio]
Victim Strange Thing By Night/Mixed Up World 7" (1978)
Why Are Fire Engines Red?/I Need You 7" (1980)
The Teen Age +2 EP (1980)
Vipers I've Got You/No Such Thing 7" (1978)
Xdreamysts Right Way Home/Dance Away Love 7" (1978)
s/t LP (1980)
Zipps Friends/Don't Tell The Detectives 7" (1979)
COMPILATIONS
Battle of the Bands 2x7" (1978)
[Rudi / Outcasts / Spider / Idiots]
Belfast LP (1981)
[Stage B / Strike / Ex-Producers / Ezy Meat / Reflex Action]
Belfast Rock LP (1978)
[Blue Stream / Cobra / Detonators / Jumpers / No Sweat / Pretty Boy Floyd &
The Gems]
Just For Kicks LP (1979)
[U2 / Berlin / D.C. Nien / Rocky de Valera & The Gravediggers / Resistors /
Sacre Bleu / The Atrix / New Versions / Teen Commandments / Zebra / Jaroc /
Square Meal]
Room To Move EP
[Outcasts / Shock Treatment / Vipers / Big Self]
Shellshock Rock CD-R (TV/demo/live tracks)
[Rudi / Protex / Ex-Producers / Stage B / Outcasts / Pretty Boy Floyd /
Tearjerkers / Ruefrex / Rays / Stiff Little Fingers / Undertones / Doubt /
Defects]
Sound Of Irish Mod 1979-1989 CS
[Fontaines / Temps / Commotion / Private Number / Dirty Tricks / Zen
Alligators / Resistors / Side One / New Math / Gangsters / Patterns]
(Also includes some UK and US "Irish" bands!)
Sound Of Irish Mod 1979-1989 #2 CS
[Instant Party / Just In Time / Rain Prophets] [Rain Prophets are from 1993?]
Vinyl Verdict LP (1981)
[The Shy / The End / Rhythm Kings / Nigel Hamilton / Know Authority / Fuze /
Contact / Deke O'Brien / The Departure / Teen Commandments / Logic / Posers]
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