Punk, New Wave, Reggae and Techno bands from Europe and the US recorded live in several locations in 1980. The biggest names on the bill are the Police and UB 40 but every performance is a jewel, a time capsule of the influenced and the influential in rock music right up to today.
Soundtracks:
"Driven to Tears"
Police
"Dance"
Toyah Wilcox
"Back in Flesh"
Wall of Voodoo
"Enola Gay"
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark
"Ain't this Life"
Oingo Boingo
"The Puppet"
Echo and the Bunnymen
"Foolish I Know"
Jools Holland
"Respectable Street"
XTC
"Total Eclipse of the Sun"
Klaus Nomi
"Where's Captain Kirk?"
Athletico Spizz 80
"We've Got the Beat"
Go-Gos
"Ku-Klux-Klan"
Steel Pulse
"Down in the Park"
Gary Neuman
"I Don't Give A Damn About My Bad Reputation"
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
"Model Worker"
Magazine
"Offshore Banking Business"
Members
"Come Again"
AuPairs
"Tear it Up"
The Cramps
"Valium"
Invisible Sex
"Birdies"
Pere Ubu
"Uncontrollable Urge"
Devo
"Nothing Means Nothing Anymore"
Alley Cats
"Cheryl's Going Home"
John Ottway
"He'd Send In the Army"
Gang of Four
"Homicide"
999
"Shadow Line"
The Fleshtones
"Beyond and Back"
X
"Sign of the Cross"
Skafish
"Roxanne"
Police
"Bleed For Me"
Dead Kennedys
The 94 minute theatrical version widely released in America by Filmways Pictures omits 10 songs and artists that appear in the 124 minute version released to U.S. home video. The selections missing from most theatrical prints are:
John Cooper Clarke - "Health Fanatic"
Chelsea - "I'm on Fire"
Athletico Spizz 80 - "Where's Captain Kirk?"
Magazine - "Model Worker"
The Members - "Offshore Banking Business"
Invisible Sex - "Valium"
Pere Ubu - "Birdies"
John Otway - "Cheryl's Going Home"
Skafish - "Sign of the Cross"
Splodgeness Abounds - "Two Little Boys"