Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Punch The Clown (LINK UPDATED MARCH 27, 2010)

Punch The Clown was a band from Davis California that formed in 1992 and recorded 3 fill length cds before breaking up in 1999. They mixed the 2 Tone sound with other musical influences and a lot of humor without ever going the route of the third wave sound. Alternating male and female vocals.
HERE's a Wikipedia article and here's their OFFICIAL SITE.

Punch the Clown is Caught Red-Handed (1994)

1 Intro
2 My Headaches
3 Don't Fight Now
4 Stress
5 Heather
6 Trousers Full of Lovin'
7 Party at My House
8 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
9 Sweaty Betty
10 U.S.A. Jam
11 C.I.A. Chick
12 Go Ahead
13 Wise Guy
14 Sea Monkey Stomp (live)
15 I Give Up (live)
16 Pervert (live)
17 Punch the Clown (live)

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Each Sold Separately (1996)

1 Sea Monkey Stomp
2 Love, James
3 I Give Up
4 Big Mouth
5 La Tortuga
6 Rocketship
7 Trouble
8 Gin & Tonic
9 Stratego / Nautical Holiday
10 Shark Attack Club
11 The Banana Song
12 I Wanna Get With You
13 Streets of Sarajevo

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The Secret Life of Punch the Clown (1998)

1 Clowns 'R' Us
2 Speedbumps
3 Watch Out
4 Who Are You
5 Crackerjack
6 Untitled
7 Leaving
8 8 Ball
9 Untitled
10 Song 54
11 Song 55
12 Run Away
13 Pervert
14 $10 Cigar
15 Western Sudan
16 Secret Lives
17 Auf Dub

DOWNLOAD "THE SECRET LIFE OF PUNCH THE CLOWN"

Some members went on to form The Offbeatniks and did embrace the ska punk sound.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 16, 2009 at 9:28 AM

    Thanks, I'm digging the band, but I get CRC errors extracting 09 Stratego-Nautical Holiday from the Each Sold Separately rar.

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  2. Tone and WaveDecember 16, 2009 at 1:13 PM

    Thanks for letting me know. I just re-upped the whole album. Hopefully it works this time

    Here's the song itself:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?dzwljmrtnym

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  3. AnonymousDecember 17, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    Thanks a lot, it works now!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2010 at 10:47 PM

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2010 at 10:49 PM

    As a founding member of my ska band, Punch the Clown, I am honored to see the memory, music and mayhem kept alive through your blog. Keep on skankin' with both hands!
    -Mark Groesbeck, (vocals, guitars, harmonica).
    mark.groesbeck@yahoo.com

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  6. ska-is-amazingMarch 21, 2010 at 9:14 AM

    love the band!!
    seems the Each Sold Separately link doesnt work, it says processing request, but never downloads.
    could you re-upload it please? thanks!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 1:35 AM

    Thanks sooo much for making these available! I love PTC!

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