Punishment of Luxury, also known as Punilux was an independent band which existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. From a background working in left-wing English fringe theatre groups, Punishment Of Luxury were a four-man post-punk band formed in December 1976 in the north-east of England, and released a single, Puppet Life on the Small Wonder label in June 1978. In 1979 they signed to United Artists and released the single Jellyfish/Engine Of Excess and the album Laughing Academy.

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  • Punishment of Luxury, also known as Punilux was an independent band which existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. From a background working in left-wing English fringe theatre groups, Punishment Of Luxury were a four-man post-punk band formed in December 1976 in the north-east of England, and released a single, Puppet Life on the Small Wonder label in June 1978. In 1979 they signed to United Artists and released the single Jellyfish/Engine Of Excess and the album Laughing Academy. 1980 saw the release of the single Secrets/Brain Bomb. All received critical acclaim and sold well. An extensive European tour followed and United Artists sent the band into the studio to record another album, a concept album to be called Gigantic Days. However while the recording was still going on, United Artists were taken over by EMI, who dropped the band. Punishment Of Luxury released two further albums on the Red Rhino label, Seven in 1983 and Feels Like Dancing Wartime in 1984. The album Gigantic Days was finally released, on CD, in 1998. The band took their name from an 1891 painting by Giovanni Segantini in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. In 2007 they reunited and played a few songs for the basist Jimi Giro's 50th birthday party. A little more than a year later they landed a gig at a small pub in Gateshead, in the north-east of England called The Three Tuns. The gig was considered a success and was written about in The Guardian newspaper. The band are planning on more gigs in the future and possibly introducing more new material, of which a taster was given in the form of one song called Fracture at the Three Tuns. On June 12th 2009 they played at the Luminaire in Kilburn, North London.
  • Punishment of Luxury, auch bekannt als Punilux war eine Punkband, die zwischen den späten 70ern und den frühen 80ern existierte. Der Name stammt von einem Gemälde von Giovanni Segantini. Gegründet im Dezember 1976 im Nordosten von England veröffentlichte die Gruppe ihre erste Single, Puppet Life auf dem Independent-Label Small Wonder Records, bei dem unter anderen auch Bauhaus, Patrik Fitzgerald, Crass, The Cure, die Cockney Rejects, und die Angelic Upstarts ihre ersten Platten veröffentlichten. 1979 unterschrieb die Gruppe einen Vertrag mit United Artists und veröffentlichte die Single Jellyfish/Engine of Excess sowie das Album Laughing Academy. 1980 wurde die Single Secrets/Brain Bomb veröffentlicht. Die Platten verkauften sich verhältnismäßig gut und erhielten wohlwollende Kritiken. Nach einer längeren Europa-Tournee ging die Band ins Studio, um das nächste Album aufzunehmen. Während der Aufnahmen wurden die Plattenfirma United Artist von EMI übernommen, die die Band fallenließ. 2007, also fast 30 Jahre nach der Gründung gab die Band ein Jubiläumskonzert.
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  • Punishment of Luxury, also known as Punilux was an independent band which existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. From a background working in left-wing English fringe theatre groups, Punishment Of Luxury were a four-man post-punk band formed in December 1976 in the north-east of England, and released a single, Puppet Life on the Small Wonder label in June 1978. In 1979 they signed to United Artists and released the single Jellyfish/Engine Of Excess and the album Laughing Academy.
  • Punishment of Luxury, auch bekannt als Punilux war eine Punkband, die zwischen den späten 70ern und den frühen 80ern existierte. Der Name stammt von einem Gemälde von Giovanni Segantini.
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