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- Punk pathetique is a subgenre of British punk rock (principally active circa 1980-1982) that involved humour and working class cultural themes. The name of the genre was coined by then-Sounds journalist Garry Bushell, who actively championed many of its exponents. Punk pathetique was initially an attempt to characterize a group of London bands that embodied Cockney culture with a Dickensian working class attitude. Musically it was related to, and had crossover with the Oi! subgenre. The cover of the 1980 Bushell/Sounds compilation album Oi the Album described the record as featuring "ruck 'n' rollers and punk pathetiques". In contrast to harder-edged Oi! bands with more serious lyrics, punk pathetique bands focused on the naughty, silly and trivial. Max Splodge, of Splodgenessabounds, said: "The pathetique bands are the other side of Oi! We're working class too, only whereas some bands sing about prison and the dole, we sing about pilchards and bums. The audience is the same. " Some punk pathetique bands had notable success in the UK charts. Toy Dolls got to #4 in December 1984 with "Nellie The Elephant. " Splodgenessabounds reached #7 in 1980 with "Simon Templar," and #26 with "Two Little Boys" later that year. According to Bushell: Peter and the Test Tube Babies were first featured in Sounds in July 1980, and made their vinyl debut on Oi! The Album later that year. They favoured absurd lyrics and strange titles, such as "The Queen Gives Good Blow Jobs. " Toy Dolls, based in Sunderland, shared the punk pathetique approach to nonsensical entertainment. Toy Dolls singer Olga Algar told Sounds in March 1980: "We're a new wave group, but we're not serious. All our songs are pretty childish and infantile, but they're all based on things and people 'round here. " Bushell wrote that punk pathetique peaked in autumn 1980, with the Pathetique Convention staged at the Electric Ballroom. However, music critic Dave Thompson has stated of Splodgenessabounds' 1981 album: Other punk pathetique bands included TV Personalities, The Shapes, The Adicts, the Notsensibles, the Gonads, The Postmen, Desert Island Joe, The Hoopers, Pierre The Poet (Garry Butterfield), Paul Devine, Lord Waistrel & The Cosh Boys, Stephen Louis Knoche Jr & his Raging Cronies, the Alaska Cowboys, and the Orgasm Guerrillas. Later, the mantle was inherited by the Bus Station Loonies and the Macc Lads, who did comic punk singalongs in very much the same style. As of 2006, Toy Dolls, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, The Gonads and Splodgenessabounds continue to tour and record.
- Fun-Punk ist ein Sub-Genre des Punk das in den späten 1970er und frühen 1980er Jahren entstand. Obwohl mitunter schon spaßbetonte 77er Punk Rock Gruppen wie Johnny Moped oder the Damned als „Fun-Punk“ oder zumindest als dessen Vorläufer gelten, taucht der Begriff doch erst 1983 im Musikexpress/Sounds in einem Artikel über die britische Gruppe Toy Dolls auf.
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