The Ex (live in Paradiso , Amsterdam 1983)

The Ex is an anarchist band from the Netherlands. They formed in 1979 at the height of the original punk explosion and have released more than twenty full length albums since.

The band's music has undergone significant evolution over the years, beginning as a simple lo-fi anarcho-punk band. They debuted with a single titled "Stupid Americans" on the Utregpunx vinyl 7" compilation released by Rock Against records in Rotterdam. The release of their first 7" All Corpses Smell the Same came shortly thereafter in 1980. Through the decades they gradually developed into their current form of highly intricate, experimental punk/post-punk/no wave-inspired work. (wikipedia)

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• post_punk
• punk
• anarcho

[TheDazza43]

takes me back to the "bad old days"when i was a punk, .I should have being working ,and saving ,so maybe now i could be sitting in my own house ,,

[blikeredaxis]

Saw one gig - never forgot it! great!!!

[LiveAtReykjavik]

@Schurik72 Joy Division somehow managed to get that famous tittle "The best underground post-punk band ever" but they've not earned it. The Ex is just one of the examples, there are many others, like Swell Maps, Chrome and surely the almighty Fall.

[sammelnovember]

It IS ...the best band in the world!

[dekleef]

Wow, what a legendary recording!!! Bouquet of Barbed Wire! Tumult is still one of my favorite albums ever. I was knocked of my feet first time I heard it, almost 25 years ago. The Ex is simply the best band in the world.

[Schurik72]

It reminds me of Joy Division and their song "Dead Soul".

[groinhat]

Great band - full of ideas, unpredictable and maybe inconsistent, but always doing their own thing and always the Ex.

Respect.

[CashFM]

love this sound, pure!