URGH!

Klaus Nomi was a strange fellow.

Who the hell is Klaus Nomi? You may be asking yourself this as I was asking myself the same question during the introduction of URGH! A Music War at the Alamo Ritz this past Monday night. I was excited to see this movie because, for whatever reason, I've recently become an increasingly bigger fan of Post-punk and the lineup looked amazing. I mean, just check out the awesome punk/new wave/post-punk set list.

1. Opening credits
2. The Police – "Driven to Tears"
3. Wall of Voodoo – "Back in Flesh"
4. Toyah Willcox – "Dance"
5. John Cooper Clarke – "Health Fanatic"
6. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Enola Gay"
7. Chelsea – "I’m on Fire"
8. Oingo Boingo – "Ain’t This the Life"
9. Echo & the Bunnymen – "The Puppet"
10. Jools Holland – "Foolish I Know"
11. XTC – "Respectable Street"
12. Klaus Nomi – "Total Eclipse"
13. Athletico Spizz 80 – "Where’s Captain Kirk?"
14. The Go-Go's – "We Got the Beat"
15. Dead Kennedys – "Bleed for Me"
16. Steel Pulse – "Ku Klux Klan"
17. Gary Numan – "Down in the Park"
18. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – "Bad Reputation"
19. Magazine – "Model Worker"
20. Surf Punks – "My Beach"
21. The Members – "Offshore Banking Business"
22. Au Pairs – "Come Again"
23. The Cramps – "Tear It Up"
24. Invisible Sex – "Valium"
25. Pere Ubu – "Birdies"
26. Devo – "Uncontrollable Urge"
27. The Alley Cats – "Nothing Means Nothing Anymore"
28. John Otway – "Cheryl’s Going Home"
29. Gang of Four – "He’d Send in the Army"
30. 999 – "Homicide"
31. The Fleshtones – "Shadowline"
32. X – "Beyond and Back"
33. Skafish – "Sign of the Cross"
34. Splodgenessabounds – "Two Little Boys"
35. UB40 – "Madame Medusa"
36. The Police – "Roxanne"
37. The Police – "So Lonely"

This 1981 phunk fest cannot be released on DVD due to legal complications and is apparently only available if you can find the very rare and very expensive VHS version. Although, it looks like a high quality boot can be purchased here. Man, I'm thinking about ordering a copy. It was just so good.

Oh, and check out Klaus Nomi. Son was crazy.