I wasn’t going to put up a show this week in order to mark the untimely and very sad passing of Colin McQuillan of Runnin Riot. But it was pointed out to me that silence is probably not the way that Colin would want to be remembered. So Tommy , Donal and I picked a few tunes we thought Colin would like. Here they are, all tunes, no talking.
Runnin Riot – Johnny Reggae off of Reclaim the Streets
Twisted sister – We’re Not Gonna Take it off of Stay Hungry
Stiff Little Fingers -At the Edge off of Nobody’s Heros
Rudi – Big Time off The Singles
The Ruts -Staring at the Rude Boys off of Something That I Said
The Business – Smash the Discos off of Suburban Rebels
Protex – Strange Things off of Stange Obsessions
Runnin Riot – Buckfast Tonic wine off of Built in Belfast
Angelic Upstarts – Woman in Disguise off of Punk and Disorderly
The Undertones – Jump Boys off of The Undertones
The Outcasts – Self-Concious Over You off of Perfect Unpop
The Damned – Stab Your Back off of Damned Damned Damned
The Partisans – 17 Years of Hell off of No Future
Desmond Dekker – It Mek off of It Mek
Toots and the Maytals – 54- 46 Was My Number
The Specials – Doesn’t Make it Alright – off of Best Of…
The Rezillos – Flying Saucer Attack off of Can’t Stand the Rezillos
Buzzcocks – Fast Cars off of Another Music in a Different Kitchen
The Redskins – Keep on Keeping On off of Neither Washington nor Moscow
Sham 69 – Borstal Breakout off of Tell Us the Truth
Runnin Riot – Alcoholic Heroes off of Reclaim the Streets
RIP to a man who was always larger than life and whose mark on this island will never be forgotten. Tune in, turn it up, Colin, you are already sorely missed.