Introducing the band Paul Burgess and Tom Coulter formed Roofwrecks in late 1977 at the `Boys Model School`, North Belfast. They weren’t together long before their debut gig supporting `Stiff Little Finger…

This led me down a #Ruefrex rabbit hole, leading to 19 year old Guardian articles (when they reformed & released a retrospective), blog posts, a wiki with discography, tracks on the Ek thing &, importantly, the band's history in their own words...

ruefrextheband.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/i...

BBC Archive posts some gems to its YouTube account and this, a rare glimpse of the early 80's punk scene in Belfast featuring Ruefrex, is well worth a watch if you're a fan of SLF, Undertones or anything Good Vibrations related...

#Ruefrex #BBCArchive #Belfast

youtu.be/M4giMqoVVWE?...

RUEFREX - 'One By One' single/EP (1979)
The debut single/EP released on Good Vibrations with 'Cross the Line' and 'Don't Panic'. Still to this day one of my favourite #punk singles.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6N7...
#Ruefrex #Punk #NewWave

#weekendsingles #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #ruefrex
Next up 3 from Ruefrex...

Wild Colonial Boys book

Wild Colonial Boys by Thomas Paul Burgess, drummer & lyricist of Belfast punks Ruefrex, formed 1977, released LP 1985, split soon after. Burgess believes they’ve been written out of Northern Irish punk history, despite a strong anti-sectarian stance, as they were working class Protestants #ruefrex

In The Traps from ‘86 #ruefrex #MusicSky #VinylSky