and now there is no afterlife

Today we close out the "Last Days of New Wave" series with a couple of tracks from We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It (or simply "Fuzzbox" on this side of the Atlantic), an all-female punk-pop quartet from Birmingham, England.

Although they had better chart success in their later, slicker dance-pop days, scoring hits in 1989 with "Pink Sunshine" and "International Rescue", I prefer the earlier, rougher cartoon punk look and sound they debuted with in the mid-80's. They remind me of a live- action version of the Misfits from the Jem cartoon.

Here's the video for "Love Is the Slug":

There was a great retrospective compilation, Look At the Hits On That, released in the UK in 2005. It spans the group's entire career and even throws in a DVD of their videos. Amazon has it, even though the price is a bit steep.