"Nonsense Spews From My Song Machine" from The Three Johns is another nearly forgotten song from the 80's. It's from their album 'Death of Everything' released in 1988. The Three Johns featured Jon Langford from The Mekons, who continued with The Mekons after the demise of The Three Johns around 1990. These guys were very much the socialists in the era of Thatcherism, like many others - but they never seemed to get too serious while putting their message out there. "Nonsense Spews From My Song Machine" has that sound where post-punk was evolving into alternative rock - the synths were thrown out, the guitars were back out front, but the drum machine wasn't yet discarded.
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