Snatch - Stanley (1977)

The New York end of things, with a blood curdling intro.

Snatch were Judy Nylon and Patti Palladin, New York expats living in London. Despite their UK residency, the sound feels like it has more in common with Television or the New York Dolls than with the Sex Pistols or the Clash.

According to the Punk77 site, the band had a fairly laid back approach to making music and to their careers, and largely seem to have recorded and gigged when the mood took them. The split single 'IRT/Stanley' was recorded in Patti's flat. Both women continue to make music.

I first heard 'Stanley' in the late 1990s or early 2000's on Peel, whereas 'IRT' was on the punk women tape Andy Roberts from Linus made me in 2003.