A new English Dogs album, The Thing with Two Heads , was released on Candlelight Records in July 2014.
In 2011, three original members of the 1984 crossover line-up announced they were going to reform to perform the Forward into Battle and To the Ends of the Earth releases in their entirety. This led to a sell-out tour which received great reviews. After the tour, they announced they were…
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English Dogs had another line-up change in 2009, then went on hiatus.
In May 2007, English Dogs reformed with the original line-up with the exception of Pinch, who was drumming for The Damned. He was replaced by Stuart Meadows, who played for Resistance 77. They mainly play throughout Europe, but they do not play their crossover material. English Dogs released an EP…
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An English Dogs and GBH union resulted in Wakey and Pinch creating The Wernt with GBH members guitarist Jock Blyth and bassist Ross Lomas for a 1997 album, Wreckin’ Temples . Gizz Butt replaced Jim Davies of Pitchshifter as the live guitarist for The Prodigy , which in turn revitalised…
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Eventually English Dogs became a three-piece with the line-up of Gizz Butt on lead vocals and guitar, Pinch on drums and backing vocals, and Swapan “Shop” Nandi on bass and backing vocals. They released the 16-track crossover album, All the World’s a Rage , also on Impact records, and toured…
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In 1993, Pinch and Gizz Butt reformed English Dogs with “Mad Punx” vocalist Wakey and Future Damned bassist Stuart West, signed to German label Impact Records and released Bow to None . Wakey left shortly after, with him being replaced by Stuart “Stu-Pid” Jones for the 1995 five-track EP, What…
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This change saw them leave Clay Records to sign with Rot Records and release the decidedly metal-tinged To the Ends of the Earth EP in September 1984. The metal leanings increased with Forward into Battle . English Dogs, culminating with the Metalmorphosis 12-inch and Where Legend Began album through Under…
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English Dogs formed in October 1981 in Grantham and produced two demos during 1982, “Show No Mercy” and “Free to Kill”. The band toured as support to fellow punk band Charged GBH in Germany during early 1983 and followed this with a British tour supporting Discharge . In 1983, they…
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