Hard Skin is an oi band founded in 1996 and their first album Hard Nuts and Hard Cunts appeared that year. The band were: bassist “Fat Bob” (Sean Forbes of Wat Tyler ), guitarist and lead vocalist “Johnny Takeaway” (Ben Corrigan of Thatcher on Acid ) and drummer “Nosher” (…
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Eventually the lifestyles of the band’s members took their toll to the point where it became impossible to function as a unit and they split in 1987.
Antisect were formed in Daventry, England in 1982 and began their career playing a fast, D-beat style of hardcore punk. They performed one tour with the hugely influential hardcore punk band Discharge before taking on a more anarchist leaning political edge. The band’s debut album In Darkness there is No…
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Lost Cherrees contributed two songs to the compilation Who? What? Why? When? Where? in 1984. They also contributed a partially spoken-word track to the compilation We Don’t Want Your Fucking War in 1984. Their first full album, All Part of Growing Up , engineered by Mad Professor and Patrick Donegan,…
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The band’s first proper gig was at the Swan pub in Kingston in July 1982 with the band Riot/Clone. The two bands starting working together regularly, leading to the first official Lost Cherrees single release, “No Fighting, No War, No Trouble, No More” on Riot/Clone’s label in late 1983. John…
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Lost Cherrees were formed in Sutton in 1979 by drummer Steve Battershill, guitarist Dave Greaves, and singer Siân Jeffreys. They recorded six tracks and released them on cassette as The Worst Demo Ever Recorded , which was split with the band Warning. In 1981, Greaves left the band and was…
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