Riot Squad played their last gig at Rebellion Festival 2009.
The band released an international 7″ split on their own label (Suicide Circle) in 2008 with The Crack Babies (Sweden), The Undertakers (Belgium) and Human Battle (Greece). This was followed up with a gig in Athens early in January 2009. The band also helped bring The Undertakers over to the…
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One of the tracks, “Violence on the Streets”, featured on US label 272 Records Punk Kills Vol 1 in late 2007.
In January 2006, drummer Paul Pommi Palmer and bassist Ched recruited two new members: young guitarist Luke, who was 15 years their junior, and a new front-man in the form of Chiz (ex Septic Psychos and Dead Meat). The new line-up was well met and played a number of dates…
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Riot Squad re-formed in 2004.
The band’s records became highly collectible in the years that followed, with Anagram Records releasing a CD compilation, The Complete Punk Collection in 1995.
Riot Squad formed in 1981, with an initial line-up of Duncan “Dunk” Mason (vocals), Nigel “Nello” Nelson (guitar), and Paul “Pommi” Palmer (drums), Nelson the only one of the three with any musical experience. They were inspired by a John Peel documentary which discussed how Desperate Bicycles took a DIY…
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