As of 2019, the current Subway Sect line-up of Godard and Johnny Britton with a returned Chris Bostock and Sean McLusky has a new album Moments Like These due for release in 2020, produced by Mick Jones and previewed by single “How High The Walls” out on 25 December that…
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In 2007, a new Subway Sect (featuring on some recordings original members Mark Laff and Paul Myers, as well as former Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook ) released 1978 Now , a re-make of the original 1978 album as, Godard indicated, it had originally sounded. In 2011, Myers rejoined Vic…
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Original Subway Sect guitarist and bass player, Rob Symmons and Paul Myers resurfaced as The Fallen Leaves in 2004, although Myers has since quit the band. Rob Symmons still performs and records with the band.
In the 1990s a slow Godard revival began. Backed by the re-release of his work on CD and numerous compilation albums, Godard returned to recording, initially under his own name. In 2002, a CD was issued credited purely to Subway Sect, thus reviving the name, if not the original band.…
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In 1982, former Subway Sect members – Rob Marche, Dave Collard, Chris Bostock and Sean McLusky – teamed up with American singer Dig Wayne and formed the band Jo Boxers .
Godard reformed the band and as ‘Vic Godard and Subway Sect’ finally released their debut album What’s the Matter, Boy? in 1980, following a period of shifting group personnel. The album features many songs written during the previous incarnation of the band, but performed with radically altered arrangements.
However, just as their first album was ready for release, for reasons that remain obscure, Rhodes sacked all the band (except Godard) and Subway Sect mark 1 ceased to exist. The album was never released, although a single from the sessions “Ambition” was remixed and released on Rough Trade Records…
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As a result of 1977 appearances at The Roxy club in London, live recordings were made of Subway Sect performances by Don Letts , the club’s disc jockey. Subway Sect appears in Letts’ Punk Rock Movie (1978).
The core of the band was singer-songwriter, Vic Godard , plus assorted soul fans, who congregated around early gigs by the Sex Pistols until Malcolm McLaren suggested they form their own band. Subway Sect were among the performers at the 100 Club Punk Festival on Monday, 21 September 1976 –…
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