Chron Gen initially comprised former members of The Condemned and Optional Xtras. Band members included Glynn (Baxter) Barber (vocals/guitarist), Jon ‘JJ’ Johnson (drummer), Adam Warwicker (bass guitar), and Jon Thurlow (rhythm guitar), with Pete Dimmock replacing Warwicker after the band recorded their first demo. The band released their debut EP…
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Between 26 and 28 January 1982, the band started recording their self-produced new album at Ramport Studios, before moving onto Morgan Studios to continue the sessions throughout February. On 3 April the single ” Iron Fist ” was released, reaching No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart, followed by the…
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Nick Jones joined in 1982 playing percussion (later to be replaced by Mikey Craighead), adding another dimension to the proceedings. The band then went to NYC to record another single at PlazaSound on the seventh floor of Radio City .
Townshend briefly became addicted to heroin before cleaning up early in 1982 after treatment with Meg Patterson .
The band’s fourth LP, 1982’s double set Christ – The Album , took almost a year to record, produce and mix (during which the Falklands War began and ended). This caused Crass to question their approach to making records. As a group whose primary purpose was political commentary , they…
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later released in 1982 as Live in London .
Their 1982 debut album, Filth Hounds of Hades , was positively received by both punk and metal fans as well as most critics, regarded now as one of the best albums of the NWOBHM movement. AllMusic critic, Eduardo Rivadavia; described it as “Tank’s best album ever, and qualifying it as…
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Unaware of the popularity of “Shoot You Down” in the United States, the band and Oily were busy pushing their third seven-inch, “Palace Filled With Love” (1982). This is when the Radio 1 sessions began. John Peel and David Kid Jensen (and lastly Peter Powell ) were playing the tunes…
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Graham Robertson joined on bass in January 1982.
In 1982, the Damned released their only studio album for Bronze Records , Strawberries . The band had now expanded to a quintet with the addition of full-time keyboardist Roman Jugg . At the time, Sensible was splitting his time between the Damned and his own solo career, having reached…
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