SUBHUMANS - (THE UK ONES, AS OPPOSE TO THE CHAPS FROM VANCOUVER WHO WERE GOING STRONG IN THE EARLY 80'S) - WERE ONE OF THE MORE NOTICEABLE BANDS IN THE ANARCHO-PUNK SCENE IN THE UK FROM 80-85, ALONGSIDE CONFLICT, CRASS, RUDIMENTARY PENI FLUX OF PINK INDIANS, ANTISECT, ETC. ANGERED INTELLIGENT LYRICS AND MUSIC FAR MORE DIVERSE THAN MOST PUNK, THEIR ATTITUDE WAS SELF-SEARCHING AND STRONGLY DIY; THEIR 5LPS, 6 EPS AND NUMEROUS CASSETTES WERE RELEASED ON THEIR OWN BLUURG RECORDS, WHICH ITSELF PUT OUT RECORDS BY OTHER BANDS (EG INSTIGATORS) ON A NO-CONTRACT TRUST BASIS.

THE LINE-UP WAS:
DICK ON VOCALS, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE MENTAL, (A CHAOTIC BAND WHO PUT OUT ONE EP);
BRUCE ON GUITAR, WHO, ALONG WITH;
ANDY ON DRUMS, HAD BEEN IN WARMINSTER-BASED STUPID HUMANS;
GRANT ON BASS.
TROTSKY REPLACED ANDY AT THE AGE OF 15 A YEAR LATER AND PHIL TOOK OVER THE BASS IN '83.

THE BAND WERE BASED IN WARMINSTER IN WILTSHIRE (SW ENGLAND) AND PLAYED 262 GIGS AROUND EUROPE, TWO TOURS IN AMERICA; THEIR "FIFTEEN MINUTES" CAME WITH A FRONT COVER AND INTERVIEW IN NOW DEFUNKT UK MUSIC PAPER "SOUNDS" IN JANUARY '83....

DICK JOINED CULTURE SHOCK; BRUCE FORMED SWITCH (NO RELEASES, NOW SPLIT) PHIL AND TROTSKY WERE IN A FEW TRANSIENT BANDS BEFORE MEETING UP WITH DICK AGAIN IN CITIZEN FISH

FOR SUBHUMANS BACK CATALOGUE AND OTHER SUCH GOODS, CONTACT BLUURG RECORDS.

Pictures from when the Subhumans played in atlanta in September 1998

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