UK SUBS "Normal service resumed" LP

 U.K. SUBS, the punk legend on a hundred thousand leather jackets, continue their constant touring regime, playing to new generations of nations' disaffected punk youth (who were perhaps first SUBverted aged 5, watching Charlie and & co. on Top Of The Pops!)

Inspired by the Damned and Sex Pistols, they formed late in 1976 as the 'United Kingdom Subversives', soon shortening their name and playing all the London punk holes through '77. Two songs, including their minimalist classic 'I Live In A Car' appeared on the 'Farewell To The Roxy' album, and after a huge selling indie single in 1978 'C.I.D' they signed to Gem Records via RCA world-wide.

Surprising everyone, they then became one of the most consistently and visibly successful punk bands, with seven consecutive UK Top 30 hits between 1979-81, establishing themselves throughout the world with a heavy touring schedule that continues today. The hits were: 'Stranglehold', 'Tomorrow's Girl', the Zombie's 'She's Not There', 'Warhead', 'Teenage', 'Party In Paris' and 'Keep On Running'. The albums 'Brand New Age' and 'Crash Course' both went into the UK top ten.

Led by the indefatigable Charlie Harper (now venerated as the godfather of UK punk, and still passionately a paid-up member of the punk fraternity) the band has continued and thrived, through various line-ups and record companies. Touring world-wide for 21 years, they maintain and pioneer the true spirit of punk rock, without the compromise and watering-down that affected so many of their contemporaries.

1997 saw a re-union of the classic Harper/Garratt/Gibbs line-up producing a 20th anniversary album 'Quintessential'. 1999 sees the release of a 'best of' compilation of the last 15 years entitled 'Sub Mission', following on the heels of the blood-red vinyl 7" single release, 'Riot '98'.

  
UK Subs specjalizowali się w krótkich, dynamicznych utworach, które wielokrotnie powstawały pod wpływem alkoholu. I taka jest właśnie ta płyta, pełna wściekłości, brudu. Charlie Harper z pasją wykrzykuje swoje zaangażowane teksty, pozostali muzycy tworzą rock'n'rollowe tło dla jego wściekłego śpiewu.

To prawdziwy aż do bólu, kawał punkowego winylu z czasów świetności tej muzyki. Ta płyta powinna trafić do kolekcji każdego miłośnika gatunku. Jeden z lepszych albumów grupy z pózniewjszego okresu działalności wydany na  winylu!

Utwory:

    1.    Dumfux
    2.    Killertime
    3.    Jodie Foster
    4.    Here Comes Alex
    5.    Ozone Death
    6.    Strangeways
    7.    Joyride
    8.    Believe In Yourself

    9.    Down On The Farm
    10.    Mohawk Radio
    11.    Brixton
    12.    Reaper
    13.    All The People
    14.    Squat The World
    15.    Lydia
       

As part of the original punk rock movement in England during the mid-'70s, the U.K. Subs scored several hit singles in their homeland, switching between politically charged material and party-hearty rockers. Led by singer Charlie Harper (who previously fronted a R&B outfit called the Marauders), the U.K. Subs formed in November of 1976, after Harper discovered the Damned. Originally called the Subversives before shortening their name, Harper recruited guitarist Nicky Garratt, bassist Steve Slack, and a revolving door of drummers (eventually finding a semi-permanent member with Pete Davis), and soon after began plotting their plan of attack from Harper's place of business, a hairdressing salon in South London. Around this time, the up-and-coming group recorded a live set at the infamous punk club the Roxy (just prior to its closing), with hopes of the recording being issued as their debut album. Although the recording did indeed go down, the tapes sat on a shelf for several years, before eventually being issued in 1980 under the title of Live Kicks. This led to several John Peel sessions on BBC Radio One in 1977 and 1978, and eventually, a recording contract with the GEM record label, and what's often considered to be their finest recording, their 1979 full-length debut, Another Kind of Blues.
The group enjoyed success back home straight off the bat, as they had several moderate hit singles ("Stranglehold," "Tomorrow's Girls"), appeared at the mammoth Glastonbury Festival, landed a cover story for Sounds magazine, and were even the subject of a Julien Temple-directed film documentary, entitled Punk Can Take It. 1980 saw the U.K. Subs attempt to crack the U.S. market, with a few opening gigs for the Police, as a pair of studio albums were issued, Brand New Age and Crash Course. But as the public's interest began to shift from punk to new wave/synth pop in the early '80s, the U.K. Subs saw their popularity quickly begin to dwindle, as bandmembers began to come and go. The band continued on with such further releases as 1981's Diminished Responsibility and 1982's Endangered Species (among others), as the group's sound grew more and more a kin to hard rock/heavy metal. But despite almost all of the original U.K. punk groups going their separate ways by the early to mid-'80s (the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Damned, etc.), the U.K. Subs never split up; although Harper was often the only original member left in attendance, the group continued to issue albums and never ceased playing shows. '80s-era bassist Alvin Gibbs would go on to briefly play bass for punk godfather Iggy Pop in 1988, and even penned a book about his experiences, Neighbourhood Threat: On Tour With Iggy Pop. The '90s saw the release of countless U.K. Subs "hits" collections, the best of the bunch being 1991's Singles 1[zasłonięte]978-19 and 1996's The Punk Singles Collection...by Greg Prato, All Music Guide

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