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Mar 12, 2024 · 8. Poison Girls. Anarcho-punk band Poison Girls was formed in Brighton in 1978. Although punk music resonated with younger crowds, one of the band’s singers and guitarists, Vi Subversa, was a middle-aged woman when the band formed. Her voice had a husky, mature vibe that enhanced every song Poison Girls recorded.
Bollock Brothers. The Boys. Brian James and the Brains. Broken Bones. The Burial. Jake Burns and the Big Wheel. Bus Station Loonies. The Business. Buzzcocks.
- The Adicts. The Adicts are probably most known for their image which is similar to that of the main characters in the cult classic movie “A Clockwork Orange.
- The Adverts. The Adverts are most famous for their hit single “Gary Gilmore’s Eyes” which hit #18 in the U.K. The band was relatively short-lived starting in 1976 and ending in 1979.
- Angelic Upstarts. The band started in 1977 and has been associated with the oi punk movement along with anti-fascist messages in their lyrics, they are also one of the bands that represented the working class in England and have been part of the skinhead punk movement.
- Anti-Nowhere League. Anti-Nowhere League started in 1980 and is probably most well-known for their song “So What” which was featured by Metallica on their Garage Inc.
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Aug 13, 2018 · Louder. Playlist: A guide to modern British punk in five essential albums. By Briony Edwards. published 13 August 2018. Boston Manor vocalist Henry Cox takes us through the UK punk scene's finest releases of the last five years. Punk music 's evolved into many shapes and sub-genres over the years. From its snarling, wide-eyed British inception ...
- The Exploited. Given that UK82 punk is, as mentioned, named after an Exploited song, from their brilliant Troops Of Tomorrow album of the same year, it would be kinda stupid not to kick off our list with them.
- Discharge. Released in 1982, the phenomenal debut album, Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing, from Stoke On Trent’s Discharge, is quite simply one of the greatest and most influential punk records of all time, changing the face of both punk and metal forever.
- GBH. While many bands seem to change their line up more often than they change their socks, Birmingham’s GBH (formerly Charged GBH) have remained remarkably solid over the years, their ‘newest’ recruit being drummer Scott Preece who joined in 1994.
- Disorder. Although they didn’t release any records in ‘82, two EPs, Complete Disorder and Distortion To Deafness, from the previous year, ensured Bristol lunatics Disorder broad recognition in the UK82 scene, as did Radio One DJ John Peel saying that their early singles sounded like Triumph Bonneville motorcycles.
Apr 26, 2021 · From The Adicts and Angelic Upstarts to Zounds and The Zeros, Wikipedia lists well over 100 UK punk bands, and their list is woefully incomplete, omitting Defcon Zero, Vortex, Sick On The Bus, The ...
