Urban Fallout

SUPERSTATE - Pig Society - video

2013-04-04T14:44:00.000+01:00

SUPERSTATE are a reasonably new band from Kent who have actually been around a for a year or so creating a set of songs from scratch and recording them for release before ever having done a gig.
By not sticking to the drum, bass, guitar, vocal style of punk rock that we have been accustomed too and allowing the occaisional sample to add to the mix, Superstate have got a rather different sound for a Kent band which might not translate very well live but we have been informed that live gigs will be happening later in the year
Their first release is a 4 track download containing 4 tracks Six Fifty, Superhate, Pig Society and a dub / dance sort of remix of Six Fifty which they have charmingly named The Bunch Of Cunts mix.
The download for all for tracks is available at Bandcamp or Mediafire

Some of you may recognise the video below as it was first used with a different version of this track by Warcrime who released that as a video and one other track on a Rudimentary Peni tribute album ( available here ) before changing their name to SUPERSTATE.

SUPERSTATE - SIx Fifty - FREE Download

2013-04-02T20:36:00.000+01:00

Today the shafting of the people by the government stepped up a pace.
As a result a new (ish) Kent band called SUPERSTATE have released four songs as a free download for you to have a listen to:

The main song is called SIX FIFTY (650) which tells a nice story of how ...ahem ... "wonderful" our government is and what thoroughly "nice chaps" they really are :/

The remix of Six Fifty is available to share via here
https://soundcloud.com/urbanfallout/superstate-six-fifty-remix

The full four song download is available here
http://www.mediafire.com/?y4xggwd6bmc4af1

Download (its a small file) , play loud, enjoy, comment and pass on.

More info on SUPERSTATE, about their upcoming releases, a new CD a split vinyl single and their first gig soon.

Thanks for paying attention

A Bunch Of Covers Volume 1 - Podcast

2012-12-27T16:06:00.000+00:00

As we hurtle past the Apocalypse that never happened into 2013 we here at the Fallout shelter thought what better way to end the year than with another Podcast. This one is full of cover versions by Kent bands of other bands, not neccesarily from Kent but a fair few are.

2012 was a pretty good year for Kent punk bands with The Half Wits managing to get out of Kent with a little jaunt over to France as support to The Gonads, fronted by Gary Bushell of The Sun fame.
Ted Dibiase & The Million Dollar Punk Band, Insult, Deano's Hose, Criminal Brainstorm, Surgery Without Research, among others also made it out of Kent some only as far as London but the Kent invasion has begun.

The new Surgery Without Research CD "Vengeance" has just been released along with the new one from Insane Society "Farcebook" . The Warriors, The Last Resort, Anthrax, PCF, Jesus Fix have all released excellent albums this year - some of them reviewed on this blog.
Most of them available at the URBAN FALLOUT website
Both The Warriors and The Last Resort got to support Rancid on their tour and in The Warriors case CockSparrer as well - nice one.
It has been quite a good year with some top notch punk being put on all over the county and Kent punk being spread over the country.

So what about 2013 for the Kent Punk scene
With albums being threatened by The Half Wits, Insult, Jesus Fix and Ted Dibiase who have made it onto next years Another Winter Of Discontent at the Boston Arms, 2013 is already looking good. So come on 2013 lets fucking ave it, lets get more bands out of Kent lets get more people into what we love, drag someone along to a gig, hijack their iPods and fill em with punk, play punk at your friends when they come to your house, teach them to play an instrument - lets make 2012 the start of the apunkcalypse and make 2013 wonder what hit it.

Bunch Of Covers Podcast Vol 1
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This will probably be the only podcast of covers unless anyone can supply any other covers by kent bands.
There are quite a few unreleased demo's and live tracks here as live is usually the only time you can hear a band play a cover. In the case of Decades Of Pleasure, I have the master recording of this live cover version and there is a tape dip in the middle, it had to be ripped or lost forever.

Tracklist

1. Last Resort - Lest We Forget
2. The Warriors - Eight Pound A Week
3. The Half Wits - John Fila (Live)
4. The Chozen - King Of The Jungle
5. Decades Of Pleasure - Newtown (Live)
6. Tragic Millenium - She's Lost Control (Demo)
7. Jester - Ain't No feeble Bastard
8. WarCrime - When You Are A Martian Church
9. Surgery Without Research - The Model
10. Anarchist Pogo Party - Help
11. The Rivals - Here Comes The Night (Alternative Version)
12. Criminal Brainstorm - This Perfect Day (Demo)
13. Insane Society - Born To Be Wild (Demo)
14. SORB - Tube Disasters
15. Crimewave - Escape (Demo)
16. Insult - Knowledge (Live)
17. Armitage Shanks - Times Up

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Thanks to everyone at the Kent Punk Facebook Group

Downloads, CD's, Vinyl available at URBAN FALLOUT

Jesus Fix & PCF (New CD Releases)

2012-11-15T16:45:00.000+00:00

It's been a bit chaotic here as we managed to bring out two Cd's this month and maybe the last until 2013 - maybe. We have also sorted out digital downloads for our releases. More Info below

First up is a "Everdark" the lost first "Jesus Fix" album.
This album was recorded a few years ago and was never released for various reasons until now. Featuring a whole CD's worth of tunes that you will never hear again according to the band. This is a 10 track Limited Edition of 100 hand numbered vinyl CD's (made to look like an old record) in a Digipak complete with an A3 poster.
The brand new and proper debut Jesus Fix album provisionally entitled "Bring Me God" will be out in a couple of months. Album track list and further info here

Second up is the debut album proper from PCF or Punk Con Fusion, or all manner of other names but we will stick to PCF. Having self released and recorded their first effort - Drop Your Fish...And Watch It Fly, which is only available from the band, they recorded this at Rocket Fridge Studio and went for their live sound, the resulting noise is perfectly captured on "Waltz 'n' All" CD which comes with a double sided A3 poster for the first 100 and a badge for the first 50 orders.

This album is also available as a digital download with extra tracks and all the artwork - More Info

The Warriors - Never Forgive Never Forget is also available with extra tracks and all the artwork as a digtal download

Reviews of either album welcome

More kent punk at
WWW.THEURBANFALLOUT.CO.UK

A Bunch Of Kents - Volume 4 - Podcast

2012-10-07T11:59:00.002+01:00

And we make it to Volume 4 - thanks to everyone who downloaded the previous three, all of which are still available to download.
On this podcast we have two new Kent bands starting and finishing this one. The opener "I Hate Football" is possibly the best anti-football song ever written - get this recorded properly guys it's gonna be a classic. The closer "We Know Where You Live" is from Superstate which is the new project of ex members of Crimewave and a little different for them. There is also a touch of psychobilly on here as well with Hollywood Suicide and The Crewsy Fixers.
Other than that there is the usual mixture of demos, hard to get hold of tracks and unreleased stuff.

If anyone wants their band (old or new) included or a new track, something unheard, live demos or anything else on the podcast then get in touch.

Please download this and pass it on

Track Listing (demo / live tracks noted)
(Download link below or click post title)

1. Deano's Hose - I Hate Football (Demo)
2. Cho-Zen - Back Street Warrior
3. Warchrist - Fuck Em All (Demo)
4. Admit You're Shit - In My Eyes
5. Hofmann Sound - Nicked
6. Martin - As Good As It Gets
7. More Than Normal - Real World
8. Morgans Puff Adder - Ladys Man
9. The Griswalds - Orpingtons Most Retarded
10. The Accursed - Off Me Head
11. Armitage Shanks - Top International Celebrities
12. The Arnold - God Is Walking A Tightrope
13. The Crewsy Fixers - Flying Saucer Rock N Roll
14. Hollywood Suicide - Pretty Girls Do Sleep In Graves
15. Surgery Without Research - PAYE (Un-mastered track from forthcoming release)
16. Snide - Hard Work (Demo)
17. The Sedated - Take Him Away
18. Superstate - We Know Where You Live (Demo)

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Another podcast coming soon - If you have any tracks you want included or got something to say about the Kent punk/alt scene in general then please get in contact.
If anyone has any better or alternative versions of any of the tracks here, then again contact us coz we would lke to feature them in the podcasts.

If you are Facebook inclined then come and join the Kent Punk Group

Thanks go to John Yardley for pointing me in the Crewsy Fixers direction, Dean Giff for Deano's Hose track. Saxby again for supplying a couple of the tracks and Spencer for the Warchrist track - and John again for the Hofmann track

CDs and Vinyl available form Urban Fallout

We currently stock the following bands: Naked, Liberty, The Warriors, Jesus Fix, SORB, Snide, Insane Society, Surgery Without Research, Arthur Kitchener, 7 Day Conspiracy, The Rivals, Anthrax

We are always after stock - old and new - get in touch.

A Bunch Of Kents - Volume 3 - Podcast

2012-09-09T14:08:00.000+01:00

Here is the third installment of A Bunch Of Kents - a bit shorter than the other two (here and here)but still about the length of your average set packed full of Kent bands old and new including tracks from the new Anthrax & Warriors albums, a track each from the upcoming albums by PCF and The Half Wits, a demo track from new boys Insult and a few other gems along the way including a Fightback rehearsal track.

If anyone wants their band (old or new) included or a new track, something unheard, live demos or anything else on the podcast then get in touch.
Especially after covers of other kent bands songs for a future podcast

Please download this and pass it on

Track Listing (demo / live tracks noted)
(Download link below or click post title)

1. Anthrax - Grin
2. Insult - Our Money Their War (Demo)
3. The Half Wits - Negative Thoughts (From Upcoming Album)
4. The Warriors - Budget Day Debate
5. Melchett - The Likes Of You And Me
6. Jester - This Job Is Killing Me
7. The Filthys - Got The Painters In (Demo)
8. Ted Dibiase & The Million Dollar punk Band - Stop Wasting My Fucking Taxes On Toilet Duck
9. Electric Sex Circus - Spanner Badge
10. PCF - Radio Rentals (Rough Mix From Upcoming Album)
11. X-Cretas - Take Your Politics Somewhere Else
12. Playground - Satisfied (Demo)
13. Fightback - No More Danger (Rehearsal)
14. Atavistic - You Too Can Be Mainstream
15. Man Hands - Untitled
16. Skrewloose - Fuck Em (Demo)
17. The Betty Swollox Band - Glutamate Junkies (Unreleased)

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Another podcast coming soon - If you have any tracks you want included or got something to say about the Kent punk/alt scene in general then please get in contact.
If anyone has any better or alternative versions of any of the tracks here, then again contact us coz we would lke to feature them in the podcasts.

Thanks go to Saxby for supplying some of the tracks for this cast and John Wood (yes again) for the Fightback rehearsal

CDs and Vinyl available form Urban Fallout

We currently stock the following bands: Naked, Liberty, The Warriors, Jesus Fix, SORB, Snide, Insane Society, Surgery Without Research, Arthur Kitchener, 7 Day Conspiracy,

We are always after stock - old and new - get in touch.

The Warriors "Never Forgive Never Forget" Review by Skitzo Joel

2012-08-19T19:01:00.001+01:00

Ramsgates Got talent !!!! .

What I find is a real shame is that Thanet is such a poor place for live bands, there's a complete lack of venues or gigs in this area but the whole of Kent has so much going for it musicly. Its a real shame that bands always have to travel so far to find a good place to play and this new album from these lads say's it all to me on exactly what Kent has to offer.

I have to say great artwork on the album great cover and the inside sleeve nice bright and colourful realy eye catching, even on the disk it self.
So as a visual buy, 10 out of 10 straight away. Baseball bats and bowler hats always a winner in my book (Could be a new song title there).

This is a 15 Track album . The opening track has a great intro, old English kind of music, for the first song called "England" Great opening track, great sound, full of power, energy and aggression.
The album as a whole I think is realy very good. Great songs nice clear recording mixed to a very high standard. The Warriors as a band our getting better and better for sure, theres not one song on this album that I dont like.
And to be honest thats very rare for me to say, normaly just one or two songs I like off a new album but I can't fault this one in any way .
Great album lads from start to finish every track sounds great.
Nice and clear and easy to understand whats being sung, it's alright having power and sounding great as a band but if you cant tell whats actualy being sung, what's the point? Nice to get the meaning of songs so we can relate to them.
Songs that stand out to me on this album are track 3, "Suburban Shithole" and track 5, the title track of the album "Never Forgive Never Forget" are my favourite tracks both great songs that I will play all the time.
The album has tracks that I already know, like "Internet Bullies" and "We Are Not The Enemy" - also great tracks.
My total honest opinion for this album is that it's a must buy for any one who likes good music. I am Looking foward to the next one already !!!.
Keep up the good work .

SKITZO Joel

You can get the Warriors new album on CD here
The vinyl is also available to order here (release date 27 aug)

Joels Radio Show is here

Wolfman Radio Show

And Skitzo are here

Anthrax - All For The Cause - Review

2012-08-02T13:36:00.002+01:00

I have been waiting for this album patiently since the Red Lion gig in Gravesend last year where a couple of new tracks were aired on the night and fitted in quite nicely next to the old familiar songs.

So here I was expecting an old school style Anthrax album and didnt get it.
When the plain envelope dropped thru the door i ripped it open and headed for the CD player only to be confronted by another envelope printed with a black and white image of the album cover and a neat anarchy A "grow your own" vegetable logo, nice, as was the lyric booklet and poster and the gatefold CD packaging inside the envelope - all very nice but would the noise on the CD stand up to the packaging.

"Sleeping Dogs" woke me up with a bite, then sneaked quite neatly into a semi skank with the guitars working together better than they ever have, adding somehing new to the old Anthrax groove.
A superb opening track, swiftly followed by "Monochrome Dreams" and still the guitars work beautifully together with the rhythm section providing a solid and sometimes funky backing that weave their way through the songs, this is shaping up to be a good album.
Then it's "One Last Drop" which almost gets very pop punk in places as do "Happy" and "Grin", both of which start off really poppy and drift quite nicely into the familiar onslaught and drift back again, held together superbly by Oskars voice which is given space to take control for a change and does quite nicely.
"What Does It Matter" hammers its way out of the speakers and assaults the ears old school style and wont dissapoint old school fans.
"Running On Empty" almost steps on Oi territory and pulls it off very well with its chant along chorus and almost Business like vocals in places.

And the rest of the album?
Go and get yourselves a copy because this deserves to be heard rather than written about. Whatever i can say wont do this album justice.

Anthrax have obviously worked on these songs and it shows, this is certainly no one dimensional album as many are these days and this is not a band trying to be like the band they were. Anthrax are being the band they want to be and this album oozes with that. Anyone expecting old school Anthrax from start to finish will be disappointed, this is something new and refreshing from an old school anarcho band.
Anthrax have certainly matured with age without losing their sound or their integrity.

Best thing they have ever done......quite possibly.

"Dance You Bastards Dance, You May Never Get Another Chance"

Welcome from the previously mentioned Red lion gig.

The Cd and Vinyl will be available from Anthrax on 27th August
We should be getting some for our store when it is released.

The Rivals - First Ever Sessions CD review

2012-07-09T21:55:00.000+01:00

The Rivals, First Ever Session 78 & Demos. 1977 Records (link)

Having had a very worn out tape of The Rivals for years, i was looking forward to getting this CD. The previous CD "If Only" puts together all the best known Rivals tracks and has been in my player for ages so was really excited when this dropped thru the letter box.

So what we have is a collection of twelve tracks which show The Rivals at their best and rawest. the first seven tracks compromise the Session 78 part of this CD compilation.
Two Of the tracks, live favourites Bastard Blues and American Faces are vastly different versions than appeared on "If Only". Paul singing Bastard Blues instead of Mark, with a sneering dont care attitude that epitomised what punk was all about. Superb.
The CD opens with Outward Bound and its long instrumental begining which was quite novel for a punk band at the time. Marks unique guitar style cutting thru most of the track and quite an excellent intro showing what good musicians The Rivals realy were
Waiting For The Dead was a title i didn't know but soon realised that it had a different title on the tape i had where it was called Good Friends. Next the aforementioned American Faces swiftly followed by Evil Place which i feel was missing from If Only.
Following Bastard Blues is Saturdays Anthem with its huge triple guitar onslaught at the begining and dual vocal throughout followed swiftly by Never Sixteen, teenage angst spread all over it.
The next 5 tracks are from the original demo tape the exceedingly rare Fatal Strips cassette. The track listing here is slightly misleading as track eleven is listed on the cover as Hideaway (the correct title) but listed on the CD as Happy Days (and listed on my tape as Just A Game).
The wonderfully childish Schooldays is on here complete with hilariously childish intro as is the equally childish Roll Over Mary Whitehouse.
Essential listening and nice to hear the tracks without the tape hiss, wow and flutter

I dont know if this CD is available in the Uk or even Europe - my copy came from Japan with a free Rivals badge of the front cover.

Bloody expensive for 32 minutes but a must have for any Rivals fans out there.

Note to The Rivals.
If there are any more unearthed Rivals gems you may want to get out there please dont opt for a Japan only release. Get in touch and im sure we can do something.

Live Rivals would be excellent

First Record Label release

2012-07-05T16:35:00.001+01:00

We have started a record label to help promote mainly Kent bands and help them get their noise out there by releasing CDs and at a later date vinyl onto the ears of the already bored public. Our first release is by one of Herne Bays finest, The Warriors. Their new album "Never Forgive, Never Forget" is a cracker and available to preorder at the website. Where you will find more info and other CDs of Kent bands. If you want your CD added - then get in touch

URBAN FALLOUT RECORDS

Foreboding Ether – Beyond Conjecture. Pre-release review.

2011-05-24T10:36:00.000+01:00

What was I expecting? Being as this isn't the style of music I listen to through choice I wasn't really expecting much - boring riffs, inane lyrics, “same as every other band logo”, sub standard guitarist playing as loud and as fast as they can and a vocalist that knows all of one range – groooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwl
So the sleeve shows the “same as every other band logo” but you can actually read what it says for a change. I thought “oh shit, here we go, I'm going to hate this”

“Fore20” hit my speakers and I sat up and paid attention – this wasn't what I was expecting, structured, melodic riffs, machine gun drums which build the song up quite nicely and then the vocals – grrrrrrrrrr – no. O.k some growl then another vocalist nicely pitched at a different range, one high, one low. F.E. have two vocalist for those that don't know and for what shouldn't work, actually does, rather well.

“Deadline” Massive riffage from the start and lyrics that seem to be about the troubles the band have been through to get where they have, so far. Breaking the mould - oh yes – to quote F.E in their own lyrics, “Feels better to write about something you care about, No-one can relate to a zombie invasion". I totally agree.

Having seen F.E live and various viewings of the track on YouTube, I was dying to hear what they had done to “Tuna Bhuna” and wasn't let down, it's more brutal now than its ever been. Remember children, its not about Tuna and its not about Bhuna and I will seriously need new speakers if I turn this up any louder.

“Conscious Altered” The duelling vocal comes into its own here, again over a massive riff that deserves to be heard LOUD and intelligent lyrics that deal with the realities of life, yes, I said intelligent lyrics, which seems to be something lacking in a lot of bands these days.

“House Of Cards” and “OD” -aaaarrrrrrrrrrgh my ears are starting to bleed – how much more of this can I take. Two more tracks obviously. This E.P gets better as it goes along. I'm not going to bore you with more breakdowns of tunes that need to be heard. So hassle the shit out of the band and get this out.

So this is supposed to be progressive death metal is it ? – what absolute bollocks – This is Beyond Conjecture, this is Foreboding Ether's new E.P and it sits quite nicely in it's own little niche thank you very much.
Call it what you want, but this debut CD is THE heaviest release I have heard from any Thanet band EVER – From the opening punishment of Fore20 to the fade on OD this E.P doesn't let up. Nearly 28 minutes of pure riffage that doesn't disappoint. Whether you are a fan of this style of music or not, I suggest that you give this a listen to see what can really be done with a bit of thought.
Get these fuckers on Download or Sonisphere – They deserve it.

Preorder the new CD here http://forebodingether.bigcartel.com/

Margate's Hidden Youth Culture

2011-05-17T17:40:00.000+01:00

Writer and former Margate resident Iain Aitch, is collecting and collating information, memories, stories, photos, memorabilia about youth culture in Margate entitled "Margate's Hidden Youth Culture" for an exhibition in Margate later in the year at the Turner Centre.
If you were a Skinhead, Mod, Scooterist, Punk, Rocker, Soul Boy, Biker, Casual, Bootboy or whatever and have a Facebook account,head over here https://www.facebook.com/margateyouthculture, like the page and add your memories to it. There is some good stuff already there but more is needed.
Share your history to make history.

The Warriors - We Are Not The Enemy -EP

2011-04-08T00:50:00.005+01:00

Kent Streetpunk band The Warriors have just released 3 brand new tracks on Reverbnation. They are - We Are Not The Enemy, Suburban Shithole and Internet Bullies.
All 3 tracks along with the "England" MP3 are available for $1.30, £0.79 or 90euro each dowloadable from The Warriors Revernation Page here or thru the player below where you can listen to all for tracks plus King Of The Rude Boys which is their tribute to the now sadly deceased Judge Dread.

Trivia note: Judge Dread collapsed and died onstage at the Penny Theatre in Canterbury on Friday 13th 1998 both Ska Shack DJ Toast & Warriors singer Saxby were witness to the passing of a legend.

On with the tunes: All 3 new tracks are excellent and Internet Bullies sounds like it could become a live favourite - give em all a listen and if you got the cash download em. All proceeds from this CD will go towards a Limited Edition 7 track CD which will only be available at gigs but we will have a couple to give away.

Don't forget They will be playing at the Bollox To The Wedding gig on 29th April at the Westcoast Bar in Marget

Surgery Without Research - Woman Beater (Video)

2011-02-26T15:50:00.001+00:00

Surgery Without Research - Woman Beater - Video made by Urban Fallout with images borrowed from the internet.
Stop Violence Against Women - An important message in a brutal song - Contains images and words that some may find upsetting or disturbing. You have been warned.

This track is available on the Factory Life 6 track CD -contact the band or Deathstill Records to obtain one dirt cheap

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Another SWR track called Squaddie is available on our first Podcast - A Bunch Of Kents Vol 1 - Click here

A Bunch Of Kents - Volume 2 - Podcast

2011-02-15T12:51:00.005+00:00

So we made it to the second one. Again we have unreleased, rare and demo tracks from various Kent Punk / Alt bands. We have put some of the younger bands on this one as some of them are kicking up quite a storm and deserve to be heard by more people.
We have exclusive tracks from The Commited, The Filthy Stay Puft Marshmellow Men, The Warriors and The Half Wits and a track from an album released yesterday 14th Feb by The Anarchist Pogo Party - top stuff - If any Kent punk / alt band want a track on the next podcast please get in contact.

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Track Listing (demo / live tracks noted)
(Download link below or click post title)

1. Liberty - Diluted Rebellion
2. The Commited - Last Night Out (Demo)
3. The Slugs - Resist The Pressure (Demo)
4. The Half Wits - Misfits Anthem (Unreleased Demo)
5. Atavistic - Common Ground
6. Take Courage - Dear Hungry Heart
7. The Submission - Im Lazy
8. Loose Cannons - Irish Wrist Watch (Demo)
9. 7 Day Conspiracy - Waiting To Lose
10. The Warriors - Pay To Play (Unreleased)
11. The Filthy Stay Puft Marshmallow Men - How To Kill A Hooker (Unreleased)
12. Belinda Carbuncle - Son Of A Wanking Monk
13. Criminal Brainstorm - Lurex Lucy
14. Xcretas - Who Is Mad
15. Babies 3 - The Message
16. Monarch - Old Timer (Demo)
17. The Anarchist Pogo Party - Mass Debate

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Another podcast coming soon - If you have any tracks you want included or got something to say about the Kent punk/alt scene in general then please get in contact.
If anyone has any better or alternative versions of any of the tracks here, then again contact us coz we would like to feature them in the podcasts.

Again a massive thanks to John Wood (Jesus Fix and others) Daz Champ (The Commited)
Jay Heasman (The Filthys) and all The Half Wits for being them and apologies for calling you The Nit Wits

Anthrax - Welcome - The Red Lion Gravesend (Video)

2011-02-08T12:12:00.000+00:00

Recorded live at The Red Lion, Gravesend on 29th January 2011.
Video and still taken by The Welsh Tart & put together by Urban Fallout.
All other images come from Anthrax MySpace

Welcome is the second track on One Last Drop CD single

This was the welcome return home to The Red Lion in Gravesend for Kent Anarcho band Anthrax after a triumphant night at The Winter Of Discontent.

This gig was also the last gig of reformed Sheerness band - The Commited who had played thier last gig before they originally split with Anthrax at this venue in 84/85 - see "Dictated Life " video for the first song they ever wrote played at the last show.

The Commited - Dictated Life (Video)

2011-01-30T19:51:00.001+00:00

The Commited - Dictated Life

Filmed at their last gig at Gravesend Red Lion on 29th January 2011 by The Welsh Tart.

Daz Champ from The Commited writes a bit about The Commited's recent history and also talks about Dictated life. (see below video)

The Commited – Recent History

The lyrics to “Dictated Life” were the first written by me. Although it’s a very basic structure, the words sum up the feeling of adolescent life at the end of the 70s. It’s about the lack of true choice in life (especially for the unemployed). Days of boredom watching crap telly; the rip-off prices of fags, booze & food; the need to steal (“liberate”) goods because dole money is so shit; getting nicked for trying to survive; standing before the pompous, well-off magistrate & being told you have to pay a fine, leading to a greater need to “liberate”; & the soul-destroying depression which can come from a long time being treated as a non-entity.

As all of the members had somehow survived, we decided to reform in the summer of 2009 for a one-off gig to mark the 30th anniversary of the recording of the “Fast Lane” EP (19th October 1979). We thought about maybe updating some of the lyrics to make them more relevant to the state of society today, but soon realised that the original words are as relevant today as they were when we first wrote them, so we left them alone. The response to that first reunion gig was so positive that we decided to do another. That led to another gig, then another, and then to the final one at The Red Lion, Gravesend on 29th January 2011 where we had last played in about 1984. Playing again with Anthrax was a fitting finale to our reunion and the other great highlight was supporting the UK Subs. We had followed the Subs since the late 70s & would never have believed then that a) they would one day play on the Isle of Sheppey or b) that we would support them.

A few weeks before the Red Lion gig, one of the band announced that he would be leaving the band after that gig. Life sometimes has a habit of getting in the way of things we really want to do so, as gutted as we all were, we accepted that this would be the final fling for the band.

I think I speak for the whole band when I say that each one of us really have had a great time over the last 18 months. It’s too soon to know what direction things will go now, but several ideas are about. Watch this space.

Keep the Faith & Keep on Rockin’
Daz

The Anarchists Pogo Party - I Can't Believe It's Not Rotten (UnOfficial Video)

2011-01-30T14:26:00.000+00:00

The Anarchists Pogo Party - I Can't Believe It's Not Rotten

A Bunch Of Kents - Volume 1 - Podcast

2011-01-23T18:38:00.004+00:00

A Bunch Of Kents is the first in what will be an on-going series of podcasts from Urban Fallout featuring Punk/Alternative bands from Kent.
The first couple of podcasts will be music only and about the length of a good punk set - about 45 mins.
Later on we will be putting interviews in with the music as well as adverts for punk gigs in Kent. So if you got anything to say or want an audio advert get in touch.

Onto the music - if we stuck to decently recorded songs of Kent bands we would get to about volume 2 and run out, so we thought sod that, there is so much good punk / alt music in Kent that its a shame that a lot of it doesnt get heard, so we are going to change that.
You will find well recorded CD tracks along with dodgy bedroom tapes and just about listenable live recordings as these are the only things left of some of the best bands the world has never heard.
We tried to improve the quality a bit on some of them to make them more listenable, but you will find a fair amount of hiss on some of the tracks which have been ripped from Demo tapes and live recordings, we also have some extremely rare, unreleased and in some cases unheard music from the best and the worst bands - in other words A Bunch Of Kents

Track Listing (demo / live tracks noted)
(Download link below or click post title)

1. The Rivals - The Feeling Starts Here
2. Anthrax - Exploitation
3. Naked - Alien
4. All Flags Burn - Heart Of A Riot
5. S.O.R.B - Inside Out
6. Apunkalypse Now - Wasted (Unreleased Demo)
7. The Last resort - Cockleshell Heroes
8. Razor Sharp - Johnny Temple (Unreleased Demo)
9. Decades Of Pleasure - Creeping Paranoia (Unreleased Demo)
10. Curse In Vain - Klling Moon (Unreleased Demo)
11. Epidemic - Your Mistake (Demo)
12. Jesus Fix - Forever (Demo)
13. Crimewave - You Make My Piss Boil (Demo)
14. Surgery Without Research - Squaddie
15. Belinda Carbuncle - Kevs Unfortunate Encounter
16. The Twits - Liar Liar (Unreleased Demo)
17. Ignerents - Wrong Place, WrongTime
18. Wasteland - Leave Me Alone

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Another podcast coming soon - If you have any tracks you want included or got something to say about the Kent punk/alt scene in general then please get in contact.
If anyone has any better or alternative versions of any of the tracks here, then again contact us coz we would lke to feature them in the podcasts.

Thanks for this cast go to: John Wood & Chris Hogg (Jesus Fix) and Nob (The Twits) who came up with the title for the podcast.

Bollox To The Wedding - April 29th Gig - Free Entry

2011-01-19T13:02:00.000+00:00

All Flags Burn - Heart Of A Riot (video)

2011-01-16T15:11:00.000+00:00

All Flags Burn - Heart Of A Riot
AFB from Sheppey featuring members and ex members of The Commited, Filthy Stay Puft Marshmallow Men, Betty Swollox and others.
We made this video for All Flags Burn because there was nothing even halfway reasonable on the web, apart from a live video shot by Librasnake.
Enjoy

All Flags Burn - Heart Of A Riot (H.O.A.R)

Interview with Surgery Without Research - Link

2011-01-15T03:19:00.002+00:00

Surgery Without Research have been interviewed at Punk Rock 77 Thru Today Blog - Check it out

Surgery Without Research next gig in Kent is here:

Battle Of The Bands - Westcoast Bar - Margate

2011-01-12T19:55:00.000+00:00

The Westcoast B.O.T.B. kicks off in the first week in February!
So get along there and support your favourites.
We will let you kinow which bands make it thru to the next round.
Voting conditions are set out below the dates.
Heres the weekly line-up:

Heat 1 – (feb 3)
Caemero
Dark Theory
...I.R.I.S (In retrospect i see)
My Third Leg

Heat 2 – (feb 10)
Cry Wolf
Running With Scissors
Save Target As
Wild Child

Heat 3 (feb 17)
The Deccas
Callous
Third Place Victory
The Self Titled

Heat 4 (feb 24)
ScreamDontWhisper!
After The Enclave
We Become Heroes
Then The Wave Came

Heat 5 (mar 3)
Tyrannosaurus Alan
Upon These Shores
The Godless Reds
Far From Relative

Heat 6 (mar 10)
Foreboding Ether
Antmonkey
Predicting the Fall
Alaska

Heat 7 (mar 17)
Dethrone Exodus
The Unanswered
Angra Mainyu
Who Needs Optimism

Heat 8 (mar 24)
Four What It's Worth
The Kicks
Midnight Carnival
Transcending the Flesh

Heat 9 (mar 31)
Shatterpoint
The Sunshine Bus
Archives
Zorzilla

Heat 10 (april 7)
A Thousand Lights
Yamaharahara
Chronos
OceanSkyLight

Semi-Final 1 - 9th April
Semi-Final 2 - 30th April
Play-Offs - 7th May
Finals - 28th May

Remember only paying customers can vote! Entry is £3 to all heat
semis, playoffs and finals are £4 entry.

1 VOTE per customer!
Voting takes place after the last band.
You have 10 mins to vote!
Then votes are counted and the winners announced.

The order of bands is selected at random on the night,
so make sure you get down early to see all the bands!

Tom / James / Jez / Eli - Westcoast

Jesus Fix - Dark Ages

2011-01-10T21:34:00.000+00:00

Slideshow video of flyers "borrowed" from Jesus Fix Myspace
Put together because we felt there wasn't enough JF out there and more was needed.
More on the mighty Jesus Fix in february and new merch on the website when it opens. In the meanwhile

Jesus Fix - Dark Ages (Video Slideshow)

The Warriors - England

2011-01-04T16:37:00.000+00:00

Streetpunk Band The Warriors have just released a new 7" Vinylon Randale Records called "England" . Its a split single with Booze And Glory who will be playing with The Warriors at The Gaff Club Holloway Road, London on 5th Feb - It is the release party for the singlw. Below is a video we made to go with the single. Original video was recorded at Bedford Esquires by PunkRockSal (youtube)

The Warriors - England

The Warriors are curently rehearsing tracks for a new album and have another split single out in March with Brutti E Ignoranti from Italy called "King Of The Rude Boys" - its a bit of a change for The Warriors as its a tribute to Judge Dread and will be backed with the brutal "Pay To play"