Punks Not Dead
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| Studio album by The Exploited | ||||
| Released | April 1981 | |||
| Genre | Oi! Street Punk |
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| Length | 41:45 | |||
| Label | Secret | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Punks Not Dead is the debut studio album by the punk band The Exploited, released in 1981 on Secret Records. Strongly working class and loyal to the first impulses of the 1976 punk movement, the album was a reaction to critics who believed the genre was dead, and against popular trends such as New Wave music, Hardcore and Post Punk.[2] It contains the double A side singles "Army Life/Fuck the Mods" and the later follow up "I Believe In Anarchy". "Army Life" details the experiences of an embittered and alienated English 17 year old squaddie on a tour of duty in Belfast in the 1980s; "Fuck the Mods" reflects the anger felt by many Oi and skinhead punks at the time at what they saw as fashion movers who had abandoned the original sentiments of the movement.
Supported by a tour with the Anti-Nowhere League, the album was a commercial success and is regarded as one of the definitive Oi! albums, and its popularity gave rise to a variety of traditional punk bands including "Angelic Upstarts", "Peter and the Test Tube Babies" and "The Business". Punks Not Dead peaked at no 20 on the UK charts in May of that year,[3] gave the band a national following (although it was centered in the north of England, not the south) and it was the top selling 1981 Independent release.[2]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
Side one
- "Punks Not Dead" – 1:51
- "Mucky Pup" (Puncture cover) – 1:42
- "Cop Cars" – 1:52
- "Free Flight" – 3:35
- "Army Life (Part 2)" – 2:37
- "Blown To Bits" – 2:40
- "Sex & Violence" – 5:11
Side two
- "SPG" – 2:07
- "Royalty" – 2:07
- "Dole Q" – 1:51
- "Exploited Barmy Army" – 2:28
- "Ripper" – 2:03
- "Out Of Control" – 2:52
- "Son Of A Copper" – 2:39
- "I Believe In Anarchy" – 2:03
The Captain Oi! re-release (2001) includes The Exploited’s contribution to the “Oi! The Album” compilation and the first four singles (minus “I Believe in Anarchy” from the Exploited Barmy Army single):
- Daily News (Oi! The Album (Compilation) version)
- I Still Believe in Anarchy (Oi! The Album (Compilation) version)
- Army Life (Single version)
- Fuck the Mods (Army Life single)
- Crashed Out (Army Life single)
- Exploited Barmy Army (Single version)
- What You Gonna Do (Exploited Barmy Army single)
- Dogs of War (Dogs of War single)
- Blown to Bits (live) (Dogs of War single)
- Dead Cities (Dead Cities single)
- Hitler's in the Charts Again (Dead Cities single)
- Class War (Dead Cities single)
All songs written by The Exploited except 'Mucky Pup' (by Puncture).
[edit] Personnel
- Wattie Buchan - vocals
- Big John Duncan - Guitar, Vocals
- Gary McCormack - Bass guitar, Vocals
- Dru Stix - drums
- Carole & Navi - backing vocals
- Produced by Dave Leaper and The Exploited
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r6994
- ^ a b Hess Mickey. "Is hip hop dead?: the past, present, and future of America's most wanted music". Praeger Publishers, 2007. 165. ISBN 0-2759-9461-9
- ^ Buckley, Peter. "The rough guide to rock". London: Rough Guides Ltd, 2003. 350. ISBN 1-8435-3105-4
[edit] Sources
- Cogan, Brian. Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press, Westport, CN, 2006, pg 170-171.
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