SUPERSTATE - Pig Society - video

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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.

First Record Label release

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

Anthrax - Welcome - The Red Lion Gravesend (Video)

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.

A Bunch Of Kents - Volume 1 - Podcast

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

All Flags Burn - Heart Of A Riot (video)

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)

The Warriors - England

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"

Punk / Alternative Gigs - Kent Bands

Sat 15th Jan - Tragic Millenium +Khthon + Embryon @ Club Q Ashford
Sat 22nd Jan - Anthax @The Winter Of Discontent - @ Gaff Club London
(3 Day Fest)
Sat 22nd Jan - All Flags Burn + Criminal Brainstorm + Filthys @The Castle Sheerness
(As support to Short Bus Window Lickers)
Sat 29th - Anthrax, Liberty, Commited, Condition Dead @ Red Lion Gravesend
Sat 5th Feb - The Warriors @ The Gaff
with Support from Booze & Glory (London) + Horroshow (Poland)
Sat 12 Feb - Surgery Without Research + Crimewave @Horse N Groom, Ramsgate
(Supporting Flatpig)
Sat 12th March - Surgery Without Research +more @Fiddlers Elbow Cambden
(Supporting Shag Nasty)
Sat 19th March - Surgery Without Research + more @ Bridgehouse 2
(Supporting English Dogs + Sick On The Bus)
Fri 29th April - Bollox To The Wedding @Horse N Groom Ramsgate (Bands TBC)
Confirmed Crimewave + SWR (get in touch if ya want to play this gig

More to come

2011 And All That Bollocks

Cheers to everyone over the last week or so that this blog has been up and running, in this incarnation, that has reposted, facebooked or tweeted post from here. Cheers.

In 2011 we will be launching the website (Feb hopefully) selling T-shirts, CDs, Vinyl and badges among other things as well as doing merch deals for people in the Kent area. This does not mean that we will be ignoring the rest of the UK, it just means we will be concentrating our efforts in Kent.We will also be turning up to gigs with a distro if anyone is interested in having their merch sold for them.
Thats just the begining - More things to come including a special - Fuck The Royal Wedding Gig - more details on this later - e-mail us if interested in playing.

This blog has lots of excusives coming in 2011 including interviews, videos, mp3s and a lot more from bands such as Jesus Fix, All Flags Burn, Surgery Without Research, The Commited, Aurora, The Starfighters, The Warriors, Crimewave, These Murders and Haisley Snook among others.
So lets say goodbye to 2010 with these. (not all from 2010.)

From Sheerness
All Flags Burn - Fast Lane (a cover of The Commited)
Unfortunately this video has been removed

From Thanet
Crimewave - I Wont Vote (Recorded especially for the general election)



From Dover / Deal
The Submission - Revolution



From Canterbury
Belinda Carbuncle - Hold Your Own



From orpington
The Griswalds - She Ran Away


Thats all for 2010 - see ya in the next decade

The Warriors + Booze & Glory + Horrorshow - The Gaff London

Kent band The Warriors headline a party night on the 5th February at The Gaff in Holloway Road in London. It is the official Release Party for their new split single release with Booze & Glory.
It is called "England" and is out now on Randale Records in Germany and will be available at the gig as well as from Randale Records.
The single is available in Red and Black vinyl and features 2 tracks from each band including a completely new one by The Warriors called "Predator".
Some of you may recognise "England", which Andy H wrote and recorded, originally with Surgery Without Research, before re-recorded a more up tempo version with The Warriors just before joining then permanently on lead guitar.
Also on the bill with their first English gig are Polish band Horrorshow.

Below is a video of England taken in Berlin at the Punk & Disorderly Festival before Andy joined The Warriors. This video features their old guitarist Dave Rowe.

Flatpig + Surgery Without Research + Crimewave - Ramsgate - Free Gig

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First visit to Ramsgate for Flatpig from Brighton

Anthrax - They Got It All Wrong

Formed in 1980, Anthrax were an anarcho punk band from Gravesend. After appearing on the infamous Crass Label's "Bullshit Detector vol 1" in 82 they released their first single "Capitalism Is Cannibalism" on the Crass Label later that year and followed it in 83 with "They've Got It All Wrong" on Small Wonder. After a few more compilation and tape releases, Anthrax split in 84.
Click Here for full discography
Members went on to Gillingham band X-Cretas and Antisect


Having just reformed Anthrax will be playing The Winter Of Discontent festival at the Gaff Club in London 0n 21st-23rd January
Details Here


Official website here



Photos thieved from UK82 and Official Anthrax

The Rivals - Rose Of England

First of a few posts today.
The Rivals were one of the best Kent Punk bands ever, who infamously turned down a support slot to The Clash and were denied a Top Of The Pops appearance with "Here Comes The Night" because of a technician strike and split up soon after.
This song was covered by The Last Resort on their debut album "Skinhead Anthems - A Way Of Life"
Band members later went on to play with The Thoughts/Naughty Thoughts, The Gems, Decades Of Pleasure, The Resort, Heavy Metal Outlaws, Anti Nowhere League, Brand New Heavies and Leftfield

Rose Of England was never released originally but is available on the "If Only" Cd
Bin Liner | RUBBISHCD 007
Record Collector Review Here

More on The Rivals when the website is up and running.