Fuckshitupism deluxe.
V/A HA HA! FUNNY POLIS 7"EP Comp (Groucho Marxist, UK, 1980)
Great and unfortunately overlooked 7″ comp with Scotland’s finest young men – DEFIANT POSE, THE FEGS, URBAND ENEMIES and the hillarious XS DISCHARGE making fun of the Paisley police. One would expect harshcore punk, but in fact the bands lean more towards a poppish yet garagey stlye.
Here’s the entire whirlitzer for ya:
Defiant Pose- Fight.mp3
Urban Enemies- Who do you hate?.mp3
The Fegs- Mill Street Law and Order.mp3
XS Discharge- Lifted.mp3
Peter - KBDRecords wrote:
Amazing comp! NEVER heard it before. My pick is Uraban Enemies along with The Fegs. Could live without Defiant Pose and X-S Discharge though.
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Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 2:49 pm | Permalink
E. wrote:
I would have sworn you’d prefer DEFIANT POSE – their track even made me post this, cuz I thought, this is something for Peter. You’re just full of surprise for me!
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Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 2:58 pm | Permalink
RunkPocker wrote:
Fanx fer this rocker!!!
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Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 3:25 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
thanks for this blog, now I’ve got a copy this finally, although I played and wrote for The Fegs and Defiant Pose, I never managed to keep a copy, ha ha funny to hear them again, much obliged, Joe McGlynn.
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Posted on 23-Aug-06 at 2:33 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
got any other stuff from the Groucho Marxist label ?
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Posted on 23-Aug-06 at 2:43 pm | Permalink
E. wrote:
You’re welcome Joe. I can only say it with ABBA: “Thank you for the music”.
I’m not sure whether I have more vinyl from Groucho Marxist in my collection or not and going through the lot searching for it frightens me. Could you name names to save time?
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Posted on 24-Aug-06 at 7:08 am | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
Buildings of the 70′s by “Mod Cons”,and Radiomania by “The Sneex” , both from “Spectacular Commodity”. Most of the others are available on other blogs,apart from communique no.5 “Pissin in the Wind”, which no-one seems to have, featuring “Fallout”, “Destroy”, “Urban Enemies” and “Defiant Pose”, it was recorded at Sirocco studios same as all the other releases, so who knows. Maybe it didn’t see the light of day proper
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Posted on 24-Aug-06 at 2:31 pm | Permalink
Leffe wrote:
Groucho Marxist released 7″s by XS Discharge and Defiant Pose.
Communique 1 should be a comp. called ‘The sound of alternative paisley’ but I don’t know if it’s a 7″.
Never heard of the ‘Pissing in the wind’ comp.
For more info on defunct labels,check:
http://www.get-happy-records.com/Labels-Disco/index.htm
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Posted on 25-Aug-06 at 3:15 am | Permalink
E. wrote:
I don’t have any other from this label, I’m afraid.
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Posted on 25-Aug-06 at 4:38 am | Permalink
Anorak wrote:
Pissin was deemed not good enough to release (apparently)
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Posted on 25-Aug-06 at 12:36 pm | Permalink
Sirocco Nerd wrote:
Heard it,it was crap,lacked the humour and spirit of the other stuff, bar one song, won’t say who to preserve dignity a bit
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Posted on 26-Aug-06 at 4:57 pm | Permalink
fountains of wayne helpline wrote:
donation page is in german? great songs tho’sounds as if their all taking the piss/doing a diss/whatever not in tune or time in most of it maybe thats not the point, funny !
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Posted on 26-Aug-06 at 6:03 pm | Permalink
E. wrote:
you’re right, it’s in german. should be no problem though – it’s quite simple to understand ….
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Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 1:09 am | Permalink
fountains of wayne helpline wrote:
not for a houston redneck it isn’t
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Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 1:46 pm | Permalink
Know All wrote:
“sound of” and “spectacular” are the same thing, hope this clarifies
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Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 3:49 pm | Permalink
with held wrote:
this makes the grey hairs on my neck stand up as i was there in those days/ seen many bands in the west coast before moving to my present home/ kids today/ they dont know what they missed/I cant reveal my id but i loved the scene at the time in paisley/glasgow
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Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 4:39 pm | Permalink
E. wrote:
@ fountain: let me know if you need assistance in that donations matter.
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Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 11:44 pm | Permalink
OLD PAISLEY PUNK wrote:
Leffe post reminded me of the guy in the Blackadder comedy who wrote the first dictionary. not meant as a diss, but i’m sure he’d find it funny if he saw the episode i’m referring to, as get happy is quite an authoritive site. it amused me anyway
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Posted on 29-Aug-06 at 3:24 pm | Permalink
OLD PAISLEY PUNK wrote:
ps. enjoyed hearing this again after so long, many good memories of those days
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Posted on 29-Aug-06 at 3:35 pm | Permalink
sirocco wrote:
Diss ? paisley gets americanised.. fuck me!
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Posted on 29-Aug-06 at 3:52 pm | Permalink
Jesus Monroe wrote:
Urban Enemies took up golf,how fukin bad is that? the rest took drink and drugs I think. who am i to judge
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Posted on 30-Aug-06 at 3:46 pm | Permalink
carlos wrote:
Never heard any of this b4 but its great. any more information or music from these bands?? what is black adder comedy anyone know? im not as old as this stuff, but im keen to learn dudes. help me out
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Posted on 01-Sep-06 at 4:02 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
these groups played in my homeland way back (Yorkshire) and i thought most of them were awful. the music here i found while looking for somthing else sounds to have more content than i recall at the time. they were a pretty intimidating lot as well, like a football stag weekend but , looking back now i realise it was probably better than i gave them credit for. my main recollection is that one of the bands had a guitar with 4 pickups, pre spinal tap days, i remember being slightly envious as a budding string plucker myself ,not much of a tribute that, but i need to go feed the cats
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Posted on 01-Sep-06 at 4:53 pm | Permalink
Super Saint wrote:
this e.p. is discussed at length at http://www.blackandwhitearmy.com, unfortunately!
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Posted on 05-Sep-06 at 2:41 pm | Permalink
erich wrote:
At length? I found only one post where it was mentioned.
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Posted on 05-Sep-06 at 2:53 pm | Permalink
Super Saint wrote:
maybe it’s not easy to find, but it’s there Erich, try the band names. SS.
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Posted on 06-Sep-06 at 12:22 pm | Permalink
E. wrote:
I hate hooligans, I don’t want to be among them, not even virtually.
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Posted on 07-Sep-06 at 11:58 pm | Permalink
Super Saint wrote:
?
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Posted on 08-Sep-06 at 1:35 pm | Permalink
Tim wrote:
Anything on “Straw Dogs” ? another band from that area/era?
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Posted on 06-Oct-06 at 5:09 pm | Permalink
E. wrote:
I meant that hooligan forum. Gawd, how I despise all forms of organized fandom and such – and especially on sports. Makes me want to puke.
Unfortunately not, Tim. I did search my stuff, but couldn’t find anything else.
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Posted on 07-Oct-06 at 12:44 am | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
these songs don’t work?
guess i’m too late for the trend eh?
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Posted on 11-Mar-07 at 2:57 pm | Permalink
Vicious Riff wrote:
Check out my webpage on the Paisley punk scene for more more info. I’m still building it but there are pages on a number of bands including The Fegs and Defiant Pose. More soon! If anyone wants to contribute, contact me through the website:
http://www.viciousriff.com
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Posted on 07-Apr-07 at 5:53 pm | Permalink
Fraze wrote:
We never took up ‘fuckin’ golf’ …who the fuck made that one up? ;o)
Fraze.
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lynne Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 10:33 PM
hey i take it you were in the band urban enemies then??
if so u’ll no my dad alastiar who played the guitar.
and i can tell you he dizny play golf lol
my uncle found a review and sent me the link but iv found other stuff on the band i even found a photo and could spot my dad a mile off
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Fraze Reply:
July 15th, 2010 at 11:54 AM
‘Mac’ as he was known to us was indeed a fine guitarist and a founder member of the band. He wasn’t around for the final gig which was a support slot to SLF at the old Glasgow Apollo.
Can’t for the life of me now remember under which circumstances he departed the band but it was definitely amicable.
Two of the original members of the band went on to form further musical exploits with another long term friend.
Coincidently for anyone who’s remotely interested, these three old gits are still recording sonic sculptures today. NOT playing fucking golf!
Tell your dad I was asking after him. ;o)
Kind regards,
Fraze.
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Posted on 23-Jan-10 at 11:03 pm | Permalink
David Cameron wrote:
I see that ha ha funny polis also on youtube.
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Posted on 19-Feb-10 at 3:01 pm | Permalink
willie wrote:
i bought this ep at an exploited gig in aberdeen.the gig was at the music hall,1980? two of the bands on the ep where the support,i think? can anyone confirm this and who were they. i think it was defiant pose and xs discharge .but 30 years ago and im not really sure.
cheers
billy
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Fraze Reply:
July 15th, 2010 at 12:01 PM
The Urban’s has dissbanded and moved on to other things at this point so score them off the list!
Sorry i cant help with any more info than that.
Your right, 30 years is a VERY long time ago!
Cheers.
Fraze.
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willie Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 10:16 PM
thanks,that narrows it down a bit.
were you a member of the urbans?
cheers fraze
billy
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Fraze Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Guilty as charged Billy!
Seems like a lifetime ago now on another world.
Mainly seem to collect guitars now rather than play, but still working away recording with a couple of old friends.
Sad old gits that we are! ;o)
regards,
Fraze.
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willie Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:17 PM
well its in your blood,and old habits die hard.
have you thought about golf (ha ha).
anything i can listen to on you tube?
cheers fraze
thanks
billy
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Fraze Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Not quite as of yet Billy but it’s getting there. Probably a few months away from some finished stuff.
)
If you would like to pursue damage to your ears and possibly mind I could drop you a reply on here that should flag up in your mail at some point
More trans-ambient-prog-rock than punk though and without a golf ball in sight! lol
Kind regards,
Fraze
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willie Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:09 PM
im up for that something to look forward too,i can wind the daughter up thats if i can get on the computer long enough to listen to it.
looking forward to ur alert.
cheers
billy
willie Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 10:16 PM
hi
fraze
im getting good at muchin free music .
im working with a turner fae airdrie,and i was telling him about the conversation on the net .so he said his cousin was in a band called big dish,and that they broke up blah blah.but he was still recording solo stuff and also painting.low and behold the next night he gave me a cd(kite)by steven lindsay,and you’ll like this bit he phones his cousin up and he says what you up to,and he says ive just finished playing golf with loyd cole
cheers
billy
Fraze Reply:
July 30th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Hi Billy, Jeez, you couldn’t make it up could you? lol
Theres a comedy show yet waiting to be made about where old punks are today! ;o)
Pass the seven iron please….
Regards,
Fraze.
Posted on 12-Jul-10 at 11:56 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Hi guys – just wanted to say that it’s very pleasant to see how this blog works as a platform as well. Keep on rocking!
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Posted on 22-Jul-10 at 10:24 am | Permalink
Fraze wrote:
Thanks admin.
)
Didn’t mean to hijack your blog
Someone sent me a link to the site a few weeks back and i thought i’d chuck in a few replys.
Thanks for being cool with that.
Fraze.
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Posted on 22-Jul-10 at 12:07 pm | Permalink
willie wrote:
i,wonder if we could start a golf forum.name a punk golfer and a golfing punk.
anyway can u remember if the urbans had split before or after haha was released?,and was it ever featured on john peels show.
sorry for burnning ur arse but im getting a free reign on the computer while the girls get their daily soap fix.
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Fraze Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 3:29 PM
Hi Billy, The urbans split not that long after the ha ha sessions I think, some of us were getting more into magazine, wire, eno than the way punk was going.
Strangly enough i was trying to find this site again (try to remember Ctrl D doh!) and I came across this!
http://www.myspace.com/theurbanenemies
(dates are a bit out I think but I cant friggin’ remember for sure that long ago!)
I have know idea who set it up or when?? damn weird!
Think all those drugs we never took ;o) are catching up with me!
What planet is this again?
Cheers.
Fraze
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willie Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 6:20 PM
cheers
fraze
went on to that site listened to the ratistas.
very good,i will have to go into muchin mode again.
thanks again
billy
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Fraze Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 6:54 AM
Hmm… Looking at the Ratistas I can now see a familiar face.
The guitarist is one Billy Collins and played with the Urbans after Mac left.
This explains where the UE myspace page came from!
Think I have to go wind up an old mate now ;o)
Cheers Billy
Fraze.
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willie Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 1:11 AM
hi fraze
gave the ratistas a bell getting a cd sent up(magic).
i asked them to send some details and i will try and get the local radio to give it a blast(shmufm) the guy on a saturday afternoon plays some good stuff ,pete the punk.you might like to have a listen to his show online.
SHMU radio.
cheers
billy
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Posted on 02-Aug-10 at 8:52 pm | Permalink