Burning Britain: the history of UK punk 1980-1984

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A country fit for heroes ... -- The southwest. Vice Squad ; Chaotic Dischord ; Sex Aids ; Dead Katts ; Disorder ; Chaos UK ; Court Martial ; Lunatic Fringe ; The Undead ; Demob ; Screaming Dead -- The midlands. GBH ; Dead Wretched ; Drongos for Europe ; Cadaverous Clan ; Sensa Yuma ; The Stench ; The Varukers ; The Samples.;As the 1970s closed the media was quick to declare punk dead, but a new generation of even more aggressive and political bands were announcing their presence through some of the most primal and potent music ever committed to plastic. This book is the definitive guide to that previously overlooked era. A country fit for heroes ... -- The southwest. Vice Squad Chaotic Dischord Sex Aids Dead Katts Disorder Chaos UK Court Martial Lunatic Fringe The Undead Demob Screaming Dead -- The midlands. GBH Dead Wretched Drongos for Europe Cadaverous Clan Sensa Yuma The Stench The Varukers The Samples. The northwest. Blitz Attak The Violators Mayhem Blitzkrieg The Insane The Fits One Way System Instant Agony Emergency Xtract Distortion -- The northeast. Angelic Upstarts The Toy Dolls Red Alert Total Chaos Uproar Major Accident Abrasive Wheels The Expelled The Underdogs Ultra Violent Criminal Justice Mau Maus Red London -- The north and east midlands: Discharge Broken Bones The Skeptix Anti Pasti The Enemy Resistance 77 Riot Squad Septic Psychos. The east and southeast. The Destructors English Dogs ABH The Adicts Special Duties Newtown Neurotics Anti Establishment Chron Gen UK Decay Subculture. London. UK Subs The Wall The Dark Action Pact Dead Man's Shadow Erazerhead The Straps The Gonads Cockney Rejects The Business The 4-Skins The Ejected Infa-Riot The Blood Soldiers of Destruction -- The south. Anti-Nowhere League Peter and the Test Tube Babies Ad Nauseam Butcher Cult Maniax. Wales. The Partisans Picture Frame Seduction Soldier Dolls Foreign Legion -- Northern Ireland. The Defects The Outcasts -- Scotland. The Exploited External Menace Threats Anti-Social Bayonet Babies The Skroteez Ugen Kampf Barbed Wire Chaotic Youth The Actives. The labels. Riot City No Future Clay Beat the System Captain Oi -- Appendices. Punk lives Holidays in the Sun Related websites Updated discographies.