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Formed in Wiltshire, England, in 1980, the Subhumans are rightly held in high regard as one of the best punk rock bands to ever hail from the UK.Over the course of five timeless studio albums and just as many classic EPs, not to mention well over 1,000 gigs around the world, they have blended serious anarcho punk with a demented sense of humour and genuinely memorable tunes to create something quite unique and utterly compelling. For the first time ever, their whole story is told, straight from the recollections of every band member past and present, as well as a dizzying array of their closest friends and peers, with not a single stone left unturned. Bolstered with hundreds of flyers and exclusive photos, it’s the definitive account of the much-loved band.
List of contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Cast of Characters
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986 – 1997
1998 – 2001
2002 – 2005
2006 – 2010
2011 – 2016
2017 – 2020
2021 – Onwards & Upwards
Appendix 1: Discography
Appendix 2: Gigography
About the author
Ian Glasper has been writing about punk since 1986, when he first started his own fanzine,
Little Things Please Little Minds. Then in the early Nineties he started writing reviews for
Record Collector, and a hardcore punk column for
Terrorizer, the extreme music magazine that he contributed to for the next twenty years. He is the author of six other books including
Burning Britain and
The Day the Country Died.A father of two, and a lifelong vegetarian/vegan, he writes for
Down for Life and
Fistful of Metal, as well as regularly penning liner notes for retrospective punk and metal releases. He is tentatively working on the next book in his ongoing overview of the UK punk scene.
Summary
Formed in Wiltshire, England, in 1980, the Subhumans are rightly held in high regard as one of the best punk rock bands to ever hail from the UK.
Over the course of five timeless studio albums and just as many classic EPs, not to mention well over 1,000 gigs around the world, they have blended serious anarcho punk with a demented sense of humour and genuinely memorable tunes to create something quite unique and utterly compelling. For the first time ever, their whole story is told, straight from the recollections of every band member past and present, as well as a dizzying array of their closest friends and peers, with not a single stone left unturned. Bolstered with hundreds of flyers and exclusive photos, it’s the definitive account of the much-loved band.
