PUNGY STICKS: Shadow earth

I met these guys when they have gigged in Amiens. During that gig I met their manager (Mad Rak), he gave me a good address in London to get pierced. At that time I Knew nobody in France who made good piercing, it was at the beggining of the 90's. The only thing I knew about this band is that a member had played before with the Trotskids.

Members was:
Denis Garnier
Gurvan Guellec
Marc Doyennette

Shadow Earth

HAPPY KOLO: Pochtron

This band is from Mantes la Jolie, near Paris. They have began in 1995. The roots of this band seem to be punk rock, ska and ragga, they call this sound: pure'pork'hate'roll. The guitar player is the tatooist Dimitri HK. We (Dimitri and I) were tatooed together for our first tatoo by Bugs Tatoo in London in 1987. For this record Happy Kolo was:

Nat.................vocals
Beck...............vocals
Schmarko......bass
Ludo...............guitar
Grignight.......drums
Dimitri...........guitar

Pochtron

ROCK ARMY FRACTION

This record is a Rock Radical Record/Alerte Rouge co-production from 1986. This is an anti-capitalist sampler.

Kid Bravo was a former member of the Brigades (see older posts). He left the band in 1985.

Red London are from Sunderland, they were born in 1979 and split a first time in 1980. After that the singer played with Red Alert. In 1981, he left this band an he re-formed the Red London with one original member and his brother.

Les Kamioners du Suicide, for those tracks, was just one guy: D'jah X. Those two titles are the first recorded tracks from this band. After that les Kamioners du Suicide became a band who played in squatt and other alternative places.

Haine Brigade was a french anarcho-punk band from Lyon. They were a part of "la Fraktion Rock Terrosiste" and they also edited a fanzine called Kanaï.

Richard III: the only thing I know about this band is that they have had a title on Bullshit Detector from the Crass Label, and they was french.

Vent d'Est was a french band. Two members of the band were involved in the fanzine l'Alerte Rouge.

For Nuclear Device informations see older posts.

Attila the Stockbroker is a well known poet/performer/punk from Great Britain.

As stated in their own website the Neurotics were the same band as the Newton Neurotics.

Rock Army Fraction

THE BRIGADES: ready ready go punk rockers

Another 12" from the Brigades. This one is from 1984 on Rock Radical Records.

For informations about the Brigades see older posts.

Ready ready go punk rockers

WC3: la machine infernale

A other plate from this french band. They have produced this record in 1984. For more informations about them see older messages.

La machine infernale

THE BRIGADES: yours negatively

Not need to introduce The Brigades (see old posts). This record was a LP from 1987 on Negative Records. The first 1500 was sold with a freebie with live material. For this record The Brigades was:

Otelo.....................drums

V. Dialectics.........vocals

Cliz........................guitar+vocals

Chatterton...........bass+vocals

for Living in Dunpool:

Dugudu+Féfré....saxo

Vincent................trumpet

Yours negatively

HATE FORCE: back for more

First, the band was named Oncle Slam and they put out an LP on Jungle Hop International in 1989. After the complain of a american band they have changed their named in Hate Force in 1990/91. They have signed for an new LP with JHI, and after the bankrout of this label the french wellknowed label New Rose have put out the record in 1991. They played many gigs in europe with Gorilla Biscuit, Youth of Today, etc.....

Members were:
Spontex......................Drums, vocals
Laurent......................Bass
Thierry.......................Guitar

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