Description
40 years of uk subs singles
Artist
The UK Subs were another group that emerged from the scene at The Roxy in London in 1977. Founder and Lead Vocalist Charlie Harper was playing in R&B and pub rock groups before being influenced by bands like The Damned to turn to punk.
The band initially started in 1976 as "The Subversives" with singer Charlie Harper. When the band line-up was based around Harper's growling Cockney vocals with Nicky Garratt on Guitar, Paul Slack on Bass and a variety of drummers they became the "U.K. subversives", later shortened to "U.K. Subs". Although adopting punk stylings, the bands work was still heavily influenced by R&B, albeit played fast. Their sound was most similar to Sham 69 or The Angelic Upstarts, although without the skinhead following
Whilst never having a big hit, several singles made the lower reaches of the Top 30 in the late 70s, including "Stranglehold", "Tomorrow's Girls", a cover of The Zombies classic "She's Not There" and "Warhead". The first two studio LPs "Another Kind of Blues" and "Brand New Age" also made the lower reaches of the album charts.
In 1983 Nicky Garratt left the band along with bass player Alvin Gibbs and then drummer Kim Wylie leaving Charlie Harper to recruit a whole new band.
Garratt would come back in and out of the line-up over the following 25 years whilst Charlie carried on touring and recording with an almost ever changing line-up.
The UK Subs are the only band to record an album for every letter of the alphabet, in order, reaching Z (Ziezo) in 2016.
Tracks
A1
Live In A Car (Summer 77 Demo)
01:40
A2
Telephone Numbers(Summer 77 Demo)
01:10
A3
C.I.D.
01:55
A4
Stranglehold
02:28
A5
Tomorrows Girls
02:24
A6
She's Not There
01:37
A7
Warhead
03:02
B1
Teenage
02:36
B2
I.O.D. (Live)
01:37
B3
Party In Paris
02:52
B4
Keep On Running (Til You Burn)
02:32
B5
Party In Paris
02:38
C1
Countdown
04:56
C2
Endangered Species
03:26
C3
Self Destruct
02:25
C4
Another Typical City
03:50
D1
The Spell
03:51
D2
This Gun Says
03:16
D3
New Barbarians (Live)
04:20
D4
Hey! Santa
02:50
E1
Motivator
02:25
E2
Sabre Dance
03:15
E3
Jodie Foster
03:12
E4
Postcard From LA
04:18
F1
Betrayal
04:27
F2
War On The Pentagon
04:06
F3
Day Of The Dead
01:25
F4
Cyberjunk
02:33
F5
Riot
02:50
G1
Riot 98
03:10
G2
Reclaim The street
01:53
G3
Drunken Sailor
03:30
G4
Terroristos
03:27
G5
Product Supply
02:17
H1
666 Yeah
01:47
H2
I Live In A Car (2008)
01:26
H3
Sin City Blues
01:08
H4
The Beast
02:17
H5
Predator
02:44
Releases
Labels
Demon Records, Edsel Records
Countries
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, UK & Europe
Members
Lars Frederiksen,Charlie Harper,
Rab Fae Beith,
Nicky Garratt,Alvin Gibbs,
Jacek Ostoya,
Ricky McGuire,
Paul Slack,
Steve Roberts (5),
Malcolm Asling,
Steve Slack,
Steve S. Jones,
Richard Anderson (4),
Rory Lyons,
Terry Roberts (2),
John Towe,
Gregor Kramer,
Alan Campbell,
Jason Willer,
Belvy K,Steve Straughan,
Darrell Bath,
Dave Farrelly,
Andy Frantic,
David Ayer,
Matthew McCoy,
James Moncur,
John Armitage,
Brian Barnes (3),Jamie Oliver (2),
Simon Rankin,
Jason Dulldrums,
Benjamin Butler,
Jim Moncur,
Alan Lee (7),
Keita Taniguchi,
Pete Davies (5),
David Lloyd (10),
Clara Wiseman,David Charles Perez,
Kevin Nixon (6),
Geoff Sewell (3)