1984 and the UK was in the grip of Thatcher, the war of attrition with the miners and the nation was being drip-fed mind numbing music by Frankie, Duran Duran, Style Council and Nik fucking Kershaw. With 4 sides of feedback and fury, Flux Of Pink Indians - along with the other Crass type bands were providing me with an alternative national anthem.
This is pretty basic stuff as the message was more important than the musicianship but there is still a head aching mix of anarcho punk/thrash with some sparse Fall-type rhythms intermingled with multi-layered snippets of radio/tv/adverts/piano riffs underneath the shouting/yelling and stop-start intros with feedback filling every empty space. Oh yeah, the cover was also banned from every major retailer.
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Sounds right up my alley.
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