DIRT (band)

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DIRT pictured at the Wapping Autonomy Centre, December 1981

DIRT were an anarcho-punk band from the UK.

[edit] History

Initially forming in 1980 (with a core line-up of Gary, Deno, Fox, Lou and Vomit), the band frequently played with fellow anarchists Crass, before releasing their first EP, "Object, Refuse, Reject, Abuse" on the Crass Records label. Their second release, Never Mind Dirt, Here's the Bollocks, also on the Crass label, was a live LP released in 1982. The band went for a brief hiatus after 1982 when they took to the road again (Gary and Deno recruiting new members Stuart, Paul and Richard) and recorded the Just An Error album, after which they split in 1986.

Gary and Deno reconvened the band yet again in 1992 and began touring extensively which resulted in the Drunks in Rusty Transits album after which the band was dissolved. Singer Gxist (Gary) later formed Stratford Mercenaries[1] with Steve Ignorant of Crass.

[edit] Discography

"Object Refuse Reject Abuse" (Crass Records, 1981): Hiroshima, Unemployment, Dolls of Destruction, Democracy
Never Mind Dirt Here's The Bollocks (Crass Records, 1982): Deaf in Reality, SlaughterHouse Rock, canvey Island, Bully, Unemployment, Another Filled hole, democtracy, public execution, Lables, 6.35, Master race, Land of The Rising Sun.
Just An Error (DIRT Records, 1985): Wooden Gun, Eyes to See, Anti-War, Belfast, Just An Error, After The Dance, Crisis, Sea Cull, Power Greed, ZGlory, Radiation, Merry Go Round, My Gun.
Feast Or Famine: Tribal Dreams, Lunacy, then, Guilty as Charged, Profit and Loss, No Reason.
"Scent Of The Kill": Lunacy, Hated, Listen Morons, Plastic Bullets.
"Beast or Burden": man Hunter, Deaf Dumb and Male.
Drunks In rusty Transits: Little Wooden Gun, Belfast, Manhunter, Just An Error,Lunacy, Profit and Loss, Tribal Dreams, Hiroshima, Plastic Bullets, Listen Morons, Anti-War, Another Filled Hole, Democracy, Deaf Dumb and Male.
Black and White (Active Distribution): Double CD collection of all previously released material