Anthrax (UK band)

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Anthrax
Origin Gravesend, Kent, England
Genre(s) Anarcho punk
Years active 1980 – 1984
Label(s) Crass Records
Small Wonder Records
Website anthraxukoffical.com

Anthrax were an anarcho punk band formed in Gravesend, Kent, England in 1980. They recorded their first demo in 1981 and went on to release two 7" EPs on Crass Records and Small wonder. They appeared on compilations released by Crass Records, Mortarhate Records and Fightback Records. They toured outside the UK twice in the Netherlands with Dutch band The Ex.

In 2007 the band compiled a compilation CD entitled One Last Drop which includes both demos, both EPs, the Mortarhate compilation track and 2 live tracks.

Contents

[edit] Line up

  • Oskar - vocals
  • Gareth - bass
  • Pete - drums
  • Dee - guitar
  • Sean - rhythm guitar
  • Lawrence - bass

[edit] Discography

[edit] Demos

  • 81 Demo (Tape 1981)
  • Capitalism Gives Opportunites in Life, Anarchy Gives Life (Tape 1982)

[edit] EPs

  • They've Got It All Wrong (EP, Small Wonder Records, 1982)
  • Capitalism is Cannibalism (EP, Crass Records, 1982)

[edit] Compilation tracks

  • "All the Wars" on Bullshit Detector Volume 2 (LP Compilation, Crass Records, 1982)
  • "It'll Be Alright on the Night" on Who? What? Why? Where? When? (LP Compilation,Mortarhate Records, 1983)
  • "Violence Is Violence 82" on We Don't Want Your Fucking War! (LP Compilation, Fightback Records, 1984)

[edit] Reissue

  • "Capitalism is Cannibalism...Violence is Violence" on A Sides. Part Two. 1982-1985 (LP Compilation, Crass Records 1985)
  • "It'll Be Alright on the Night" on We Won't Take No More (CD Compilation, Go Kart Records, 2001)
  • "It'll Be Alright on the Night" on Who? What? Why? Where? When? (CD Compilation,Mortarhate Records, 2003)
  • "Violence Is Violence 82" on We Don't Want Your Fucking War! (CD Compilation, Mortarhate Records, 2006)
  • One Last Drop (CD, Happy Release Records, 2007)

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