The Mob (band)

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The Mob
Origin U.K.
Genre(s) Anarcho-punk, Death rock
Years active 1979-1983
Label(s) Crass Records
All the Madmen
Associated acts Zounds
Blyth Power
Members
Marc Mob
Curtis
Graham
Josef Porta

The Mob were an anarcho-punk band originally from Yeovil, Somerset, England during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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[edit] Overview

The band's initial line up featured:

  • Marc Mob - vocals, guitar
  • Curtis - bass
  • Graham - drums

Marc Mob was the centre of attention with red dreadlocks. His lyrics featured topics such as nuclear bombs, war, wastelands, death and doom in general.

[edit] History

In 1981 Marc and Curtis relocated to Islington, London where they lived in a house run by the Black Sheep housing co-op. Josef Porta (also of British anarcho-punk bands Zounds and Null & Void) took over on drums.

Some of their allies in the anarcho-punk scene ran the Community-Squats "Peace Centre" (today the residence of Amnesty International GB, where The Mob once played a benefit-show in the basement) and the "Ambulance Station" in South London.

Josef Porta quit the band by saying that he was sick of singing about children being slaughtered. He subsequently formed the group Blyth Power.

The band broke up in December 1983.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles/EPs

[edit] Live

  • Live at the Zig Zag Squat 18/12/82 split cassette/CD with Amebix and Flux of Pink Indians (1982)
  • Live at the LMC split LP with The Apostles (1983 Cause for Concern)
  • No, No, No, Don't Drop Your Bombs on Us, They Hurt split cassette with The Faction and D&V (1983)

[edit] Reissue

  • Let the Tribe Increase LP/CD (1997 Broken Rekids)

[edit] Compilation tracks

  • "No Doves Fly Here" on A-Sides compilation CD (1994 Crass Records)

[edit] External links

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