| Concrete Sox | |
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| Origin | Nottingham, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Crossover thrash Crust punk |
| Years active | 1984–1999, 2009-present |
| Labels | Children of the Revolution, Earache, Manic Ears, Big Kiss, Lost and Found, SpeedState |
| Associated acts | City Indians, Heresy, Sleezepatrol |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/vic_sox |
| Members | |
| Vic Croll Skwid Michèle Cameron |
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| Past members | |
| Rich Button Sean Cook Les Duly Mark Greenwell Ian Rich Lamell Loyd John March Kalvin Piper Pug Andy Sewell |
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Concrete Sox are a British crust punk band. They are largely seen as an early crossover thrash band who incorporated many thrash metal-like riffs in the style of their earlier recordings.
Starting in 1983 from jam sessions with 'Gabba' (Chaos UK/F.U.K.) and 'Kalv' (Heresy/Geriatric Unit) and various other 'friends', the band was formed by Vic Timoveric (Vic Croll) and his friend Les Duly. Not set on a permanent name, they once gigged as 'Concrete Evidence', but the name 'Concrete Sox' (Vics parody of a Hendrix Dead Boy sub-band, called 'The Steam Roller Gloves') became the bands official name. First release was the LP Your Turn Next in 1985 on COR records followed by —a split LP with Heresy on Earache Records in 1986. The band went on to record a further album on Manic Ears records entitled Whoops, Sorry Vicar! (1987) and a fourth album on Big Kiss Records (Cat: KISS 1) entitled Sewerside (1989). They later released a further album entitled No World Order in 1992 on Lost & Found Records (GER).
Concrete Sox were one of the more important of the British hardcore / crust punk influenced thrash bands during the late 1980s. They are also acredited with being one of the forerunners/pioneers of the punk/metal [crossover] music style/movement (along with other bands ie: Sacrilege/Onslaught/Deviated Instinct etc). Their work is mostly out of print on physical media, though some records have been recently repressed on compact disc by Speedstate records, and most of their recordings are available via peer to peer networks and tape trading.
Concrete Sox reformed in 2009 with a new line-up. After an unsuccessful tour in April 2010 (which was cancelled by the band after 3 shows), the current line-up was disbanded. Original/founding member Vic Croll (aka Vic Timoveric) is working with a new line-up & writing new material.[1][2][3]
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