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The Subhumans were part of the British anarcho-punk scene of the early 1980s
alongside Conflict, Crass, Rudimentary Peni, Flux of Pink Indians, etc
After the usual sequence of angry anthems, that included
Demolition War (Spiderleg, 1981),
Reason for Existance (Spiderleg, 1982) and
Religious Wars (Spiderleg, 1982), they served
one of the genre's masterpieces,
The Day The Country Died (Spiderleg, 1983),
It was followed by a rock opera of sorts,
From The Cradle To The Grave (Bluurg, 1984).
Vocalist Dick Lucas later formed the Culture Shock and eventually (1990)
rejoined two Subhumans buddies in the Citizen Fish.
The new band abandoned the ultra-radical poses
(although one can still detect an understated agitprop mission)
in favor of an amusing melange of dub, reggae, ska and thrash.
Free Souls In A Trapped Environment (Bluurg, 1991), with
Supermarket Song,
Wider Than a Postcard (Bluurg, 1992),
Flinch (Bluurg, 1994),
Millennia Madness (Lookout, 1995),
Thirst (Lookout, 1996), with
What Charlie Said,
Psychological Background Report (Bluurg, 1997),
Active Ingredience (Bluurg, 1999),
with Habit,
and Life Size (Honest Don, 2001), still replete with all sorts
of sociopolitical issues,
trace one of the most honest careers in
ska-punk.
Deadline (2007) is a political collaboration with Leftover.
The Subhumans reformed for Internal Riot (2007).
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Alessandro Rusignuolo)
I Subhumans fecero parte della scena britannica anarco-punk dei primi anni
80 a fianco dei Conflict, Crass, Rudimentary Peni, Flux of Pink Indians, ecc.
Dopo la solita sequenza di inni arrabbiati, che includeva Demolition War
(Spiderleg, 1981), Reason for Existance (Spiderleg,
1982) e Religious Wars (Spiderleg, 1982), produssero uno dei capolavori
del genere, The Day The Country Died (Spiderleg, 1983), a cui segu una
sorta di opera rock, From The Cradle To The Grave (Bluurg, 1984).
Il cantante Dick Lucas form poi i Culture Shock e alla fine (1990)
raggiunse due amici dei Subhumans nei Citizen Fish. La
nuova band abbandon le pose ultra radicali (anche se si pu ancora rilevare un
atteggiamento di sobrio agitprop) a favore di un mlange di divertenti dub,
reggae, ska e thrash. Free Souls In A Trapped Environment (Bluurg,
1991), con il brano Supermarket Song, Wider Than a Postcard
(Bluurg, 1992), Flinch (Bluurg, 1994), Millennia Madness
(Lookout, 1995), Thirst (Lookout, 1996), con What Charlie Said, Psychological
Background Report (Bluurg, 1997), Active Ingredience (Bluurg, 1999),
con Habit, e Life Size (Honest Don, 2001), ancora pieni di ogni
tipo di problematica socio politica, tracciarono una delle carriere pi
coerenti in ambito ska-punk.
Deadline
(2007) fu una collaborazione politica con i Leftover.
I Subhumans si
riformarono nel 2007 per lalbum Internal Riot.
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