HARD TO SWALLOW

HARD TO FUCKING SWALLOW BEGAN IN NOTTINGHAM AT THE END OF 1994, FORMING OUT OF THE ASHES AND MEMBERSHIPS OF THE VARUKERS, BLOODY LOVELY AND FORCEFED, IRONSIDE. WE WERE INSPIRED BY CITIZEN'S ARREST, BORN AGAINST, RORSCHACH AND NWOBHM. AFTER VARIOUS OUSTINGS OF OAFS AND IMBECILES, THE BAND REHEARSED IN THE DEFINITIVE LINEUP AT THE NARROWBOAT PUB NOTTINGHAM, BEFORE PLAYING THEIR FIRST SHOW IN CORBY AUG 1995 TO APPROX 50 PEOPLE. THE BAND CONSISTED OF SEAN, GRAVES, KEV GOY AND GORDS. REALISING THAT WE MADE A RIGHT FUCKING RACKET BUT NEEDED STILL MORE POWER WE RECRUITED JYMN WHO MADE NOISES WITH IRON MONKEY. AFTER RELEASING THE FIRST SPLIT 7" WITH UNDERCLASS WE PLAYED VARIOUS EUROPEAN SHOWS PISSING, SWEARING AND VOMITING OUR WAY ACCROSS THE SHOWERS, SETTEE'S AND SQUATS OF THE EUROPEAN MAINLAND WITH MANFAT. PLAYED LOADS OF MORE SHOWS, SACKED THE DRUMMER THEN REINSTATED HIM AFTER SOME SHOWS WITH DROPDEAD. IN SHORT WE PLAYED WITH SOME VERY NICE BANDS AND ALSO SOME VERY SHIT ONES! AFTER MORE EUROPEAN SHOWS WE RECORDED THE PROTECTED LP, FOR HOUSHOLD NAME RECORDS, PEET THEN REPLACED GOY ON VOCALS AND WE RECORDED A SPLIT ALBUM WITH CANVAS, THEN DID FINAL TOUR OF EUROPE. HAD A BIG FIGHT AND SPLIT UP. WE PLAYED OUR LAST SHOW AT BRADFORD 1IN12 CLUB TO AROUND 100 PEOPLE. WE WILL NEVER REFORM SO NEVER BELIEVE THE KID WITH THE BIG MOUTH AND THE RIGHT T-SHIRT WHO SAYS OTHERWISE.FROM THE REAL HTS, DON'T YOU FUCKING FORGET IT .