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Ian Glasper

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About Me

I played bass with Decadence Within from 1983 - 1994, bass with Burnside 1994 - 1995, bass with Stampin' Ground from 1995 - 2003, and I currently play for UK thrashers Suicide Watch and the recently reformed anarcho band Flux Of Punk Idiots... oops, I mean Flux Of Pink Indians. I've been writing for Terrorizer magazine since 1993 (issue no. 3), and am the author of two books about Eighties punk rock in the UK, 'Burning Britain' (Cherry Red Books, 2004) and 'The Day The Country Died' (Cherry Red, 2006). I'm currently working on a book about UKHC from 1985 - 1989, set for publication in 2008.»-(¯..v..¯)-» Design your MySpace with MyLook «-(¯..v..¯)-«

My Interests

Hardcore punk and metal! Wado ryu karate! Aikido! Exclamation marks!

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who was in a UKHC band in the late Eighties - get in touch, and let's get you in the next book! especially anyone who was in Atavistic! Where are you guys?!?

Music:

Anything from Adam And The Ants to Zounds, and back again, via Bad Brains, Cro Mags, DI, Exodus, Flotsam And Jetsam, Generic, Hirax, Into Another, Judge, Killing Joke, Leeway, Metallica, Nasty Savage, Onslaught, Primus, Queensryche, Rudimentary Peni, Slayer, Testament, Underdog, Voi Vod, Wasted Youth, X-Ray Spex and Yuppicide!

Movies:

Dog Soldiers, Blue Velvet, Lord Of The Rings, Casino Royale, American Hardcore, The Departed, Scum, This Is England, Nosferatu, Super Bad... the list is endless, I'm a freak for celluloid

Television:

The Contender... Adrenaline Junkie... and that's about it!

Books:

Just been blown away by 'The Terror' - Dan Simmons rules! Brian Keene kicks ass... also love Graham Masterton's stuff with a passion...

Heroes:

Noise is for heroes, leave the music for zeros

My Blog

Suicide Watch - the 2nd album... and about time!

Yes, it's taken us forever, but we've finally finished the 2nd Suicide Watch album, 'This Cursed Earth' - expect it on Belgian label Mausoleum in September! It's faster, tighter, harder and more techn...
Posted by Ian Glasper on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:05:00 PST

FLUX at the 1 In 12 Club

Flux of Pink Indians are very pleased to announce they'll be playing the one and only 1 In 12 Club, Bradford, on Saturday August 16th 2008. Support will come from Toxic Waste (Belfast) and W...
Posted by Ian Glasper on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:25:00 PST

The Amebix are back...!

Yes, yes, YES - check out www.amebix.net The new recordings sound the dog’s bollox
Posted by Ian Glasper on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:59:00 PST

IMPORTANT: re: the next Flux Of Pink Indians show

The next Flux Of Pink Indians show IS NOT on May 30th at the Garage as previously mentioned below - it is now on Friday August 22nd at the Islington Academy, with Subhumans, Rubella Ballet and Restart...
Posted by Ian Glasper on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:05:00 PST

yeah, yeah, yeah, I got hacked...

sorry to anyone that got any spam mails from me - no, I'm not selling webcam chats, I was hacked... normal service has now resumed though!
Posted by Ian Glasper on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:17:00 PST

ANOTHER FLUX OF PINK INDIANS GIG!

YES, FLUX OF PINK INDIANS WILL BE TREADING THE BOARDS AGAIN! YAAAY! We are co-headlining the recently refurbished Garage in Islington on Fri May 30th with Subhumans, and Virus in support... I understa...
Posted by Ian Glasper on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:23:00 PST

Flux Of Pink Indians...

Yes, it's true, I'm playing bass for the reformed Flux Of Pink Indians... which is a bit weird, playing songs like 'Tube Disasters' and 'Progress', that were massively influential on me as a youth, wi...
Posted by Ian Glasper on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:43:00 PST

DECADENCE WITHIN...

No, don't panic, we're not reforming! But those good (crazy?) people at Boss Tuneage have just released a 2-CD collection entitled 'Reflections' - 49 rare, deleted and unreleased Decadence Within...
Posted by Ian Glasper on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:39:00 PST

ANARCHO PUNK BOOK

Just a quick note to say a massive THANKS to anyone who has recently picked up 'The Day The Country Died', and for all the positive comments I've been receiving since its publication. I desperately wa...
Posted by Ian Glasper on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:23:00 PST

The sad passing of Sensei Malcolm McClure

Yesterday I said goodbye to one of my best friends, Malcolm John McClure, who was buried in Madresfield Cemetery, Malvern - not only was he my karate sensei, and I'd trained with him twice a week...
Posted by Ian Glasper on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:00:00 PST