"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George OrwellThis is the sound of dealing with life in a dead-end town, wanting to get out and take on the world with the ideals of good old fashioned punk rock. This is the sound of raw, passionate, uncompromising and angry music that is not afraid to speak its mind and that is not going to bow down to the laws of censorship. This is music for the rebel, the outcast, the activist and the open minded. This is the sound of Armies Of Anger.............In early 2007 two Melksham musicians decided it was time to put the town back on the map, and make people remember the place for something other than murders and the fact that the shamed kiddy-fiddling glam rocker Gary Glitter played his first gig here. This is also the town that spawned the Subhumans, but apart from them this town has had nothing to be proud of. It was time to change that. The debut EP (or probably more like a mini-album) 'Live By Your Own Law' was released in April 2007. Recorded entirely in my front room, this was a record that took the ethos of DIY Punk to new levels. Not only did we record and produce it ourselves but we also released it ourselves via the internet. Word began to spread and people started to take notice, even some of our musical heroes were giving us the thumbs up, and all this gave us the extra kick up the arse we needed to carry on going. In June 2007 Stan Marvel (aka Mr Scott) joined us and we began work on new material. The result was the 'Maximum Rage On The Minimum Wage' EP (again, probably more of a mini-album) Our songs have always had a political element to them but this was beyond that, this record was more like a full-on assault on the political filth that festers within our country's government and indeed the governments of the world. This was a record which was like a kick in the bollocks of the Bush administration and the cock-sucking puppets of Blair's New Labour. But politics wasn't the only thing we were raging against, the royal family were given a fat slice of our abuse, and so were media giants and censors. Quite simply we were playing songs about stuff that made us angry, and when it came to recording our full length album, this was something that we were keen to continue with.......... The album took a little bit longer to record than the previous two EPs, but the process of recording it was great fun. This time it wasn't just my songs, Mr X and Mr McEntegart were both coming up with some blinding stuff, and it all fitted together perfectly. This record, like the first two, was recorded in my front room again and everything on it was 100% us. And this was still punk rock, but this time we were throwing in all sorts of different sounds. There was 'Oi-disco', 'anarcho-funk' and even 'West Country dub', and while the musical elements were broader, the lyrical themes were even wider. We had songs about religious lunatics, drug-induced paranoia, manufactured pop and even a song about a dead lady who helps the British media sell newspapers...... Again we released this masterpiece via the internet, and our fans old and new agred that this was our finest moment. The one thing we hadn't done yet was play some gigs, since we could never find a fucking drummer, but we wouldn't let this get in our way. A select group of people were lucky enough to witness the now legendary 'house gigs' that we staged. Yeah we used to turn up pissed out of our faces, but it just added to the fun. But wi.th every up, there is always a down........... Armies Of Anger came to an end in June 2008, mainly due to personal problems within the band and (inevitably) drugs. We all still keep in touch and at some point we might even be back someday, who knows? Being in this band was a lot of fun, we made some great music together and we opened people's eyes. And we didn't need no management, record labels or even producers. We did this all ourselves. As the song says we lived fast, we died young, we left a stinking corpse. This collection of songs is our stinking corpse, hope you enjoy feasting upon it. Ta very much and au revoir.
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