Spotify Release Info
Track: She's Not There
Artist: U.K. Subs
Album: The Gem Singles
Artist Bio
Name: U.K. Subs
Spotify Genres: punk, hardcore punk, proto-punk
Followers: 75,171
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Biography
The UK Subs is another group that emerged from the scene at The Roxy in London in 1977. Founder and Lead Vocalist Charlie Harper was playing in R&B and pub rock groups before being influenced by bands like The Damned to turn to punk. The band initially started in 1976 as "The Subversives" with singer Charlie Harper. When the band line-up was based around Harper's growling Cockney vocals with Nicky Garratt on Guitar, Paul Slack on Bass and a variety of drummers they became the "U.K. subversives", later shortened to "U.K. Subs". Although adopting punk stylings, the bands work was still heavily influenced by R&B, albeit played fast. Their sound was most similar to Sham 69 or The Angelic Upstarts, although without the skinhead following Whilst never having a big hit, several singles made the lower reaches of the Top 30 in the late 70s, including "Stranglehold", "Tomorrow's Girls", a cover of The Zombies classic "She's Not There" and "Warhead". The first two studio LPs "Another Kind of Blues" and "Brand New Age" also made the lower reaches of the album charts. In 1983 Nicky Garratt left the band along with bass player Alvin Gibbs and then drummer Kim Wylie leaving Charlie Harper to recruit a whole new band. Garratt would come back in and out of the line-up over the following 25 years whilst Charlie carried on touring and recording with an almost ever changing line-up. The UK Subs are the only band to record an album for every letter of the alphabet, in order, reaching Z (Ziezo) in 2016.
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1.RiotComplete Riot
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2.WarheadBrand New Age
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3.StrangleholdAnother Kind of Blues
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4.Tomorrows GirlsAnother Kind of Blues
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5.C.I.D.Another Kind of Blues
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6.Warhead - demoPunk Can Take It
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7.Emotional BlackmailBrand New Age
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8.Down On The Farm - Endangered SpeciesDown On The Farm
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9.She's Not ThereThe Gem Singles
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10.I Live in a CarAnother Kind of Blues
Discogs Release Info
Release: U.K. Subs* - She's Not There
Year: 1979
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk