Events . Subhumans, All Torn Up, Peace Talks

Subhumans, All Torn Up, Peace Talks

Thu Nov 3 7:30 pm $17 adv/$20 door all ages/21+ drinks Spirit Hall 242 51st St Lawrenceville

tickets on sale 9/9/22 at Noon! https://subhumansukpittsburgh.brownpapertickets.com or at Pleasant Dreams Records (Polish Hill), Government Center (North Side), Jerry's Records (Squirrel Hill) and Caliban Books (Oakland)

the return of UK punk legends
SUBHUMANS
https://subhumans.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/officialsubhumans/
https://www.instagram.com/subhumansuk/

with All Torn Up! (NYC)
https://alltornup.bandcamp.com/

and Peace Talks
https://peacetalkspgh.bandcamp.com/

Subhumans are one of the most influential bands from the UK Anarcho-Punk scene of the 80’s, filed right alongside Crass and Conflict, and just as relevant today as they were during the darkest days of Thatcher’s Britain. Take your choice in how to label them – Punk, UK82, Crusty, etc, – there lies the attraction and consequent reason for their popularity, the band epitomizes non-conformity and connects with people in many different scenes.
Forming in 1980, recording and releasing a series of live and demo cassette tapes on their own Bluurg label, they continued to release music throughout the 80’s – building a powerhouse of a back catalog that completely stands the test of time. Their debut LP ‘The Day the Country Died’ (1983), with its Orwellian influence, is considered by many to be a classic and has sold in excess of 100,000 copies. The second album, ‘From the Cradle to the Grave’, came swiftly the following year (1984), and although the same frenetic pace is in evidence, this marks a significant musical development for the band. In 1985 Subhumans broke up, citing the usual musical differences, although had managed to release a third, maybe ironically entitled, LP ‘Worlds Apart.’ A final EP was released posthumously in 1986, ‘29:29 Split Vision,’ a further demonstration of how far the band had come musically from their initial leanings.
Dick Lucas subsequently joined Culture Shock and then formed political ska-punk band Citizen Fish in 1990, both bands releasing many albums, and still playing today. Subhumans had a couple of reunion shows in the nineties, before a more permanent return for the 21st century, including 2 major tours of the US, the first resulting in the ‘Live in a Dive’ LP. The Subhumans then released a further studio album in 2007, ‘Internal Riot,’ again on Bluurg Records. The band is still passionate and angry.
The band have recently written ten new songs, which Pirates Press Records are thrilled to be releasing, and are embarking on a year of touring in both Europe and North America! First, a split with The Restarts before a 12” of their own comes out in October of 2019. The social and political commentary of bands like Subhumans forged a path, along with their contemporaries, for punk to change lives and opinions around the world. Sadly the things they sang about forty years ago are largely just as important now with the current political climate, the immense imbalance of wealth and power, and the causes they hold near and dear to their hearts.
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All Torn Up! is a collective of community organizers and rage filled musicians firing out aggressive tunes to break down this ugly world. We’re dedicated to bringing punk music and community back to being a source of rebellion against all the injustices that have shaped our angry little lives.
All Torn Up! was forged with two desires: to make music that not only challenges ourselves and others to consciously think more about the wretched world we have been given AND to invigorate people to fight harder everyday to make this the something worth struggling for. Our tunes are torches to set fire to their oppressive institutions and to shine light upon our fellow rebels. Those are the fury filled faces are the reason this fight is worth starting, and they are the reason we know we can win.
Members.
Joey Steel – Vox
Sören “Z” – Drums
Philippe LeSaux – Bass
Marcello Amati– Guitar
Jason Tancer – Guitar

Related Entities: Peace Talks Spirit
Tags: Hardcore Punk