Anti-System - Anti-System

Anti-System were a British anarcho punk band that formed in Bradford in 1981.
The band recorded a demo in 1982. They first surfaced on the "Punk Dead, Nah Mate" compilation and followed with their debut single "Defence Of The Realm" EP. Halfway through the recording of the EP bassist George was replaced by Mickey Knowles.
In 1984 the band appeared on another Pax compilation, "Bollox To The Gonads - Here's The Testicles". Nogsy had left by the time of its release. "No Laughing Matter" followed in March 1985, but as with their debut EP was let down by bad material and poor production.
Their final EP, "A Look At Life" was notable for a move towards thrash metal. Shortly after the EP was recorded, vocalist Mick Teale and bassist Mark Keane (both of whom had joined in 1984) were sent to prison for doing over three butchers' shops and setting cattle free from a local abattoir, which spelled the end for the band.

Band members:
Simon Nolan (Nogsy) - vocals
Dominic Watts - guitar
George Clarke - bass
Phil Dean - drums.

"Anti-System" by Anti-System is a compilation album, released in 1991 on Constructive Rebellion.

Tracks:
1-13 LP No Laughing Matter, released in 1985
14-18 12" A Look At Life, released in 1986
19-22 7" Defence Of The Realm, released in 1983
23-24 7" tracks taken from the split EP with Morbid Humour, released in 1985.

Tracklisting:
1. Rhetorical Stagnation
2. The End Was Inevitable
3. Brainwashed
4. World That God Made
5. Dying In Agony
6. Big Fallout
7. Don't Worry
8. Strange Love
9. Wot No Meat (To Live! Life)
10. No Laughing Matter
11. So Long As
12. Animal Welfare
13. Empty Threats
14. Take A Look At Life
15. Leather, Bristles, Studs And Ignorance
16. In My Eyes
17. Paradise?
18. The Tables Must Turn
19. Animal Welfare
20. No Longer To Choose
21. Service/1000 Rifles
22. Government Lies
23. Bomb Threat
24. Strange Love
25. So Long As

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