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Thursday, 19 January 2012

From Liverpool to Greece...

“seriously, they're fucking scum, what a cowardly way to behave, violent scum, seriously, just fucking scum. I still can't believe it.”

“they've been pushing for this since the start, shit is **** OK?”






Yesterday evening Liverpool City Council were meeting to decide the next round of brutal cuts that they'd inflict on the most vulnerable sections of our community (cuts that included getting rid of the school uniform allowance that allows the poorest families to clothe their children for school and drastically reducing the funding to child and adolescent mental health services in the city, basically taking nurses away from unwell children, bastards). Myself and Simon got on our bikes and went to join a demonstration outside the town hall to voice our opposition to this tragedy, we got there and met friends and talked and joked and tried to stay warm, before we joined the chanting and jeering that aimed to disrupt the meeting and let the councilors know we were there and we were disgusted by them.

Within minutes a police officer was antagonising a guy from Occupy Liverpool before turning his attention to us, to ask what the red and black meant and to question if we were we from some new organisation, we offered a fairly abridged version of the theory after making him aware we knew he understood perfectly well what these flags stood for, not getting a reaction this bully left.

“it's been pretty dull this evening”

“yeah, we just haven't had the numbers, still it's important to be here”

“fucking hell, there's another Matrix van (Merseyside Police riot/crowd control) and loads more cops”

“shit they're gonna kettle.”

We watched as mounted police, backed by further van loads of police on foot, attempted to 'contain' a peaceful group of protesters and we all evaded this kettle and took up position in the road in protest against the police tactics. The aggression from the police was mounting and the fear among the demonstration palpable, with horses being used as weapons amid a total disregard for the right to protest and the safety of those present. They were here to destroy any dissent.

“get those animals of those horses”

“there's no excuse for animal abuse”

“the other horses won't talk to him now because they'll think he's a grass!”

There was no 'banter' back from the police, instead as the youngest contingent of the demonstration were warned of the dangers of sitting down in this situation, the police charged at them and attacked violently. I watched as one kid was grabbed from behind by a cop who had charged thirty yards by himself, the kid was violently brought to the ground and beaten, the kid tried to struggle against this grown man who made no attempt to arrest and seemed content to fight with the kid while other officers piled in and continued to brutalise him, before eventually arresting him. Fucking cowards. During this mounted police were used to block any attempts to rescue the young guy or to video and photograph what was going on, these cowards knew they were acting illegally and immorally and chants clearly echoed this sentiment.

“SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU!”

“No Justice. No Peace. Fuck The Police!”

A frenzy then followed as individuals seemed to be picked at random from the demonstration and arrested in the most violent manner, while desperate attempts were made to de-arrest the innocent victims of this brutal operation. Those arrested were remarkably young and it became clear that they were picked due to their involvement in the Occupy movement in the city, not for having committed any offence. Some were also undoubtedly picked because they were the least physically imposing and officers were able to wrestle them to the ground much easier than they would be able to if they had picked out adult members of the demonstration. A good friend of ours then came over, blood all over his face, he is a school student and one of the most eloquent and sincere young men I have ever met, a police officer had punched him.

“WE WON”T TAKE POLICE BRUTALITY!”

A frightening stand-off then ensued, as we stayed together in the face off ridiculous levels of violence from the police who had called in even more reinforcements from the Matrix (they now easily outnumbered the demonstration and were carrying tasers among other weapons). It became clear that we needed to leave as one to prevent any further injuries, these thugs weren't going to let up. As we walked off ,the demonstration over, the intimidation continued, as one young lady was surrounded by three officers threatening arrest for cycling on the pavement. We quickly circled the officers and made sure that no further injustices were to be carried out.

“Quick man, they've got their tasers out”

We walked through the city, until it was safe to disperse, followed by vans and police on foot, many carrying tasers. We made sure that no one left alone and said our goodbyes and vowed to return. Me and Simon got on our bikes and got some dinner and went home.


FUCK POLICE VIOLENCE

FUCK POLICE VIOLENCE

FUCK POLICE VIOLENCE


If being punk means anything, it means looking out for each other, it means dignity and equality, and it means standing up for ourselves and each other when our government are attacking us. It means resisting the brutal police thugs who hurt us, and refusing to stand down when they threaten us with the abhorrent violence of the prison system. It means resistance. x



Saturday, 7 January 2012


We have been busy making plans;
February,
-weekender with Battle For Paris
-recording for a final 7inch (before we move on to something much longer.)
-Shows in Nottingham and Brighton

March,
Weekender with Kerouac

April,
-Punk V Hardcore in Brighton, possibly becoming a weekender...
-A special one off show with Dragged Into Sunlight

This is just the start, we're here to participate!

Thursday, 15 December 2011

New songs/Next Shows/Past Memories

We have been busy writing new material for a release in spring next year. We're all pretty excited about how the song is shaping up, we've got some crazy ideas for packaging as well so more on that when more is confirmed. We don't want to give too much away on this until things have been fully set in stone but we're pretty excited all the same!

We have also been busy booking shows for early next year with Battle for Paris. The last few shows we shared together were amazing so we're really looking forward to seeing those guys again. Their new songs are so sick! We're in the process of confirming 3 shows up north. More on this once things have been finalised (again!). We are playing in Brighton on the 25th of February with Touche Amore, Basement and Gnarwolves which should be sweet and then we will be touring again properly in March.

Also, we're playing a show this Sunday (18th December) in Manchester at the Star and Garter so come down if you can. EVENT LINK

On a final note, I've just been having a reminisce about our first trip away in Europe with Ravachol. It was pretty special for all of us. I'm sure I speak for us all when I say we never would have expected to all be traveling across Europe with our friends and playing our music every night when we were growing up. It was a humbling yet gratifying experience and we will all never forget it. Here's a clip from one of our most memorable shows in Budapest, Hungary.




Video credited to Wolf Shaped Clouds, thank you!

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Lyrics/Words

We have been putting selected lyrics up on the blog in the lyrics section, check them out! Our records contain full lyrics for all the songs we have released, but sometimes there isn't space to talk about them at the length we want to, or with after thought or changes in circumstance it feels right to expand on certain themes. There are two new songs up, more to follow.

Monday, 14 November 2011

This was our European Tour

  1. True Love, Always.

  2. Zac for putting out the record because it's still unreal

  3. Pennie the van saver.

  4. Finally getting to see Lich and being blown away.

  5. Early starts and early sailings, romantic even though you're too tired to think

  6. Friendly squat Dogs making your day.

  7. Van bunks.

  8. De Onderbroek.

  9. New Friends.

  10. Partying til late with the new friends from 9.

  11. Late night tea with Jarvin.

  12. Early morning coffee with Jarvin.

  13. Social centre tours because you sincerely want to know more.

  14. Eurohell drives.

  15. Not paying for the service station toilet because your punk (but mostly because you don't have any change, ever.)

  16. RVIVR! Pop punk party.

  17. Walking back even though it's cold because you know you'll see more.

  18. German police, fines, and new tyres.

  19. Old friends in Berlin.

  20. New Friends in Berlin.

  21. Remembering how to skateboard in Dobeln.

  22. Staying up late, getting drunk, talking, and probably forgetting how to skateboard in Dobeln.

  23. Ice cold showers making you feel near alive again.

  24. Realising this is genuinely incredible.

  25. Swapping CD's for drinks because you forgot to get the correct currency.

  26. Dropping of the locals at their house.

  27. Sleeping in the van in the Czech Republic.

  28. Sleeping in a bed in the Czech Republic.

  29. “If you have to believe in something can it not be Huss!”

  30. Climbing mountains in Graz with Mikee in the dead of night.

  31. Three legged dog alarm-clock.

  32. Near misses in rush hour traffic.

  33. Wolf Shaped Clouds.

  34. Crowd-surfing in Budapest.

  35. Another Pop Punk Party.

  36. Always running late.

  37. Bad rapping on Viennese trains.

  38. Incredible rapping on Viennese trains.

  39. Border patrol letting us go.

  40. Club Schilli!

  41. Missing passports and a search party.

  42. Missing t-shirts and an ipod party.

  43. Vowing to return and meaning it with every fibre of your being.

  44. Always being late.

  45. Swiss border patrol and the great Merch swindle.

  46. “If you have to believe in something can it not be Huss!”

  47. Amazing food shared with amazing people.

  48. French Customs alarm-clock.

  49. Car-park picnic.

  50. Car-park pyramid.

  51. Watching the sun rise twice on your journey home.

  52. So much more than you can ever put on a list.

  53. Ravachol.

  54. True Love, Always.

Friday, 7 October 2011

Never again means never again.


In the light of endless attacks on the more vunerable members of society from our heinous government we have been pretty busy with direct action and protest. We recently joined an anti-fascist protest against the BNP in Liverpool and as a result we had our photo (see above) posted on a website that attempts to expose enemies of the far right and intimidate them. When you and your fellow racist scumbags are drowned out, spat on and chased out of Liverpool I guess you have to try and fight back some how. Nice try.
GOOD NIGHT WHITE PRIDE.

Saturday, 17 September 2011

So it's here.



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