Folk Devils were a 1980s post-punk ensemble born of the Notting Hill, West London music scene. Founding member Ian Lowery had previously been the original singer in late 1970s punk rock band The Wall and then signed to Killing Joke's Malicious Damage label as leader of the group Ski Patrol. The sound was a bastardised blend of punk, blues, and amphetamine fuelled angst with the music often walking a fine line between a patchwork of brilliant musicianship and violence. The political and ideological canvass for Folk Devils was the miners strike, Thatcher's Britain, mass unemployment and the flooding of Britain's streets with heroin and despair. Having recorded the 'Beautiful Monster E.P.' in 1985 with 'punk' producer and IRS stalwart Richard Mazda and the 1986 'Fire and Chrome' EP which was well received throughout Europe, chemicals and chaos finally caused the band to disintegrate as their first and only album 'Goodnight Irony' was released by Situation Two. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]
Label:
Situation Two – SIT UP 19
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country:
UK
Released:
1987
Style: Post-Punk
Tracklist:
A1 Hank Turns Blue 2:49
A2 English Disease 2:56
A3 Where The Buffalo Roam 2:45
A4 Beautiful Monster 4:39
A5 Wail 3:03
A6 Nice People 1:44
A7 Albino 5:35
B1 Brian Jones' Bastard Son 3:49
B2 It Drags On 4:22
B3 Evil Eye 7:21
B4 Art Ghetto 2:52
B5 Chewing The Flesh 2:36
Notes:
"This album contains the entire recorded output of the first incarnation of the Folk Devils"
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