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Image of Fatal Microbes on back of their Violence Grows 7"
Image of Fatal Microbes on back of their Violence Grows 7"

The Fatal Microbes was a UK punk rock group that existed in the late 1970s. Honey Bane http://www.myspace.com/honeybaneband (Donna Tracey) was the lead singer. Other band members were Gem Stone (Gemma Sansom) on drums, Pete Fender (Daniel Sansom) on guitar, and Scotty Boy Barker (Scott Barker) who was replaced as bassist by It (Quentin North) after he left. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x644, 362 KB) Summary This was scanned directly from the back cover of the gatefold sleeve of by sybs on December 26, 2005, to be used specifically in the Fatal Microbes article in accordance with the fair use provision of U... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x644, 362 KB) Summary This was scanned directly from the back cover of the gatefold sleeve of by sybs on December 26, 2005, to be used specifically in the Fatal Microbes article in accordance with the fair use provision of U... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...


In 1979, they released a split 12" EP of Violence Grows, which also featured Epping veteran anarcho-punks The Poison Girls (whose singer, Vi Subversa, happened to be the mother of Gem Stone and Pete Fender). Due to the popularity of Fatal Microbes a 7" single featuring Violence Grows was released, and hailed as a classic by the late John Peel. Both releases were on Small Wonder records. High Street in Epping Epping is a market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex in the United Kingdom. ... The anarchy symbol commonly used by anarcho-punks Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... Poison Girls preforming at the squatted Zig Zag Club in London, December 1982 The Poison Girls were a British anarcho-punk band. ... Poison Girls preforming at the squatted Zig Zag Club in London, December 1982 The Poison Girls were a British anarcho-punk band. ... Autobiography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ...


Honey Bane later released the EP "You Can Be You" with the band Crass - featuring the track Girl On The Run, which was recorded whilst Honey Bane was on the run from a children's home. The EP was released under the name Donna and the Kebabs. Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69 vocalist), in his capacity as talent scout for EMI-subsidiary Zonophone, signed her on a 5 year contract. 3 singles were issued in the spring of 1981, including the top 40 hit Turn Me On, Turn Me Off. Honey Bane has two singles in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles. For information about the anarchist writer see Chris Crass Crass was an influential English anarchist punk rock band. ... For information about the anarchist writer see Chris Crass Crass was an influential English anarchist punk rock band. ... Jimmy Pursey (born February 9, 1955) is a singer and former member of English punk rock group Sham 69 between 1976-1980 and then from 1987-1993. ... Sham 69 were a British punk band from Hersham, Surrey, a suburb of London. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Artist and repertoire (A&R for short) is a music industry term that refers to the division of a record label that is responsible for scouting and developing talent. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... Zonophone, early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone is a record label. ...


Pete Fender subsequently went on to form Rubella Ballet with Sid the drummer who was also in Flux of Pink Indians. Gem Stone also joined Rubella Ballet and It made a brief appearance. Pete Fender also released a 7" EP, "Four Formulas", under his own name on XNTrix records. Pete Fender, Gem Stone and It had originally met when they formed the band Punktuation in 1976. With an average age of just 13 years, it would make them probably the youngest punk band in the country at the time. Rubella Ballet playing at the Clarendon Club, London, Christmas Eve 1985 Rubella Ballet were an anarcho-punk band formed in 1980 by former Fatal Microbes guitarist Pete Fender with Annie Anxiety, Gem Stone (also from Fatal Microbes) and Sid the drummer from Flux of Pink Indians. ... Flux Of Pink Indians was a anarcho-punk/Post punk band that originated from Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. ...


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sound of the suburbs: Fatal Microbes (540 words)
It was 'Violence Grows' by the Fatal Microbes that was to be their unique single from 1979 on Small Wonder Records.
To give you an idea of what he was like back then and if my memory serves me correctly, his oufits were always punctuated with a wooly hat be it summer or winter, a bit like Badly Drawn Boy.
And so back to the Fatal Microbes, and as was the case with the majority of the Small Wonder singles I owned my own copy, which passed more than its fair share of time on my turntable.
Fatal Microbes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (375 words)
The Fatal Microbes was a UK punk rock group that existed in the late 1970s.
In 1979, they released a split 12" EP of Violence Grows, which also featured Epping veteran anarcho-punks The Poison Girls (whose singer, Vi Subversa, happened to be the mother of Gem Stone and Pete Fender).
Due to the popularity of Fatal Microbes a 7" single featuring Violence Grows was released, and hailed as a classic by the late John Peel.
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