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The picture cover of the UK Subs' 1981 single: "Keep On Running (Til You Burn)"

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Career

The UK Subs were part of the original punk rock movement in England that formed in 1976, with the intial name of the Subversives. The band's founder, Charlie Harper selected guitarist Nicky Garratt, bassist Steve Slack, and various drummers (eventually Pete Davis became fairly stable) under the initial name "UK Subversives". The London based band's early line-up changed frequently. 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. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ... A drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Their style combined the energy of punk and the rock and roll edge of the then thriving pub rock scene. The band had some hit singles such as "Stranglehold", "Warhead", "I Live in a Car", and "Tomorrow's Girls", with several of their songs managing to enter the United Kingdom's Top Forty. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Revival of the Pub Rock Scene made popular by Dire Straits and Elvis Costello. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This page is about musical songs. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ...

The band recorded a set at the Roxy (a punk club), which was issued in 1980 as Live Kicks. Their biggest selling album came with 1980's Crash Course. The band played several John Peel sessions in 1977 and 1978 for BBC Radio 1, and then signed a recording contract with GEM Records. Under GEM, the UK Subs recorded an album in 1979 called Another Kind of Blues. The group also played a few opening gigs for The Police. In the 1990s, the band released various singles collections. An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... Autobiography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ... A jam session is a musical act where musicians gather and play (or jam) without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements. ... This article is about the UK radio station Radio 1. ... A recording contract (also commonly called a record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote. ... The Police are a three-piece rock band, strongly influenced by reggae and ska music. ...

With the arrival of new bassist Alvin Gibbs and drummer Steve Roberts in the early 1980s, the songs took on a more heavy metal-influenced edge. In 1991, the UK Subs also had Lars Frederiksen (now of Rancid) on guitar for a 30 date UK tour. Decades after the disbanding of other late-1970s punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash, the UK Subs continue to perform. A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ... A drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] took the rock music basis to create some aesthetic with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... Lars Everett Frederiksen (born Lars Everett Dapello in Campbell, California on August 30, 1971) is a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, and the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, he is also notable as a producer having worked with the Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, Union... Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Parts of the guitar. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ...

Trivia

• Succeeding UK Subs album titles, start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.

• The UK Subs joined the bill for the 2006 Fiend Fest. The band toured with The Misfits, The Adicts, Osaka Popstar, Juicehead, and Orange.

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Albums

• Another Kind of Blues (1979)
• Brand New Age (1980)
• Crash Course (1980)
• Diminished Responsibility (1981)
• Endangered Species (1982)
• Flood of Lies (1983)
• Gross Out USA (1984)
• Huntington Beach (1985)
• In Action (1985)
• Japan Today (1987)
• Killing Time (1988)
• Mad Cow Fever (1991)
• Normal Service Resumed (1993)
• Occupied (1996)
• Peel Sessions 1978-79 (1997)
• Quintessentials (1997)
• Riot (1997)
• Stranglehold (2000)
• Time Warp (2000)
• Universal (2002)
• Violent State (2005)
• Warhead (1980)

UK chart singles

• "Stranglehold" - 1979 - No. 26
• "Tomorrow's Girls" - 1979 - No. 28
• "She's Not There" / "Kicks" (EP) - 1979 - No. 36
• "Warhead" - 1980 - No. 30
• "Teenage" - 1980 - No. 32
• "Party In Paris" - 1980 - No. 37
• "Keep On Runnin' (Till You Burn)" - 1981 - No. 41

Reference

• Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 14th Edition - ISBN 0-85156-156-X

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External links

• Biography at All Music Guide
• Official web site