Name: From The Cradle To The Grave
Brand: Subhumans

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375 Media

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Red Vinyl

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Release date

2023-03-10

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157165

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810017647989

Artist

Subhumans

Label EU

Pirates Press Records

Genre EU

Punk / Hardcore

Subhumans are a long-standing punk rock band from the United Kingdom. Originally formed in 1980, they went under the name Subhuman before changing it to Subhumans within their first year together. After breaking up in 1986, the band reformed in 1998 and have been actively touring ever since. The members of Subhumans are also involved in other musical projects such as Citizen Fish and Culture Shock.

With a rich history and a strong presence in the punk rock scene, Subhumans have become an influential force in the genre. Their music is characterized by fast-paced rhythms, politically charged lyrics, and energetic performances that captivate audiences worldwide.

Please note that Subhumans should not be confused with another early Canadian punk band called The Subhumans from Vancouver, British Columbia.

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With their eclectic influences and scintillating musicianship, Subhumans were never going to be content to trot out anarcho punk by numbers, but no-one was really prepared for the progressive brilliance of their sophomore album, From The Cradle To The Grave. Whilst the A-side contains nine short sharp bursts of energised punk, gleefully embracing all points of the spikey spectrum, from the breakneck thrash of ‘Reality Is Waiting For A Bus’ to the ominous dirge of ‘Wake Up Screaming’, it is the ambitious title track that really captures the imagination, its sprawling sixteen-plus-minute running time telling the sorry tale of the human life cycle across a myriad of dynamic acts. If anyone was still in any doubt, it was the band defiantly setting out their stall as a creative entity that existed outside the stifling constraints of perceived musical sub-genres. Committed to tape by the visionary John Loder at Southern Studios at the tail end of 1983, it was released in April 1984 to widespread acclaim – and only kept from the No. 1 spot in the Independent Charts by New Order! As a staple of the punk scene, all of the Subhumans records are still in high demand, and this long overdue repress of this album couldn’t be coming at a better time. Subhumans are one of the most influential bands from the UK Anarcho-Punk scene of the 80's, filed right alongside Crass and Conflict, and just as relevant today as they were during the darkest days of Thatcher's Britain. Take your choice in how to label them – Punk, UK82, Crusty, etc. – therein lies the attraction and consequent reason for their popularity, the band epitomizing non-conformity and connecting with people in many different scenes. This album is an essential piece of history in the world of punk that Subhumans helped create.

From The Cradle To The Grave

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