sábado, 13 de março de 2010

Special Duties - 77 in 82


Special Duties é uma banda formada em Colchester, Essex na Inglaterra no ano de 1977. Os colegas de classe Steve Green (Aka Arrogant) nos vocais, Steve Norris (Aka Duty) na guitarra e Nigel Baker no baixo formaram uma banda inspirados na de punk 77 The Adverts. Inicialmente a banda iria se chamar X-pelled até eles mudarem o nome para Special Duties quando receberam uma caixa roubada da escola cheia de crachás escritos "Special Duties" caiu em suas mãos. A sua primeira demo “Violent Society” pela Charnel House Records saiu em 1980 quando Bart Povah entrou para a banda . Logo mudaram para a gravadora Rodelet Records e Stuart Bray entrou na bateria. O segundo EP foi o “Police State” pela mesma em 1982.
Lançaram o primeiro LP chamado “77 in 82” em 1982 respectivamente.
Nesse ano o Arrogant declarou guerra a banda anarcho-punk “Crass, ato pelo qual eles são mundialmente conhecidos, lançando o single “Bullshit Crass”. Segundo eles “Crass” estava destruindo a cena punk, atacavam a banda com o logo “Fight Crass, not Punk” em oposição o “Punk is Dead” da banda inglesa “Crass”.
Lançaram em 1983 o single “Punk Rocker” que não teve tanta distribuição quanto os discos anteriores, pois houve um boicote por parte dos seus distribuidores: Rough Trade e Small Wonder. A banda acabou no mesmo ano.
Depois de 12 anos a Captain Oi! teve o desafio de relançar o LP “77 in 82” e juntou a banda para tocar em 1995 no “Fuck Reading” na Brixton Academy e depois disso eles não pararam de tocar.
Também participaram da compilação “Oi! The Rarities Vol. 02
Em 1997 eles lançaram o “Wembley Wembley! (Wembley here we come)” para comemorar a chegada a final do Colchester United, também está nesse CD a música “Up the U’s!” música feita por causa do clube de futebol e entrevista com os jogadores.
No ano de 1998 foram a Nova Iorque e gravaram o “Live ar CBGB’s 1998” e em 2007 regravaram o “Up the U’s!” com a banda Koopa com a música “Stand Up For Col U” com esta banda e nos vocais os jogadores do time, o single juntou fundos para a instituição “Teenage Câncer Trust”.
Obs.: Special Duties apesar de ter começado em 1977 é uma típica banda oitentista inglesa.

Tracklist:
01- Too Much Talking
02- Government Policies
03- Britain In ‘81
04- Colchester Council
05- Rise and Fight
06- Violent Youth
07- First Time
08- Distorted Truth
09- Depression
10- It ain’t our Fault
11- Violent Society
12- CND
13- They Don’t Care About Me
14- Delayed Reaction
15- Rondelet Control

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3 comentários:

Anônimo disse...

chega de Oi! coloquewm HARDCORE!

Kika disse...

Todos os últimos posts são de hardcore, Oi! faz tempo que nem tem nada.

Crispy32 disse...

That brings back memories of the time I took Special Duties to Birmingham to record their debut album 77 in 82. I was by no means a fan, but I was out of work, at a loose end, I could drive and I knew Stuart Bray.

Once I'd picked everybody up in Colchester, we made our way to a club called Skunx which I think was in Islington. The place was packed with skinheads who probably eyed me suspiciously as I looked neither punky or skinhead like. To prevent catching the beady eye of a mean looking skin, I retired to the van and had a kip while the band played.

Once they had completed their set, we hit the motorway and made for Birmingham and our accommodation. This turned out to be a big red brick house run by an old grey haired granny. Although a lot of the bands used it when gigging or recording it was a far cry from the Rock'n'Roll riot houses of legend.

The next day we drive to FKS studios run by the balding slightly curmugeonly Frank Skarth, whose boast was the Fun Boy Three had just been using his studio for demos. Grumpy old git he may have been but he knew his way round a mixing desk and gave Special Duties a big powerful sound. Stuart Bray in particular was outstanding. Real powerhouse drumming with metronomic precision.

When the album was coming up a bit short on tracks they decided to re-record Colchester Council, Violent Society and cover The Boys' The First Time. I got the chance to sing backing vocals, though shouting "Full of Shit" into a mic would hardly give The Ladybirds cause for concern.

As I mentioned before the original sound captured in the studio was big and powerful. However, the band wanted to capture the
lo-fi sound of the Clash first Album and so producer Mike Stones was brought in by the record company to achieve this.

I have to confess to feeling very disappointed with the eventual sound when I got the LP. It seemed tinny and gutless, but what do I know, the album sold well and I believe it still does. Not sure if it's still on the current release but I did get a name check for driving along with someone called Dim.

The trip home was funny with the band on a high, singing old punk songs and hurling verbal abuse at passers by..very punk!

Against the odds, I had a great time and took with me a lot of good memories of being silly and acting the fool for a couple of days.