Various Artists - Are They Hostile?

Are They Hostile?

Various Artists

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12" Vinyl Album 18 tracks £18.99
CD Album 19 tracks £9.99
Download Album (WAV) 19 tracks £7.99
Download Album (MP3) 19 tracks £7.99
Download Album (FLAC) 19 tracks £7.99
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Description

Various Artists - Are They Hostile?

An 18 track compilation featuring the best of Croydon's punk and post punk scene!

Are They Hostile? Is a new documentary film about the Punk, New Wave and Indie scene in Croydon in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. It takes its name from the first single by Croydon band Bad Actors. To coincide with the film’s release Damaged Goods Records are releasing a compilation vinyl LP and CD featuring bands from in the film including Johnny Moped, The Marines, The Daleks, Case, Fanatics and also bands such as The Straps who played Croydon many times usually at The Star Pub in West Croydon. The CD version also features a specially recorded introduction by the legendary ex-Croydon Greyhound DJ Peter Fox.
It’s been argued that Croydon was the birthplace of Punk in the UK, largely due to The Damned and Johnny Moped. But there was a group of other, less well-known bands who were part of that scene, or who came just after, but who didn’t achieve the same success or recognition. The film and album attempt to set the record straight by shining a light on bands such as Bad Actors, Case, The Daleks, The Heroes and Fanatics.
The music still fizzes with the energy and enthusiasm of youth and the punk ethos of just doing it. And the participants, if a bit older and slightly less slim than forty years ago, come alive in the current interviews as if connected to the mains. As the saying goes, “old punks don’t die”, but they do remember.

The documentary film takes us through the history of these bands, the people in them, the places they played and, through current interviews with “a bunch of old punks”, what they did next, and how formative and important being in a band was for them growing up.

The film is the brainchild of Bad Actor Griff Griffiths and Mark Williams and will premier at the David Lean Cinema in Croydon on 2nd September with a Q & A afterwards by Griff and Mark, and an aftershow party nearby with special celebrity guests TBC.

Griff explains: “It’s also a film about being young, being passionate, being part of something.”

Tracklisting

12" Vinyl Album (DAMGOOD579LP)
  1. Are They Hostile?
  2. Groovy Ruby (Live at the Roxy)
  3. Step This Way
  4. Controversial
  5. Smiling My Life Away
  6. Tiny Town
  7. Total Confusion
  8. New Age
  9. Tarzan
  10. One Of Us
  11. Incendiary Device (Live at the Roxy)
  12. Pleasure Business
  13. Loony
  14. I Don't Wanna Kill the Whales
  15. Rejected
  16. When the Sun Goes Down
  17. Brixton
  18. Russia
CD Album (DAMGOOD579CD)
  1. Griff Griffiths Introduces Pete 'Foxy' Fox
  2. Are They Hostile?
  3. Groovy Ruby (Live at the Roxy)
  4. Step This Way
  5. Controversial
  6. Smiling My Life Away
  7. Tiny Town
  8. Total Confusion
  9. New Age
  10. Tarzan
  11. One Of Us
  12. Incendiary Device (Live at the Roxy)
  13. Pleasure Business
  14. Loony
  15. I Don't Wanna Kill the Whales
  16. Rejected
  17. When the Sun Goes Down
  18. Brixton
  19. Russia
Download Album (DAMGOOD579)
  1. Griff Griffiths Introduces Pete 'Foxy' Fox
  2. Are They Hostile?
  3. Groovy Ruby (Live at the Roxy)
  4. Step This Way
  5. Controversial
  6. Smiling My Life Away
  7. Tiny Town
  8. Total Confusion
  9. New Age
  10. Tarzan
  11. One Of Us
  12. Incendiary Device (Live at the Roxy)
  13. Pleasure Business
  14. Loony
  15. I Don't Wanna Kill the Whales
  16. Rejected
  17. When the Sun Goes Down
  18. Brixton
  19. Russia