Jacko - vocals
Shawn Smith - guitar
Keith - bass
Spocko - drums
Dave Clark - drums
The 'Sulphuric' tape use to turn up on eBay as the 'Court Martial' demo...
"Acid Attack are a pretty good band from Southsea near Portsmouth (I've got to say that as Jacko, the singer
said my fanzine was one of the best he'd ever seen - obviously a gentleman of good taste). Formed in Nov 1980
their first gig several months later ended in total riot after pricks in the crowd decided it would be funny to
throw cans at the band. Since they have gone through numerous line-up changes and soon had a completely different
set up from the first gig. Unfortunately the band is drummerless at the moment but they hope to be back in circulation soon.
"The main idead behind Acid Attack" says Jacko, "is to be a punk rock group not stuck in any neat little categories
eg. Crass-punk or Oi!-punk as this restricts you to a certain limit. Punk is supposed to be a non-conformist thing
which is exactly what it isn't any more. Each member of the group has their own musical opinion and when writing songs
it helps us to get out of one particular vein." The band have put together a 12 track studio recorded cassette LP which is
worth a listen. The quality is a lot better than yer average biscuit-tin demo tape and most of the tracks are good, solid,
bouncy punk tunes with an individual sound and intelligent lyrics. The bands name refers to LSD (something all good
boys and girls know nothing about) rather than 'dont spill that bloody stuff on my hands' acid, and the first track,
the bands anthem 'Acid Attack', is a slag at out-of-touch acidheads. I'ts the best track on the tape and after a slow
start breaks into powerful, speedy tune that is so catchy that you'll be whistling it all day after a few listens.
This is then followed by the also excellent 'Fuck The Bomb' and a string of others including 'Suburbias Dream',
'Who Do They Think They Are?' and 'Nothing Doing'. After the 12 studio tracks there's a few live songs (including a manic version of Devo's "Mongoloid")
which are good too. You also get a free badge and a booklet with the lyrics and lots of pictures of spikey haired
punk rockers thrown in for good measure. The tape is definitely worth getting so send £1.25 plus SAE to ************
Watch out for this band I think they've got some thing."
Sulphuric demo tape
1982
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Tracks:
There's Gonna Be Another
Fuck The Bomb
Who Do They Think They Are
Them & Us
One Thing Leads To Another
Nothing Doing
Collapse Of A System
Look Before You Leap
Alone Inside
Kill Or Be Killed (Bastards)
Suburbia's Dream
Wasted (Live)
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Demo tape
1983
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Tracks:
Animal Sound
Dancing In The Fallout Zone
Warsaw
Gonna Be Me
Tracks:
Demo tape
V/A On The Streets LP