From London England

Anti-Establishment were first formed while watching the saints and Chelsea at the Marquee in the beginning of '78. Since then they have went through a number of changes in lin-up and have settled on what they see as the best so far, Gavin - vocals, Nick - drums, Haggis - lead guitar, and Kevin Read - bass. The first gig was at a place called Ingatestone Youth Club on 16/11/79 where they went down ok. Since then they have played about 20-25 gigs, with bands like Infa Riot, Last Resort, Sedated and more. The first single was a classic, 1980's/Mechanical Man, it was released in March '80 and is still one of the best punk singles of all time. They have just lately released their second single called 'Future Girls/No Trust' like the first one, it was again produced by Rat Scabies. Future Girls was reviewed in Sounds and this is an extract of what Garry Bushell said about it. "After a promising debut with 1980 the band have called in a 'name' producer -and cocked everything up. Listen, on this evidence monster Rat Scabies couldn't produce a pound note on a charity drive". Now, that is really unfair isn't it? plus it's all shit. The 'promising start' he talked about was also produced by Rat, which Bushell doesn't know. Rat never cocked up anything, that was the sound Anti-Establishment wanted and Rat gave them it. Besides, according to Nick, Rat knows much more about punk than Bushell, Rat was drumming away for punk when Bushell was writing about stupid mod bands. Bushell said "Rat Scabies couldn't produce a pound on a charity drive", but I'm sure he could produce any punk record better than Bushell. Future Girls is on Glass Records, and has been distributed well, better than '1980' 1000 of them were distributed on a Honda motorbike. It is still in high demand today. Lyricaly, they write about things like riots and fighting, and things that affect them, girls, drink etc. They try to keep politics out as they find the topic boring and completly disinteresting. The original influences include Ruts, Damned, Pistols etc, but they like to be original and have never copied everyone. In the future they want to get a good deal and get lots of records out, although they find this hard without licking someones arse. They have been associated with a lot of companies in the past, but everything has seemed to fall apart. They should have another record this year sometime.

Thanks to Scott finding this article.
And thanks to Gabe for the demo infos.

Discography:

1980 7"
Charnel House Records 1980
CADAVER 1




Side A: 1980's
Side B: Mechanical Men




"PUNK IS NOT DEAD"

1981 Demo




Tracks:
Savage City
Confusion
I Feel Hate
Warmonger
Life Is A Rip Off
1980
Mechanical Man

1982 Demo

Tracks:
Life Is A Rip Off
Mary Is Dead
Front Page News
Future Girl
It's Killing You
Step Outside
House Of The Rising Sun
Savage City
Confusion
I Feel Hate
War Monger
Sid's Song

Future Girl 7"
Glass Records 1982
GLASS 022




Side A: Future Girl
Side B: No Trust

Anti Men 7"
Glass Records 1983
GLASS 023




Side A: Anti Men
Side B: Misunderstood




"KEEP THEM DOGGIES ROLLIN"

V/A Shoulder To Shoulder - Oi! 'N' Punkrock Classics Vol 3 LP
Street Kids Records 199?
9393




Track: No Trust





German bootleg on white vinyl