From Peterborough England

The APF Brigade were an anarcho-punk duo from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The group was founded by Andi Export (later Xport) and Jon Hindle in the early 1980s. They were members of the cassette culture scene, and released a number of independently produced tapes promoting an anarchist message. Every copy of their first release, Live Brigade, was individually recorded live in Hindle's garage, making each a unique artifact, in the tradition of Mail Art. They released no recordings on vinyl, except for the song "Anarchist Attack" on the Crass released Bullshit Detector Volume 1 compilation LP (1980).

The group's name was an abbreviation of The Animal/Anarchy, Peace & Freedom Brigade.

Xport later worked with The Peace & Freedom Band, with other alternative and indie musicians including Andy Bruce, Paul Rance, and Andrew Savage. Although this group was notable for its disorderly style and musical experimentation, Xport's musical and songwriting skills brought some order to the group.

Xport continued to produce solo albums on cassette using the name Man's Hate, with an emphasis on promoting his humanitarian, environmental, and animal welfare concerns. He also produced the ISC Compilation Tapes series, which featured a diverse range of music from various countries, including early recordings by Blyth Power and Chumbawamba.

Some of Xport's earlier music has been made available for downloading.


(Info from Wikipedia)

Bullshit Detector LP
Crass Records 1980
421984/4




Track: Anarchist Attack

Unreleased 7"
Crass Records 198?
Never released

Tracks:
Disease
Scared To Die
Carve It Up
Atomic Dawn To Census Forms
Anti Battery
Fox's Tale

Spirit Of A New Age tape
??? 198?

Tracks:
Economic League
Survival
Ewe

Live Brigade tape
Self 198?

Tracks:
Anarchist Attack
Plastic Crap
Religious Dictator
Professionals
Ban The Bomb
No Effect
Disease
Truth
I'll Have The Last War With You
Bastards Of Gore
Divided
Revolt
Waste Away
Shadow Of Death
Syndrome
Bloody Mad
Wall Of Oppression
We're Not Your Tools


(each copy was individually recorded,
might be different tracks on them all?)

Anarchist Antidote tape
Self 198?

Tracks:
The Government Kills People
Anarchist Antidote
The Action Men Are Rotting
Dreaming
Big Fall
Burnt Offering
1805 - 1945
Icudplod
Flash Of Flesh
Hardcore
Killing for the rulers
Commando
Surrounded
Protest
What You Like
Don't
I'm Angry
Did Peace Die With Them
Booby Trap
Suspicion
Warped Reflection
Dream Of Reality

Sick Society tape
Self 198?

Tracks:
The Resistance Statement
Sick Society
Don't Vote
Scared To Die
Jesus Who
I've Got A Nice Daddy
Free Slave
I'm Dying For A Fag
Pig Song
Happy Day
It's Fun Boys
Hunting Punk
Police Hate
Man Created God
Killed Joy
Foot Sucks As Well
The Race To Perfect Death
No Party
Exit
Give A Little Peace Tonight
Square Eyes
I Defy The Bastards

The Earth Soaked It Up tape
Self 198?

Tracks:
All Things Bright And Beautiful
Eat Wheat Not Meat
Poor Cow
Anti Battery
Fox's Tale
Freak
Burnt Offering
Why?
Ode To An Osprey
Cottage Industry
Laxton Field
Fight
All Things Bright And Beautiful
Why We Need The Bomb





(Jon Hindle's poems set to an acoustic background)
(Better scan needed!)

God the Tape
Self 198?

Tracks:
The Dark Age
Economic League
El Dorado
Atomic Dawn To Census Forms
We Feed All
Extra Testicle Entertainment
Skin
Paradise Lost
Watch With Mother
The Crow Lives Nowhere
Bullshit Detector
Food For Thought
Plea
Natterjack Hop
Slave To A Rolls Royce
Carve It Up
Ewe
Grey People's Uprising

(the title was a pun on Crass' album Christ The Album)

V/A Pah! tape
I Thought It Might Shock You Tapes/Hit Ranking Fanzine 1982
GOSH 1





Tracks:
It's Fun Boys
Hunting Punk
Give a Little Peace Tonight

V/A The Animals Packet tape
Sky And Trees Tapes 1983
1st version 250 cps



Tracks:
Freak
Skin
Eat Wheat Not Meat

V/A New Criminals Tape
New Crimes Tapes
NC2





Tracks:
The Professionals
Ban The Bomb
No Effect

V/A State Of Confusion tape
Stagnating Body Tapes 198?
(no cat.#)





Tracks:
Economic League
Race To Perfect Death
Scared To Die

V/A Composed Bananas tape
BBP Tapes 1981
001

Tracks by:
Apostles
Conflict
Snails
Omega Tribe
Zounds
Weird Us
Cold War
Flowers In The Dustbin
APF Brigade

(over 2500 copies sold)

Other stuff of interest:

V/A Subversive Elements Tape
Social Disorder Tapes 001
With: A-Heads, Organised Chaos, A.P.F. Brigade, The System, Xpozez,
Sinyx. Psycho Faction, Cold War, Napalm Death and Subhumans.




(Scan and tracklist needed)

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V/A Have A Nice Day tape
Archive Audio 198?
015

Tracks by:
APF Brigade
System
Omega Tribe
Deformed
Xoset UK
Rejected

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V/A Whats New tape
BBP Tapes 198?
006

Tracks by:
Stress
Fiend
Death Zone
Living Legends
Mizurable Bar Stewards
Knallschotten
Andy T
APF Brigade
Faction