From Croydon England

"CASE: One of the most invigorating moments of my life this year was wandering into the Woolwich Tramshed to be whacked wide awake by an experience more invigorating than the kiss of my life from Pamela Stephenson.

That experience was a shower, not of cold water, but a motley one from Croydon name of Case who specialise in fast, boisterous new wave rock that's catchily uncategorisable.

There's some Ruts in there, even a touch of the Beat, pushing pumping power, red hot and hard-driving, and the punks and skins in the audience were going seriously bonkers.

Case are fronted by cropped Matthew Newman (picture) who is incredible to watch. One minute he's Buster Bloodvessel, the next Ronnie Kray.

A clown and a criminal, a nut-case and a hardcase all rolled into one, leaping into the audience and rolling round the floor with a snatch of enthusiastic punky punters. I've never seen a face that says so much and for forty minutes it's physically impossible to take yer eyes of him . . ."

Taken from a "Punk's Not Dead" no.1 magazine 1981

Wheat From The Chaff 7" Sus Records 1983
SUS 1


Tracks:
Smiling My Life Away
Oh!
Criminal Ways

V/A Oi! Chartbusters Vol.4 Comp LP
Link Records 1988
LINK LP 054





Track: Smiling My Life Away

V/A Oi! Chartbusters Vol 6 Comp LP
Link Records 1990
LINK LP 127





Track: Oh!