Showing posts with label The Varukers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Varukers. Show all posts
Saturday, 2 December 2017
Varukers - Eyes Of A Killer
The Varukers are one of the early pioneers of D-beat. Forming in Leamington Spa in 1979, their heavy sound and political lyrics saw them gain plenty of fans and along with the likes of Discharge and GBH they took the basic punk sound and moved it in a heavier direction. They split for a couple of years at the end of the 80's but it wasn't long before they were again a going concern. There's been plenty of line up changes down the years but one constant is vocalist Anthony "Rat" Martin. Another long serving member is guitarist Ian "Biff" Smith. Rat is also a member of Discharge whilst Biff graces Sick On The Bus. The current line up also features Brian Ansell (bass) and Kevin Frost (drums).
They featured on here previously with a golden oldie ( http://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/the-varukers-how-do-you-sleep.html ) but are back today with a stand out track from recent album Damned And Defiant. Many bands that are approaching their 40th year could be forgiven for taking a pipe and slippers approach and just going through the motions. That certainly isn't the case here. The album is as hard hitting (musically) and relevant (lyrically) as ever. You can order it here : http://www.thevarukers.com/shop.htm
This is Eyes Of A Killer.....
Thursday, 7 August 2014
The Varukers - How do you sleep ?
Yesterday we had a bit of quality American hardcore punk, today it's Britain's turn to prove we can rock out with the best of them. Coming together in 1979, in Leamington Spa, The Veruccas soon changed their name to the more aggressive sounding The Varukers. Like a number of bands of that era, they took the established template of punk rock and made it a touch heavier. Since then they've produced a solid back catalogue of socially concious political punk rock and played a countless number of gigs to a rabid fanbase. They split in 1989 after most of the band had left to form a new band called Sacrilege, but were reformed in 1991 by founder and vocalist Rat and longstanding guitarist Biff. Despite lending their talents to other bands (Rat to Discharge and Biff to Sick On The Bus) they still found time to tour the world (America, Japan, New Zealand, Australia etc...) and to release plenty of new material, including the 2000's How Do You Sleep? album, from which the title track is featured below.......
Humanitarian crisis, I've seen it on TV
Looking for handouts, looking straight at me
No feelings, no grief, no sense
How do you sleep
I really wonder sometimes with no pennies for the poor
Where they find the millions for senseless fucking war
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