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AUTHORITIES (Stockton, CA)
Legendary KBD punk band from Stockton California, Authorities were formed in 1978 and has played over the years with bands such as DOA, the Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Agent Orange and many others. In 1982 the Authorities released the much sought after Soundtrack for “Trouble” EP. The Soundtrack for Trouble is now available again on Get Hip Recordings .They also released the “Bourbon Decay” EP (Out of Print) which was recorded with Gary Young of Pavement and appeared on numerous punk rock compilations.
And three decades after inception, the band has a new album, Kung Pao Au-Go Go, on the Get Hip Recordings label. Kung Pao Au Go-Go is a collection of songs that were mostly penned “back in the day” but never recorded.
The 13-song album features a lineup that got road-tested in 2010, when the Authorities were invited to play the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in England, on a bill curated by Pavement. This latest edition of the Authorities includes original members Brian Thalken on guitar and Curtis Clyde Hall on vocals, along with newer members Iain Ross on guitar, Graham Johnston on bass and Evan Stuart on drums, all of whom live in Vancouver along with Thalken, who moved there in 1989.
As a companion to the new album, Get Hip Recordings is also releasing a four-song tribute EP titled The More Things Chang… The More They Stay the Same, which features the four songs from the band’s landmark 1982 Soundtrack for Trouble EP redone by Screeching Weasel, Circus Tents, Alcoholics Unanimous and Tesco Vee’s Hate Police.
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WONK UNIT
South London poetry and punk treasures. New album out now!
"(Wonk Unit) have managed the almost impossible task of having found their own sound. It's punk son, but not as we know it".Eugene Butcher (Big Cheese)
http://www.myspace.com/wonkunitband

IT’S NOT OK
Punk rock from Harrow and Peckham.
Their first, self-titled, release is out now on Aaahh!!! Real Records.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-Not-OK/176508062442169?sk=info