The Sinyx – Dartford Y.M.C.A. 08/05/82

Sinyx from Southend, a tape sold by Obituary fanzine, lent to me by Chris Low. Nice one Chris. This band seemed to get to get everywhere, always seemed to be on the bill at half decent gigs, and the band were featured in a hell of a lot of fanzines at the time.

31 comments

john
March 2, 2008 at 2:45 am

was the above graphic from toxic graffiti 2?
Penguin • Post Author •
March 2, 2008 at 11:22 am

TG with the Crass flexi…very good John…I thought it looked cool.
Nic
March 2, 2008 at 12:35 pm

Great recording…
I really love their early period in 1980 (around the time of the 1st demo), but this live recording is really demonstrative of the intensity of their late period live set which was never properly recorded (the 3rd demo doesn’t really count, as it feels like a different band)…

I’d say that the Sinyx were my favourite band from this milieu and period (after The Apostles)…
I loved Rudimentary Peni, Part 1, Crass and Flux, but The Sinyx had an alienated and harsh edge to them that I really connected to…
Alien’s vocals have a stark beauty in their monotone…

I only saw them live once (at the Centro Iberico with The Mob in August 1982)…

Some of the band went on to form Sonic Violence in the late 1980’s who recorded on Peaceville Records (founded by the ex-drummer of The Instigators, and featuring early releases by Doom and Dark Throne)…

The tape label which released the cassette is Obituary Tapes run by Mick Slaughter who also wrote the fanzine Obituary (from Dartford in Kent). I believe he courted Janet from Hagar the Womb at one point…
But his main contribution to humanity was the release in 1982 on Obituary tapes of the 2nd demo by Napalm Death…
luggy
March 2, 2008 at 1:42 pm

What’s with the Scottish girl singing a Toyah song?! The Sinyx were one of the few bands of that era worth bothering to see.
Mick Slaughter
March 4, 2008 at 7:58 pm

“I believe he courted Janet from hagar The Womb”

Ha ha, courted, yes I did and I’ve been married to her for 18 years!
John No Last Name
March 4, 2008 at 8:34 pm

Hi Mick,

Wait, so does that make her Janet Slaughter or Janet Spaghetti-Slaughter?
Chris
March 4, 2008 at 9:07 pm

hey mick, hope you’re well and welcome to the party! think i flogged you a few things on ebay a while back. chris
Nic
March 4, 2008 at 9:41 pm

Pleased to hear that Mick – good for both of you…
🙂
Penguin • Post Author •
March 4, 2008 at 10:22 pm

This site is nice is it not?
Well done Mick, well done Janet…send some wedding photos I will be happy to stick them up under ‘Anarcho Success Stories’ in photo gallery…
Tony Puppy
March 4, 2008 at 11:45 pm

Is she now called Janet Hagar The Sinyx?
Mick Slaughter
March 5, 2008 at 9:11 am

We did toy with the idea of Janet Spaghetti – Slaughter but feared that we may put an idea into Heinz’s heads, so we plumped for just plain old Slaughter
Not had time to have a proper look at this site yet but just to let you all know, I still have all my hundreds of tapes, live, demo’s practices etc, still have all my zines, flyers and photo’s so if there is anything you are desperate to get hold of, let me know. The only thing I don’t have a lot of is time!
Pete
March 5, 2008 at 11:02 pm

Hey Mick!

It’s Pete here vocalist with the Assassins of Hope, whatever happened to the other members of Hagar the Womb (e.g. Ruth, Stephanie, Karen, Elaine and Chris Elephant Face)?

Best regards to Janet by the way and congrats on the 18 years.
Chris
June 16, 2008 at 7:05 am

Speaking of Toxic Graffiti, was the Crass flexi issue the only one? Also, where can I see this zine? I just love the “crass” style artwork.

Awesome site by the way! I’ve never seen such a great community of people. Its very nice to have that connection to those directly involved in bands
Nic
June 16, 2008 at 12:04 pm

The ‘Crass flexi issue’ was the 5th issue of Toxic Grafity, Chris…
🙂
chris L.
June 16, 2008 at 1:55 pm

So is that three Chris’s on here now? i’ll have to think of a suitable nomme de plume for my postings.
Nic
June 16, 2008 at 4:23 pm

What about Spike?
🙂
Sam
June 16, 2008 at 8:11 pm

I love that picture ‘Forming the stereotype’. Eric and Ernie….physical violence? Wa hey!

‘Trite situationist critique of gender roles creates a vacuous slogan for every occasion’.
Sam
June 16, 2008 at 8:24 pm

‘Phallocentric snorkel in homoerotic congress with neo-nazi sports bag’.

‘Female forced to imitate act of fallacio with Renaissance wooden instrument whilst wearing peasant footwear’.
Jah Pork Pie
June 16, 2008 at 11:07 pm

Est-ce que la jeune fille fait une pipe, peut-être?
danmac
June 17, 2008 at 3:20 pm

‘Dog subjected to imperialist anthem ‘Greensleeves’ repeatedly played at painful high frequencies really really badly.’
Graham Burnett
June 17, 2008 at 7:20 pm

‘boy holding up trousers using elasticated belt with a buckle based on the form of a snake, symbolising the continued legitimisation and justification of the speciesist oppression and enslavement of non-human animals’
Sam
June 17, 2008 at 7:31 pm

Subliminal sexual intercourse suggested by tennis racket rape of neo-nazi sports bag. Paranoid world view created by over analysis of Ladybird Book illustration. The everyday becomes a minefied. ‘Cunt’ banned. Prozac is not yet a speck on the horizon.
Graham Burnett
June 17, 2008 at 7:40 pm

‘Girl wearing peasant-style ‘smock-top’ and ‘clogs’, recuperating the dignity and struggles of the pre-capitalist landless underclass to nothing more than a chic post-modernist fashion statement’
Graham Burnett
June 17, 2008 at 7:50 pm

‘encyclopedia book set on shelf representing the fixed and static hegemony of ideas and world view as controled by the ruling class and their client ‘expert’ intelectual elite, rather than the fluid, democratic and multiple versions of ‘the truth’ offered by Open Source technologies such as Indymedia and wikipedia’
Jah Pork Pie
June 18, 2008 at 10:44 am

‘No greyscale black and white imagery must both highlight and shadow their preoccupation with polarisations while Beethoven listens deafly to the message. McLuhan weeps silently as Hermes’ wings are alternately soaring pregnant with meaning or clipped into impotence/subfertility’
Jah Pork Pie
June 18, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Toys Esau ‘R’ Us Wrecks. Dog knee tumour outbids Cathode ray hat. Rectally-clogged Alistair Dalek pawns Bank of England. Adido Adidas Adidat, Adi Damn us, Adi dat is, Adam Ant.
baron von zubb
June 21, 2008 at 10:17 am

You lot..
Puppytastic!
Nic
June 21, 2008 at 6:03 pm

I noticed that the Sinyx ‘Britain is a Mausoleum’ retrospective CD is now out (on Grand Theft Audio) and “in the shops”…

I need a good copy of the first demo…
🙂
chris L
June 23, 2008 at 1:13 pm

do you have a link to any outlet you know is selling it at present? some of those on google look like pre-orders and/or are abroad.

NB: I notice there is an Instant Automatons retrospective CD up on Ebay at present. Please let me know if anyone has a copy.
Sound Hound
June 23, 2008 at 10:05 pm

http://www.instant-automatons.com/download.asp
Instant Automatons LEGIT downloads of:
“Not So Deep As A Well”
“Archaeology”
“Last Train To Woolwich Arsenal” (2 disks)
All individual mp3 tracks, so you can pick and choose if you don’t want *everything*
Ruben
February 17, 2011 at 10:18 am

Track names do not match most of the songs.