The Mob – Let the Tribe Increase: An essay by Al Puppy

The text below was written in 2010 for the sleeve notes for the re-release of ‘Let The Tribe Increase’ album that was released on Overground Records. Catalogue number – OVER122LP / CD TIDIED UP AND IMAGES ADDED BY MICKEY ‘PENGUIN’ IN 2019  “We are not afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth. […]

In Remembrance of Alistair Livingston also known as Al Puppy

Our friend and fellow ‘Puppy’, Alistair Livingston passed on after a short illness on the 3rd November 2018. I am in shock. In the 1980’s, AL was a leading light in the Puppy Collective, Black Sheep Housing Co-op and All The Madmen Records. From 2007 through his Green Galloway blog, Alistair battled to bring attention […]

The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 – 1987 / Blood And Roses – Kamera Records – 1983 / Tribesman – Boa Records – 1979 / Peter Tosh – Intel HIM Diplo Records – 1973 / Crass – Aklam Hall – 1979

The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 Side 1 The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 Side 2 ‘It’s All Done By Mirrors’ released on All The Madmen Records was the first album by The Astronauts that I bought. I retrospectively bought the debut album ‘Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs’ shortly […]

Crass – Glasshouse – May 1984 / Alternative TV – Deptford Fun City Records – 1977 / Demob – Round Ear Records – 1981 – 1982 / The Astronauts – Bugle Records – 1979 / Exit Stance – E.S Records – 1984 / Screaming Dead – Dead Records – 1982

Crass – Glasshouse – May 1984 Indebted to Nick Comfylux for supplying me with this audio that he recorded at the back of the hall of Crass performing their last ever concert in London, and indeed one of the last performances. Below are snippets of memories for two gigs from Tristian ‘Stringy’ Carter. Crass at […]

Psychic TV – WZBC Interview – 1984 / Interview with Genesis P-Orridge discussing William Burroughs – 1981 / Current 93 – LAYLAH Records – 1984 / Coil – LAYLAH Records -1984 – Street Level EP – Fuck Off Records – 1980 – Blue Midnight – 100 Things To Do Records -1982 / Rubella Ballet – Xntrix – 1982

Interview Part 1 Interview Part 2 Sandie Charron hosting Genesis P-Orridge Decadant and John Doe Gosling Joan Ov Arc on Boston College Radio WZBC station on the 21st April 1984. Genesis hitting the humour straight off of the bat with the introductions. This interview shows a more playful and mischievous side of Genesis P-Orridge with […]

012 – Flicknife Records – 1984 / Weird Noise E.P – Fuck Off Records – 1980 / The Epileptics – Spider Leg Records – 1981 / Ethiopian – Studio One Records – 1980 / Faction – 96 Tapes – 1981 – 1982 / KUKL – Gramm Records – 1983

HOPING THAT ALL OF THE KYPP BROWSERS IN THE U.K AND WORLDWIDE WILL BE SAFE AND WELL IN 2017 DOWNLOAD SIDE 1 DOWNLOAD SIDE 2 012 was a band formed by Keith Dobson A.K.A Kif Kif Le Batter (one time drummer and vocalist with Here And Now) in the West London squats in 1980. The […]

Assassins Of Hope – Slowmotion Suicide – 1982 / The Astronauts – Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs – 1981 / Various Artists – Ha Ha Funny Polis – 1981 / Various Artists – Beyond Entertainment – 1984 / Ring – Oh De Dun Dun – 1986

Assassins Of Hope – Slowmotion Suicide An old cassette release by Assassins Of Hope is uploaded tonight, the only official release that the band sold at gigs. The songs recorded on this one sided cassette tape are as rough as old boots, a screaming holocaust of noise and a whirlwind of shouty vocals. I like […]

The Apostles & The Mob – London Musicians Collective – January 1983 / The Cravats – Southern Studio original mixes – 1981 / Augustus Pablo – Atra Records – 1980 / Zos Kia – All The Madmen Records – 1984 / The Mob – Amsterdam – June 1979 / The Turdburglers – 1981 / 1982

The Apostles at L.M.C The Mob at L.M.C First there was a cassette. The Apostles and The Mob recorded on a cassette recorder from the audience. The cassette was available in 1983 via Larry Peterson’s Cause For Concern cassette tape label. This cassette tape label generally veered towards industrial experimental music, more so than punk […]

The Mob – Doncaster – November – 1983 / Pete Fender And The Four Formulas – Xntrix Records – 1980 / Andy Stratton – All The Madmen Records – 1980 / The Review – All The Madmen Records – 1980 / Tea House Camp – Real Men Records – 1985 / Chron Gen – Gargoyle Records – 1981

The Mob’s last performance with the Mark, Curtis and Josef line up, recorded off of the sound desk at Doncaster Co-Op on the 19th November 1983. The Mob were supported for the night by Chumbawumba, Passion Killers, a band that included a Chumbawumba member, and Benjamin Zephaniah. This is a wonderful, powerful and intense performance […]