Saturday, May 04, 2019

PENETRATION - Race Against Time 1979

Fuckin' cold outside so let's get hot with this charming slab, released via Clifdayn and on Side A are Demos 1977-Jan '78, the other live @ Newcastle Dec '78-Oct '79. Penetration is a punk rock band from County Durham, England formed in 1976 by Pauline (vocals), Robert (bass), Chaplin (guitar) and Gary (drums). Chaplin left in March 1978 being replaced with Neale, and second guitarist Fred joining in July. The band dissolved in late 1979. Their debut single, "Don't Dictate", is now acknowledged as a classic punk rock single and their debut album, Moving Targets (1978), is still widely admired. They played a lot of gigs with coole bands, released two albums in the seventies and a few singles (Life's A Gamble) and 1979 they toured Europe, the US and Britain but the grueling schedule began to take its toll. A disappointing reaction to Coming Up For Air, the second album, was the final nail in the coffin of the original band. After the band split in October this official bootleg comes out as last farewell document. They re-formed in 2001 with several new members. Cool record in every way.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -


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