The Mob (band)
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The Mob were an anarcho-punk
band originally from Yeovil
, Somerset
, England
during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The band's initial line up consisted of Mark Wilson (vocals, guitar), Curtis You'e (bass) and Graham Fallows (drums). Later drummers included Adie Tompkins, Tim Hutton and Josef Porta. The band broke up in 1983.
They reformed in 2011 and played a number of concerts with the original members. The first was on April 8, 2011, in Bristol. Their latest gig was at the Levellers festival on August 20, 2011.
Anarcho-punk
Anarcho-punk is punk rock that promotes anarchism. The term anarcho-punk is sometimes applied exclusively to bands that were part of the original anarcho-punk movement in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
band originally from Yeovil
Yeovil
Yeovil is a town and civil parish in south Somerset, England. The parish had a population of 27,949 at the 2001 census, although the wider urban area had a population of 42,140...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The band's initial line up consisted of Mark Wilson (vocals, guitar), Curtis You'e (bass) and Graham Fallows (drums). Later drummers included Adie Tompkins, Tim Hutton and Josef Porta. The band broke up in 1983.
They reformed in 2011 and played a number of concerts with the original members. The first was on April 8, 2011, in Bristol. Their latest gig was at the Levellers festival on August 20, 2011.
Albums
- i-Ching cassette (1980 All the MadmenAll the Madmen"All the Madmen" redirects here. For the David Bowie song, see All the Madmen .All the Madmen Records was a record label started by The Mob in Yeovil, England before relocating to London...
) - Let the Tribe Increase LP (1982 All the MadmenAll the Madmen"All the Madmen" redirects here. For the David Bowie song, see All the Madmen .All the Madmen Records was a record label started by The Mob in Yeovil, England before relocating to London...
) - May Inspire Revolutionary Acts Compilation (2007 Overground)
Singles/EPs
- "Crying Again"/"Youth" 7" (1979 All the MadmenAll the Madmen"All the Madmen" redirects here. For the David Bowie song, see All the Madmen .All the Madmen Records was a record label started by The Mob in Yeovil, England before relocating to London...
) - "Witchhunt"/Shuffling Souls" 7" (1980 All the MadmenAll the Madmen"All the Madmen" redirects here. For the David Bowie song, see All the Madmen .All the Madmen Records was a record label started by The Mob in Yeovil, England before relocating to London...
) - "No Doves Fly Here" 7" (1981 Crass RecordsCrass RecordsCrass Records is an independent record label which was set up by the anarchist punk band Crass.-Overview and history:Prior to the formation of Crass, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher had published their creative works via their own Dial House based Exitstencil Press...
) - "Crying Again" 12" EP (1983 All the MadmenAll the Madmen"All the Madmen" redirects here. For the David Bowie song, see All the Madmen .All the Madmen Records was a record label started by The Mob in Yeovil, England before relocating to London...
) - "Mirror Breaks"/"Stay" 7" (1983 All the MadmenAll the Madmen"All the Madmen" redirects here. For the David Bowie song, see All the Madmen .All the Madmen Records was a record label started by The Mob in Yeovil, England before relocating to London...
)
Live
- Live at the Zig Zag Squat 18/12/82 split cassette/CD with Amebix and Flux of Pink Indians (1982)
- Live at the LMC split LP with The Apostles (1983 Cause for ConcernCause for ConcernCause for Concern was an important DIY cassette label of the 1980s. It was founded by Larry Peterson and focused on Industrial music. Throbbing Gristle was among the many artists released on this label....
) - No, No, No, Don't Drop Your Bombs on Us, They Hurt split cassette with The Faction and D&V (1983)
Compilation tracks
- "No Doves Fly Here" on A-Sides compilation CD (1994 Crass RecordsCrass RecordsCrass Records is an independent record label which was set up by the anarchist punk band Crass.-Overview and history:Prior to the formation of Crass, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher had published their creative works via their own Dial House based Exitstencil Press...
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External links
- Discography of The Mob at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...