The Subhumans (CAN)

Alongside D.O.A., whom vocalist Roy 'Wimpy' Goble and drummer Dimwit later joined, The Subhumans was Canada's foremost Punk / Hardcore band, both forming at roughly the same time in the same city (Vancouver). Both bands were highly politicised, although D.O.A. tempered their views with large doses of drunken behaviour and hedonistic fun. The Subhumans were more serious, though not without a sense of humour, brandishing a slightly more conventional musical attack that bore some similarities with Stiff Little Fingers, a comparison accentuated by Goble's throaty growl, which made him sound like Jake Burns with a Canadian accent. Their lasting contribution to society was their genuine, grassroots political activities, which placed them alongside Crass as one of the few Punk bands who walked it like they talked it. Their music mixed power, anger, energy, humour and melody with intelligent, thoughtful lyrics and beautiful, simple yet effective song-structures. In 1983 bassist Gerry Useless (not his real surname, it's Hannah) was one of five people arrested for taking part in terrorist activities, being charged with firebombing shops selling pornographic material, dynamiting a nuclear power plant and bombing a plant that designed guidance systems for Cruise missiles. The Vancouver Five (as they became known) were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison stretches. While in prison he contributed a beautiful song ('Living With The Lies') to the soundtrack album for Terminal City Ricochet (1989). Never big sellers in their heyday, they nonetheless reformed in the the 2005 (Goble, Graham, Useless, and Jon Card) and have made new records.

Death To The Sickoids 7'' (1978)

01 - Death To The Sickoids

02 - Oh Canaduh

Death Was Too Kind 12'' (1979)

01 - Death Was Too Kind

02 - Fuck You

03 - Inquisition Day

04 - Slave To My Dick

Firing Squad 7'' (1980)

01 - Firing Squad

02 - No Productivity

Incorrect Thoughts (1980)

01 - The Big Picture

02 - Dead At Birth

03 - Firing Squad

04 - We're Alive

05 - Urban Guerrillas

06 - The Scheme

07 - War In The Head

08 - Model Of Stupidity

09 - Death To The Sickoids

10 - New Order

11 - Slave To My Dick

12 - Refugee

13 - Greaser Boy

14 - Let's Go Down To Hollywood (And Shoot People)

No Wishes, No Prayers (1983)

01 - Canada's Favorite Sport

02 - Moron Majority

03 - Helicopter

04 - For The Common Good

05 - Slap In The Face

06 - Screwed Up

07 - America Commits Suicide

08 - Hiroshima

09 - No Wishes, No Prayers

10 - Mobile Electric Chair

11 - Breaking Point

12 - Googolplex

13 - Behind The Smile

14 - Out Of Line

Incorrect Thoughts (Unauthorized Re-Issue) (1985)

01 - The Scheme

02 - New Order

03 - Behind My Smile

04 - Out Of Line

05 - Big Picture

06 - Dead At Birth

07 - Urban Guerillas

08 - War In The Head

09 - Firing Squad

10 - Slave To My Dick

11 - Death To The Sickoids

12 - Greaser Boy

13 - Model Of Stupidity

14 - We're Alive

15 - Refugee

16 - Let's Go Down to Hollywood (& Shoot People)

Pissed Off... With Good Reason! (1996)

01 - Death To The Sickoids

02 - Model Of Stupidity

03 - Firing Squad

04 - Inquisition Day

05 - Dead At Birth

06 - Slave To My Dick

07 - Look At The Dawn

08 - America Commits Suicide

09 - Out Of Line

10 - Urban Geurillas

11 - Out Of Place

12 - Death Was Too Kind

13 - No Productivity

14 - We're Alone

15 - Pissed Off With Good Reason

16 - Fuck You

17 - I Hate Words

18 - Canada's Favorite Sport

19 - The Big Picture

20 - I Gotta Move

21 - Escalator To Hell

22 - Twenty First Century

23 - Oh Canaduh

New Dark Age Parade (2006)

01 - World At War

02 - Celebrity

03 - People Of The Plague

04 - Mindless Tough Guy Act

05 - Shut Your Eyes

06 - Clash Of The Intransigents

07 - Moving Forward

08 - Daisy Cutter

09 - Nowhere To Run Anymore

10 - Life Sure Can Suck

11 - In Good Company

12 - Blood, Sweat, And Beers

13 - I Got Religion

14 - Modern Business

Death Was Too Kind (2008)

01 - Death To The Sickoids

02 - Oh Canaduh

03 - Death Was Too Kind

04 - Fuck You

05 - Inquisition Day

06 - Slave To My Dick

07 - Firing Squad

08 - No Productivity

09 - Look At The Dawn

10 - Pissed Off... With Good Reason

Same Thoughts Different Day (2009)

01 - Big Picture

02 - Dead At Birth

03 - Firing Squad

04 - We're Alive

05 - Urban Guerrillas

06 - The Scheme

07 - War In The Head

08 - Model Of Stupidity

09 - Death To The Sickoids

10 - New Order

11 - Slave To My Dick

12 - Refugee

13 - Greaser Boy

14 - Let's Go Down To Hollywood

15 - I Gotta Move

16 - Out Of Place

17 - Escalator To Hell

18 - Out Of Line

19 - Behind The Smile

20 - Twenty-First Century

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