The Filaments

The Filaments are a Street Punk band with brass. They formed in 2000 in Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom. Influences cited include Rancid, The Clash, Operation Ivy, The Business, The 4-Skins, and The Specials. Their debut album 'Skull and Trombones' was released in 2001 on New Blood Records and tours with The Casualties, Deadline and Roger Miret and The Disasters followed this release. The Filaments gained a reputation for their immense live shows in the UK, and on the European mainland. Their second album ‘..Whats Next?’ was released in 2004 on Household Name Records. This time the band showed a greater depth in song writing; UK '82 style Punk was mixed with a wide range of influences including Dub, 2-tone influenced Ska and Psychobilly. Following this release The Filaments went on to tour alongside popular U.S acts such as The Horrorpops and Leftover Crack, as well as playing festivals including Glastonbury, Wasted / Rebellion (Blackpool) , Rude Boys Unity (Geneva) and Punk 'n' Disorderly (Berlin). In 2005, lead vocalist Jon Fawkes emigrated to America and The Filaments subsequently disbanded. On the 10th July 2005 they played their farewell show at the City Invasion tour at The Astoria, London. In March 2006 The Filaments played two sold out reunion shows at The Relentless Garage in Highbury, London with Punk band Deadline and the Rebellion punk festival in Blackpool Winter gardens August 2007. In August 2009 they reformed to support Suicide Bid at The Relentless Garage, Highbury London. Jon Fawkes had moved back to the UK permanently at this time and later The Filaments officially announced they had reformed.

Skull & Trombones (2002)

01 - Punk Unity

02 - Trevor
03 - Hiroshima
04 - Our Roots
05 - Thrown Away
06 - Better Way
07 - Oi! The Filaments
08 - UK Now
09 - Patricia

... What's Next (2004)

01 - Sick Joke
02 - Men Of The Law
03 - B.P.C.
04 - Victims
05 - Western Double Standard
06 - Life's Not A Privilege
07 - DUB
08 - No Part
09 - Nation
10 - Mafia
11 - Bastard Coppers
12 - Signing Up to Sin
13 - Zombie Jail Break
14 - The Farce
15 - Go To Hell

Land Of Lions (2013)

01 - The Warren
02 - No Surrender
03 - Adecco Calling
04 - Tales From The Barside
05 - Tomlinson's Ghost
06 - Tables Turn
07 - Tears Of Essex
08 - Once In A While
09 - Insult To Injury
10 - Liberty's Plight
11 - If I Did Believe
12 - Pisstake
13 - Land Of Lions

Look To The Skies (2018)

01 - Fuck The 'Alt'-Right
02 - Look To The Skies
03 - Rip-Off World
04 - No Men To Parade
05 - Living In The Crosshairs
06 - Underdogs
07 - Tread Carefully
08 - Ask No Favors
09 - All We've Ever Known
10 - The Verge
11 - Killing Machine

Deadline & The Filaments
Punk Unity 7'' (2002)

01 - Deadline - Liar

02 - Deadline - Do Nothing

03 - The Filaments - Punk Unity

04 - The Filaments - Thrown Awayay

The Filaments & BBK & Body Bag & Beans
Mucho Mas Chaos Split (2003)

01 - The Filaments - Pigs To Their Pens

02 - The Filaments - Reap What You Sow

03 - The Filaments - Authorities Demise

04 - BBK - Lost Souls

05 - BBK - Not For Sale

06 - BBK - The Next Step

07 - Body Bag - You Stabbed Me In My Back

08 - Body Bag - Technology

09 - Body Bag - Burn It All!

10 - Beans - Pull Through

11 - Beans - Blackmind

12 - Beans - Hey Kid

Stockyard Stoics & The Filaments
The Special Relationship EP (2007)

01 - Stockyard Stoics - Poverty Is Back In The Fashion Pages

02 - Stockyard Stoics - Doctor Pangloss

03 - Stockyard Stoics - Socialized

04 - The Filaments - Brainwash

05 - The Filaments - Delta

06 - The Filaments - Victims (Live)

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