That's me and my mate Wilf in the middle of that crowd, we were a pair of 14 year old punks and along with our mate Fletch we went to punk gigs every friday night in Derby. We saw the Damned, The Clash,UK Subs, Crass, Vibrators ,The Stranglers, Sham 69, Anti Pasti and god knows how many others before we left school. I moved away then and we lost touch but then thanks to the internet we made contact again and had a reunion 21 years after those mad days in 2001. Fletch was still a punk haha and Wilf was as mad as ever, we had the best time remembering the all those gigs we went to and the capers and scrapes we got into. And that was that, never seen those guys again since, crazy really.
@@wescooley34 I HAD A BICKERS JACKET WITH 11.OO STUDS ON IT WHEN I TOCK IT OF AND SET IT ON THE GROUND IT WAS FIT TO STAND UP ON IT'S OWN I AM THE SAME AGE AS YOU AND WHERE DOES TIME GO
@@iandarragh6437 tell me about it on My playlist in my dpd van is 90% all punk from discharge / disorder to vice squad quite a lot of early punk and every damned lp ever nothing will ever top that scene ever
I was born in 73 and into punk and hardcore by 87 but just heard this first in 2020 amongst the pandemic of carona virus!!!, crazy pertect your self!!!
Him getting off beat at the chorus of TV Sketch is the kind of thing that makes it raw and stand out. To this day I still believe the opening riff to be one of the toughest, heaviest most grimey and guttural riffs in their catalog.
This is the ep that made me start a band when I was 14 in 1980. We went to the local pawn shop, decided what instruments we would play and practiced 3 chords of wonderful liberating musical violence. Oh the power....almost too much for a young teen living with mum and dad back then. It was like a secret culture, people hated us yet we recognised each other anywhere in the world.
First band I ever saw live Victoria hall Hanley Stoke on Trent on the same Bill the Ruts and the Damned, utterly unforgettable it’s still part of the marrow that makes up my bones.... oh yeah the price £3.00
Crazy but in 1980 this was the fastest you got. I mind sitting down by the Clyde and looking at it..got the train home and played it all day until I learnt it Such was the need for punk rock in the late 70's/early 89's.
I remember back in the early 80s telling my mum that my then girlfriend had Discharge down her skirt and my mum thought i meant real bodily Discharge i nearly pissed myself laughing and nah the group hahahahaa
BET THAT'S ONE GIG YOU'LL NEVER FORGET YOU ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SEEN THEM HOW DID YOU GET YOUR HEAD BACK ON L O L 🤣 ☠ 🤪 ☠ 😜 👍 👍 👍 LONG LIVE PUNK IT'S HERE TO STAY KEEP POGOING 👍 ☠ 👍 ☠
I remember buying this from Round Ear Records in Monmouth in 1980. I took it home, sat and stared at the cover for ages, played it over and over. Truly incredible.
@@philtonge7522 Do you remember the bloke who ran it - John Willicombe? The best times were when there was a mini arcade of 4 or 5 games in there; played so many classics in there: asteroids, donkey kong, frogger, missile command. Amazing days.
@@Arcadelife1 Indeed! How could I forget John? A lovely bloke who, like Sister Sledge, was 'Lost in Music'. Not a music snob, had the John Peel attitude of, "All is welcome here". Even tho' he had a hand-written note sellotaped on the counter that said "WE DON'T SELL DISCO!". I think it was his wife who co-served there and I remember her reaction when I'd got my first pay packet (from Beechams in Coleford) and bought a stack of albums. "I love it when you guys get proper jobs". So many great stories from that place, e.g. when 'Strawberries' by The Damned came out and the first pressing had a strawberry scented scratch and sniff lyric sheet with it and stank out the shop! Or John's massive under-the-counter bootleg collection. Happy days. I think when he turned the Monmouth shop into a VHS emporium it all went downhill, which was a shame. I think I nearly burst into tears when it shut. But as the Kinks/Kirsty McColl sang, "Thankyou for the days"...
Absolutely magnificent. Like others have said, this is angry, relevant and well, relevant. Got this one still sitting upstairs. Clay Records. Actually the 7" feels like heavy duty clay in your hands. A masterpiece. And yes, been shit on far too long. Great crackling upload. PLAY LOUD. Nice one.
I was coming up to aged 16 when this came out. Had been listening to lots of Clash and Damned . Put 'Decontrol' on in my bedroom, loud.......mum literally called the police there and then, it was great!
I saw them a few times back then in Manchester and it was just righteous fury-mental gigs ! I rarely play my old punk stuff now but Decontrol,Big Black's Kerosene and Magazine's Shot by both sides occasionally get a listen.Some tunes don't date.
UK politics is a complex area linked to al sorts of factors and indices. An excellent and accurate summary of things (which incidentally can be applied to the Labour Party, the Conservatives & indeed Liberal governance of old) can be found on the first track of this E.P by UK punk band, Discharge, from Stoke-on-Trent. "De-control, de-control, we've been shit on for far too long!" is sung with a desperation and sense of resignation, knowing that yes, those of us without wealth and property have been shit on by the monied classes for far too long. Sadly, this is set to continue for I'd say, at least another 250 years if historical, democratic change is used as a barometer.
Only in your dreams! Elvis is still the King of Rock and Roll. The Beatles were the most influential band in history. Punks bands have other sounds, other purposes, but has no way to compare them to the pioneers, this never! So you think I don't know about punk bands? The Ruts, Dead Kennedys, The Dickies, Ramones, The Saints, U.K Subs, Stiff Little Fingers, Chelsea, Buzzcocks, Dead Boys etc. They are better than Discharge. Hardcore is crap!
European punk always sounded very dark and apocalyptic. I guess I’m thinking Broken Bones, The Exploited, Anti Cimex, and Discharge the most. English Dogs did a couple of great albums too.
It's a little known fact, but was often whispered in political circles at the time, that Britain would never have taken Germany at Dunkirk or indeed won the Second World War without the regiments of Stoke-on-Trent. As soldiers they were totally calm, fearless and brilliantly strategic as well.
That's me and my mate Wilf in the middle of that crowd, we were a pair of 14 year old punks and along with our mate Fletch we went to punk gigs every friday night in Derby. We saw the Damned, The Clash,UK Subs, Crass, Vibrators ,The Stranglers, Sham 69, Anti Pasti and god knows how many others before we left school. I moved away then and we lost touch but then thanks to the internet we made contact again and had a reunion 21 years after those mad days in 2001. Fletch was still a punk haha and Wilf was as mad as ever, we had the best time remembering the all those gigs we went to and the capers and scrapes we got into. And that was that, never seen those guys again since, crazy really.
Great tmes,This was when the UK or more so England had an identity.Look at us now.
I'm an old man now and I wonder how this record still sets the standard for european hardcore. Discharge fucking rule! Even after this loooooong time!
Tracks been covered by so many bands & influenced many mate
"European hardcore". what the fk does that even mean? get a fkn grip ffs.
Because since the 1st day it has eaten into my brain u from there down into the soul.
You’re right Frank! Discharge fucking rule!!!!😀
🤘🤘
59 this yr and this band will always be me the original hardcore punk band 😎
I'LL DRINK 🍺 🍺 🍺 🍺 TO THAT I WISH THEY WERE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU THEIR WILL NEVER BE A BAND TO MATCH OR BETTER THEM FROM NOW TO ETERNITY ☠👍🏻☠👍🏻☠👍🏻
@@iandarragh6437 i had the homemade replica jacket 😊
@@wescooley34 I HAD A BICKERS JACKET WITH 11.OO STUDS ON IT WHEN I TOCK IT OF AND SET IT ON THE GROUND IT WAS FIT TO STAND UP ON IT'S OWN I AM THE SAME AGE AS YOU AND WHERE DOES TIME GO
@@iandarragh6437 tell me about it on
My playlist in my dpd van is 90% all punk from discharge / disorder to vice squad quite a lot of early punk and every damned lp ever nothing will ever top that scene ever
Best punk band ever, so much passion and aggression. Cal's voice has never been rivaled. First riff I learnt to play. Great memories 👌
HE'S NOT THE SORT OF GUY YOU WANT TO GET ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE MIGHTY DISCHARGE IN THEIR PRIME HARDCORE PUNK AT IT'S BEST
Listening to DISCHARGE has actually got me thru some very dark times with addiction and mental health
They had much more melody in the songs than I thought before . Decontrol has great lyrics when you know them
STate Control , MATE! 😎- it’s AWESOME
And when you don’t know them they are in a superposition of great and not great
@@maxcampbell8965 schrodinger's disrocker
Timeless !!! Relevant today, as back then. As good now, as it was then. 👍😎
54 yrs old now n still into disxharge same as when i was a nipper ,decontrol n aint no feeble bastard best two tracks in my humble opinion.
Excellent choices. Can I add Free Speech For The Dumb in at number 3?
2021 still here!
@@ky1725 same over here my friend :)))))
peyer keenan im 58 still listening, realities of war, and protest and survive for me
Ain't No Feeble Bastard and Always Restrictions, IMHO.........
Got it in my collection since it came out - i's a favourite
Say more u punk rock hardcore's.
No more ment.dam p o news I can't spell punk rock . Tully go mad ha poor .punx
@@robertedwards4102 stfu u metalhead ass git u cant even type
Had this on vinyl back in the day, this band distilled pure raw energy and anger like nobody else imo
This record completes a trilogy of ep's released in 1980, a year in the life, and it is mean and ugly and brutal as hell!
I was born in 73 and into punk and hardcore by 87 but just heard this first in 2020 amongst the pandemic of carona virus!!!, crazy pertect your self!!!
Thats so awesome dude! Take care of yourself too mate!
Him getting off beat at the chorus of TV Sketch is the kind of thing that makes it raw and stand out. To this day I still believe the opening riff to be one of the toughest, heaviest most grimey and guttural riffs in their catalog.
This and Realities of War are really the only good Discharge releases.
This is the ep that made me start a band when I was 14 in 1980. We went to the local pawn shop, decided what instruments we would play and practiced 3 chords of wonderful liberating musical violence. Oh the power....almost too much for a young teen living with mum and dad back then. It was like a secret culture, people hated us yet we recognised each other anywhere in the world.
Saw them a few times in Manchester as a 14 yr old kid 80/81. Fucking good education 👍
First band I ever saw live Victoria hall Hanley Stoke on Trent on the same Bill the Ruts and the Damned, utterly unforgettable it’s still part of the marrow that makes up my bones.... oh yeah the price £3.00
I can hardly imagine how brutal a track like "It's no tv sketch" must have sounded to punk kids back then.
It was fantastic, and it still is.
Tomorrow Belongs to Us is the epitome of punk.
@@adambailey7739 aint no feeble bastard
After the Clash doing rubbish like the much vaunted London Calling album it certainly was. Discharge were away ahead of anyone except possibly Crass
Still brutal as a kick in the teeth!!
Fucking hell DISCHARGE are still the most vital band ever & we're stll going thru the same old shit
Decontrol ,Decontrol, we've been shit on far to long.
O yes au LL Liv we s
🤘🏼 😎🤘🏼
I saw discharg in 1981... supporting the exploited in Cardiff...i was 15.. crazy times..
when music was raw and brilliant with a meaningful message - NOW WE GOT SIMON FUCKING COWELL!!!!!
This is real punk, God save you, Thank you so much
No gods here
Crazy but in 1980 this was the fastest you got. I mind sitting down by the Clyde and looking at it..got the train home and played it all day until I learnt it
Such was the need for punk rock in the late 70's/early 89's.
More relevant now than ever! Love this fucking band!!!
Their lyrics mean much the same today as they did back then.
And always will!!
While some things are getting better in some aspects, a lot of the core problems haven't changed
P
Laalq
that's why I'm a 24 year old pissed off guy and listening to this. Hardcore and grindcore are the future of extreme music
Respectfully, what are the problems?
History
I'm hoping to hear music like this in my care home.
Best single ever made. All categories all time
That"s my opinion.
14 when I first heard this. Still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.
Influenced so many hardcore bands aswell as metal . Sheer class .
Was very lucky to see Discharge twice in one day. A matinee and a later show both sold out.
Ha ha, I still think of this as the 'new one', god I'm getting old...
hahaha thats funny
me to
I remember back in the early 80s telling my mum that my then girlfriend had Discharge down her skirt and my mum thought i meant real bodily Discharge i nearly pissed myself laughing and nah the group hahahahaa
Me owd mate Mart, at college made the sleeve fer this single....!
1980 baby! I was 18. Times were a changing
Saw them in Blackburn, Lancs in 1980 at age 14, blew my head off, still thrilling.
A VERY NICE WAY 2 GET YOUR HEAD BLEW OFF HOW DID U GET IT BACK ON L O L HARDCORE PUNK THE WAY IT SHOULD B KEEP POGOING
BET THAT'S ONE GIG YOU'LL NEVER FORGET YOU ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SEEN THEM HOW DID YOU GET YOUR HEAD BACK ON L O L 🤣 ☠ 🤪 ☠ 😜 👍 👍 👍 LONG LIVE PUNK IT'S HERE TO STAY KEEP POGOING 👍 ☠ 👍 ☠
Im on the front single pic of decontrol at derby ajanta club .Bob the punk from Burton on trent.
I played in a punk band & we did a gig in burton on trent 1982.. we played on the same bill as a burton on trent band called 'abhor'..
Do you remember a band from burton on trent called 'abhor'?
Derby Ajanta. Now, that's a name I`ve not heard of in a long time. I saw UK Subs/ Anti-Pasti there. Great show!
which one are you Bob!? :)
@@marcusrogers6917 were did you play .
1st listened to em.in late 1980...and i got infected..till today
1st discharge record i bought...in 82, then i bought the lp, pay no more than £3.99....
Just excellent, I used to play it over and over in '80, I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for Discharge!!
Same here!
Me either
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE DISCOVERED THEM NO BAND OF ANY GENRE WILL EVER BE BETTER EVER ☠ 👍🏻 ☠ 👍🏻
I was 11 or 10 when I first heard discharge I was into 999 the skids then I heard 'anit no feeble bastard' and it blew me away! Punk as fuck ......😅
so true these words 2021
Saw them 1981 Bracknell Sports Centre Apocalypse Now Tour. Mind blowing ...
I remember buying this from Round Ear Records in Monmouth in 1980. I took it home, sat and stared at the cover for ages, played it over and over. Truly incredible.
Used to adore Round Ear Records. Bought the first Cravats album there!
@@philtonge7522 Do you remember the bloke who ran it - John Willicombe? The best times were when there was a mini arcade of 4 or 5 games in there; played so many classics in there: asteroids, donkey kong, frogger, missile command. Amazing days.
@@Arcadelife1 Indeed! How could I forget John? A lovely bloke who, like Sister Sledge, was 'Lost in Music'. Not a music snob, had the John Peel attitude of, "All is welcome here". Even tho' he had a hand-written note sellotaped on the counter that said "WE DON'T SELL DISCO!". I think it was his wife who co-served there and I remember her reaction when I'd got my first pay packet (from Beechams in Coleford) and bought a stack of albums. "I love it when you guys get proper jobs". So many great stories from that place, e.g. when 'Strawberries' by The Damned came out and the first pressing had a strawberry scented scratch and sniff lyric sheet with it and stank out the shop! Or John's massive under-the-counter bootleg collection. Happy days. I think when he turned the Monmouth shop into a VHS emporium it all went downhill, which was a shame. I think I nearly burst into tears when it shut. But as the Kinks/Kirsty McColl sang, "Thankyou for the days"...
Bought Stations of the Crass from there!
I bought Demob No Room from there amongst others
One of the best bands I ever seen
Duck yeah dude the best
True and still playing .
Yespnukto. True. Good
Shit and more shit
LUCKY
i did my homework to this...nowadays everything is subtley censored radio stations play none confrontational music
Discharge were like the Pistols for me..I.e...like a mind fuck of a hurricane blowing out my brain..total original punk..
i still have my old 7" and played it recently........ one of the bands that live i will never forget........
holy shit ...:/ I cant believe anyone kept a copy of this long enough to upload it
Superb...
Best discharge release
Love, love, love this 💕 -one of my fave songs ever
relevant
There's a vinyl out there..
1980-1986..
I think it's their first 4 EP's..Oh.. How I want it..👊
Absolutely magnificent. Like others have said, this is angry, relevant and well, relevant. Got this one still sitting upstairs. Clay Records. Actually the 7" feels like heavy duty clay in your hands. A masterpiece. And yes, been shit on far too long. Great crackling upload. PLAY LOUD. Nice one.
I was coming up to aged 16 when this came out. Had been listening to lots of Clash and Damned . Put 'Decontrol' on in my bedroom, loud.......mum literally called the police there and then, it was great!
I use to listen to them when I was a teenager 😊
Love it. I bought this when it came out. Nice one for sharing
Driving down yonge street in VANDURA..Roddy at the wheels
Youthful gesture with no care BUT KNOWLEDGE 🖤🇨🇦
Epic single from an epic band - end of.
Still have the ep and still listen 2019 🤗
100% best true punk band ever....
its so fucking sick , weve been shit on far to long Decontrol ..
great fucking record this band influnced alottttt of people
I saw them a few times back then in Manchester and it was just righteous fury-mental gigs ! I rarely play my old punk stuff now but Decontrol,Big Black's Kerosene and Magazine's Shot by both sides occasionally get a listen.Some tunes don't date.
Especially Shot By Both Sides, utter, utter class still.
What a band one of my favourites after the Pistols era...🤪
My favorite Discharge album.
THIS IS AN EP
Released in 1980!! Nice! Misfits were told to slow it down during studio recordings. I always thought that was wonderful.
Right now for instamce
changed my life
UK politics is a complex area linked to al sorts of factors and indices. An excellent and accurate summary of things (which incidentally can be applied to the Labour Party, the Conservatives & indeed Liberal governance of old) can be found on the first track of this E.P by UK punk band, Discharge, from Stoke-on-Trent.
"De-control, de-control, we've been shit on for far too long!" is sung with a desperation and sense of resignation, knowing that yes, those of us without wealth and property have been shit on by the monied classes for far too long. Sadly, this is set to continue for I'd say, at least another 250 years if historical, democratic change is used as a barometer.
Tom Islington monied classes so you mean Labour?
THEY ARE HARDCORE PUNK YES FROM THE UK BUT HARDCORE PUNK FROM STOKE ON TRENT JUST OUTSIDE BIRMINGHAM ☠☠☠☠
More influential than elvis, the beatles, and that fuckin artist guy.
In your humble opinion!
decontrol decontrol fuck elvis
Only in your dreams! Elvis is still the King of Rock and Roll. The Beatles were the most influential band in history. Punks bands have other sounds, other purposes, but has no way to compare them to the pioneers, this never! So you think I don't know about punk bands? The Ruts, Dead Kennedys, The Dickies, Ramones, The Saints, U.K Subs, Stiff Little Fingers, Chelsea, Buzzcocks, Dead Boys etc. They are better than Discharge. Hardcore is crap!
who the fuck are the beatles? sell out wankers i'd wager...
Elvis was a fat clown, the beatles a pop group, what about the real musicians like Gene Vincent, Woodie Guthrie, Johnny Cash et al..
Discharge is everything
Seeing them live in April😎
There the best local stoke band sen them lots of times .First was at stoke they were supporting the Ruts and the Dammed.
Still have the 45!!!!
Punk"s not dead !
a mate of mine is one the cover ..UNO where are you now ?
European punk always sounded very dark and apocalyptic. I guess I’m thinking Broken Bones, The Exploited, Anti Cimex, and Discharge the most. English Dogs did a couple of great albums too.
terveet kadet, kaaos, mob 47, shitilickers, moderat likvidation....
European punk?? UK punk & European punk are completely different pal. Not to mention it might as well be UK and Swedish punk lol.
deany gale You’re right. I painted with a broad brush. I shouldn’t have lumped it all in as “European.”
Este punk suena igual de actual , como igual los problemas que nos trae el estado
It's a little known fact, but was often whispered in political circles at the time, that Britain would never have taken Germany at Dunkirk or indeed won the Second World War without the regiments of Stoke-on-Trent. As soldiers they were totally calm, fearless and brilliantly strategic as well.
Any links to read about that , sounds interesting.?
Never heard that....so a link would be helpful
I think he might be joking, cause of how Discharge lyrics are almost always about anti war
All of my youth until present times
🤘😎
Influence of thrash death and black metal bands! Great band!
Also the classic Swedish death metal bands, grindcore bands, and the entire genres of d-beat and crust punk!
@@Sergio-nb4hj do you know a proto death metal song by them?
decontrol a proto death metal song?
La mejor banda de la historia
brought this when it first came out still love it
Legends
i fkn love uk punk
Great song
masterpiece
Esse é o verdadeiro SOM DOS DEUSES!
I bought this when it first came out at toxic shock records in Pomona ca.
husky500cr no you didnt
@@patswayze7359 how do you know
The doctor frankenstein of bands.....
I like that the bass is just as audible as the guitar.
deth in june is nazi trash for idiot losers
Is Decontroll the most punk fucking song ever? Yeah, it might be.
brilliant simply the best
Takes me back
Cool luv it :)
first hard core punk song first time heard it so fast haha
I remember when this came out. It reminds me of the L.A. punk scene 78-81for me.
THE BEST EP
🖤🖤🖤🖤