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English Dogs formed in October 1981 in Grantham and produced two demos during 1982 entitled ‘Show No Mercy’ and ‘Free To Kill’. The band then toured Germany supporting friends GBH during early 1983 and followed this with a British tour supporting Discharge. This was followed by signing to Clay Records who released the 6 track EP titled ‘Mad Punx And English Dogs’ July 1983. The first full length album, ‘Invasion of the Porky Men’, Was Released in 1984…





The origin of Los Angeles’ influential punk band The Generators dates back to 1997, just a few miles from the skyscrapers of downtown. In the early days, the band hung out and wrote music in an old vacant pizza oven factory, churning out their first batch of songs, which echoed the sentiments of the 1977 Punk spirit. They quickly got attention from the owners of the infamous Triple X Records, who were known best for their 1980’s roster that included Social Distortion, The Vandals, GBH and Jane’s Addiction. Without haste, the indie punk label put The Generators into the recording studio where they produced their first album ironically titled Welcome To The End.



Vocalist Doug Kane and guitarist Mike Snow’s friendship goes way back to their early teens, growing up in Pasadena, CA. They both played in bands during Los Angeles’ early punk explosion and would share the same stages at punk dives around town. In 1983, Kane fronted one of America’s very first Oi! punk bands, Doug & The Slugz, while Snow played guitar for one of California’s foremost Mod revival bands The Way. Years later they were members of the Southern California Punk band Schleprock, which spent the better half of the late 1980’s and mid 1990’s supporting acts like The Specials, Rancid, NOFX, Face to Face, Sublime and Bad Religion among others. In 1995, Schleprock signed to Warner Bros Records, but by the following year the band called it quits due to drug addictions and internal fighting.



Between 1998 and 2002, The Generators went on to release another two full-length albums, one 10” EP and a 7” single, and just like wayward children, they found themselves on the doorstep of San Francisco’s street punk based label TKO Records. Over the next few years the band kept evolving, but always remained true to their early punk rock roots. As their music continued to resonate with fans, companies like Corona Beer and sports teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and the California Angels were also picking it up for commercial use. With scores of tours behind them and a full catalog of songs to fall back on, The Generators trudged their way through the next decade, releasing another four records with various labels along the way.



By 2012, the band had come full circle and was touring in support of a wide range of bands like The Damned, Megadeth, The Dead Kennedys and The Offspring. Their list of accomplishments continued to grow, and later that year one of the country’s largest news publications, US News, mentioned The Generators as “one of America’s most underrated punk bands.”



Now, almost twenty years since the days of making punk songs in the old pizza oven factory, The Generators still carry on strong. In 2016, Randale Records will release a brand new Generators Anthology album titled “Earn Your Stripes”. This new record will feature two decades of some of their finest music along with four brand new songs. 2016 also kicks up some old dust with the first two Generators albums, “Welcome To The End, and “Burning Ambition” being re released by the infamous US punk labels Dr. Strange Records, and Crowd Control Media. The band will be back out on the road with tours stretching across Europe, Australia, and North America.



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Hi -Fi Spitfires are a 3 piece punk rock band, formed in mid 2008 by Steve Straughan ex Holy Racket on guitar and lead vocals. With bass player Dean Liddle and drummer Nelly (The Lurkers/ex Fiend and Hang-Ups) quickly recruited and 11 hours practice later the band had recorded their first E.P. "The 11th Hour"..



With mixed influences ranging from early punk bands such as The Sex Pistols, Clash, Slaughter and the Dogs and The Boys to more recent bands such as U.S. Bombs, Bombshell Rocks, District and Rancid, the bands first album "ENGLAND SCREAMING" is out now!

A split release with Argentinian band Desahogo will be out early 2012, featuring 4 new non-album songs.



In Oct 2010) they played their first European shows, supporting 999 and Mad Caddies and a UK tour with T.V. Smith's Adverts (March 2011). A short Euro tor taking in 5 countries followed in Sept 2011.



Early 2012 saw Dean leave the band to be replaced by Neil Newton of the Angelic Upstarts.





The Reverends debut album - THE NEW ADDICTED is available now from www.thereverends.co.uk



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