Formed: Chapel-En-Le-Firth / New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK
Monstrous skinhead band formed our of the un-recorded The Dismal Sports, The Violators released two cracking and very popular Oi! singles before going completely Goth for a third one. They had close ties to Blitz and Attak.
The band reformed many years later and in 2018 issued a new single, Tied To The Tracks (on Violated Records).
Lineup 1 (1979-1982)
Helen Hill - Vocals
Shaun 'Cess' Styles (aka Stylesy aka Sean) - Vocals
Mark 'Coley' Cole - Guitar
John 'Matchi' Marchington - Bass
Anthony 'Ajax' Hall - Drums
Recorded: Gangland / The Fugitive and Summer Of '81. When this lineup split Helen and Coley formed Taboo, which never recorded anything.
Lineup 2 (1983):
Louise - Vocals
Shaun Styles - Vocals
Andy - Guitar
John Marchington - Bass
Anthony Hall - Drums
Recorded: Life On The Red Line. After this Styles and Marchington formed a new band, with the pretentious name 'Ice The Falling Rain' (described by The Spillblog as: "A band that had once talked of mixing synthesisers with punk, now started producing delicate OMD style synth pop, leaving behind the Life’s Illusion single as the incriminating evidence".
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles / Albums
| Gangland / The Fugitive (7", 1982) |
Summer Of '81 (7", 1982) |
Life On The Red Line (7", 1983) |
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Extraneous Releases |
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| Violators (12", 1983) |
The No Future Years (CD, 1994) |
Singles 82/83 (LP, 2014) |
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Bootlegs |
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| Blitz / Violators (LP, split, 1999) |
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Various Artists
A Country Fit For Heroes UK 12" 1982 (No Future): Die With Dignity / Government Stinks
Punk And Disorderly - Further Charges UK LP 1982 (Anagram): Gangland
No Future Finland LP 1982 (Poko): Government Stinks
Punk Revival New Zealand LP 1982 (Music World): Die With Dignity / Fugitive
Punk And Disorderly III - The Final Solution UK LP 1983 (Anagram): Summer Of '81
Angels With Dirty Faces UK LP 1984 (No Future): Live Fast Die Young
There Is No Future (The History Of No Future) UK LP 1984 (No Future): Gangland / Summer Of '81
Viva La Revolution! UK 2xLP 1985 (Cambra): Summer Of '81
Maggie, Maggie, Maggie - Out! Out! Out! UK LP 1987 (Anagram): Government Stinks
No Future: The Singles Collection UK CD 1993 (Anagram): Gangland / Summer Of '81 / Die With Dignity
No Future: Punk Singles Collection Volume Two UK CD 1995 (Anagram): The Fugitive / Live Fast Die Young / Pointless Slaughter
A Country Fit For Heroes - Volumes 1 & 2 UK CD 1994 (Captain Oi!): Die With Dignity / Government Stinks
Burning Britain - A Story Of Independent UK Punk 1980-1983 UK 4xCD 2018 (Cherry Red): Summer Of 81
Links
STREET VOICE U.K. - Interview with Cess
PUNK AND OI! IN THE U.K. - Another interview
