Formed: Harlow, Essex, England, UK
One of the legion of bands formed in the wake of the Bill Grundy incident, The Sods were a marvelous little band which gigged only locally (save for the odd London gig) and never got further than two exceptionally strong self-financed singles. They were, however, the biggest local punk band by some distance. They formed as The Rage but in November 1977 became The Sods when another band called The Rage began making a name for itself at The Roxy.They supported: Wire, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Eddie & The Hot Rods, The Lurkers etc. They also headlined above The Newtown Neurotics and The Darleks (who later became The Epileptics). Scott Barker (later in 'Fatal' Microbes) played bass on the 2nd single.
Bassist Chris Wood passed away in late 2018. RIP.
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & Albums
No Pictures (7", 1979)
Mopey Grope (7", 1979)
Extraneous Releases
Makes Me Sick! (CD, 2006)
Various Artists
Killed By Death British DIY Volume 1 Italy LP 1998 (Redrum): No Pictures
Killed By Death #666 ?? LP 1998 (Redrum): Mopey Grope
Killed By 7 Inch Vol 1 To 5 ?? LP 2000 (Redrum): No Pictures
Stortbeat: A Musical Collective UK 2xCD 2004(Handsignal Recordings): No Pictures / Plaything / Snakes / Work
Messthetics # 2: UK '78-81 "D.I.Y." - Bands Si-To-Th US CDR ???? (Hyped To Death): Negative Positive / No Pictures Of Us
Killed By 7 Inch #3 ?? 7" ???? (Redrum): No Pictures
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Links
Bored Teenagers - Typically awesome info
Punk 77 - More nice stuff
Harlow Bands Archive - Lots of info about the Harlow punk scene
