The Partisans

The Partisans

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Name = The Partisans


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Origin = Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom
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Genre = Punk rock
Years_active = 1978 – 1984, late 1990s - present
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Associated_acts = Agent Orange
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Current_members = Rob "Spike" Harrington
Andy Lealand
Magnus Neundorff
Mikael "Gustav" Gustavsson
Past_members = Phil Stanton
Mark "Shark" Harris
Mark "Savage" Parsons
Louise Wright
Dave Parsons

The Partisans were a punk rock band formed in Bridgend, in South Wales in early 1978, when all four members were in their early teens. They continued until 1984, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart. The band re-formed in the late 1990s.

History

The band formed in early 1978, with an original line-up of Phil Stanton (vocals), Rob "Spike" Harrington (guitar and vocals), Andy Lealand (guitar), Mark "Shark" Harris (drums), and Mark "Savage" Parsons (bass guitar).cite book |last=Glasper |first=Ian |title= Burning Britain: The History of Punk 1980-1984 |year=2004 |month= |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=1-901447-24-3 |pages= ] Parsons and Stanton left in 1979, with Spike moving to lead vocals, and Lealand's girlfriend Louise Wright joining on bass.

Influenced by the likes of the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Ramones, the band started off covering punk rock hits and soon started to compose their own material. They were the second band signed to Chris Berry's No Future Records label, and their debut release, the double A-sided "Police story/Killing machine" was released September 28, 1981. It reached #5 on the UK Indie Chart, on the back of a tour with label-mates Blitz, and with strong support from Sounds writer Garry Bushell. Following the success of this single, The Partisans were included on the third volume of Bushell's Oi! compilation series "Carry On Oi!", which reached #60 on the UK Album Chart, and won the band gig slots with Blitz, Peter and the Test Tube Babies and The Ejected, as well as a 'No Future' night at London's "Zig Zag Club" with Red Alert, The Lombardos, and Peter and the Test Tube Babies.

The band released its second single, "17 Years of Hell", on May 27, 1982, peaking at #2 on the Indie Charts.cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980-1999 |year= 1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4 ] This was followed by their self-titled debut LP, released in February 1983. It hit #5 in the Indie Chart and #1 in the Punk Chart, amid considerable critical acclaim from the national press and the underground fanzine culture.

After the departure of Louise Wright, the remaining members relocated to Bayswater in West London, with new bassist Dave Parsons to relaunch the band. Their next release was the three-track "Blind Ambition" EP on Cloak & Dagger Records, which peaked at #23 on the Indie Chart, and got played on Prime Time Radio 1. The LP, "Time Was Right", followed in 1984, described as "The Professionals meets The Clash," and reaching #20 in the Indie Chart. The album featured live recordings from a gig at the Brixton Ace, at which The Partisans supported Anthrax, Lost Cherrees, Conflict and others.

The band split up in 1984. Dave Parsons later found chart success with Transvision Vamp and is now in Bush. Shark took a filmmaking course, and Rob moved to Scandinavia. The latter two recorded one more session in late 1989 for Link Records under the name Agent Orange. In the late 1990s Lealand and Harrington reformed the band along with two of Lealand's Swedish friends, Magnus Neundorff and Mikael "Gustav" Gustavsson. The band signed to American label TKO who issued the "So Neat" single in 2001, followed by a new full-length CD in 2004 ("Idiot Nation"). Currently the band are writing and recording new material.

Discography

Chart placings shown are from the UK Indie Chart.

ingles

*"Police Story" (1981) No Future (#5)
*"17 Years of Hell" (1982) No Future (#2)
*"Blind Ambition" (1983) Link/Cloak and Dagger (#23)
*"So Neat" (2001) TKO

Albums

*"The Partisans" (1983) No Future (#5)
*"Time Was Right" (1984) Link/Cloak and Dagger (#20)
*"The Best of The Partisans" Captain Oi!
*"Idiot Nation" (2004) Dr. Strange

References

External links

* [http://thepartisans.org Official website]
*amg | id = 11:dz6dtrpekl6x | label = The Partisans
* [http://punkandoi.free.fr/partisans_biography.htm The Partisans biography] by Mark Brennan


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