- Concrete Sox
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Concrete Sox Origin Nottingham, United Kingdom Genres Crossover thrash
Crust punkYears active 1984–1999, 2009-present Labels Children of the Revolution, Earache, Manic Ears, Big Kiss, Lost and Found, SpeedState Associated acts City Indians, Heresy, Sleezepatrol Website http://www.myspace.com/vic_sox Members Vic Croll
Skwid
Michèle CameronPast members Rich Button
Sean Cook
Les Duly
Mark Greenwell
Ian
Rich Lamell
Loyd
John March
Kalvin Piper
Pug
Andy SewellConcrete Sox are a British crust punk band. They are largely seen as an early crossover thrash band who incorporated many thrash metal-like riffs in the style of their earlier recordings.
Starting in 1983 from jam sessions with 'Gabba' (Chaos UK/F.U.K.) and 'Kalv' (Heresy/Geriatric Unit) and various other 'friends', the band was formed by Vic Timoveric (Vic Croll) and his friend Les Duly. Not set on a permanent name, they once gigged as 'Concrete Evidence', but the name 'Concrete Sox' (Vics parody of a Hendrix Dead Boy sub-band, called 'The Steam Roller Gloves') became the bands official name. First release was the LP Your Turn Next in 1985 on COR records followed by —a split LP with Heresy on Earache Records in 1986. The band went on to record a further album on Manic Ears records entitled Whoops, Sorry Vicar! (1987) and a fourth album on Big Kiss Records (Cat: KISS 1) entitled Sewerside (1989). They later released a further album entitled No World Order in 1992 on Lost & Found Records (GER).
Concrete Sox were one of the more important of the British hardcore / crust punk influenced thrash bands during the late 1980s. They are also acredited with being one of the forerunners/pioneers of the punk/metal [crossover] music style/movement (along with other bands ie: Sacrilege/Onslaught/Deviated Instinct etc). Their work is mostly out of print on physical media, though some records have been recently repressed on compact disc by Speedstate records, and most of their recordings are available via peer to peer networks and tape trading.
Concrete Sox reformed in 2009 with a new line-up. After an unsuccessful tour in April 2010 (which was cancelled by the band after 3 shows), the current line-up was disbanded. Original/founding member Vic Croll (aka Vic Timoveric) is working with a new line-up & writing new material.[1][2][3]
Contents
Members
Current line-up
- Vic Croll (guitar, vocals)
- Skwid (bass, vocals)
- Michèle Cameron (additional vocals, art)
- 2011 (drums)
Former members
- Sean Cook (vocals; 1986–1989, 1992–1996, 1999)
- Loyd Sims (vocals; 1989–1992, 1997–1998)
- John March (drums, vocals; 1984–1986; also of Heresy)
- Andy Sewell (drums; 1986–1996, 1999; also of City Indians)
- Joe 'Pug' Nott (drums; 1997–1998)
- Les Duly (1984–1993, 1997)
- Kalvin Piper (1987; also of Heresy)
- Rich Lamell (bass; 1998–1999)
- Rich Button (guitar; 1987–1989)
- Ian (guitar; 1989–1991)
- Mark Greenwell (guitar; 1991–1996, 1997–1999)
Discography
- Demo 1985
- Your Turn Next LP (C.O.R., 1985; re-released (with bonus tracks) 2003 by Speedstate)
- Split LP with Heresy (Earache, 1987)
- Whoops Sorry Vicar! LP (Manic Ears, 1987; re-released 2003 (with bonus tracks) by Speedstate)
- Demo 1988
- Sewerside LP (Big Kiss, 1989)
- Lunched Out 7" EP (Desperate Attempt, 1990)
- Split 7" EP with Nightmare (MCR, 1991)
- Another Time (compilation of Whoops Sorry Vicar! and Your Turn Next; Weasel, 1992)
- Japan Tour '92 live LP (MCR, 1993)
- No World Order LP (Lost & Found, 1993)
- Silence 7" EP (Blind Destruction, 1997)
- The New E.P. 7" EP (Data, 1999)
Compilation appearances
- Anglican Scrape Attic split 7" flexi-disk with Hirax, Execute, Lip Cream and Sacrilege (track: "Eminent Scum"; pre-Earache, 1985)[4]
- Smelling Just Another Bad Breath (track: "Wipeout"; Double A Records (GER) 1986)
- Digging in Water (track: "Senile Fools"; COR, 1987)
- The North Atlantic Noise Attack (track: "Eminent Scum"; Manic Ears, 1989)
- Grind Your Mind: A History of Grindcore (track: "Senile Fools"; Mayan, 2007)
References
External links
- Concrete Sox on Reverbnation New 2011 by Vic 'Sox' Croll
- Concrete Sox on Vics Myspace By Vic 'Sox' Croll
- Concrete Sox Music on Myspace
- Concrete Sox homepage 2009 By Vic 'Sox' Croll
- Concrete Sox pre-2k website by ex-drummer Andy Sewell
- Concrete Sox biography @ Rockdetector
Categories:- Anarcho-punk groups
- Crust and d-beat groups
- English grindcore musical groups
- Earache Records artists
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