VARUKERS, THE - Still Bollox But Still Here LP (Red Vinyl)

Label: Cleopatra

The Varukers are a British punk rock band formed in 1979 by vocalist Anthony "Rat" Martin. They produced their most influential recordings in the early 1980s. The band play in D-beat, the musical style of Discharge. Also like Discharge, the Varukers' lyrics carry an anarchist political ideology. When recording in the early 1980s, they were part of a broader trend known as "UK 82", second generation punk, or UK hardcore. Bands such as the Varukers, Discharge, Chaos UK, Amebix, the Exploited, and Charged GBH took the existing 1977-era punk sound and melded it with the incessant, heavy drumbeats and "wall of sound" distortion guitar sound of new wave of British heavy metal bands such as Motorhead.

The Varukers, re-cut some of their oldest, fiercest, most loved punk rock anthems for this album originally released in 1995. As the band wrote at the time, "we wanted to re-record these songs to give them a more updated sound and to represent The Varukers as we stand at present, so put the fucker on and enjoy!"