Concrete Sox are a

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band. They are largely seen as an early

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band who incorporated many

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-like riffs in the style of their earlier recordings.

History

Formed in 1984 following jam sessions with Gabba (Chaos UK/F.U.K.), Kalv (Heresy/Geriatric Unit) and various friends, the band was founded by Vic Timoveric with Les Duly. Not set on a permanent name, they once gigged as "Concrete Evidence", but the name "Concrete Sox" (Timoveric's parody of a Nottingham band "Steam Roller Gloves") became the band's official name. Their first release was the LP ''Your Turn Next'' in 1985 on COR records followed by a split LP with

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in 1986. Concrete Sox were one of the more established of the British

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/ crust punk influenced thrash bands during the mid- to late 1980s. They are also known as being one of the early bands who were part of the punk/metal

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music genre (along with other bands such as Sacrilege, English Dogs, Onslaught, and Deviated Instinct). For several years their early work was out of press, but ''Your Turn Next'' and ''Whoops Sorry Vicar'' were re-released in September 2012 on the band's own label, SoxCore Records, in association with Boss Tuneage. The vinyl versions are on coloured vinyl and the CD releases have bonus tracks personally selected by Timoveric. New T-shirts were released at the same time in Japan.Official Concrete Sox
Most of their recordings are also available via peer-to-peer networks and the band have made all their releases available for free through MediaFire. Concrete Sox reformed in 2009 with a new line-up. After an unsuccessful tour in April 2010 (which was cancelled by the band after three shows), this line-up was disbanded. As of December 2012, founding member Vic Timoveric was working with a new line-up, which included the return of Pug on drums with additional members Lambert (vocals) and Brownie (bass). After 4–5 months of getting nowhere, Timoveric decided to disband the group for good.

Members

Current line-up

* Vic 'Timoveric' Croll (

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) (1984-1987, 2009-2013) * Dave 'Brownie' Brown ( bass, vocals) * Joe 'Pug' Nott (

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, vocals)

Former members

* Lambert (vocals) * Sean Cook (vocals; 1986–1989, 1992–1996, 1999) * Lloyd Sims (vocals; 1989–1992, 1997–1998) * John March (drums, vocals; 1984–1986; also of

) * Andy Sewell (drums; 1986–1996, 1999; also of City Indians) * Les Duly (1984–1993, 1997) * Kalvin Piper (1987; also of Heresy) * Rich Lamell (bass; 1997–1999) * Rich Button (guitar; 1987–1989) * Ian Halpin (guitar; 1989–1991) * Mark Greenwell (guitar; 1991–1996, 1997–1999)

Discography

* Demo 1985 * ''Your Turn Next'' LP (C.O.R., May 1985; re-released (with bonus tracks) 2003 by Speedstate) * Split LP with

(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-inch EP (Desperate Attempt, 1990) * Split 7-inch EP with Nightmare (MCR, 1991) * ''Another Time'' (compilation of ''Whoops Sorry Vicar!'' and ''Your Turn Next''; Weasel, 1992) * ''Live VIDEO'' VHS tape, includes patch (MCR, 1992) * ''Japan Tour '92'' live LP (MCR, 1993) * ''No World Order'' LP (Lost & Found, 1993) * ''Silence'' 7-inch EP (Blind Destruction, 1997) * ''The New E.P.'' 7-inch EP (Data, 1999) * ''Your Turn Next'' LP/CD (SoxCORE Records/Boss Tuneage 2012 re-release) * ''Whoops Sorry Vicar!'' LP/CD (SoxCORE Records/Boss Tuneage 2012 re-release) * Sewerside CD (Black Konflik, 2020)

Compilation appearances

* ''Anglican Scrape Attic'' split 7-inch flexi-disk with

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, Execute, Lip Cream and

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(track: "Eminent Scum"; pre-

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, 1985) * ''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) *''Discharged: A Tribute to Discharge'' (tracks: "Death Dealers/Is This to be"; 1992) * ''Grind Your Mind: A History of Grindcore'' (track: "Senile Fools"; Mayan, 2007)

References

External links

* {{Authority control British crust and d-beat groups English grindcore musical groups Earache Records artists Crossover thrash groups