Culture Shock is an English

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band formed in

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in 1986 by Dick Lucas, previously of the Subhumans. Over their four-year history the band played hundreds of gigs, including frequent appearances at free festivals, and released three studio

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s on the Bluurg

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. Lucas’

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were mostly concerned with social and political issues, from

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, war, and

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, but were far from angry rants, often finding a positive and empowering perspective. Culture Shock split at the end of 1989, as Bill and Nige both had young families to support. Dick went on to form

Citizen Fish Citizen Fish is an English punk rock band that has been active since 1990 and shares members with Subhumans. Citizen Fish does not emphasize the raw political statements and nihilistic viewpoint of the former, instead focusing on issues of ...

with Jasper, the bassist on Culture Shock’s final album, and two other former members of the Subhumans. Nige died in 1993.

Reformation

Interest in the band was revived by the release of the ''Everything'' CD retrospective in 2012; Culture Shock reformed as a gigging band and have been playing since 2013. The line-up remains the same except with Alex (from Citizen Fish) on guitar.

Members

* Dick Lucas (vocals) * Bill (drums) * Jasper (bass) * Alex (guitar)

Previous members

* Paul Taylor (bass - on ''Go Wild'', and ''Onwards & Upwards'') * Nige (guitar, vocals)

Discography

Albums

* 1986 ''Go Wild'' (Fish 18) * 1988 ''Onwards & Upwards'' (Fish 20) * 1989 ''All The Time!'' (Fish 23) * 2016 ''Attention Span'' * 2018 ''The Humanity Show'' *2021 ''Mandemic''

Cassette only

* "Living History" demo April 1986 (Bluurg Tapes 66) * "Live At The Fish" (Earth Zone) * "Reality Stop No.44" demo December 1986 (Bluurg Tapes 71) * "Hot and Sweaty" live compilation (Bluurg Tapes 79)

Compilation

* ''Everything'' (Fish 51) (3CD/MP3, 2012)

Compilation appearances

* ''Crisis Point'' EP * ''Stonehenge'' EP * ''Open Mind Surgery'' LP * ''Travellers Aid Trust'' 2LP & CD (Flicknife)

References

External links

Bandcamp

Official Subhumans and Citizen Fish site

Discogs
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