Kronstadt Uprising were an

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band from

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, UK during the 1980s.

History

Named in tribute to the events of the

Kronstadt rebellion The Kronstadt rebellion ( rus, Кронштадтское восстание, Kronshtadtskoye vosstaniye) was a 1921 insurrection of Soviet sailors and civilians against the Bolshevik government in the Russian SFSR port city of Kronstadt. Locat ...

the band were formed in 1981 by Steve Pegrum joined by Spencer Blake, Paul Lawson and Andy Fisher (although in 1982 the band were to become a three-piece with Paul Lawson taking on both guitar and vocal duties). Nick 'Filf' Robinson of the Sinyx was also briefly in the band, providing additional guitar. They recorded their first demo late in 1981, a track of which was picked up by

Crass Crass were an English art collective and punk rock band formed in Epping, Essex in 1977, who promoted anarchism as a political ideology, a way of life, and a resistance movement. Crass popularised the anarcho-punk movement of the punk s ...

and brought the band wider attention on volume two of the ''

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'' series of

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s released by

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. During the mid-1980s the band moved away from their original anarcho-punk roots, and began to incorporate influences from

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as well as acts such as

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. After a period of many line-up changes KU finally split up in 1986. The band released two

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, "The Unknown Revolution" (

Spiderleg Records Spiderleg Records was an independent record label founded by UK anarcho-punk band Flux of Pink Indians in 1981. The band set up the label after releasing their first EP on the Crass Records label, which taught them the skills necessary to run s ...

) and "Part of the Game" (Dogrock Records). A twenty three track retrospective CD, ''Insurrection'', which includes most of the band's recordings including

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, etc., was released in November 2000.

Discography

Singles

* "The Unknown Revolution EP": "Blind People" / "Dreamers of Peace" / "End Of Part One" / "Xenophobia" (Spiderleg Records, SDL 12, 1983) * "Part Of The Game" / "The Hosemen" (Dog Rock Records, SDL 108, 1985)

Albums

* ''Insurrection'' (Overground Records, OVER 85VPCD, 2000)

Compilation albums

* "Receiver Deceiver" appeared on ''Bullshit Detector Volume Two'' (Crass Records, CRASS 221984/2, 1982) * "Blind People" appeared on ''Anti-War'' (Overground Records, OVER 103VPCD, 2005) * "Xenophobia" appeared on ''Burning Britain: A Story Of Independent UK Punk 1980 – 1983'' (Cherry Red Records, CRCDBOX53 CD, 2018) * "Blind People" appeared on ''Southend Punk – Volume 1'' (Angels in Exile Records, AIECD 004, 2020)

References

External links

Official website
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