The Restarts are an English
street punk band based in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
.
The Restarts were formed in 1995 in London with Darragh O'Neill on drums, Kieran Plunkett from
Armed and Hammered on bass guitar, and Mik Useless on the guitar. They played many shows in the UK as a trio until Useless left, at which point Alan Campbell joined the band. With Campbell on guitar, they recorded their album ''System Error'' LP, but due to his commitments to the
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he had to leave. In April 2003 Robin Licker from the Short Bus Window Lickers joined the Restarts as their new guitarist.
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, Limp Wrist
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, The Accüsed
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, Strychnine, Dr. Know and Monster Squad.
Members
*Kieran Plunkett - bass guitar/vocals
*Robin Licker - guitar/vocals
*Jeremy Hayat - drums
Former members
*Mik Useless - guitar, vocals, artwork (1995–2002)
*Darragh O'Neill - drums (1995–2008)
*Alan Campbell - guitars and backing vocals on ''System Error'' (2003)
*Bram Provoost - drums/vocals (2008-2015)
Discography
* ''Jobclub'' demo (1996)
* ''Frustration'' EP (1996)
* ''Just Gets Worse
Just or JUST may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People
* Just (surname)
* Just (given name)
Arts and entertainment
* ''Just'', a 1998 album by Dave Lindholm
* "Just" (song), a song by Radiohead
* "Just", a song from the album ''Lost and Found'' by Mudvayne ...
'' EP (1997)
* ''State Rape'' split twelve inch with Zero Tolerance (1998)
* ''Your World'' split seven inch with Broken (1999)
* ''Legacy of Bigotry'' split seven inch with Left for Dead (2000)
* ''State Rape'' split CD with Fleas and Lice
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(2002)
* ''Slumworld'' CD/LP (2002)
* ''Actively Seeking Work'' compilation CD (2003)
* ''System Error'' CD/LP (2003)
* ''Outsider'' CD (2007)
* ''Mobocracy'' split CD with Millions of Dead Cops
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(2009)
* ''A Sickness of the Mind'' CD (2013)
* "Uprising" LP, CD (2019)
References
External links
The Restarts Home PageThe Restarts
on Myspace
Kieran Plunkett's art
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English punk rock groups
Third-wave ska groups
English ska musical groups
Ska punk musical groups
Musical groups from London