Subway Sect

Subway Sect were one of the first British Punk bands. Although their commercial success was limited by the small amount of recorded material they released, they have been credited as highly influential on the Postcard Records scene and the Indie Pop genre which followed. The core of the band was singer-songwriter, Vic Godard, plus assorted soul fans, who congregated around early gigs by the Sex Pistols until Malcolm McLaren suggested they form their own band. Subway Sect were among the performers at the 100 Club Punk Festival on Monday, 21 September 1976 – sharing the bill with Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Clash and the Sex Pistols. The first line-up of Godard on vocals, Paul Packham on drums, Paul Myers on bass and Rob Symmons on guitar lasted for four gigs before Mark Laff replaced Packham. Laff himself then left for fellow Punk group Generation X after the White Riot tour. A third drummer, Bob Ward, was recruited, and it is this line-up that can be heard on the band's first John Peel session and also on the single "Nobody's Scared". This was the first and only release on Braik Records, a label owned by Bernie Rhodes, who managed both Subway Sect and The Clash. Rhodes subsequently supervised the recording of their debut album at Gooseberry Studios in London, with Clash sound man and producer Mickey Foote at the production helm. At that time the band toured extensively with The Clash and others. However, just as their first album was ready for release, for reasons that remain obscure, Rhodes sacked all the band (except Godard) and Subway Sect mark 1 ceased to exist. The album was never released, although a single from the sessions "Ambition" was remixed and released on Rough Trade Records, with the B-side "Different Story (Rock and Roll Even)" also taken from the same sessions. "Ambition" was ranked at No. 15 among the top "Tracks of the Year" for 1978 by NME. A further track "Parallel Lines" was released as a track on the C81 cassette produced by NME magazine. Since then, some monitor copies of tracks from the lost album have come to light on various Subway Sect compilations, including a Motion Records' 20 Odd Years double album anthology, and a CD and CD/EP set We Oppose All Rock And Roll on Overground Records. Any copies of the actual album tapes appear to no longer exist. As a result of 1977 appearances at The Roxy club in London, live recordings were made of Subway Sect performances by Don Letts, the club's disc jockey. Subway Sect appears in Letts' Punk Rock Movie (1978).

What's The Matter Boy? (1980)

01 - Stop That Girl
02 - Birth & Death
03  Stand Back
04 - Watching The Devil
05 - Enclave
06 - Out Of Touch
07 - Vertical Integration
08 - Split Up The Money
09 - Stool Pigeon
10 - Double Negative
11 - Exit, No Return
12 - Empty Shell
13 - Make Me Sad
14 - Head Held High

Songs For Sale (1981)

01 - Hey Now (I'm In Love)
02 - Crazy Crazy
03 - Mr. Bennett
04 - What's Your Name?
05 - Noola's Saloon
06 - Be Your Age
07 - Moving Bed
08 - Swing Gently
09 - Stamp Of A Vamp
10 - Love For Sale
11 - Dilletante
12 - Just In Time
13 - No Style

A Retrospective (1977-81) (1984)

01 - Nobody's Scared
02 - Don't Split It
03 - Chain Smoking
04 - Parallel Lines
05 - Ambition
06 - Double Negative
07 - Head Held High
08 - Stool Pigeon
09 - A Different Story
10 - Spring Is Grey
11 - Watching The Devil
12 - Stop That Girl

The End Of The Surrey People (1993)

01 - Imbalance
02 - Johnny Thunders
03 - The Water Was Bad
04 - Malicious Love
05 - On The Shore
06 - Nullify My Reputation (I'm Gonna)
07 - Won't Turn Back
08 - Talent To Follow
09 - Same Mistakes
10 - The Pain Barrier
11 - I Can't Stop You
12 - The End Of The Surrey People

''We Oppose All Rock & Roll'' (1976-1980) (1996)

01 - Nobody's Scared
02 - Don't Split It
03 - Parallel Lines
04 - Chain Smoking
05 - Rock And Roll Even
06 - Ambition
07 - Double Negative
08 - Head Held High
09 - Stool Pigeon
10 - Watching The Devil
11 - Spring Is Grey
12 - Stop That Girl
13 - Exit No Return
14 - Staying Out Of View
15 - Parallel Lines (Version)

What's The Matter Boy? (Re-Issue) (2000)

01 - Stop That Girl
02 - Birth & Death
03 - Stand Back
04 - Watching The Devil
05 - Enclave
06 - Out Of Touch View
07 - Vertical Integration
08 - Split Up The Money
09 - Stool Pigeon
10 - Double Negative
11 - Exit, No Return
12 - Empty Shell
13 - Make Me Sad
14 - Watching The Devil (BBC Peel Session) (Bonus)
15 - Stool Pigeon (BBC Peel Session) (Bonus)
16 - Double Negative (BBC Peel Session) (Bonus)
17 - Head Held High (BBC Peel Session) (Bonus)

Sansend (2002)

01 - Introduction
02 - Back In The Void
03 - Nothin' Is Easy
04 - Lazy So And So
05 - Radio Sect
06 - Go Against The Grain
07 - The Writers Slumped
08 - Americana On Fire
09 - Radio Sect 2
10 - Don't Take It All Out On Me
11 - Turn Your Back On Everyone
12 - Drop A Bomb On 'Em
13 - Everything's Crashing Down Around Us
14 - Run For It
15 - At The Circus
16 - Heavy, Heavy Load (Featuring Larry Marshall)

Singles Anthology (2005)

01 - Nobody's Scared
02 - Don't Split It
03 - Ambition
04 - Different Story
05 - Split Up The Money
06 - Out Of Touch
07 - Stop That Girl
08 - Instrumentally Scared
09 - Vertical Integration
10 - Stamp Of A Vamp
11 - Hey Now (I'm In Love)
12 - Mr. Bennett
13 - Holiday Hymn
14 - T.R.O.U.B.L.E.
15 - Johnny Thunders
16 - Imbalance
17 - Won't Turn Back
18 - Won't Turn Back (Dennis Bovell Dub)
19 - Conscience Be Your Guide
20 - Same Mistakes
21 - No Love (Now)
22 - She's My Best Friend
23 - Place We Used To Live
24 - Lazy So & So

Twenty Odd Years - The Story Of... Subway Sect (2005)

01 - Nobody's Scared
02 - Parallel Lines (From Unreleased Original Subway Sect Punk Album)
03 - Chain Smoking (From Unreleased Original Subway Sect Punk Album)
04 - No Love Now
05 - Exit No Return (From Unreleased Original Subway Sect Punk Album)
06 - Ambition
07 - Rock And Roll Even (A Different Story)
08 - Birth And Death
09 - Stool Pigeon
10 - Enclave
11 - Empty Shell
12 - Split Up The Money
13 - Vertical Integration
14 - Same Mistakes
15 - Malicious Love
16 - Imbalance
17 - Nullify My Reputation
18 - Johnny Thunders
19 - Keep Our Chains
20 - Outrageous Things
21 - Place We Used to Live
22 - Ambition (From Unreleased Original Subway Sect Punk Album)
23 - We Oppose All Rock And Roll / Sister Ray (Live At The California Ballroom, Dunst)
24 - Stop That Girl
25 - The Water Was Bad
26 - Exit No Return
27 - Make Me Sad
28 - The Devil's In League With You
29 - No Style
30 - Swing Gently
31 - Be Your Age
32 - Hey Now I'm in Love
33 - Chain Smoking
34 - T.R.O.U.B.L.E.
35 - Miss Sadie
36 - In The Shadow Of Your Ego
37 - Won't Turn Back
38 - One Step (From The Gutter)
39 - Common Thief
40 - Won't Turn Back (Dennis Bovell Dub)
41 - Wayward Biro
42 - End Of The Surrey People
43 - Nasty Man (Live At The LSE)
44 - Nobody's Scared
45 - George Blake Masterspy

1978 Now (2007)

01 - We Oppose All Rock And Roll
02 - Stayin' Out Of Touch
03 - Chainsmokin'
04 - I Changed My Mind (On The Telephone)
05 - Eastern Europeans
06 - Why Did You Shoot Me? (Birth And Death)
07 - Stand Back
08 - Imbalance
09 - Derail Your Senses
10 - Not Watchin' The Devil
11 - Stool Pigeon
12 - Idiot Of All
13 - Exit-No Return
14 - Rock 'N' Roll Even

We Come As Aliens (2010)

01 - Best Album
02 - Take Over
03 - Back In The Community
04 - Same Plan
05 - If We'd've
06 - Et Meme
07 - Rhododendron Town
08 - That Train
09 - Somewhere In The World
10 - Ne'er
11 - Out Of Our Zone
12 - Life In The Distance
13 - Music Of A Werewolf

1979 Now! (2014)

01 - 1979 Now Intro
02 - Holiday Hymn
03 - Happy Go Lucky Girl
04 - The Water Was Bad
05 - Caught In Midstream
06 - The Devil's In League With You
07 - You Bring Out The Demon In Me
08 - You Made Me
09 - Born To Be A Rebel
10 - Get That Girl
11 - 1979 Now Outro

Songs For Sale (Remastered) (2020)

01 - Hey Now, I'm In Love
02 - Crazy Crazy
03 - Mr Bennett
04 - Whats Your Name
05 - Noolas Saloon
06 - Be Your Age
07 - Moving Bed
08 - Swing Gently
09 - Stamp Of A Vamp
10 - Love For Sale
11 - Dilletante
12 - Just In Time
13 - No Style
14 - Anything Goes (Bonus)
15 - Caribbean Blue (Bonus)
16 - Cajoleree (Demo)
17 - Just In Time (NME JiveWire Cassette)

Live And Rare Vol 1 (2020)

01 - US Cunts (RCA, London. 05/11/1976 - From The Third Subway Sect Gig)
02 - Can This Be True? (Harlesden Coliseum 11.03.1977)
03 - Imbalence/Nobody's Scared (Rehearsal 1978)
04 - Holiday Hymn (Music Machine 1980)
05 - Hey Whats Your Name? (1981 Westbourne Grove, Pre-Swing Demo)
06 - Just In Time (Bournemouth 23/12/1981)
07 - Stamp Of A Vamp (Bournemouth 23/12/1981)
08 - Cariblu (Hanley, Victoria Hall 14/05/1982)
09 - George Baker Master Spy (Radio Session 1996)
10 - Nasty Man (LSE. 29/01/1999)
11 - The Wedding Song (with The Bitter Springs, Stripes Bar, Brentford 09/07/2004)
12 - Ambition (With The Bitter Springs. Stripes Bar, Brentford 09/07/2004)
13 - La Maison Ou J'ai Grandi (With The Wet Dog Sect. Demo 2005)
14 - Blackpool (St Aloysius, London. 14/10/2020)

Live And Rare Vol 2 (2020)

01 - Idea Pull (Harlesden Colliseum, London. 11/03/1977)
02 - This Country ( (Harlesden Colliseum, London. 11/03/1977)
03 - Derail Your Senses (Camden Rehearsals. 1978)
04 - Born To Loose (Henry's Celler Bar, Edinburgh. 12/03/2011)
05 - Why Did You Shoot Me (Shene School, SW London. 09/11/2007)
06 - Stop That Girl (Bournemouth. 23/12/1981)
07 - Hey Now, I'm In Love (Bournemouth. 23/12/1981)
08 - Won't Turn Back (229 The Venue, London. 10/03/2012)
09 - End Of The Surrey People (Demo. Landlocked Studio, Whitton. 1990)
10 - That Train (Demo. Enterprise Studios, London. Sept 2005)
11 - Pay The Rate (The Lexington, London. 29.04.2011)
12 - Somewhere In The World (The Lexington, London. 29/04/2011)
13 - Everyone Is A Prostitute (Resonance FM, Dec 2007)
14 - Music Of The Werewolf (St Aloysius, London. 14/10/2010)
15 - Live & Rare Volume 2 - Advert

VICLEKA (Live And Rare Vol 3) (2020)

01 - Back In The Community (Live)
02 - Born To Be A Rebel (Live)
03 - Chain Smoking (1978 Now Version)
04 - Nobody's Scared (1978 Single)
05 - Eastern European (1978 Now Version)
06 - Music Of The Werewolf (Live)
07 - Empty Shell (From ''What's The Matter Boy?'' LP)
08 - Oh Alright (Go On Then) (Live)
09 - Somewhere In The World (Live)
10 - Take Over (Live)
11 - Watching The Devil (Live)
12 - Zero Tolerence (From ''Long Term Side-Effect'' Album)

Moments Like These (2021)

01 - Since The 80's
02 - The Place We Used To Live
03 - M.I.P.P.
04 - Commercial Suicide Man
05 - Sharks 'N' Vipers
06 - Footsteps On A Star
07 - Bossa Nova Boy
08 - Juke Box
09 - How High The Walls
10 - Jelly Legs
11 - She Looks Sad
12 - Time Shoulda Made A Man Out O' Me
13 - Gypsy Woman

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