Anti-Nowhere League

 Today in 1997 Anti-Nowhere League released the album Scum

Royal Tunbridge Wells, England Hardcore punk, Punk rock

Status:Active

Years active 1980–1989,1992–present

Even when judged by the often confrontational standards of U.K. punk, the Anti-Nowhere League were a band committed to offending people. Looking less like a group of bohemian rebels than an especially unsavory biker gang eager to stomp someone (frontman Animal admits to being a former member of outlaw motorcycle clubs), the Anti-Nowhere League made an immediate impact when they burst onto the British rock scene in 1980. They were heroes to hard-boiled U.K. punks, and to nearly everyone else they were an affront to all decency -- which, of course, made the punks love them all the more.

Impact

Animal - vocals

Magoo - rhythm guitar

Beef - lead guitar

JJ Kaos - bass guitar

Revvin Taylor - drums

All songs written by Animal/Magoo, except where noted.

"Fucked Up and Wasted"

"Chocolate Soldiers"

"Get Ready"

"Suicide...Have You Tried?"

"Pig Iron"

"Scum"

"Burn 'Em All"

"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" (Robert Stone)

"How Does It Feel?"

"The Great Unwashed"

"...Long Live Punk..."

Scum is the third studio album by English punk rock band the Anti-Nowhere League and the first album of new material released since the original band's breakup ten years previously. A new lineup is featured, with only lead singer Animal and guitarist Magoo remaining from the band which recorded the much-criticised The Perfect Crime LP in 1987. The album also marks a return to the ANL's "classic" punk-metal sound.