Police Bastard – “It’s Good to Hate” CD (Iron Man Records) Released May 23rd 2010

Police Bastard – “It’s Good To HATE” will be released through Birmingham’s Iron Man Records, May 23rd 2010. The release contains a CD featuring four new songs and one cover version with an additional DVD containing live footage collected between 2007 and 2010. The record features the work of founding band members Pid and John Doom doing dual vocals together again for the first time in ten years. The gigs and recordings have also seen the return of Chris Crass, who took over on bass from Trogg in 1994. Seano Porno and Mark Badger from Last Under The Sun have picked up the work of guitars and additional vocals and the drummer is Simon James who also plays in Last Under The Sun and formerly of Rivers Edge.  The release is dedicated to Trogg, Police Bastard’s first bass player who passed away in 2008. It was because of Trogg and his enthusiasm to do it all again that Police Bastard started writing, rehearsing, recording and touring again.

CD tracks include: The Lie, God Off, Erosion, Born To Die and a cover of I Wish (Originally written by The Mob)

DVD includes: Keep An Active Mind (2007-2008), Police Bastard Live at 25 Jahre AU Festival, Frankfurt, Germany (2008), Police Bastard Live at Kopi, Berlin, Germany (2010).

The CD tracks were Recorded, mixed, produced and mastered by Simon Reeves at Framework Recording Studios, Musoplex. Simon has worked with the likes of Napalm Death, Cathedral, Meathook Seed, and a host of others from The Cubans, Harpies, and The Nightingales. After a nearly 20 year dedication to new and alternative music in all its many forms, he has become a master at capturing ferocious guitars and brutal sounds. The new recordings are by far the best thing the band has produced to date.

The DVD includes “Keep an Active Mind” a film by Iron Man Records, edited by Anthony J. Hughes, documenting a year in the life of Police Bastard with footage from a show the band organised at The Market Tavern, Birmingham 2007, Steve Ignorant’s “Feeding of the 5,000″ aftershow party, London 2007 and a tour of Europe in 2008 organised by Alerta Antifascista. The footage includes some live performances and out takes of the band on tour with a budget you can stick under a glass.

The footage of Police Bastard Live at 25 Jahre AU Festival, Frankfurt and Live at Kopi, Berlin, Germany was filmed, edited and directed by Peter Rhead.

Sleeve Artwork was done by Richard Daborn and photographs were taken by Lucy Pryor

Please Note:  **You can BUY it NOW through the Iron Man Shop on ebay**

Label: Iron Man Records
Catalog#: IMB6018
Format: CD and DVD
Country: England
Released: 2010
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

Members of Police Bastard on this recording are:

Stu-Pid – Vocals (1994-1999) (2006-Present) (Contempt / English Dogs / Sensa Yuma)

John Doom – (Vocals / Guitar 1994-2003) Vocals (It’s Good to Hate) (Doom / Sore Throat / Cain / Spineless /
 Haxan)

Chris Crass – Bass (1994-1997) (2007-Present)

Mark Badger – Guitar (2007-Present) (Last Under The Sun)

Simon James – Drums (2008-Present) (Last Under The Sun / Rivers Edge)

Seano Porno - Guitar (2007-Present) (Last Under The Sun / Jilted Generation / Depth Charge / Sensa Yuma / DS Sandwich / Freebase / Set Against / Hardcore (That Became Mangled) / The Dangerfields).

Past Members:-
John Doom – Guitar/Vocals (1994-2003) (Doom/Sore Throat/Cain/Spineless/
Haxan)

Clive – Drums (1994-2003) (Grovelhog/Filthkick/Cain/Spineless/Sensa Yuma)

Trogg – Bass (R.I.P. 1964-2008)
(1994) (2006-2007) (Contempt/The Tenants)

Dee – Bass (1997-2003) (LD50/Endless Torment/Haxan)
, Dan – Guitar (1997-2003) (Spineless)

Gizz Butt - Guitar (2006) (English Dogs/Janus Stark/The Prodigy/The More I See/Doom Day)

Mad Max Evilsen – Drums (2006) (Sensa Yuma)

Si Reeves – Bass (European Tour 2008 & 2010) (Last Under The Sun/Damn Dirty Apes)

Pixie – Drums (2007-2008) (POA/H8 Target/Kaya/Sensa Yuma/Last Under The Sun)

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Police Bastard Press kit

Video: DUFUS – Dufus – played by Seth Faergolzia

Here is Seth Faergolzia of the band DUFUS playing Live at The Junction – Bristol, England. June 29th 2008.

A Film by Iron Man Records and Musoplex.

Directed by Pete Rhead, Sound Recorded by Andy Ward. Cameras operated by Pete Rhead, Andy Ward, Paul Magennis and Victoria Platt.
www.dufus.tv
www.ironmanrecords.co.uk
www.musoplex.com
www.respectmusic.co.uk

Video: DUFUS – Knots – played by Seth Faergolzia

Here is Seth Faergolzia of the band DUFUS playing Live at The Junction – Bristol, England. June 29th 2008.

A Film by Iron Man Records and Musoplex.

Directed by Pete Rhead, Sound Recorded by Andy Ward. Cameras operated by Pete Rhead, Andy Ward, Paul Magennis and Victoria Platt.
www.dufus.tv
www.ironmanrecords.co.uk
www.musoplex.com
www.respectmusic.co.uk

Video: DUFUS – Anouk – played by Seth Faergolzia

Here is Seth Faergolzia of the band DUFUS playing Live at The Junction – Bristol, England. June 29th 2008.

A Film by Iron Man Records and Musoplex.

Directed by Pete Rhead, Sound Recorded by Andy Ward. Cameras operated by Pete Rhead, Andy Ward, Paul Magennis and Victoria Platt.
www.dufus.tv
www.ironmanrecords.co.uk
www.musoplex.com
www.respectmusic.co.uk

Video: DUFUS – Giving In – played by Seth Faergolzia

Here is Seth Faergolzia of the band DUFUS playing Live at The Junction – Bristol, England. June 29th 2008.

A Film by Iron Man Records and Musoplex.

Directed by Pete Rhead, Sound Recorded by Andy Ward. Cameras operated by Pete Rhead, Andy Ward, Paul Magennis and Victoria Platt.
www.dufus.tv
www.ironmanrecords.co.uk
www.musoplex.com
www.respectmusic.co.uk

Video: DUFUS – Sick and Tired – played by Seth Faergolzia

Here is Seth Faergolzia of the band DUFUS playing Live at The Junction – Bristol, England. June 29th 2008.

A Film by Iron Man Records and Musoplex.

Directed by Pete Rhead, Sound Recorded by Andy Ward. Cameras operated by Pete Rhead, Andy Ward, Paul Magennis and Victoria Platt.
www.dufus.tv
www.ironmanrecords.co.uk
www.musoplex.com
www.respectmusic.co.uk

Pid – Police Bastard 2008

Police Bastard at Frankfurt, AU Festival 2008. Photos taken by Akvile

Police Bastard AU Festival 2008

Police Bastard AU Festival, Frankfurt, Germany, 2008

Photo by Akvile

Countercultural Capital & the Creative Economy – How do 1990s DiY Music ‘Entrepreneurs’ talk about the contemporary music business?” by Charlotte Bedford 2008

Here is a link to “Countercultural Capital & the Creative Economy – How do 1990s DiY Music ‘Entrepreneurs’ talk about the contemporary music business?” written by my friend Charlotte Bedford for her MA Media Enterprise – Birmingham City University (May 2008)

It makes an interesting read…..

Placing independent music at the centre of the wider creative industries, this paper captures experiences and perspectives from 1990s DiY Music in order to inform the understanding of the rapidly changing ‘business’ of music.  The research builds on Leadbetter and Oakley’s (1999) description of a ‘new’ model of work derived from cultural entrepreneurs’ characteristic ‘independence’, and Wilson and Stokes’ (2002) subsequent paper on the changing nature of small independent businesses in the music industry.  These ideas are considered in relation to cultural and popular music theory, particularly drawing on Thornton’s (1998) concept of ‘subcultural capital’ where value within a music scene relates to the lines of demarcation differentiating between underground and mainstream.  The role of the cultural entrepreneur is examined through accounts and opinions of independent music practice then and now, exploring the extent to which the current Do-it-Yourself digital music trend is new and ‘independent’.

Click the link below to download or read. Its a microsoft word document. size: 144kb

How do 1990s DiY Music ‘Entrepreneurs’ talk about the contemporary music business? by Charlotte Bedford (2008)

Police Bastard Videos 2007-2008

“Keep an Active Mind” Police Bastard 2007-2008 A Film By Iron Man Records, Birmingham, England.

Police Bastard – Race Hate (live at au festival frankfurt 08) The 25 Jahre AU Festival, Frankfurt, June 7th 2008 A Film By Musoplex and Iron Man Records Sound recorded by Carl Merlet and Affliction Magazine Edited by Pete Rhead Cameras operated by Pete Rhead and Little Pip

Police Bastard – Criminal Justice Bill (live at au festival frankfurt 08) The 25 Jahre AU Festival, Frankfurt, June 7th 2008 A Film By Musoplex and Iron Man Records Sound recorded by Carl Merlet and Affliction Magazine Edited by Pete Rhead Cameras operated by Pete Rhead and Little Pip

Police Bastard – Enslaved (live at au festival frankfurt 08) The 25 Jahre AU Festival, Frankfurt, June 7th 2008 A Film By Musoplex and Iron Man Records Sound recorded by Carl Merlet and Affliction Magazine Edited by Pete Rhead Cameras operated by Pete Rhead and Little Pip

Police Bastard – Smash The Face (live at au festival frankfurt 08) The 25 Jahre AU Festival, Frankfurt, June 7th 2008 A Film By Musoplex and Iron Man Records Sound recorded by Carl Merlet and Affliction Magazine Edited by Pete Rhead Cameras operated by Pete Rhead and Little Pip

Police Bastard – Dance be Happy (live at au festival frankfurt 08) The 25 Jahre AU Festival, Frankfurt, June 7th 2008 A Film By Musoplex and Iron Man Records Sound recorded by Carl Merlet and Affliction Magazine Edited by Pete Rhead Cameras operated by Pete Rhead and Little Pip

Kim Gibbins from Stirchley Stop the War coalition Interviewed