Blaggers ITA Links

Other Blaggers Sites etc

Dementlieu	Blaggers ITA pages along side (mostly) US hardcore bands
Discogs	Incomplete discography
Fuller Up	Matty Blag Obituary
Blaggers at My Space	Blaggers My Space page
Wikipedia	Blaggers ITA entry
You Tube - Abandon Ship	Live on The Word
You Tube - Oxygen	EMI promo video. Filmed in Rio de Janeiro
You Tube - Stresss	EMI promo video. Banned for glorifying firearms and ram-raiding

Blaggers - Related Record Labels

Damaged Goods	Released 'Thrill Her With a Gun' after the band's departure from EMI
D.O.R.	Released tracks by Rautam (Brendan and Carlos's post-Blaggers ambient techno act)
Full Frontal Recordings	Promoted some Blaggers gigs
Gonzo Circus	Released tracks by Rautam (Brendan and Carlos's post-Blaggers ambient techno act)
Insurgence	Canadian anti-fascist and leftist record label
Knockout	German label - released Beirut single and 'Fuck Fascism' LP
Mad Butcher	German label - re-released 'On Yer Toez' LP
Parlophone	Our home for a short time
Runin' Riot	Punk / D&B from Nightbreed and Raw Bud. Soon to be re-releasing United Colors
Southern	Our pre-EMI recording studio and distribution
Words of Warning	Punk, hip hop and drum and bass outta Bristol - a long term home of the Blaggers

Living Legends - Old School Punk, Oi, Ska, Reggae, Rap and Rave

Angelic Upstarts	Northern scum :-)
Blade	Probably supported the Blaggers at more gigs than any other artist. Bo!
Cock Sparrer	East End Oi! guvners!
Crass	Still hugely influential anarcho punkers
The Cravats	The Dada Cravat Laboratory. Recently remixed by Paul Hartnol (Orbital)
Dub War	Words of Warning label-mates
Inner City Unit	Acid Punks - about time too!
Jewdriver	Hail the Jew dawn! Oi! Oy! Oi!
On U Sound	A big influence on the Blaggers
The Oppressed	And irrepressible...
Punk and Oi! in the UK	Self explanatory
Punk '77	Proper old skool!
Rebellion	The biggest and best punk festivals (now)
Sex Pistols	They started it
Stage Bottles	Olaf's other band
Tack>>head	They were ITA before us!
Wasted	The biggest and best punk festivals (and then)

Contemporary Sounds

Beta Recordings	John B's 80's throw-back D&B
Bloody Fist	Ain't nothin' much more 'ardcore 'an dis
Crossbones	Hackney hardcore
Dogs on Acid	D&B resource
Drum & Bass Arena	Rough in the jungle business
Ghetto Plotz	Klezmer-house dancefloor mashup
Laibach	Ze Slovene noize meisters
Origin FM	London pirate D&B station
Ram Records	Essex D&B innit
Valve	Dillinja's label and soundsystem

Art

Art of the State	Great graff site with lots of street and underground art
Banksy	"If you want an audience, start a fight"
Jimmy Cauty	Stamp collector
Designers Republic	Designed several sleeves for the band while at EMI / Parlophone and afterwards
Bill Drummond	Foundry raconteur
Stewart Home	Demolish Serious Culture
Irwin	Retroprincip - designing the future, backwards
Jamie Reid	Best works form the 70's

Politics and Philosophy

(Note: Blaggers have a wide range of political views. These links are not necessarily sanctioned by the whole band)

AK Press	Great selection of anarcho and not-so-anarcho media
Antifa UK	Keeping up the fight
Derren Brown	The suave and slightly seedy magic man. Excellent
Richard Dawkins	"Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence"
Euston Manifesto	For democracy. No apology for tyranny. Human rights for all.
Haven Books	Providing practical support to UK prisoners by purchasing educational materials
IBMT	International Brigades Memorial Trust (Spanish Civil War)
IWCA	Independent Working Class Association
Jewdas	Radical voices for the alternative diaspora
Privacy International	Privacy is a right, not a privilege
Searchlight	Anti-fascist magazine and information centre - approach with caution
SHARP UK	The kid's come from everywhere. The East End is all around
Skeptic Magazine	Sum Ergo Cogito
Spaghetti God	Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster