Artist:
Blaggers ITA
Title:
Stresss
Format:
Promo 12" single (pictured - bottom) / 12" single / white vinyl 7" (pictured - top) / CD / cassette
Label:

Parlophone
Cat No:
Promo 12" single - 12ITADJ1/ 12" single - 12ITA1 / white vinyl 7" - ITA1 / CD - CDITA1 / casette - TCITA1
Release date:
1993
Tracks (CD): Stresss
  The Way to Die
  Wild Side
  Stresss
Produced by:
Pat Grogan except track 3 - Barry Clemson. Additional production by John Waddell.
Engineered by:
Pat Grogan / Neil Fergusson except track 3 - Barry Clemson
Recorded at:
Goosberry Studios, London / The Smokehouse, London, E1 / Woodlands Studio, Castleford, Yorkshire
Sleeve Design:
SIT INC, Blaggers ITA and Icon
Etching:

A clear awareness that our chance of survival is nil (12" single - side A) Buried alive by the machinery of state (12" single - side B)

Turning rebellion into money (7" single - side 1) Turning money into revolution (7" single - side 2)
Video:
Available on You tube

Etchings on the record were clearly directed at EMI, for whom this was the first Blaggers release.

The single was blacklisted by Radio 1 after an on-air diatribe by cuddly Christian DJ Simon Mayo - who accused the band of encouraging theft. The video was banned by MTV for breaching its guidelines regarding the depiction of firearms. 'bout right!

Producer / engineer Pat Grogan was also working with Parlophone stablemates Terrorvision at the time. John Waddell went on to work with Kylie Minogue. Neil Furgusson is better known as Chumbawamba's guitarist / keyboard player.

The sleeve designs were influenced by early 80's anarcho punkers Crass.

NME opined "Great ideas, crap noise" [29.05.03] while Melody Maker went further and called it "lumpenly yobbish nonsense" [29.05.93]. Well, we aimed to please!
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