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The Autonomes existed from 1978 - 1980. Hailing from the Sketty Park/Tycoch area of Swansea, the band debuted at The Heathcliff Club in the Mount Pleasant pleasant area, supporting Next Step and the newly-formed Venom. With an average age of 15 their gigging availability normally depended upon whether it was a school night and if Dick 'The Wedgefaced Axeman' Strawbridge's dad would drive them to the show in his wood-panelled Vauxhall estate.
Original vocalist Steven 'Stan' Hanney left after only a few appearances to join Ian Bone's Living Legends. He was replaced by Neil 'Smelly Nelly' MacDonald. Bassist Greg 'Weg' Evans (former Noise vocalist and younger brother of Venom co-founder Glenn Evans) left soon afterwards and was subsequently replaced by 13 year old Stephen 'Haggis' Harris.
Appearances at the infamous Olchfa School Drama Hall gigs in early 1980 cemented the final lineup as the band's material started to veer from earlier punk compositions such as Chaos and Do The Stormtrooper towards the more chemically influenced Who's Going Up The Watertower and Doomsday.
The band's final gig was in late 1980
Package includes 12-track album contained on two black vinyl 33rpm 7-inch singles
Presented in a hand-sewn genuine U.S. WWII parachute fabric slip cover with instructional insert Hand-numbered Ltd edition of 100 copies
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The Autonomes - The Autonomes
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Artist...............: The Autonomes
Album................: The Autonomes
Genre................: Punk
Source...............: 2x 7" vinyl
Year.................: 2013
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Quality..............: Lossless,
Ripped by............: charnel on 21.12.2016
Posted by............: charnel on 21.12.2016
Included.............: Covers
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Tracklist:
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A1 Autonomes
A2 Chaos
A3 What Sex
A4 Rama-Lama Bootleg
B1 Do The Stormtrooper
B2 History Of A Western Philosopher
B3 Justice
C1 Pretty Soon
C2 Who's Going Up The Watertower
C3 Enchanted
D1 Doomsday
D2 Annoyed
Playing Time.........: 24:48
Total Size...........: 165.28 MB