DIEHARDS - it has been a long, long road to the mill getting this zine together, if you have been following the previous 4 issues this new issue will be like 4 issues in 1 with the volume tuned up to 11! If you are a dis-maniac this is the mania enducing read for you! - a true d-beat odyssey - don't miss out!
With less than a month to go now until I fired a few questions over drummer Chrille to see whats up with the band and how the preparations are going for their trip. The buzz round all the shows is high and the tour looks set to be one of the hardcore highlights of 2018 - do not miss out, mark the dates in your diaries and follow the events on Facebook today! Following the interview is a video of the band playing in Singapore a few years back, just because the SxE Asian scene kicks so much ass. Enjoy! Interview with Mob 47 drummer Chrille Jan 2018
When you were teenagers how did you imagine the UK punk scene? How did you feel when you first heard Discharge? Am I right in thinking you had a some connections with the scene?
UK punk scene was brutal in the eightiesbut I remember when Åke play Discharge for the first time for me,, how that was amazing I was in love. Yes Discharge is big influence for Mob47 but also Varukers and GBH
What were your expectations when you last came over 10 years ago? Was the UK everything you hoped it would be?
Yes I think so; we didn’t have so such high expectations for UK hahaha
It's ten years now since your last full studio recording the 'Dom Ljuger Igen' EP - are there any plans for perhaps a final Mob 47 EP?
We have talked about it and Åke have done some guitar riffs so will see that happens
Your flexi release from last year featured an unreleased demo from the 80's with Per from Agoni/Discard on vocals who sadly passed away last year - do you have any memories of Per you could share with us?
Per was a lovely person and he did a lot of lyrics to Mob 47, really sad that he passed away.
I don’t have so much memory but he was a big Mob47 fan and was in our rehearsal room many times writing lyrics to us.
final question - what can the Scottish punks expect from Mob 47 next month?
The will see and listening to real Swedish fast C-beat mangel with no krångel !!!
It’s the first time for us to play in Scotland and we really looking forward to it, hope to see you there
Mob 47 and The Wankys - Northern Noise Mangel February 2018 Friday 16th Feb - Ask a punk! - Sheffield w/Ratcage + State Funeral
Saturday 17th Feb - Pop Records - Sunderland (12-2pm Matinee) w/Prolefeed
Saturday 17th Feb - Nice N Sleazy - Glasgow w/Grieve + Droves
Sunday 18th Feb - Bansee Labyrinth - Edinburgh w/Grieve + Iron System
This issue has UK ‘noise punk’ heroes THE WANKYS as its focus and celebrates the band’s tenth anniversary. The zine includes lengthy interviews with guitarist/vocalist ‘Mr Wanky’, drummer ‘Mr Beat Meat’ and SPHC label boss Dan McGregor as well as a broad selection of articles which look back over the group’s first decade together.
24 A5 pages. PRICE = £1.50 each + postage via bandcamp
Now then, while you await the arrival of your copy I would like to share some photos of The Wankys from 2008. These rare early shots of a London gig were shared with me by Tony Gunnarson of More Noise fanzine and label fame and I think really capture the feel of a fresh faced band ready to take on the world with their noisy guitars. Some of these snaps made it into Issue 3 of Our Future but here is the full set for your perusal - enjoy!
Mob 47 and The Wankys - Northern Noise Mangel February 2018 Friday 16th Feb - the Lughole - Sheffield w/Ratcage + State Funeral
Saturday 17th Feb - Pop Records - Sunderland (12-2pm Matinee) w/Prolefeed
Saturday 17th Feb - Nice N Sleazy - Glasgow w/Grieve + Droves
Sunday 18th Feb - Bansee Labyrinth - Edinburgh w/Grieve + Iron System
Mob 47 is a name that is no stranger to back of a leather jacket, and although inactive for almost 20 years after their initial demise in 1986 the band remains an incredibly important and influential force within the underground hardcore underground. I am beyond excited to be bringing them over for their first ever Scottish gigs under the Our Future banner next February and will be putting up a number of posts about the band over the coming months in anticipation of this historic event.
I thought it would be nice given issue II's focus on the Grave New World LP to give a nod to both Discharge and the year 1986 with the first Mob 47 post. By 1986 Mob 47 were in their third year of activities and already had quite a sizeable discography as the compilation CD/LP Back To Attack proudly attests. Quite uniquely for the time, and to be fair in general, Mob 47 decided during this period to record not one cover by Stoke on Trent's favourite sons but a collection of eight Discharge classics! Clocking in at almost 14 minutes this would be considered a full LP by many of today's d-beat pretenders. For me personally the beauty of these tracks is that they predate the trend of heavier guitars, guttural vocals and chainsaw guitars - what we get is just pure hardcore mania from a group of OG diehards.
Will the band treat us to any of these classics come February, only time will tell!
Mob 47 and The Wankys - Northern Noise Mangel February 2018 Friday 16th Feb - the Lughole - Sheffield w/tbc
Saturday 17th Feb - Pop Records - Sunderland (12-2pm Matinee) w/Prolefeed
Saturday 17th Feb - Nice N Sleazy - Glasgow w/Grieve + Droves
Sunday 18th Feb - Bansee Labyrinth - Edinburgh w/Grieve + Iron System
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