VARUKERS (The), Bloodsuckers Vinyl LP

UK82 didn't ask for your attention. It demanded it, then kept going regardless of whether it got it.

The Varukers sit at the centre of that scene, alongside Discharge and Chaos UK, and Bloodsuckers is the record that made the argument definitively. Rat's vocals are a controlled snarl delivered with zero interest in accessibility, which is the whole point. The D-beat drums are relentless in the way that only works when the politics behind them are genuine, and the Varukers were never performing outrage. The aggression here is real, the targets are real, and the band plays like they know it. For anyone who came to punk through the Melbourne hardcore underground or traced their way back from modern anarcho-punk to find out where it started, this is one of the source texts.

Standard black vinyl LP. UK punk pressing.

Fans of: Discharge, Chaos UK, The Exploited, Broken Bones, Anti-System