Location: Newcastle, England
Active: 1983 – 1984
Taking their name from Orwell’s novel 1984, Reaity Control are dark anarcho punk, formed in Newcastle, England. The lineup of Ken Fawcett, Paul ‘Rid’ Ridley, Michael Barlow and Michael Scott was on the 1983 ‘The Reproduction Of Hate’ single released by record shop chain and label, Volume Records (primarily outputting Toy Dolls catalog) with a demo cassette that same year. In 1984, they were on a split flexi 7” with Blood Robots featuring the track ‘Tears of Blood’, and yet another self released cassette with Carl Craig joining on vocals. James Murphy of peer band Alternative is also attributed to membership. A retrospective compilation was released in 2013 by Antisociety Records.
For 20 years the ‘Hell Farm’ track was a Radio Ghoul School favorite, though it remained an unidentified tune ripped from a handmade mixtape. Prior to the prominence of YouTube and Discogs.com, and more importantly, the fantastic book on England’s anarcho punk scene ‘The Day The Country Died’ by Ian Glasper, identifying rare demo casette tracks was a specialized and often doomed pursuit.
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Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/317228-Reality-Control
Related: Blood Robots, Alternative, Anarcho, Newcastle, England
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