AMEBIX
- WHO'S THE ENEMY
Yet another band defying
to be categorised was Amebix, who despite having been featured on
Crass Records' Bullshit Detector compilation LP could no more be
defined as a 'Crass band' than they could be defined as being a 'Flux
band' for having their début 7" single released on Spiderleg
Records.
Entitled Who's The
Enemy, the four-track EP saw Amebix striving to create their own
individual sound, passing noisily through a Killing Joke sphere of
influence. The dark, almost pagan-like apocalyptic imagery of the
cover art complimented the sound well, creating an overall sense of
'otherness' about the record.
The stand-out track,
entitled No Gods No Masters, with it's simple refrain of "Your
god is your chain. Reject your god, reject your system. Do you really
want your freedom?" would become the banner under which they
would play and forever more be known. At that time, however, nobody
could have predicted the huge influence Amebix would one day have
upon other bands.
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