Who would have predicted back in 1976 that the UK Subs frontman Charlie Harper would still be gigging and releasing records with his band after 46 years?
It surely is an astounding accomplishment and one that sits in high regard amongst the worldwide punk fraternity, especially as Charlie also sings for the Urban Dogs and does his own solo work too.
Chas (as fellow long term band member Alvin Gibbs refers to Charlie) is still just a normal bloke that you can easily approach and exchange some banter with. Likewise goes for his charming wife Yuko. The pair eat, sleep and in Charlie’s case drink all things punk. There’s no sign of the band slowing down. In fact now that the UK Subs have released a bundle of albums down the years with letters A to Z as their titles, were they going to stop releasing material? Yeah like heck! We’ve had ‘Subversions’ and ‘Subversions II’ since then, with other material in the pipeline!
Lucky for us in Brighton, the UK Subs will be opening up their 2022 gigs account in town as they are returning to Patterns on Thursday 7th April 2022. We reviewed a previous appearance there, which you can read HERE.
Grab your tickets for the UK Subs Patterns 2022 concert HERE or HERE.
The current UK Subs line-up features:
Charlie Harper – vocals
Alvin Gibbs – bass
Steve Straughan – guitar
Dave Humphries – drums
Just in case you were wondering what the UK Subs A to Z albums are, here you go:
‘Another Kind of Blues’ (1979)
‘Brand New Age’ (1980)
‘Crash Course’ (1980)
‘Diminished Responsibility’ (1981)
‘Endangered Species’ (1982)
‘Flood Of Lies’ (1983)
‘Gross Out USA’ (1984)
‘Huntington Beach’ (1985)
‘In Action (10th Anniversary)’ (1986)
‘Japan Today’ (1987)
‘Killing Time’ (1988)
‘Live in Paris’ (1989)
‘Mad Cow Fever’ (1991)
‘Normal Service Resumed’ (1993)
‘Occupied’ (1996)
‘Peel Sessions 1978-79’ (1997)
‘Quintessentials’ (1997)
‘Riot’ (1997)
‘Sub Mission: The Best of the U.K. Subs 1982-1998’ (1999)
‘Time Warp: Greatest Hits’ (2001)
‘Universal’ (2002)
‘Violent State’ (2005)
‘Work In Progress’ (2011)
‘XXIV’ (2013)
‘Yellow Leader’ (2015)
‘Ziezo’ (2016)
For more data on the band click here: www.uksubs.co.uk
Was great to see them back on the road in Lewes last year for the Emotional Blackmail 40 + 1 gig .really looking forward to this one , will we get a half n half tour t shirt for this gig !!! Steve Ignorant the following
day as well , marvellous.