Culture Shock (band)

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Culture Shock
Origin Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Genres Anarcho-punk, ska punk
Years active1986–1989, 2012–present
LabelsBluurg
Members Dick Lucas, Jasper Pattison, Bill, Alex Gordon
Past membersNigel Johnston, Paul Taylor
Website cultureshockuk.bandcamp.com

Culture Shock are an English ska punk band formed in Warminster, Wiltshire in 1986 by Dick Lucas, previously of the Subhumans. [1]

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Band history

Culture Shock have played hundreds of gigs, including frequent appearances at free festivals, and released six studio albums on the Bluurg record label. [2] Lucas' lyrics were mostly concerned with social and political issues, from cruelty to animals, Northern Ireland, war, and social alienation, but were far from angry rants, often finding a positive and empowering perspective. [3]

Culture Shock split at the end of 1989, as Bill and Nige both had young families to support. Dick went on to form Citizen Fish with Jasper, the bassist on Culture Shock's final album, and two other former members of the Subhumans. Nige died in 1993.[ citation needed ]

Reformation

Interest in the band was revived by the release of the Everything CD retrospective in 2012; Culture Shock reformed as a gigging band and have been playing since 2013. The line-up remains the same except with Alex (from Citizen Fish) on guitar.

Members

Former members

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

Cassette-only releases

Compilation appearances

See also

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References

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  2. "Bandcamp - Culture Shock Music" . Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. "Culture shock discography, dub punk, anarcho punk, Culture shock everything, culture shock cd". activedistributionshop.org. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.