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Dang does this band kick. Formed by 4 women in a Wapping bathroom at a diy pink show in the early 80s, they played with Conflict, Icons of Filth, Antisect and various other filthy proto crust acts but are POPPY AS FUCK and have this thrown together fun attitude and humor which is hard to beat. They're incredibly accessible, check em out!

First album:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLIwSG2OvjK6t7htoOfUB865p79b3BZK8&si=xVfJdhZ3nHOZ5AdE

Second album:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_fjXpjmjjDg&pp=ygUlSGFnYXIgdGhlIHdvbWIgZnVubmVyeSBpbiB0aGUgbnVubmVyeQ%3D%3D

Hits include from first album: Idolization and Dressed to Kill (though the lyrics didn't age too great, not bad but not great). Second: One Bright Spark, Armchair Observer and what I consider their opus A Song of Deep Hate:

Sing a song of hatred if it's something you really do feel

Anger can be justified but first it has to be real

Basically they invented being a leftist punk band and not a giant bummer.

Here's a really full biography, this blog will give you a thorough tour of 80s anarcho punkin general, the write up are long and well done and researched.

https://anarchoscene.blogspot.com/2011/10/hagar-womb.html?m=1