| !Action Pact! were a punk rock band, formed in 1981 with guitarist Wild Planet, bassist Dr. Phibes, and drummer Joe Fungus and George Cheex, who got the job because of "her courage to scream along with the band's songs." The band hailed from Stanwell, a small village underneath the flight-path at Heathrow Airport.
Both George and Joe were 15 years old and still attending school when the Heathrow Touchdown EP was released in October, 1981. Two of the band's contributions to the EP, "London Bouncers" and "All Purpose Action Footwear", got the attention of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. He played the single many times and wanted the band to record their first session, which they did on February 22nd, 1982. They recorded "People," "Suicide Bag", "Mindless Aggression", "Losers", and "Cowslick Blues".
The resulting demo tape caught the attention of the fledgling label Fall Out Records, a subsidiary of Jungle, which signed the band as the first act on its roster. !Action Pact!'s label debut, the Suicide Bag EP, was released in July 1982 and rocketed to the top of the British punk chart.
Drummer Grimly Fiendish and bassist Thistles would later join the band, and producer Phil Langham would also moonlight on bass under the name Elvin Pelvin. Dr. Phibes continued to contribute his insightful lyrics to the band.
As well as a long series of indie singles chart entries, including ‘Yet Another Dole Queue Song’, and a reworked ‘London Bouncers’, they released two albums – ‘Mercury Theatre – On The Air’ and ‘Survival Of The Fattest’, whilst continuing to gig around the UK until they faded out around 1986. |
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