!ACTION PACT!
'Singles 81-84' LP

Vinyl LP + 8-page 12" booklet fanzine.

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Side 1:
London Bouncers - 1981                      1:50
All Purpose Action Footwear - 1981       3:08
Suicide Bag - 1982                             1:54
Stanwell - 1982                                 2:33
Blue Blood - 1982                               3:12
People - 1983                                    2:44
Time Must Change - 1983                    1:50
Sixties Flix - 1983                               1:56
                                                    19:07

Side 2:
London Bouncers (Bully Boy Version) - 1983    4:18
Gothic Party Time - 1983                             3:07
New King´s Girl - 1983                                2:44
The Cruellest Thief - 1983                           2:21
Question Of Choice - 1983                           2:02
Hook Line & Sinker - 1983                            2:34
Suss Of The Swiss - 1983                            3:09
Yet Another Dole Queue Song - 1984             2:44
Rockaway Beach - 1984                              2:10
                                                            25:09

!Action Pact! were a punk rock band, formed in 1981 with guitarist Wild Planet, bassist Dr. Phibes, drummer Joe Fungus and singer 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 under the flight-path by Heathrow Airport, inspiring some of their songs.

Both George and Joe were 15 years old and still attending school when the Heathrow Touchdown EP was released in October, 1981. 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 EP and Peel session 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 and indie charts. 

Drummer Grimly Fiendish and bassist Thistles later joined the band, and their producer Phil Langham (of The Dark) also provided bass for a while under the name Elvin Pelvin.  Dr. Phibes continued to contribute his insightful lyrics to the band.

Five more singles entered the indie charts including ‘Yet Another Dole Queue Song’, and a reworked ‘London Bouncers’, along with two albums, ‘Mercury Theatre – On The Air’ and ‘Survival of the Fattest’.  A second John Peel session, and a further David ‘Kid’ Jensen BBC session were also recorded and broadcast on Radio One.

They gigged around the UK and in Europe, building relationships on the way with other bands like the Newtown Neurotics, whose Steve Drewett featured on one of their singles.  They eventually called it a day after four years, around 1985/6.

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