A Country Fit For Heroes

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A COUNTRY FIT FOR HEROES : DIY Punk in Eighties Britain by Ian Glasper</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><span></span>PRIMARILY COLLECTING THE STORIES OF OVER 140 UK PUNK BANDS FROM THE EIGHTIES WHO ONLY RELEASED EPS AND DEMOS OR ONLY APPEARED ON COMPILATION LPS 'A COUNTRY FIT FOR HEROES: DIY PUNK IN EIGHTIES BRITAIN' IS A CELEBRATION OF THE OBSCURE A LOVE LETTER TO THE UK'S PUNK UNDERGROUND.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span></span>FEATURING THE LIKES OF THE MAD ARE SANE ACT OF DEFIANCE SOLVENT ABUSE ASSASSINS OF HOPE DEAD ROSE BRIGANDAGE MANIA ASYLUM CHAOS SEVENTH PLAGUE NOX MORTIS DEVOID REVULSION CARNAGE ORGANIZED CHAOS DISARM CORPSE DEATH SENTENCE MASS OF BLACK ON PAROLE ANOREXIA INDIAN DREAM ETHNIC MINORITY THE SYPHLETIX POST MORTEM THE ACCURSED LEUKAEMIA CRIMINAL DAMAGE FACTION THE DISMEMBERED HOSTILE YOUTH LIFE CYCLE POTENTIAL THREAT NO DEFENCES PASSION KILLERS X-CRETAS PSEUDO SADISTS IMPACT SCORCHED EARTH OUTRAGE SANCTUARY VEX KARMA SUTRA DISATTACK POLITICAL REFORM AND VORTEX TO NAME BUT A FEW 'A COUNTRY FIT FOR HEROES' PLUGS THE GAPS IN IAN GLASPER'S FIRST THREE BOOKS ON UK PUNK IN THE EIGHTIES PERFORMING A TRULY DEEP DIVE INTO THAT VOLATILE SUBCULTURE TO CREATE A MORE COMPLETE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT OF A MOST TURBULENT TIME. </p><p>WITH A FOREWORD BY CHRIS BERRY CO-FOUNDER OF NO FUTURE RECORDS THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL READ FOR ANYONE WITH MORE THAN A PASSING INTEREST IN THE UK'S GRASS ROOTS PUNK SCENE.</p>