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Tubeway Army
Tubeway Army
British band
1
Mclusky
Mclusky
Welsh post-hardcore band
2
The Monochrome Set
The Monochrome Set
British band
3
The Plague
The Plague
English punk rock band
4
Towers of London
Towers of London
band from England
5
The Ruts
The Ruts
band
6
The Partisans
The Partisans
7
The Rezillos
The Rezillos
British punk/new wave band
8
Pork Dukes
Pork Dukes
english musical Group
9
Children on Stun
Children on Stun
10
The Damned
The Damned
British rock band
11
Magazine
Magazine
English post-punk band
12
Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants
English rock band
13
Skids
Skids
rock band from Scotland
14
Red Square
Red Square
15
Savage Pencil
Savage Pencil
comics artist
16
Subway Sect
Subway Sect
band
17
The Diodes
The Diodes
Canadian punk rock band
18
The Stranglers
The Stranglers
Rock band
19
Ritual
Ritual
1980s Harrow-based post-punk band
20
¡Forward, Russia!
¡Forward, Russia!
English alternative band
21
Marco Pirroni
Marco Pirroni
British musician
22
Scars
Scars
post-punk band from Edinburgh
23
The 101ers
The 101ers
British pub rock band, best known as the band Joe Strummer was in before The Clash
24
A Witness
A Witness
25
Joy Division
Joy Division
English rock band
26
Poison Girls
Poison Girls
English anarcho-punk band
27
The Stooges
The Stooges
American punk rock band
28
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats
band
29
Zounds
Zounds
English anarcho punk/post-punk band
30
The Innocents
The Innocents
31
Anti-Establishment
Anti-Establishment
32
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
English indie rock band
33
UFX
UFX
34
Art Brut
Art Brut
English band
35
Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim
English rock band
36
Crucifix
Crucifix
band
37
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Scottish alternative band
38
Discharge
Discharge
British hardcore punk band
39
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
British band
40
Devo
Devo
American rock band
41
Sluts of Trust
Sluts of Trust
42
Hanson Brothers
Hanson Brothers
Canadian band
43
Larry Wallis
Larry Wallis
English guitarist, composer and producer
44
The Badgeman
The Badgeman
45
Eggs over Easy
Eggs over Easy
band
46
Crass
Crass
Art collective and punk band
47
Fang
Fang
48
Youth in Asia
Youth in Asia
49
Kamikazee
Kamikazee
Filipino punk rock band
50
Tony James
Tony James
English pop musician and producer
51
Scarfo
Scarfo
52
Tré Cool
Tré Cool
Drummer, punk rock musician
53
The King Blues
The King Blues
band
54
The Members
The Members
55
Osaka Popstar
Osaka Popstar
band
56
The March Violets
The March Violets
57
Tom Robinson Band
Tom Robinson Band
band
58
Shitdisco
Shitdisco
Scottish dance-punk band
59
Don Fleming
Don Fleming
American musician and record producer
60
China Crisis
China Crisis
English pop and rock band
61
Pigbag
Pigbag
band
62
Anthrax
Anthrax
British anarcho punk band of the early 1980s
63
Amon Düül II
Amon Düül II
German musical group
64
The Violets
The Violets
65
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
band that plays alternative rock
66
Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse
reggae band from Birmingham, England
67
The Higsons
The Higsons
68
Logan Whitehurst
Logan Whitehurst
American drummer
69
The Lurkers
The Lurkers
band that plays punk rock
70
Young Marble Giants
Young Marble Giants
Welsh post-punk band
71
Patrik Fitzgerald
Patrik Fitzgerald
British singer-songwriter
Intro
English punk band
Music

The Art Attacks were an English punk band from April 1977 to March 1978.

Their songs released as singles were "I am a Dalek"/"Neutron Bomb" and "Punk Rock Stars"/"Rat City". The group was formed by Edwin Pouncey and Steve Spear, two students from the Royal College of Art, London for a one-off gig at the college. They were asked to do a gig at Wimbledon College of Art and this led to the band's short career. They had two tracks on the Live at the Vortex (NEMS) compilation album, ("Frankensteins Heartbeat" and "Animal Bondage") and one on the Streets (Beggars Banquet Records) compilation album, ("Arabs in Arrads"). They played at most of the London punk club and pub venues including The Marquee, Nashville and Vortex supporting bands like Generation X, 999, The Motors and The Lurkers. They also played out of town at venues in the south and north east of England. Their tracks have turned up on various punk compilations over the years and were collected and released with a bootleg live recording on the Outrage and Horror album (Overground Records).

In the initial rehearsals and demo Rick Slaughter was on drums (later in The Motors) and Rob Smith on bass. For a time Robert Gotobed (later Wire) was on drums and played on the track "Rat City". The band eventually became:

  • Edwin Pouncey (aka Savage Pencil) - Vocals
  • M.S (Marion Fudger ex of The Derelicts) - Bass
  • Steve Spear- Guitar
  • JD Haney - Drums (later with The Monochrome Set)