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The Animals Packet

Anarcho poonk cassette put out by the label run by Chumbawamba in 1983.
Various soapdodger bands and some poetry too.
Lost Cherrees singer Sian Jeffries was a good ‘un.

Side1
1. Freak – APF Brigade. 2. All Creatures Great & Small – Instigators. 3. Please Don’t Hurt The Animals – Lost Cherrees. 4. Little By Little – Antidote. 5. Vivisection – Andy T. 6. Animals Are Not Ours – Autumn Poison. 7. Sick Man’s Slaughter – Alternative. 8. Animals Song – Chumbawamba. 9. Untitled – Daz. 10. Foxhunts To Oblivion – Snails. 11. Animal Population – Dave Asgrove. 12. Skin – APF Brigade. 13. Animals Death – 2 Mins Of Hate.
Side 2
1. What Do They Hide? – Passion Killers. 2. No – Chumbawamba. 3. Behind Closed Doors – Instigators. 4. Animal Liberation – 2 Way Street. 5. Spot The Difference – Antidote. 6. Monkey In A Bin – Attrition. 7. Another Test – Dave Mills. 8. Vanity Massacre – Alternative. 9. Eat Wheat Not Meat – APF Brigade. 10. Freshly Skinned – Andy T.

Second Class Citizen

Andy T poem from anarcho punk zine Anathema, first issue, 1982.

Man and the Second Class Citizen

Have you seen the big man flexing his tattooes?
as he drools over page three he’s thinking of you
he thinks of every woman as his sexual slave
MR IRRESISTABLE who never has to pay
girl hitch hiker needs a lift for fifty miles
MR LORRY DRIVER picks her up with evil smile
the girl feels nervous when he starts to stare
she screams when he stops and asks for the fare
he beats her round the head rips off her clothes
RAPES her twice then breaks her nose
throws her out the door she falls down in a field
big man drives away to get his next meal
transport cafe rapists talk about their day
laughing at the women they used on the way
LOOKING AT HIS MUSCLES THE BIG MAN SMILES
TWENTY FIVE MILES AWAY A BROKEN BODY LIES……..

Andy T, Nov 81

Wasted Life

Andy T had some poems on the Crass ‘Bullshit Detector; compilations, as well as a single on Crass Records. He’s still recording and gigging. Andy says this one was originally written in 1975.

This poem is from Orpington zine Ability Stinks, number 4, 1982.

Wasted Life

I’m numbing my senses
Pumping shit in my veins
My head’s so full of glue
I ain’t left with much brains
I’m too much of a coward
To try & slash my wrists
So I kill myself slowly
Getting stoned & getting pissed
I can’t face reality
In this god-awful place
But I’ll end my wasted life
With a smile on my face

Andy T