THE POP GROUP
Fronted by the blistering Mark Stewart, the music of The Pop Group danced on the outer limits of where their dub reggae and post-punk leanings collided, and radiance can be found in the fractal shards of that powerful meeting.
Their career was a brief one, but their two albums (“Y” [1979] and “How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder” [1980]) were uncompromising slabs of firey, political skronk. After their disbanding, the various members went onto such like-minded notable British groups as Maximum Joy, Pigbag and Rip Rig & Panic.
Check out my earlier post from last year, regarding live material from The Pop Group.
The Pop Group – “How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder” LP, 1980 (ZIP file)
The Pop Group – “We Are All Prostitutes” compilation, 1998 (ZIP file)
Gareth Sager put out an album a few years ago, released both under his name and as “C.C. Sager.” Doesn’t sound like Pop Group, but is awfully good and somewhat overlooked.
I’m watching this trailer for a Mark Stewart /The Pop Group documentary right now! It looks pretty good.
This documentary, I mean.