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Posted in music | tour dates on June 14, 2011

Punk Island happens Sunday (final lineup), Zounds are playing there & ABC No Rio & releasing an LP too

Zounds
Zounds

Punk Island returns to Governors Island on June 19 as part of the annual city-wide Make Music New York fest (which actually occurs two days later). The main stage will be headlined by UK anarcho-punk pioneers Zounds. The festival is FREE and also features performances by A.P.P.L.E., Stza Crack (of Leftover Crack/Choking Victim/Star Fucking Hipsters) who is playing a solo set, White Collar Crime (reunion show, after 8 year hiatus), and tons more over multiple stages from 11AM to 5PM. The full lineup is below.

Zounds, who are led by Steve Lake (only remaining original member), got their start touring with fellow UK anarcho-punks Crass and releasing an EP on their label, Crass Records. Zounds followed that EP with a full length and 3 singles on Rough Trade before breaking up in 1982. The band's entire history since 1982 is unclear, but you can watch videos of a 1996 performance below, and they reportedly reformed in 2001, though these June performances are also being billed as the band's first-ever US shows. Before Punk Island, Zounds will play a NYC show at ABC No Rio on June 18 with Neon Bitches (feat. Brian of Dropdead) and Zero Content, both of whom also play Punk Island.

Zounds, whose current lineup is pictured above, are set to release The Redemption of Zounds, their first album of new material since reforming. Their 1981 Rough Trade album was titled The Curse of Zounds (also pictured above). According to Steve Lake, "It is as bewildering, absurd, tragic and joyful as it ever was." The album comes out on July 12 via Overground/Plastic Head. Tracklist and album art are below. Check them out along with the full Punk Island lineup, the flyer and some videos, below...

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The Redemption of Zounds

The Redemption of Zounds
1. Cry Genie Cry
2. Supermarche
3. Make Love Not War
4. Another Roadside Attraction
5. What Makes A Man A Man Today (slight return)
6. What Is It Worth?
7. Damage
8. Follow The Money
9. Deportee
10. Waiting For The Clampdown Honey

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Zounds - Demystification

Zounds - War (1981)

Zounds - Demystification @ at Holidays in the Sun, Blackpool, 11-08-1996.

Zounds live at Fibber Magees in Dublin, May 2011 1/4

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Punk island 2011

PUNK ISLAND 2011 LINEUP

Stage 1: Main Stage
Zounds
A.P.P.L.E.
Stizza Crack (solo set)
Agitator
The Homewreckers
Mongrel Bitch
Yula and the Extended Family
Zero Content
Urgent Fury

Stage 2: Cr00cial Br00tal Stage
Warfear
Neon Bitches
Torchbearer
Less Life
Relics
Fashion Week
Zombie Fight
D.U.I.

Stage 3: Porno Dave Stage
(A) Truth
AmRev
Common Enemy
Disaster Strikes
Dog that Bites Everyone
Hate Your Guts
Miscegenator
Bucket Flush

Stage 4: Manifesta Stage
Born in a Cent
Dear Marje
CAT VET
Emetic
Lolita Black
M.A.D.
Titfit
Little Victory

Stage 5: Chickenman Stage
Retro Viral
Stampy Goblyn
I Hope You Die
Mirrors & Wires
Up For Nothing
The Scandals
Side Effects
HUMANWINE
Obamanation

Stage 6: Wombat Stage
Daycare Swindlers
No Service Project
Pig Invasion
Rats in Rigor
Wombat in Combat
Skum City
Blackout Shoppers
In Circles

Stage 7: Independent Media Stage
White Collar Crime (reunion show, after 8 year hiatus)
The Furiousity (Boston, MA)
No Vice!
Crazy Pills
Social Standards
Radar Fiction
Kitsch Kitsch
the Cr@ss cover band (a.k.a. "Creep Dog", etc.)
Todd Colby (poet)
Sparrow (poet, both poets are published by Soft Skull Press.)

Stage 8: Tinnitus Stage
Cinema Cinema
Trowels
R-Tronika
duckmandu
isachrist
high school confidential
grey market
shit show
love bullet
american thighs
flesh control
desekilibrio social

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Tags: Apple, Cinema Cinema, free shows, Governors Island, HUMANWINE, Leftover Crack, punk, Punk Island, reunions, Stza Crack, White Collar Crime, Zounds
posted at 3:57 PM on June 14, 2011 in music | tour dates | Comments (23)

Comments (23)

cause punks dont have fathers?, Every year? cmonnnn jesuss christ

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 4:12 PM

I listen to punk and hardcore punk and I have never heard of any of these bands

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 4:13 PM

im with 413...this is just a list of a bunch of high school bands from long island and new jersey right?

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 4:30 PM

I would do this just to see an Urgent Fury show!
(and probably ONLY to see an Urgent Fury show)

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 4:31 PM

zounds was an amazing crass-esque british punk group from the late 70s early 80s. im a little dissapointed they the original guitarist though. demystification was kind of like their pop song, i wouldnt judge them by that. check out war, great white hunter or cant cheat karma on youtube.

(or you can just slag off these bands because youve never heard of them)

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 4:42 PM

This festival should be in someone's basement.

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 4:49 PM

wow, this fest is kinda disappointing this year..Sure there is APPLE and Zounds but that's barely worth waking up at 10 am to make a ferry with a bunch of crusties..

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 5:15 PM

This festival should be in someone's basement.

Posted by ceyda | June 14, 2011 5:20 PM

Thought it read Secret

Posted by derya | June 14, 2011 5:26 PM

Check out the lineup for the punk rock bowling fest in vegas a couple weeks ago and then check the above "lineup". difference between east west coasts im afraid........

Posted by blag | June 14, 2011 9:50 PM

Doesent equal a fair night at Asbury Lanes lol.
Picture Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy "Who ARE those bands" ?!?!

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 9:56 PM

oh god
white collar crime seem bad beyond belief.

Posted by Anonymous | June 14, 2011 10:22 PM

Maybe it has something to do with the complete disorganization of last year's show and the fact that from all accounts no bands got paid.

Posted by Anonymous | June 15, 2011 12:41 AM

Are we sure this isn't just a giant Battle of the Bands?

Zounds are incredibly over-rated too. They don't hold up well.

Posted by Anonymous | June 15, 2011 7:32 AM

"I listen to punk and hardcore punk and I have never heard of any of these bands."

Neither have I. But I do know one thing. The title "Punk Island" sounds really, really gay.

Posted by Anonymous | June 15, 2011 9:57 AM

I'm excited to see H.U.M.A.N.W.I.N.E. they have anarcho-punk lyrics with a decidedly different take on the music, not to mention their singer is AMAZING.
Also excited for A.P.P.L.E. but maybe I just like bands that have acronym names.

p.s.The lack of enthusiasm here is discouraging and comments like "this festival should be in a basement" is like sweeping everyone's hard work under the rug.

And if you "haven't heard of any of these bands", why don't you go so you can get a chance to know them?
A band's worth isn't measured by how many people bought their patch from "crustpunks.com" 20 years after they stopped playing.

If punks can't even get behind fellow punks who else is going to?

Posted by sarah jay | June 17, 2011 4:15 PM

white collar crime are led by sander hicks, the loudmouth ultra-leftist clown that ran both soft skull press and vox pop - in to the ground.

Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 6:19 PM

boo

Posted by Anonymous | June 17, 2011 7:20 PM

Why can't we all just get together and have a good day tomorrow? If you are pissed about the lineup, simply DON'T GO. Its a free show. You pay nothing to get in. Stop bitching. Or instead of listening to the same bands over and over, here's your chance to hear new bands.

Posted by anonymous | June 18, 2011 6:22 PM

6:22

Posted by Anonymous | June 19, 2011 12:02 AM

IF you haven't heard of any of these bands, then you obviously don't listen to punk or hardcore anymore, and you definitely don't go to shows anymore. Fuck You if want to talk shit on this show, this is the only true DIY festival of its kind, and it runs off the hard work of the bands themselves. Instead your sitting at home on the internet talking some shit about something you would never have the ambition or inspiration to do. Maybe you should take some time away from hating via comments and go out to some shows and support live independent music insteading of being such a narcosis.

Posted by someone who is playing in two of the bands on punk island | June 19, 2011 12:04 AM

^You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I don't just go out to shows, I book shows. Good shows. This shit sucks. Your taste sucks and you can't handle the truth. You're the one who doesn't know shit about DIY culture.

Posted by Anonymous | June 19, 2011 7:07 AM

Hey All

On behalf of Steve and the band, I'd like to say thanks to all that came to see Zounds this weekend at ABC No Rio and at Punk Island. The gigs were great and we loved the spirit of it all. Special thanks to Tallahassee Idlewild and the No Rio crew for pulling it off. And to the fans that knew every words to every song!

Steve will be performing various solo shows throughout the US this Summer. Zounds returns to the East Coast for full band performances late September/early October 2011.

Hope to see you there,
The Unites States of Zounds

Posted by Bryan Swirsky | June 20, 2011 10:00 AM

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