Radical Dance Faction... Anyone got any?
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"found my dog on a skip
government won't pay for it"
government won't pay for it"
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
ianw said:
Me too...it was a lifetime ago
Dog on a string........
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Anyone remember the fantastic gig at Camden Electric ballroom in 1990, featuring RDF, Citizen Fish, AK47s and Ruff Ruff and Ready? Ended up with most of the crowd dancing on stage with RDF, we had some fantastic purple ohms that caused some severely psychedelic goings-ons along with a mini-riot up and down camden high street on kickin out time...i'm getting all misty eyed 
they're on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Dance_Faction
and there's some tracks here
http://www.iso.port.ac.uk/~sdg/rdf/
(did you try google? RDF is *so* not the right query to use...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Dance_Faction
and there's some tracks here
http://www.iso.port.ac.uk/~sdg/rdf/
(did you try google? RDF is *so* not the right query to use...)
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
DeadManWalking
Active Member
I could be wrong but I think some of them are in P.A.I.N. now
DeadManWalking said:
yep, Phil.. Swanny went off to Dub Warriors..
DeadManWalking
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Revolutionary Dub Warriors first LP was excellent, but that could be down to Adrian Sherwood.
DeadManWalking said:
the one after was with the Mad Professor,that was cool too.
i was there when Swanny did some of the vocals.. bizarre watching a softly spoken West Country fella say 'awlright, oim going to do moi vocals now' and then go into the booth and bellow "JAH RASTAFARI" etc
DeadManWalking
Active Member
Ha ha,
funny thing I found with them was my Dad (who's in his late 60's) loved them, he usually would only listen to classical music. Think it was because he'd bought some new speakers and it was good to show them off.
funny thing I found with them was my Dad (who's in his late 60's) loved them, he usually would only listen to classical music. Think it was because he'd bought some new speakers and it was good to show them off.
Boru
Well-Known Member
Yeah... i remember... i remember *lol*
Yeah, what a brillaint band, brillaint gigs and absolutely briliant years (mostly) from 1988 - 1994 (ish)
I have borderline cases on record, and no record player!!!
the second album on tape and its nearly worn out and a wee bit stretched in places.. not that you'd notice tho..
Also have a live tape which is brilliant quality and has survived the ravages of time, was bought at anarchist bookfair in london and a benefit for something!!! has "dirty old town" on it sung by the irish contingent, is truly surreal version but brill at the same time, also has very drunk sounding person calling out continously for "carry me" which was par for the course..
saw them loads all over london in the early 90s.. remember gigs in reading as well.. some labour club down the road from the purple turtle, wherever that might be...
also remember gig in camden that someone else was talkin about on thread as well as gigs in amersham arms in new cross and at hackney homeless festival in finsbury park area, saw them in dublin twice also... nad at hawkwind 12 hour technicolour dream in brixton academy..
those years were so brilliant, exciting and fun, we truly are the surplus people, are we not??
I also remember Bender, and have to say that skanky ska dub rhythm is so infectious, its liberating!!!
Anyway, Lisarocket, was wondering if ye could send me copies of the cds, id be ever so grateful and you can have your pick from my collection of irish trad, dub and punk plus and various other sounds, i could even do ye a pick and mix selection if ye tell me what ye would like!
A lifetime ago..
"why thank you, God bless you,
Coz I am almost like you
its another night in tension town,
another day to come"
Yeah, what a brillaint band, brillaint gigs and absolutely briliant years (mostly) from 1988 - 1994 (ish)
I have borderline cases on record, and no record player!!!
the second album on tape and its nearly worn out and a wee bit stretched in places.. not that you'd notice tho..
Also have a live tape which is brilliant quality and has survived the ravages of time, was bought at anarchist bookfair in london and a benefit for something!!! has "dirty old town" on it sung by the irish contingent, is truly surreal version but brill at the same time, also has very drunk sounding person calling out continously for "carry me" which was par for the course..
saw them loads all over london in the early 90s.. remember gigs in reading as well.. some labour club down the road from the purple turtle, wherever that might be...
also remember gig in camden that someone else was talkin about on thread as well as gigs in amersham arms in new cross and at hackney homeless festival in finsbury park area, saw them in dublin twice also... nad at hawkwind 12 hour technicolour dream in brixton academy..
those years were so brilliant, exciting and fun, we truly are the surplus people, are we not??
I also remember Bender, and have to say that skanky ska dub rhythm is so infectious, its liberating!!!
Anyway, Lisarocket, was wondering if ye could send me copies of the cds, id be ever so grateful and you can have your pick from my collection of irish trad, dub and punk plus and various other sounds, i could even do ye a pick and mix selection if ye tell me what ye would like!
A lifetime ago..
"why thank you, God bless you,
Coz I am almost like you
its another night in tension town,
another day to come"
clissold parkBoru said:
first proper festival I went to, if you exclude Strawberry Fayre.
the woman who dragged me there later that summer dragged me to a 3-day festival job on the welsh border, the name of which I have blanked, where it rained the lot of it my acid went bad and our tent was nicked leaving only my contact lens stuff...
now I have glasses - see, I learn!
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
rich! said:
Me and Rocketman did a load of benefit gigs for the Hackney Homeless...and are proud to say we paid for the toilets for that festie
Even Green Day contributed to that one Rat Himself
New Member
RDF and AK47s
Avast,
If yer still after RDF stuff, then you can grab it from my Soulseek shares..
My username is "The bouncing prawn" (Soulseek is case sensitive, so add it exactly as written here).
I've also MP3d up my AOS3 album "God's secret agent"
Also check the user "RDC" on soulseek for old school fezzy wotnot. He's got a sheetload.
While we're on the Fezzy Punk/Ska thang, does anyone have a decent copy of the AK47s "Don't call me Vanilla" album?
I've only got a shitey old tape copy and would luv to get me hands on a good quality version. It's a feckin kickin album.
May your toenails never catch on the inside of yer socks,
Wiv respekt
Rat
longdog said:
Avast,
If yer still after RDF stuff, then you can grab it from my Soulseek shares..
My username is "The bouncing prawn" (Soulseek is case sensitive, so add it exactly as written here).
I've also MP3d up my AOS3 album "God's secret agent"
Also check the user "RDC" on soulseek for old school fezzy wotnot. He's got a sheetload.
While we're on the Fezzy Punk/Ska thang, does anyone have a decent copy of the AK47s "Don't call me Vanilla" album?
I've only got a shitey old tape copy and would luv to get me hands on a good quality version. It's a feckin kickin album.
May your toenails never catch on the inside of yer socks,
Wiv respekt
Rat
Dunno if this has been posted anywhere else, but there's some really good news for us RDF fans.....
Clickety click.
Clickety click.
lousy_bassist
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There was actually a couple of albums they did with Sherwood, Deliverance and State of Evolution. Both are pretty good, never heard the Mad Professor one though.Dubversion said:the one after was with the Mad Professor,that was cool too.
i was there when Swanny did some of the vocals.. bizarre watching a softly spoken West Country fella say 'awlright, oim going to do moi vocals now' and then go into the booth and bellow "JAH RASTAFARI" etc
atomik said:
Yep, I know Flounder (the promoter and one of the main organisers, alongside Pronghorn) and he alerted me to this one early. The Endorse It Festival (11-13 August, near Shaftesbury) looks a goodie folks!
We have tickets as do a few other Urban folks ...
cyberfairy
http://unicycle-emptiness.co.uk/
thinking of getting tickets soonWilliam of Walworth said:Yep, I know Flounder (the promoter and one of the main organisers, alongside Pronghorn) and he alerted me to this one early. The Endorse It Festival (11-13 August, near Shaftesbury) looks a goodie folks!
We have tickets as do a few other Urban folks ...
northernhord
Active Member
I got two albums
Rdf
They were GREAT on Sunday at Endorse It, I thought 
They were GREAT on Sunday at Endorse It, I thought
northernhord
Active Member
William of Walworth said:They were GREAT on Sunday at Endorse It, I thought
Totally Agree, even had steve whats his name back singing with Chris
northernhord
Active Member
editor said:
Yeah last time I saw years ago they were lookin a little tired down to Chris havin a hard time, but I was bowled over at Dorset they were bloody good
They were fucking outstanding. I'd kept my expectations low to be on the safe side..... but they were excellent! Best audience of the festival as well I reckon. Hope the band went away knowing how much they were loved and missed.
More pics in this thread...
http://www.ukhippy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6914
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http://www.ukhippy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6914
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