The Subhumans Preview: at The Glass House in Pomona, CA on April 19, 2011 and The Echo in Los Angeles on April 20, 2011

Since 1980, Subhumans have graced Punk Rock with their intellectual insight and their signature political lyrical content, which has caused them to become one of the main leading bands that fronts the anarcho-punk music scene. Dick Lucas, who is the band's vocalist, has been the mind behind Subhumans' lyrics and has conveyed through the band's music much of his ideology concerning the human condition, government/politics, and the world as it is living and as it will eventually meet its demise. Having joined the band after formerly being a member of The Mental, Dick Lucas collaborated with former members of the band Stupid Humans to collectively commence Subhumans and change the face of Punk Rock as the 80s knew it.

In 1981, Subhumans released their first EP "Demolition War" which was heard by anarcho-punk band Flux of Pink Indians. The band embraced the demo and signed Subhumans onto their label Spiderleg Records. Subhumans released a couple of EPs under Spiderleg Records, including "Reasons for Existence" and "Religious Wars" before finally deciding to release them through their own label, Bluurg Records. After releasing several EPs, the band issued their first full length album in 1982 titled "The Day The Country Died", which not only launched the band's career but also pushed the UK punk scene onto a whole different level.

"The Day The Country Died" is one of the most popular albums the band has released for several reasons. The most prominent reason the album is significant rests upon the fact that the album alludes to the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, which is a dystopian novel concerning totalitarianism and horrific oppression. "The Day The Country Died" is a political experience that captures the listener through dangerous imagery that illustrates a world conveyed by the literature of George Orwell's novel. Several songs in the band's debut album make direct references to Nineteen Eighty-Four, such as "Big Brother", in which the band elaborates by stating in the song, "And somebody told me 'Big Brother's watching you', and somebody else said 'You know it's not true', who do you believe?" "The Day The Country Died" is an album that upholds Edmund Burke's ideas on the sublime as it captures the listener's astonishment, terror, and fear of the enlightening experience that Subhumans provoke through their music.

After the release of "The Day The Country Died", Subhumans issued albums "From the Cradle to the Grave", "World's Apart", "EP-LP", and "29:29 Split Vision" before calling it quits and ending the band's career. Dick Lucas went on to form Culture Shock and Citizen Fish, the latter which is currently signed onto Fat Wreck Chords. Subhumans have joined together from time to time to release new music and launch occasional tours, both which have proven to be immensely successful. To our pleasure, Subhumans will make their way to California again for another moment of utter music and cranial fulfillment.
Stay up to date on their tour at the band's MySpace: www.myspace.com/subhumansuk


April 19, 2011 Subhumans w/ MDC, The Gr'ups & Naked Aggression in Pomona, CA
April 20, 2011 Subhumans  at The Echo in Los Angeles, CA

-Stephanie M.-
Senior Staff Reporter

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