ANATHEMA WERE FORMED IN 1983 BY LOL COOPOG & JAMES JENKINS. LOL PRODUCED THE PERSONS UNKNOWN FANZINE & ALSO RAN LOVE OF LIFE TAPES. PRODUCING & RELEASING VARIOUS PUNK BANDS CASSETTES & COMPILATIONS.
THE MAIN LINE UP OF ANATHEMA WAS:
LOL COOPOG / VOCALS & WORDS
JAMES JENKINS / GUITARS
LEE DUFFLE / DRUMS
SEAMUS DARCY / BASS
ANATHEMA LASTED FROM 1983 TILL 1986 WHEN JAMES & LOL WENT ON TO FORM COMPASSION , A MORE PUNKADELIC ANARCHO INCARNATION. WE WERE INTO BANDS THAT WERE PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES MUSICALLY & LYRICALLY & NOT JUST MOUTHING THE SAME OLD SHIT.
PRETTY MUCH ALL ANTHEMA’S STUDIO RECORDING’S & SOME PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE STUFF ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON C.D FOR THE FIRST TIME. TITLED /
“THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE KNUCKLE SHUFFLE”.
AVAILABLE FROM LOVE OF LIFE ON THE GREEDY DIG WEBSITE.
ALSO FOR ANATHEMA REMIX’S/RE-WORKING’S ETC , CHECK OUT THE AMBIENT MASSACRE PAGE ON THIS SITE.
FROM SMALL SEEDS………FROM SMALL STREAMS…………FROM SIMPLE THOUGHTS…………@4UOK.
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