08-10-24 12.10 GMT

THANK YOU USA

A big thanks to everyone who came out to see us on our recent USA jaunt. And to all the bands we had the pleasure of playing with. Specific mentions must go to Dawn at Obsidian Booking in Chicago for pulling it all together, Rooster at Nightgaunt Graphics for another round of exemplary merchandise, all at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas, a certain Mr. Owden for breakneck driving abilities, visuals and all round assistance, Andy and Angel in Bremerton, Mr. Eric Taylor and Nicki and of course Wolf and the Resistant Culture crew for being with us once more. Take care everyone. It was a blast.

21-07-24 11.12 GMT

USA DATES CONFIRMED

It’s taken a while to pull it all together, but we now have the final schedule of dates for our US shows in September. All, bar two (Las Vegas and Los Angeles) will be with our friends Resistant Culture. Bearing in mind it’s been 40 years (yes, 40 fucking years) since the release of our first LP, there will be one or two surprises in the set for these shows. You can see the full dates and venue details on our “Live” page.

05-07-24 12.04 GMT

THANK YOU POLAND

A huge thanks to everyone who made our trip to Poland so memorable. In particular Pierug and Jola, whose hospitality went way above and beyond, Wojtek, whose assistance helped make it all possible, Peter at Dobra 12 and everyone at UCP who contributed to creating such a fantastic festival. Long may it continue. (Only maybe not quite so fucking hot in the future) Na Zdrowie!

28-04-24 19.04 GMT

UK SHOW IN DECEMBER

Confirmed for December, and possibly the band’s only UK show this year – We’re pleased to announce a catchup with our old friends Discharge at the Castle and Falcon in Birmingham on December 14th.

28-04-24 19.04 GMT

ANTISECT IN POLAND

Antisect return to Poland for 3 shows in June this year. Starting off at the Garage in Krakow on the 27th, then Rudeboy Club in Bielsko on the 28th before arriving in Zelebsko to play the Ultra Chaos fest on Saturday 29th. Hope to see some of you there.

28-04-24 13.16 GMT

40 YEARS LATER

It’s been in the pipeline for some time. Having sourced the original tapes from way back in 1983, we are pleased to finally announce that Antisect’s first LP, “In Darkness There Is No Choice” has been remastered by Noel Summerville and Pete Lyons and will be officially re-released on Rise Above Records in the coming months.

The recordings were recut direct to analogue late last year and the artwork has now been successfully scanned and ready to go to print. Big thanks to everyone involved in helping this long awaited release finally come to fruition. Lee and Jane at Rise Above in particular and Noel, whose expertise has been invaluable in creating a sound which we believe is the first time that justice has been done to sufficiently honour, if not better the original.

Full details of the release date will follow shortly…

06-03-24 00.38 GMT

USA WEST COAST DATES FOR SEPTEMBER

Following on from the CY Fest in Los Angeles, Antisect will head northwards for a short run of dates along the West Coast. Along with our friends Resistant Culture, plans are afoot to hit the following cities – San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Portland, Bremerton and Spokane. More details to follow…

23-12-23 16.39 GMT

ANTISECT IN ROME (NOT)

Contrary to any flyers that may still be out there, and owing to all communication on the part of the organisers dropping off a cliff, Antisect will NOT now be appearing in Rome  on January 13th. Sorry to anyone who may have been planning to see us there, but this is totally due to circumstances beyond our control.

06-11-23 20.36 GMT

ANTISECT IN ROME

The first show of 2024 has been confirmed. Antisect return to Italy to play the Questa E’ Roma festival at CSA Intifada on January 13th. 

08-10-23 13.20 GMT

LOS ANGELES 2024

It’s a long way off yet, but we’re pleased to announce a return to the USA for next year. Confirmed to play at the Belasco Theatre on September 21st as part of the CYFest in L.A.

24-09-23 12.23 GMT

MONTREAL IN NOVEMBER

After a whole bunch of time and a whole bunch of reorganising, we’re pleased to say that we’re back on the road again. Our first show for just about 4 years sees us returning to Canada to play the Search for the Sun festival in November. Antisect will perform at Sala Rossa in Montreal on November 4th.

22-09-23 21.15 GMT

INTRODUCING MR. C

Our first rehearsals for far too long saw the introduction of  a certain Jason C take over the bass playing mantle from John Bryson. Jason previously played in notorious London band Headcleaner. Welcome aboard sir.

22-09-23 20.34 GMT

WELCOME

You’re already here, so you can see it. The new website is up and running. This should make for a much smoother experience from here on in.

21-08-23 11.29 GMT

THE BARON GETS LIPPY

Recently Pete and old friend Rob Miller aka “the Baron” (Amebix, Tau Cross) have been chatting away. One of the results being a guest appearance from Pete on Rob’s newly created podcast “Knight of the Black Sun”. It’s a pretty informal meander through our thoughts on events of the past and present, ranging from how we began our respective journeys, what we learned throughout it all and how it brought us to where we are now.

If you fancy having a listen, you can find it HERE

16-07-23 00.23 GMT

WE’RE BACK

Regular visitors here will no doubt be aware of the mysterious lack of updates on the site for f**king ages. In short, due to a web server issue, we lost access to the whole damn lot which caused a whole heap of unforeseen issues in its wake. Back up and running on a new, more reliable server now though, so thanks for hanging on in there in the meantime.

We are also in the process of a complete redesign which should make for a more comprehensive website in place of this one. This should hopefully be live in the coming weeks

13-07-20 23.23 GMT

PETE ON YOUTUBE

Over the last little while, intrepid US anarcho, Jang Lee has been doing a series of YouTube interviews with members of various bands. A couple of weeks ago he caught up with Pete Lyons. In it, Pete discusses various subjects ranging from heart attacks to hitch hiking around the UK in the 80’s, his love of motorbikes, the punk rock community’s reaction to “The Rising of the Lights” lp, the shock appearance of colour (yes, colour) on the record sleeve and how the band have operated and progressed since the reformation in 2011. Also, for those who might be interested, he shares his own truths regarding the nonsense and slurs put about by one or two distant ex band members. It’s a long one, beware, so, if you wanna watch it, sit back and be prepared to listen to over an hour and a half of assorted miscellania.

View it HERE

13-07-20 23.17 GMT

MERCH UPDATE

Apologies to all who’ve been waiting for shirts and CDs over the last little while. These have been another victim of the Covid 19 chaos that’s seems to have enveloped everything lately. We appreciate your patience and promise to get your stuff out to you as soon as we have it.

13-07-20 23.09 GMT

MEXICO LATEST

Well, the Covid 19 bollox has meant that Antisect’s appearance at the Punkytud Fest in Mexico has now been tentatively put back to April 2021. Hopefully the world will have calmed down sufficiently for things to go ahead this time. Let’s see…

05-05-19 00.10 GMT

BRADFORD IN JUNE

Antisect return to Bradford’s 1 in 12 Club for the first time in 7 years to play Yorkshire Loud Night on Saturday June 8th. Also on the bill are Extended Hell, Agnosy, Mere Mortal, Farce, Better Reality, and Stray Bullet

15-04-19 14.40 GMT

NEW YORK SHOW – VENUE CHANGE

The venue for the Sunnyvale show on May 18th has been switched to Gran Torino, 131 Berry St, Brooklyn, NY 11249.

15-03-19 11.15 GMT

ANTISECT – BLOODSHED

We’re pleased to announce the band’s appearance at the 20th Bloodshed Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands later this year. Antisect will play on Saturday September 14th.

14-03-19 23.58 GMT

ALL USA DATES NOW CONFIRMED

2 more shows have now been added to complete the band’s upcoming US tour in May. Cattivo in Pittsburgh on Monday 20th and Annabell’s in Akron, Ohio on Tuesday 21st.

09-02-19 11.19 GMT

VENUE FOR NEW YORK SHOW FINALISED

The venue for the New York show on May 18th has now been confirmed as Sunnyvale, 1031 Grand Street, Brooklyn. This will be an all ages show.

15-01-19 23.25 GMT

ANTISECT – USA 2019 – LAS VEGAS + MORE

Following on from last years stint on the west coast, Antisect will return to the USA in May this year to play the Freemont Country Club as part of the Punk Rock Bowling festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will be on Sunday May 26th and will be the final date of a series of shows on the east coast and midwest. (More on that to follow). Also on the bill for the Las Vegas show are Conflict, Naked Aggression and Corrupted Youth.

15-01-19 12.40 GMT

POLAND ANTI-FASCIST BENEFIT

Antisect’s first show of 2019 will be at the 161 Festival in Poland. The event is an annual anti fascist benefit which this year will be held on March 16th at Klub Poglos in Warszawa. More details including full line up and flyer to follow.

21-11-18 00.20 GMT

DISTORT THE DEV – SHELTER BENEFIT

It can be easier than we might think to find oneself existing on the streets. Some of us know. Some of us have been there. A short notice benefit gig for SHELTER at the Devonshire Arms, Camden, London on Sunday, December 9th from 4.00pm onwards..

Due to the limited venue capacity this will be a ticket only show. No door sales.

16-11-18 19.05 GMT

FEAR AND LOATHING FANZINE INTERVIEWS PETE

Last month Andy Pearson from Fear and Loathing visited Pete at New Rose Studios in London. A good hour or so was spent chatting about “The Rising of the Lights” LP, the booklet that comes with it, the Punk Scholars Network, the so called 40th anniversary of “punk” celebrations and a whole bunch of other stuff besides. Read the full interview HERE.

08-11-18 09.16 GMT

UNDERWORLD STAGE TIMES

7.15 Agnosy
8.00 Anthrax
8.45 Antisect

18-10-18 11.23 GMT

UNDERWORLD SHOW POSTER – STAGE TIMES TO FOLLOW SHORTLY

01-10-18 11.10 GMT

JAPAN TOUR POSTERS – All Venues and Bands Confirmed

14-07-18 20.11 GMT

VENUE CHANGE AT REBELLION

Previously scheduled to play the Arena stage at 9.05pm on Saturday the 5th at this years Rebellion Festival, tech requirements mean that Antisect will instead be playing THE PAVILION stage with the later stage time of 9.40pm on the same day.

18-05-18 08.41 GMT

THANK YOU USA and CANADA

A huge THANKS to all who helped put the shows together in the USA this year. Justin in Los Angeles, Christian in Oakland, Nick in Eureka, Tim in Eugene, Keith in Portland, Dav in Seattle, Cordie in Vancouver and not forgetting sterling merchandise and hospitality courtesy of the almighty Rooster at Nightgaunt Graphics in Oakland. The board below just about sums it up… Stay free………

27-04-18 01.52 GMT

EXTRA DATE FOR USA

A last minute addition to our US tour schedule.

Antisect will play Luckeys in Eugene, Oregon on Monday April 30th. Hopefully see you there…

27-04-18 01.52 GMT

RISING FROM THE VOID

A 25 minute documentary by activist filmmaker and old fan of the band Craig Hornby chronicling the reformation of the band and the making of “the Rising of the Lights”.

On the Antisect – Official YouTube Channel now. Click the link below to watch…

Rising from the Void

06-04-18 08.20 GMT

JOHN BRYSON FEATURE IN BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE

In the April edition of Bass Player magazine John Bryson talks about his attitude to bass playing and how after 40 years the guilt of not playing with his fingers has finally gone.

17-03-18 17.35 GMT

“THE RISING OF THE LIGHTS” on YOU TUBE

The whole LP, complete with lyrics now live on YouTube. You can listen to it as a whole or stream individual tracks. Click the link above to listen on our YouTube channel.

17-03-18 13.57 GMT

NEW SHIRTS NOW ON SALE

In a long overdue update we now have two new shirt designs available to buy online. A black T with Double Sided Print and a new Limited Edition black Polo Shirt. Both are available direct from us on the Merchandise page.

15-03-18 09.32 GMT

FULL LINEUP AND TICKET INFO FOR THE LEXINGTON

02-02-18 07.51 GMT

ANTISECT FOR REBELLION 2018

Yes. Finally. Earlier this week confirmation that Antisect will appear at this years Rebellion Festival in Blackpool. Exact date and stage will be announced nearer to the time.

23-01-18 13.17 GMT

USA WEST COAST AND CANADA SHOWS CONFIRMED

10-01-18 13.36 GMT

ANTISECT IN VIVE LE ROCK

In the 50th edition of Vive le Rock magazine – (Yep. The one with Adam Ant on the cover) Dick Porter talks to Pete about the new LP. “Technically, I’m quite a crap guitarist really”.

Sales directly from the publisher have now sold out but there are still copies available in the shops.

10-01-18 13.03 GMT

MORE UK SHOWS ADDED

Two more dates in Middlesbrough and Edinburgh have been added for the UK. The list now reads –

Bristol – Exchange – Saturday April 7th

Birmingham – Castle and Falcon – Saturday April 21st

Middlesbrough – Westgarth – Friday May 18th

Edinburgh – Bannermans – Saturday May 19th

London – The Lexington – Saturday June 2nd

02-01-18 20.09 GMT

UK SHOWS FOR 2018

The first of a batch of UK dates have been finalised for 2018.

Bristol – Exchange – Saturday April 7th

Birmingham – Castle and Falcon – Saturday April 21st

London – The Lexington – Saturday June 2nd

More shows and more details to follow…..

12-09-17 19.29 GMT

NOISEY STREAMING “THE RISING OF THE LIGHTS” NOW

Vice magazine’s music offshoot Noisey are streaming the new album in it’s entirety today.

Read their review and listen to it HERE

16-09-17 07.53 GMT

REVOLVER MAGAZINE PREMIERES “ACOLYTE”

“Acolyte”, the first track from “The Rising of the Lights” to get a public release gets an online premiere in US magazine Revolver from today.

To read Fed Pessaro’s review and listen to it CLICK HERE

09-09-17 20.01 GMT

ANTISECT WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THE “SOMETHING FOR THE CORE” FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST TOMORROW NIGHT.

Despite numerous attempts to contact the festival organisers to obtain the promised travel documents necessary for us to fly to Romania, we have had no response from them since September 5th. We therefore have had to make a decision as to whether we thought this would work out in order for us to let people who might be travelling to see the band know whether or not we would be playing.

We regret that without travel documents we are unable to fly out and offer our apologies to anyone who may have been wishing to see us there.

If you have purchased tickets, we would advise you to contact the festival organisers directly.

28-07-17 13.26 GMT

THE RISING OF THE LIGHTS IS COMING

The long awaited release date has finally been scheduled for the first Antisect LP since 1984.

Featuring 50 minutes of new and previously unrecorded material, “The Rising of the Lights” will be released on Friday, October 13th on Rise Above Records.

Track listing is as follows –

03-07-17 10.17 GMT

Two More Euro Shows for 2017

Two more shows have been added to the itinerary for this year.

On August 5th, Antisect return to Sweden to play the Hygett festival in Svartmyra. Scene of what has now come to be known as “The Swedish Incident”. (Anyone who’s followed the band will know what occurred there in 2013). Hygett is a small, intimate festival in the woodlands of Sweden and as such is invite only. If you want to come, email us here and we will see to it that you get an invite.

Another September date has been added. This time the band travel again to Romania to play the 3 day Something for the Core festival on September 8th, 9th and 10th.

Antisect will close the festival by headlining the Sunday night.

03-03-17 12.17 GMT

30 YEARS LATER

Yep. 30 years after Antisect last played in Italy we return to play the “In Veneto There Is No Law” festival in Treviso.

“Back in the day” the band twice toured Italy playing at the infamous Milan Virus squats with the likes of 80’s anarcho legends Wretched and Negazione. It will be good to finally return.

The show takes place later this year on September 2nd. Also on the bill from the UK are Cress.

05-02-17 06.17 GMT

ANTISECT PLAY THE CANARY ISLANDS

05-02-16 06.16 GMT

BIRMINGHAM SHOW CHANGES VENUE AGAIN

The Venue for April’s Birmingham show has been switched again. It will now be at the CEOL CASTLE, 402 Moseley Road, B12 9AT.

06-11-16 21.01 GMT

LONDON SHOW FOR FEBRUARY

The Venue for April’s Birmingham show has been switched again. It will now be at the CEOL CASTLE, 402 Moseley Road, B12 9AT.

After a gap of over two years Antisect finally confirm a long overdue London show.

The band will make a return appearance as part of the 4 day “Another Winter Of Discontent” festival at the Dome in Tufnell Park on Saturday February 18th 2017.

Check the poster opposite for the rest of Saturday’s bill.

06-11-16 20..57 GMT

VENUE CHANGE FOR BIRMINGHAM SHOW

The venue to the Birmingham show in April has been switched to The Flapper, Kingston Row, B1 2NU. See you there…..

11-08-16 11.50 GMT

FIRST UK SHOW CONFIRMED FOR 2017

24-06-16 16..38 GMT

POLAND SHOW CANCELLED

We regret that we have been forced to pull out of our planned appearance at the Ultra Chaos Picnic in Zelebsko, Poland this coming weekend. This is due to the sad passing of the father of our drummer Joe. We had initially thought it would still be possible for us to play, but the timescale of events has meant that despite our efforts, it was, in the end, simply not possible for us to adequately rehearse and prepare with a stand-in drummer for the show. We apologise to the organisers and all those who may have been coming to Zelebsko to see us, but we assure you we did try everything possible to make it happen. We hope you can understand. Our thoughts at this time are with Joe and his family. Peace!

11-05-16 19..46 GMT

THANK YOU UMEA

Yes. We did a secret show in Umea in Sweden at the weekend.

Yes. The new lineup and new set have been tested, and yes, it seems like they work.

A big thank you to Sofia, Helga, Adrian, all the great bands that played over the two nights and all at Verket who offered us their help and hospitality during our visit. It was a pleasure to be there with you all.

Remember – “Banjo Crust” You heard it here first.

27-04-16 09..24 GMT

THE DOOR TURNS ONCE MORE

So, lots of people asking what’s been happening in the last 12 months or so. No tours, no shows, no lp…

Well probably the biggest thing that has happened is that the Antisect revolving door has spun another couple of times. This has led to some major rejigging, so consequently no shows and yet more delays in the recording process while we get up to speed with the latest outs and ins.

The changes this time saw the departures of bassist Laurence Windle and vocalist Chris Caps and the re-arrival of Laurence’s bass predecessor John Bryson.

Why? In the end it became clear that neither Laurence nor Chris could offer the band the levels of commitment that was required. Chris’s teaching schedule took up so much of his time that he simply couldn’t offer the band enough for us to progress the way we wanted to. Similarly with Laurence, his outside commitments left him unable to commit fully enough to us. As has been well documented, the membership of Antisect has always leaned towards a state of flux as it’s members input has risen or fallen and it was with this in mind that It was decided that a new injection of impetus and energy was needed. Both decisions were agonisingly difficult to make, but we all wish Laurence and Chris the very best and thank them for the time and energy they were able to put in while they were with us. You will both be missed.

As some of you will know, John was the band’s bassist during the mid 80’s “Out From The Void” period, so it was nice to continue the links with the past in that way. John’s energy and enthusiasm has been instrumental in kicking us on to where we are now. With the departure of Chris, we had dug a pretty deep hole for ourselves. The lp was three quarters done. The only things left were the bass, the vocals and the final mixes. John picked up the bass parts and laid them down pretty quickly and so it came to the vocals. We considered our options and although it was tempting to put it out there that we might have been looking for a vocalist, we eventually decided that the best way forward was to try out our voices on what we had already put down, and that is what we’ve been doing since. The result being that Pete and John now handle the bulk of the vocals, as they did when the band suddenly became a three piece back in the 80’s. It’s been a lot to take on all of a sudden with none of the material having been written with singing and playing in mind, but with the addition of backing vocals from Joe, little by little we’re getting the hang of it, and it will be interesting to see how it works when we get back out there to play.

So, the priority now is to vocalise and put the rest of the finishing touches to what has been an incredibly long journey. More on that in the next update.

You will see us soon.

30-12-16 13.09 GMT

FIRST SHOWS OF 2016

After a year away from the circuit, the band are now arranging their schedule for what should prove to be an interesting 2016. Various things are already in the pipeline.

07-12-14 11.21 GMT

FREE SHOW FOR NEW YEARS EVE

To close out 2014 the band’s final show of the year will take place at the Unicorn in London’s Camden Town on December 31st. It will be a FREE ENTRY event.

08-09-14 21.51 GMT

NOVEMBER DATES SWAPPED

The two recently announced Russian dates have altered slightly with a venue changes for both shows and the order swapped around. The band will now kick off in Petersburg at Zoccol on November 8th before heading to the Rock House in Moscow on the 9th.

21-07-14 13.06 GMT

MORE EURO SHOWS CONFIRMED

The band return to Sweden at the end of August almost exactly a year after the aborted show at Hygget to play Stockholms Manglet festival. They will headline on the night of Friday 22nd.

If anyone who came to see us at Hygget last year is planning on attending this show, please email us here and we will do our best to cover the cost of your entry fee.

Also confirmed are the Russian shows rearranged from earlier this year. Antisect will play Moscow, Club Mod on November 9th before moving on to St. Petersburg, Plan B on the 9th.

25-04-14 11.41 GMT

DIRTY WEEKEND FOR SEPTEMBER

Antisect’s first UK appearance for a year or more has been confirmed for the Dirty Weekend Festival in Llanfyllin, Wales during the weekend of the 5th, 6th and 7th of September.

25-04-14 03.54 GMT

US DATES POSTPONED

We regret that we have had to postpone the upcoming shows in the US and Canada. Unforeseen family circumstances have arisen that has made it impossible for our bassist Laurence to travel with us and after much consideration we have concluded that it would not sit right with us to complete the tour without him.

We apologise to all who have been involved in setting the shows up and to all of you who were looking to attend. We will be rearranging the tour for a later date and look forward to seeing you then.

25-04-14 02.41 GMT

RUSSIA SHOWS

The two Russian shows originally scheduled for this Spring have been moved to later in the year. They will now take place in November. Full details to follow.

18-12-13 17.53 GMT

IEPERFEST 2014

Confirmed for the summer – The band are pleased to finally announce their appearance at the Ieperfest Hardcore Festival in Belgium on August 9.

Beginning in 2004 Ieperfest has grown steadily to become one of the largest hardcore festivals in europe. This years event takes place over the three days of August 8, 9 and 10.

24-11-13 12.41 GMT

FIRST SHOWS OF 2014 IN THE PIPELINE – RUSSIA, USA, MEXICO, CANADA, EUROPE

Plans are currently being laid for the band’s next batch of live activity set for 2014.

March will see Antisect travel to Russia for the first time for dates in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Next up will be an appearance at the Maryland Death Fest in Baltimore, USA at the end of May. This will be the band’s only show on the US east side on this trip.

Following on from that will be a short string of dates taking in the US west coast, including Mexico and Canada. Full details will be posted here as they become available.

A string of European dates including the UK are also being planned for early autumn, culminating with an appearance at the Enemy of the Sun Festival in Prague on September 13th.

24-11-13 11.32 GMT

NEW LP BECKONS

Although quiet on the live front during the latter part of 2013, the band have been busy in the studio working on their long awaited secnd lp.

Containing a mixture of material from the ill fated sessions way back in the late 1980’s and tracks written over the past two years. It also promises to throw up one or two surprises along the way.

Loosely scheduled for release in the spring of 2014. Updates and progress reports will arrive here along the way.

23-11-13 09.26 GMT

SCANDINAVIA

As some might know, the shows in Scandinavia in August were curtailed. At the Hygget festival in Sweden, guitarist Pete Lyons was taken seriously ill midway through the band’s set. Pete was rushed to hospital in Jonkoping and underwent immediate emergency surgery for a blocked main artery. So for obvious reasons the band had to pull out of the planned show in Copenhagen the following night. Pete would like to thank everyone who came to his aid that night and all who helped in any way.

“All I could think of was ditching my guitar and finding somewhere to lay down. I remember laying there, strapped in the ambulance, dripping sweat, thinking, “Is this it then? Am I gonna die here tonight or what?” A completely bizarre and surreal experience.

To all of you who helped out, particularly Elin and Maria from Berlin for their help and quick thinking, Marta, all the hospital staff in Jonkoping and Janne and co for their understanding and cooperation in sorting out the aftermath, I can’t thank you enough. Sincere apologies to anyone who may have come to see us at Hygget. We made a whole bunch of new friends and spent a great few days there enjoying your company and hospitality. And to all those in Copenhagen – So sorry that we had to pull out. Hopefully we’ll get back over and make it up in the not too distant future”.

After surgery Pete was kept in for monitoring and observation in Jankoping hospital and was released to return to the UK 4 days later. Life goes on…………

29-07-13 05.32 GMT

SO LONG TIM – WELCOME ABOARD CHRIS

In yet another of the band’s numerous twists and turns, we announce the departure of our dear friend Tim Andrews from the line up. Tim was with us from from 1986 till our original demise in 1987 and had fronted the band since our reformation in 2011.

02-07-13 12.08 GMT

20-12-12 10.02 GMT

13-10-12 18.59 GMT

The London, Scumfest show scheduled for November 30th has been put on temporary hold till a suitable venue and alternative date have been found.

For those of you who might now be stuck for something to do, may we urge you to consider checking out The Mob, Kill Pretty, Hagar the Womb, Andy T and The Astronauts at the Boston Arms, Tufnell Park on the above date.

03-10-12 03.10 GMT

Now confirmed – 3 more UK dates. These will be the band’s final shows of 2012.

Next – A benefit for London’s Scumfest Collective, headlining the Friday night show of the 2012 Not Winter Scumfest in London on November 30th.

Full venue, ticket info and Friday night line up confirmation to follow…

21-06-12 14.41 GMT

ANTISECT USA 2012 – 18 DAYS – 15 SHOWS – 14 CITIES – 6,500 MILES

Heads up to all the following, who’s assistance and hospitality helped make it such a memorable and worthwhile experience for all of us.

Drew, Evelyn and all you totally insane people in Mentone, Brain, Andy, Jimmy, Jang and Chris in Los Angeles, Georgina, Ann, Amy and Sothira in Oakland, Jason at Starving Musician in Berkeley,

29-05-12 00.03 GMT

VENUE CHANGE FOR BOSTON SHOW

The Boston show on June 9th has been moved to PJ’s.

24-04-12 00.03 GMT

BERLIN SHOW POSTPONED

The Berlin show scheduled for May 12th has been postponed till later in the year.

Details of the rearranged date will be posted on here as soon as it’s finalised.

02-04-12 17.57 GMT

THANK YOU BRADFORD

Many thanks to Irena, Charlie, Jim and all the staff at the 1 in 12 for helping to make Saturday night such a good one.

Thanks also to Cress, Hellkrusher and everyone who came and contributed. It was a pleasure to meet and chat with you

The 1 in 12 is a special place. Let’s continue to give it the support it deserves.

28-03-12 09.49 GMT

BRADFORD 1 in 12 NOW SOLD OUT

Tickets for Saturday’s benefit for the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford have now completely sold out. We regret that it will not be possible to gain entry on the night unless you have a valid ticket.

We hope we can catch up with some of you on the night. Let’s make it one to remember for all the right reasons.

19-03-12 22.14 GMT

DIJON – IT WAS “MUSTARD”

Thanks to Jean Christophe, Eric and everybody at Moloka who helped make Saturday a great night.

Much respect for “Keeping it Real”.

14-03-12 23.27 GMT

FAREWELL PETE

In the past few days it’s been decided by mutual consent that singer Pete Boyce is no longer a member of the band.

Antisect will continue from now as a 4 piece.

We wish Pete all the best for the future.

26-01-12 11.15 GMT

POLAND IN JULY

The band will appear at the 8th DIY Hardcore Punk Festival in Gdansk on July 14th. More details to follow.

06-01-12 02.50 GMT

LONDON SHOW SCHEDULED FOR MARCH

The band’s first London show of 2012 will be an appearance at the “Another Winter of Discontent” festival on Saturday, March 3rd.

21-12-11 11.50 GMT

BELGIUM SHOW RE-ARRANGED

November’s Belgium show has been re-arranged for Saturday, February 25th in Diest.

JeugduisTijl
Begijnenstraat 1A
3290 Diest

Also on the bill will be;

Deafenestration
Last Legion Alive

14-12-11 01.24 GMT

LONDON – GARAGE REVISED SHOWTIMES

7.00 – Zeitgeist: Addendum (The film will run with subtitles throughout the night)
7.30 – 689
8.15 – Flowers of Flesh and Blood
9.00 – Blasted
9.45 – Antisect

12-12-11 22.23 GMT

LIVERPOOL – KAZIMIER SHOWTIMES

8.00 – Zeitgeist: Addendum (The film will run with subtitles throughout the night)
8.30 – Geriatric Unit
9.15 – Extinction of Mankind
10.00 – Antisect

07-12-11 11.26 GMT

US 2012 TOUR DATES

Yep. Finally. It’s been a while coming, and may be subject to the odd change as things develop, but here they are…

05-12-11 07.43 GMT

“TOTAL ROCK” RADIO INTERVIEW

Last week Pete (Lyons) and Laurence were interviewed for internet radio station Total Rock. Catch it on Friday December 9th, online between 12 noon and 3pm at

www.totalrock.com

19-11-11 19.44 GMT

NEW “TOUR ONLY” LIMITED EDITION 10″

The last few days have seen the band in the studio in London cutting their first studio recordings since their reformation earlier this year. A Limited Edition, 10″ vinyl single, containing the previously unreleased 1982 track “4 Minutes Past Midnight” and a re-recorded version of 1985’s “Out From The Void (Part II) will be released to coincide with the upcoming UK dates.

19-11-11 02.15 GMT

BELGIUM – LEUVEN SHOW POSTPONED

Tonight’s scheduled show at Plan Z in Leuven has been cancelled. Plan Z is a squatted venue and was evicted by the Belgian authorities earlier this week. Attempts to find a replacement venue at short notice have failed. Apologies to anyone who was planning to make their way there, but we do hope to see you some time in early 2012.

17-11-11 21.15 GMT

THRASH HEAD INTERVIEW

Val Landrum interviews the band for Thrash Head online ‘zine. (Link now expired)

20-10-11 13.43 GMT

TICKETS FOR LONDON SHOW ON SALE NOW

Antisect

Flowers of Flesh and Blood

Zeitgeist: The Movie

+ Guests (T.B.A.)

This is a “Bring a Toy” event. You are invited to bring a childs toy which will be donated to the Hayward Adventure Playground, in association with KIDS, The disabled children’s charity.

£8.00 Advance

£10.00 On The Door

29-09-11 09.57 GMT

FIRST UK SHOWS, PLUS MORE EUROPEAN DATES CONFIRMED

London, Liverpool and Bristol shows as well as dates in Belgium and Czech Republic have been added to the schedule to take us into 2012. Confirmed shows as it stands are as follows.

Denmark – Aalborg – 1000Fryd – Friday October 28th – 2011
Norway – Oslo – Blitz – Saturday October 29th – 2011
Belgium – Leuven – Plan Z – Saturday November 19th – 2011
UK – London – The Garage – Thursday December 15th – 2011
UK – Liverpool – The Kazimier – Saturday December 17th – 2011
UK – Bristol – The Fleece – Saturday January 14th – 2012
Czech Republic – Brno – Favel – Saturday January 28th – 2012

More info including UK ticket information and full show line ups will be posted as soon as we have it.

17-09-11 10.51 GMT

UPDATE

2 more shows have been confirmed for Scandinavia for the end of October.

Denmark – Aalborg – 1000Fryd – Friday October 28th – 2011

Norway – Oslo – Blitz – Saturday October 29th – 2011

Still working on some UK dates before the end of the year. Japan and USA tours will now likely go ahead in Spring/Summer 2012.

01-08-11 17.39 GMT

PUNTALA – ROCK(S)

A very big thanks to Marko, Yopi, Jukka, Servere, Anton, Mark, Seppo and all you crazy fuckers who made it along to Puntala at the weekend. You all helped make it a very special night. Kippis!

03-07-11 22.12 GMT

24 YEARS AGO WE LAST PERFORMED

24 years later, the world is a slightly different place. 24 years later, we are all slightly different people.

24 years later, we find that for the most part, a lot of the same problems and injustices are still with us. 24 years later, we find that for the most part, we still feel very similar about them.

24 years ago, we had lived through the first part of our adult lives. 24 years later, we’ve grown up, (a little) and have to deal with responsibilities and situations that simply didn’t exist for us back then.

There are no hard and fast rules

We make it up as we go along

Why did we decide to do it? It’s been a long and interesting process since we first discussed the possibility. Everyone involved has through the years maintained a bond with each other that stems from feeling the same way about the hand that life deals us. We don’t agree on everything. We never have. What we do all agree on is that the most important thing for us is to be able to evaluate and make decisions based on our ability and willingness to be open. When we met to discuss whether or not we should, after all this time, finally do this, we knew that things would be different, and we knew that there would be differences between us that weren’t there previously. We knew that there were difficult conversations to be had, and we knew that it wouldn’t be an easy decision to make, but over-riding all of that was an instinct that we would feel that the things we had in common, would far outweigh the things we disagreed on. We were right. We had and still have no idea how far this might go, but what we do know is that now, finally, it feels like the right thing to do.

Antisect, for most people, will never be just about the music. It was always more than that. Even from day 1 with the “Noise Addicts” flyers and all. We were always described as “uncompromising” and maybe in our early days we were just that, but isn’t life and co-existance all about compromises? Or should we always do exactly as we want, because that is the “truer” way? For us, the evidence that we see of the consequences of a society that appears to be driven by an ethos of “doing exactly as it wants” makes for pretty ugly viewing. To do exactly as we want without social conscience leads us to where we are today. On the brink of global meltdown, with higher levels of corruption, governance, poverty and mistrust than ever before. Maybe this “true” way is the path that we should follow? After all, it could be said, that if our actions are governed purely by selfish motivations, we are, at the bottom line, at least being honest with ourselves, and it could be argued that at the end of the day, it is only ourselves that we must answer to.

“Look into the depths of your own beings, seek out the truth

Realise it in yourselves, for you will find it nowhere else”

Alternatively, if we believe in “Society”, does it not best serve that belief to understand that not all those within society exist on an equal plane? Not everyone is born with the same opportunities. Not everyone takes the same paths in life. If so, does it not then follow that in order to preserve “Society”, compromises have to be made to assimilate the various viewpoints that exist within it?

Individuality or collectivism? “Collective individuality”? We operate in many shades of grey.

On a conventional political level, the far left is often divided by the consequences of it’s navel gazing. By it’s very nature, it has a conscience and a will to examine itself, and when the inevitable disagreements arise, the pattern has been for splinters to form as the various elements dissipate into their own entrenched corners, with the net result being that the movement as a whole is weakened because of a less united front.

The far right on the other hand, has very little social conscience, and thus very few of the above dilemmas. Consequently, it is able to present a much more uncompromising standpoint and often has need to do very little other than stand back and watch it’s opponents pull themselves apart.

Can you see where we’re going with this?

We believe debate is essential. For without debate and opposing viewpoints we become insular and closed. Without challenges to our perception of what’s wrong and what’s right we lose the opportunity to re-evaluate who were are. We become intransigent. We remain the people we were, instead of embracing the opportunity to become the people we could be. We like the idea that life can teach us things that we cannot perceive until we have lived through it. We like the idea that we are able to be open enough and strong enough to re-evaluate our own priorities and adjust and adapt accordingly. However, none of us are perfect. Let’s not make the mistake of thinking we are. We are all chameleons. We learn to walk the walk, and talk the talk that puts us closer to where we wish to be within the confines our own little worlds. We bite our tongues when we feel it’s more appropriate to do so. We are all to a greater or lesser extent, imposters. Cogs in the machine. If it was possible to live outside the confines of this society, most of us would probably choose to do so. The very fact that it isn’t possible, forms the basis for our frustration and rage. We can’t allow ourselves to be marginalised, to be continually pushed to the periphery. But to engage means that our focus must be more outward than inward and we must be strong enough in who we are to be able to trade the blows. We must accept that yes, we are all individuals, we will not agree on everything, but this should form the basis for our collective strength, not our weakness.

18-05-11 16.22 GMT

FIRST SHOW CONFIRMED . PUNTALA-ROCK. FINLAND, 30-07-11

11-05-11 09.04 GMT

AFTER 24 YEARS, ANTISECT HAVE REFORMED.