ACTION PACT – SUICIDE BAG 7″ EP – EXC 1982 PUNK

Action Pact – Suicide Bag
(Fallout Records  1982  FALL003)

Vinyl in Excellent condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– front is great but back cover has some marks near bottom and name written inside opening flap

!Action Pact! were a punk rock band, formed in 1981 as the Bad Samaritans by guitarist Wild Planet, bassist Dr. Phibes, and drummer Joe Fungus.

They were from Stanwell in Middlesex. The John from Dead Mans Shadow (D.M.S.) was the band’s original lead singer. He left the band to concentrate on D.M.S. He was replaced by George Cheex, who got the job because of “her courage to scream along with the band’s songs.” Both George and Joe were 15 years old and still attending school when the Heathrow Touchdown EP was released in October, 1981. Two of the band’s contributions to the EP, “London Bouncers” and “All Purpose Action Footwear”, got the attention of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. He played the single many times and wanted the band to record their first session, which they did on 22 February 1982. They recorded “People”, “Suicide Bag”, “Mindless Aggression”, “Losers”, and “Cowslick Blues”. The resulting demo tape caught the attention of the fledgling label Fall Out Records, which signed the band as the first act on its roster.  !Action Pact!’s label debut, the Suicide Bag EP, was released in July 1982 and rocketed to the top of the British punk chart. The band would later be joined by drummer Grimly Fiendish and bassist Thistles, and producer Phil Langham would also moonlight on bass under the name Elvin Pelvin.

Credits

• Bass – Dr. Phibes
• Drums – Joe Fungus
• Guitar – Wild Planet
• Vocals – George