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Sad Society
Punk

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Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom

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Member Since1/24/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.punkrockers.com/sadsociety
Band MembersVocals - Deek : Guitar - Euan : Bass - Dave : Drums - Mr Barry
InfluencesThe Sweet - Darts - Bowie - Be Bop Deluxe - 70's Disco - Roxy Music - Kate Bush - Boys - Eater - Wasps - Hot Rods - 999 - Art Attacks - Raped - Chelsea - Flys - Rezillos - Patti Smith - Penetration - Antz - Slits - Generation X - ATV - Dead Boys - WIN - The Scars - Hanoi Rocks
Sounds LikeSad Society
Record LabelX-CERT
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 11 2009 7:00P
Henry’s Cellar Bar Edinburgh, Scotland
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
Teviot Row ( Student Union ) Edinburgh, Scotland
May 21 2010 7:00P
Studio 24 Edinburgh, Scotland

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   About Sad Society

Gig review: Bannerman's, Edinburgh
23rd January, 2009

Sad Society, third band of the evening, have been a perpetual inclusion on the punk circuit since their formation in the early 80’s. Their catchy old-school anthems and chant-along chorus-lines bring an incendiary rapture to the Bannermans crowd, as opener ‘Novocaine’ quite quickly demonstrated. It’s a ferocious, unswerving set with Deek Wilson (possibly the second most-recognised front-man in Edinburgh?) guiding each song with typical sarcasm and derision. Through ‘Presidents Of Fear’, ‘Slaughterhouse’ and the melancholic observations of the atmospheric ‘Suicide Party’ they donate an atmosphere relished by a crowd who are so fond of this band they know every song word-for-word. Many old favourites, including ‘No More U.S Laws’ inculcate a camaraderie throughout the room, never more apparent than on ‘Religion’, possibly the most perfect song ever written for the genre of punk rock. Deek’s sneering ‘and I’m not fucking satisfied’ lyric is a master of incensed articulation. Sad Society could quite easily have slotted into tonight’s headline position without effort, but the noteworthy thing about them, and the majority of bands involved in the healthy scene Edinburgh has, is that they have no elitist snobbery; they’re just happy doing what they came together to do: play the music they believe in for the people who share that belief.
(Alan Baillie, www.subba-cultcha.com)

Sad Society formed in Edinburgh in the early 1980s from the ashes of several other bands: Area 12, Pressure Point and Radar, and the band have continued to play the music they love as fashions and fads have come and gone. Still fronted by Deek Wilson, Sad Society have a powerful, contemporary sound which is featured on their recently-recorded demos. The band's name was inspired by a headline in the Edinburgh Evening News many years ago, which read "We are living in a sad society". Since Sad Society's songs are about the realities of life in this horrible world of forced-conformity, violence, greed and hatred, the headline struck a chord. We ARE living in a sad society!

Sad Society need gigs!

If you are a gig-promoter or you are organising a punks' picnic, festival or charity benefit gig and you'd like us to play, please contact us via this page, or e-mail Deek Wilson at: sadsociety82@hotmail.com.

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Sad Society has 19178 friends.
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ILLIDIANCE - New 4 tracks added!

ILLIDIANCE - New 4 tracks added!



Nov 27 2009 1:37 PM

Hello!
Thanks for the add.
Have a great weekend.

See our video on youtube and join to our friends.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ILLIDIANCE


We are also on Roadrunner Records. If you could, write there a comment about our songs and we would be very grateful.
 



Greetings from Russia!

ILLIDIANCE
The Easy Outs

The Easy Outs



Nov 27 2009 1:51 AM

thank you for coming by and checking out our tunes,all the best.
The Ungovernable Force

Neally Lawson



Nov 26 2009 3:05 PM

Up the Sads up the punks. hope ye guys are well, see ye at the tap gig
The Kat

The Kat



Nov 25 2009 12:52 AM

I'll be Findin' oot if the new Orca attire fits soon az I'm due a fittin' but until then, I'm still wearing the same old suit with a big smile Deeko ~ who like 'Nemo' just got away! 


 



Chinese Jocks

Chinese Jocks



Nov 23 2009 9:54 PM

Great gig again chaps - Some pics on Tam_Balfours Quality Blog
KNOW BS

KNOW BS



Nov 22 2009 5:31 PM

Hey THere U ROCK!
THANK U for u'r Friendship~
ROCK oN!
KNOW BS
Please check us out
myspace.com/knowbsrocks
facebook.com/knowbsrocks
drumm[?]r

drumm[?]r



Nov 22 2009 12:44 PM

hey guys!how are you doing?:)haven`t heard from you in ages!
cheers,drumm[?]r
Bomb Juice Promotions

Bomb Juice Promotions



Nov 21 2009 10:08 PM

4th dec
The Tap

Tap O'lauriston



Nov 20 2009 10:59 PM

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YoMama

YoMama



Nov 16 2009 12:11 PM

hey

appreciate u taking time out for us, it's only just started, In upcoming months u'll hear wot it is we're trying to do, glad ye like it so far.

respect
yoMama
Brain Surgeons

Brain Surgeons



Nov 12 2009 1:04 PM

Keep it SWEATY & BITCHIN
HAIL & XXXX
Deborah
SPAT

SPAT



Nov 9 2009 10:11 PM

early gig! starts at 8:)
Vampire Love

Le Bella Morti



Nov 6 2009 9:02 AM

Cheers to you too!
The Kat

The Kat



Nov 5 2009 11:44 PM

Deek,

Had a laugh at your comment, very good . . 
. . .you still workin' legit?!! 


 



  
Moped Lads

Moped Lads



Nov 5 2009 11:01 AM


 

The Frauds

The Frauds



Nov 4 2009 10:32 PM





The Kat

The Kat



Nov 3 2009 9:58 PM

Meetingz at work all day today!


 

The Kat

The Kat



Nov 3 2009 1:42 AM

Yip and a feast woz had!  

~~~~ Another buzy week in the big pool awaitz! ~~~~

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The Axidents

The Axidents



Oct 29 2009 10:47 PM

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Bombskare

Bombskare



Oct 28 2009 4:49 AM



Check out our new tunes on MySpace


John

John



Oct 26 2009 12:08 PM

A great gig, ps im going to the comedy club on november 27th 
The Kat

The Kat



Oct 25 2009 11:29 PM

Shame we couldn't make the gig tonight, but need to be suited up and ready for another buzy week in the hunting pool tomorrow!
John

John



Oct 25 2009 12:55 PM

with a stamp on the hand and a pint in the throat, i hope i hope some folk r going to join me in staying to wet the whistle in the citrus after the gig tonigt!
Gin Goblins

Gin Goblins



Oct 19 2009 2:54 PM


Apologies for shameless/shameful using of your page to further our world domination attempts (surely soon to come to fruition?). But at last Halloween is a saturday... so... The scariest Halloween ever! Gin Goblins (that's us!), The Terrors - from Glasgow (www.myspace.com/theterrorsuk) and Murdertown - from Edinburgh - (myspace.com/murdertownhc). The Ark, Waterloo Place (East End! of Princes St). 1st band 9pm. £5 entry. Dress up in yer fave Halloween costumes! Or don't!
Michael

Michael McConnell



Oct 14 2009 3:40 PM

I've been listening to some of your tracks, the music is pretty good. Reminds me of the Sex Pistols
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