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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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