This is not style. This is not fashion. This is Punk.......
On the borderline of 1978/1979 spawned Social UnRest. Our suburban origins are
something we've never been ashamed of, we wanted to bring Punk from the city
streets into the burbs, and that's what we did.
The original line-up formed as Doug Logic (guitar), John Vollick (bass),
Danny "Radio Shack" Norwood (guitar), Mark "Manslaughter" Monti(drums)
and Creetin K-oS (a.k.a. Jason) on vocals.
By early 1980, we were playing S.F. shows, as well as out of town. One notable performance was at the Agnews State Hospital in Santa Clara, California to an audience of 150 developmentally disabled. It seemed a common theme at the time for Punk bands
in the San Francisco area to play at local asylums and prisons.
April 1981 found Social UnRest touring the length of the West Coast with Britain¹s U.K. Decay. The tour came about after a handful of San Francisco area gigs. Then Social UnRest hit the road with Dead Kennedys and U.K. Decay.
We recorded our debut 7" produced by Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray, and pressed up 500 copies of "Making Room For Youth" in the autumn 1981, backed up by "Join The People Who Joined The Army" and "Rush Hour" on the flip. This debut showcased a sharp unit with great promise, and an intense approach for it's time with catchy and memorable songs. Creetin's faux-Anglicised snarl and the fuzzy chopping guitars where
influenced by the bands of the day. It's a real feeling of satisfaction to know that
original $2.00 price of this 7" has accrued value beyond it¹s four minute length over the years. All in all SU has realeased 7 records and been featured on various compilations.
The band continued to share stages with all their local contemporaries and touring bands passing through, until changes took place soon after the release of Rat In a Maze. Doug Logic (guitar) departed in 1982, and was replaced by James Brogan . In 1983 John Vollick (bass) left and was replaced by Ray Vegas, and in mid 1984 Creetin K-oS left bringing in Jason Honea (vocals). This line-up toured heavily the U.S., Canada and Europe. Social UnRest had the opportunity to play Yugoslavia before the split and traveled through what was East Germany - we got to see what life was like through the communist areas.
SOCIAL UnREST are: Danny Norwood-guitars, Ray Vegas-guitars, Pat Toves-bass, Mark Hernandez on drums,
and, yes, the mighty Creetin K-oS frontin' the mic. We were pulled together by Wes Robinson (RIP) for the Ruthie's Inn reunion show on September 23rd '06 and Gilman Street in Berkeley in '06. Since the success of these shows Social UnRest have remained active. Look for Social UnRest in a town near you!
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It must have been 1983 when I bought Rat in a Maze from some mailorder distributor like Rough Trade or Systematic and I still have it! This was back when I was growing up in a small town in North Carolina and mailorder was the only way for me to get records like yours. I also still have the copy of Ripper with your interview in it. Many years later I bought the New Red Archives CD reissues to get the other records I missed back then. Glad to see you guys are back in action!
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