Punks Not Dead

For other uses, see Punk's Not Dead.
Punks Not Dead
Studio album by
The Exploited
Released1981[1]
Genre
Length37:33[1]
LabelSecret, Chappel Music Limited, Captain Oi! (reissue)
ProducerDave Leaper,[4] The Exploited
The Exploited chronology
Punks Not Dead
(1981) 		Troops of Tomorrow
(1982)
Singles from Punks Not Dead
  1. "Army Life"
    Released: 1980[5]
  2. "Exploited Barmy Army"
    Released: 1980[5]
  3. "Dogs of War"
    Released: May 1981[6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Sounds[7]

Punks Not Dead is the first studio album by the Scottish punk rock band The Exploited, released in April 1981 on Secret Records.[1][8] Working class and loyal to the first impulses of the 1970s punk movement, the album was a reaction to critics who believed the punk rock genre was dead, and went against popular trends such as new wave and post-punk.[9] It contains the double A side singles "Army Life/Fuck the Mods" and the later follow up "I Believe in Anarchy". "Army Life" details the experiences of Wattie Buchan when he was a 17-year-old squaddie on a tour of duty in Belfast in the 1970s.

Punks Not Dead peaked at no 20 on the UK charts in May of that year,[9][10] gave the band a national following in the United Kingdom and it was the top selling 1981 independent UK release.[11]

  1. ^ a b c d Loftus, Johnny. "Punks Not Dead - The Exploited". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ^ "The Exploited - Punk's Not Dead". Punknews. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Exploited Punk's Not Dead (Limited Edition Red Vinyl LP)". Music Direct. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Punks Not Dead - the Exploited | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b Glasper, Ian (2004). Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984. p. 404. ISBN 9781901447248.
  6. ^ Glasper, Ian (2004). Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984. p. 405. ISBN 9781901447248.
  7. ^ Bushell, Garry (2 May 1981). "The filth and the fury". Sounds. p. 26.
  8. ^ "The Exploited – Punks Not Dead (1981, PRS Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  9. ^ a b Hess Mickey. Is Hip Hop Dead?: The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music. Praeger Publishers, 2007. pg 165. ISBN 0-275-99461-9.
  10. ^ Buckley, Peter, The Rough Guide to Rock, London: Rough Guides Ltd, 2003. pg 350. ISBN 1-84353-105-4.
  11. ^ Hess (2007), p. 165.