Venom P Stinger offered an indifferent Australia unwanted acres of tricksy, lurching, tempo-shifting, art rock sea-shanties, doubtless as difficult for the band to play as they were for the merely curious to tolerate.
The guitarist Mick Turner and the drummer Jim White went on to supply tastefully distressed licks and off-beat percussive flourishes to Warren Ellis’ post-rock gypsy fiddle trio The Dirty Three, but here’s a complete document of the five years they spent turning spit-flecked rock filth into free punk noise silver.
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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John Robins, Comedian
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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World Without End, Twitter
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
Birmingham Sunday Mercury
Birmingham Sunday Mercury