Citizen Fish
{{Short description|English ska punk band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Citizen Fish
| image = CitizenFishinManchester2008.JPG
| image_size = 260
| landscape = yes
| caption = Citizen Fish in Manchester, 2008
| origin = Bath, England
| genre = {{hlist|Ska punk|anarcho-punk}}
| years_active = 1990–present
| label = {{hlist|Bluurg|Lookout!|Fat Wreck Chords|Alternative Tentacles}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Culture Shock|Subhumans|Leftöver Crack}}
| current_members = Dick Lucas (vocals)
Jasper Pattison (bass, vocals)
Phil Bryant (guitar)
Silas Berney (drums)
Alex Gordon (trumpet, piano, accordion)
Matt Dowse (trombone)
| past_members = Larry (guitar)
Trotsky (drums)
Minty (trumpet)
Roberto Miguel Reyes (trombone)
Jessica Mills (saxophone)
}}
Citizen Fish are an English punk rock band that has been active since 1990 and shares members with Subhumans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/citizen-fish-mn0000782983/biography|title=Citizen Fish | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2020-04-01}} Citizen Fish does not emphasize the raw political statements and nihilistic viewpoint of the former, instead focusing on issues of social alienation and human interaction, viewed through a more optimistic lens. Both bands deal with themes such as anti-consumerism and vegetarianism.
History
Based around Bath, England, the original members were Dick Lucas (vocals), Jasper (bass), Trotsky (drums), and Larry (guitar). Following their first album, Free Souls in a Trapped Environment, Larry left the band and was replaced by Phil, who, along with Dick and Trotsky, had previously been a member of the Subhumans. Jasper and Dick had previously played together in Culture Shock.
In July 2006, Silas (formerly of Bath-based band Cooper S with Jasper and Andy Evans) replaced Trotsky on drums. In the following month, after a five-year recording hiatus, the band returned to the studio to record songs for a split album with the New York band Leftöver Crack, Deadline.
Their latest and eighth full-length studio album, 2011's Goods was hailed as a return to form, and they remain active, releasing the Manmade EP in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/13900/citizen-fish-manmade-10-inch|title=Citizen Fish - Manmade [10-inch]|website=Punknews.org|date=24 September 2015 |accessdate=2020-04-01}}
Discography
- Free Souls in a Trapped Environment (Bluurg Records Fish 24, 1990)
- Disposable Dream 7-inch EP (Bluurg Records Fish 27/Lookout! Records No. 60, 1992
- Wider Than a Postcard (Bluurg Records, 1992)
- Live Fish (Live in Germany) (Bluurg Records Fish 28, 1992)
- Citizen Fish/AOS3 split EP (Bluurg Records Fish 29, 1992)
- Flinch (Bluurg Records Fish 31, 1993){{cite web |title=Flinch - Citizen Fish |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/flinch-mw0000053530 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 July 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=12 classic ska-punk albums to prepare you for the impending ska-punk revival |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/12-classic-ska-punk-albums-to-prepare-for-you-the-impending-ska-punk-revival/ |website=BrooklynVegan |access-date=July 26, 2024 |date=February 11, 2020}}
- Millennia Madness (Bluurg Records Fish 34, Lookout! Records No. 123, 1995){{cite web |title=Citizen Fish: Millennia Madness |url=https://www.visions.de/review/citizen-fish-millennia-madness/ |website=VISIONS.de |access-date=13 July 2024 |language=de}}
- Thirst (Lookout! Records No. 152, 1996)
- Psychological Background Reports (Bluurg Records, 1996) - collection rare and previously unreleased material
- Habit 7-inch EP (Lookout! Records, 1998)
- Active Ingredients (Lookout! Records No. 212, 1998, Bluurg Records FISH38, 1999)
- Life Size (Honest Don's Old English Recordings, 2001){{cite web |title=Life Size - Citizen Fish, Life Size |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/life-size-mw0000005770 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 July 2024}}
- What Time We On? Live Album, (Bluurg Records Fish 47, 2006)
- Baby-Punchers/Meltdown Split 7-inch EP with Leftöver Crack (Fat Wreck Chords FAT-226, 2006)
- Deadline split album with Leftöver Crack (Fat Wreck Chords, FAT-720, 2007)
- Goods (Studio Album, Alternative Tentacles - virus424, 2011){{cite web |title=Goods - Citizen Fish |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/goods-mw0002099445 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=Citizen Fish - Goods |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/10025/citizen-fish-goods |website=www.punknews.org |access-date=13 July 2024 |date=1 March 2011}}
- Dancing on Spikes (EP, 2012)
- Manmade (EP, 2015)
Compilations
- Heide Sez... (Lookout! Records, 1996)
- This Is The A.L.F. (Mortarhate Records, 1998)
- Forward Till Death (Lookout! Records, 1999)
- Welcome To The Welfare State (BYO Records, BYO 66, 1999) Song: "Will Swap" (This is a different version from the one released on the Life Size LP)
- You Call This Music?! Volume 1 (Geykido Comet Records, 2000)
- This Are UK Ska, Volume (Do The Dog Records, 2001)
Music videos
- Dividing Lines (1995)
- Talk About the Weather (1996)
- Human Conditioner (2011)
- Discomfort Zone (2011)
- Better (2011)
- Unemplode (2012)
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.citizenfish.com/|Subhumans and Citizen Fish website}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.loserdomzine.com/images/interview%20pdfs/Citizen_Fish.pdf |work=loserdomzine.com|title=1996 interview with Dick Lucas from Citizen Fish}}
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Category:Alternative Tentacles artists
Category:English punk rock groups
Category:Fat Wreck Chords artists
Category:Musical groups established in 1990
Category:Musical groups from Somerset
Category:Musicians from Bath, Somerset