Draft:Defcon Zero

{{Short description|English street punk band}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

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{{Notability|music|date=May 2014}}}}{{Infobox musical artist

| background = group_or_band

| name = Defcon Zero

| caption = Defcon Zero in Big Cheese magazine

| origin = London, England

| genre = Street punk, hardcore punk

| years_active = 2006–present

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| website = {{URL|https://defconzeropunx.bandcamp.com/}}

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Defcon Zero are a street punk band based in London.[https://defconzeropunx.bandcamp.com/ Defcon Zero]{{Cite web |title=Defcon Zero |url=https://defconzeropunx.bandcamp.com/ |website=Bandcamp}}

Defcon Zero were formed in 2006 in west London with from the ashes of 17 Stitches and Throw Bricks At Coppers. Leo Stich being the singer, while Seamus O'Hooligan plays bass with Ben Zero on guitar and Monkey Boy on drums. From 2011 to 2013 Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen was the second guitarist in the band.{{Cite book |last=Glasper |first=Ian |title=The Scene That Would Not Die |publisher=Earth Island Books |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-9997581-5-8 |pages=210–213 |chapter=Defcon Zero}} Spider later became known as the author of the first Killing Joke biography.{{Cite web |last=Wahlström |first=Marko |date=2021-3-3 |title=Työ Seiska-lehdessä vahvisti uskoa kirjoittajana – Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen julkaisi ensimmäisen kirjan |url=https://www.itavayla.fi/teksti/tyo-seiskalehdessa-vahvisti-uskoa-kirjoittajana--jyrki-spider-hamalainen-julkaisi-ensimmaisen-kirjan-6.2.53227.edb1a7f3ff |website=Itäväylä |publication-date=3.3.2021}}

Their debut album Music For Gluesniffers, Terrorists & The Mentally Ill was released in on bonfire night in November

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2011.{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=292493514112249&set=pb.100063744810739.-2207520000 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.facebook.com}} Big Cheese magazine described it as "fucking angry and bloody good at it." and received 3/5 stars.{{Cite journal |last=Nott |first=Simon |date=February 2012 |title=Defcon Zero |journal=Big Cheese |publisher=Big Cheese Publishing |issue=February 2012 |issn=1365-358X}} The title itself was lifted from a review.{{Cite web |title=Defcon Zero – Music for Gluesniffers, Terrorists + The Mentally Ill |url=https://www.tnsrecords.co.uk/shop/defcon-zero-music-for-gluesniffers-terrorists-the-mentally-ill/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=TNSrecords |language=en-GB}} Another review described it as " thrashy hardcore with topical lyrics that aren’t afraid to make a point".{{Cite web |first=Jimmy |title=DEFCON ZERO: Music for Gluesniffers, Terrorists & the Mentally Ill: CD - Razorcake |url=https://razorcake.org/archive-defcon-zero-music-for-gluesniffers-terrorists-the-mentally-ill/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |language=en-US}}

The album appeared at number 9 in the The 10 most underrated UK punk albums of all time in Metal Hammer.{{Cite web |last=Mörat |date=16 August 2016 |title=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-most-underrated-uk-punk-albums-of-all-time |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-most-underrated-uk-punk-albums-of-all-time}}