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Paranoid Visions

From: Dublin

Active: 1982-1992; 1996; 2001; 2005-

Style: Punk

Lineup:

Bio:

Paranoid Visions are the longest running Dublin punk band. Deko and Colin were previously in Insane Youth who underwent some lineup changes to become Paranoid Visions circa 1982. Skinny was ex Defoetus Attitude.

Paranoid Visions were part of the second wave of punk which was heavily influenced by Crass, the original anarcho-punk band. The band supported many visiting UK punk bands on their Irish gigs and also toured in the UK themselves. They played at the "Let's Get Serious 2" punk festival held at the TV Club on the 30 September 1983 featuring the cream of Dublin's punk bands at the time plus headliner Conflict.

PV set up their own F.O.A.D. Records (Fuck Off And Die), releasing many records and cassettes. The "I Will Wallow" EP famously parodies U2, while "Get Off The Map.. (City of Screams)" is their caustic comment on the Dublin Millenium celebrations of 1988. Paranoid Visions remained associated with the anarcho scene up until their break up in 1992.

The band reformed in 1996 to play support on some dates of the Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre tour and again in 2001 supporting (the perennially over-rated) The Damned. They performed sproadically since then, most recently in support of the re-release of the FOAD back catalogue on CD, and have been a full-time concern since 2005 approx.



Discography

• Destroy The Myths of Musical Progression
K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - August 1983 - with lyric sheet
First demo tape.


• Blood in the Snow
K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1983
Second demo tape.


• Destroy / Blood
K7 - Bluurg Records - UK - 1984
Reissue of first two demos on the Subhuman's Bluurg label.


• From the Womb to the Bucket
K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1984
K7 - Bluurg Records - ??? - UK - 1984 - 16 tracks with 12pp booklet
Third demo tape.


• various artists - Weird Weird World of Guru Weirdbrain
LP - Hotwire Records - HWLP8505 - IRL - 1985
See Compilations section for full track listing.


• The Robot Is Running Amok EP
7" - FOAD Records/All The Madmen - FOAD 1 - 1986 - foc + insert


• Schizophrenia
LP - FOAD Records/All The Madmen - FOAD 2 - 1987
LP - FOAD Records/Revolver - FOAD 2 - 1988 - repress


• I Will Wallow
10" - FOAD Records/All The Madmen - FOAD 2U2 - 1987 - numbered insert
12" - FOAD Records - FOAD 2U2 - (1989) unconfirmed

Notes:
The repress on 12-inch was announced but its existance is unconfirmed. If anyone has one please get in touch.



• Autonomy // Social Security / Strange Girl (live 18.3.87)
7" - FOAD Records/Revolver - FOAD 5 - 1988 - foc + poster + lyric insert


• Reaganstein/Paranoid Visions - FOAD To You Fascist American Contra Scum (Nicaragua Benefit Single
7" - FOAD Records/Revolver - FOAD 6 - 1988 - folded double-printed A3-size sleeve
'Fake' split EP, Reaganstein is a P.V. alter ego.


• Autonomy EP + Reaganstein/Paranoid Visions split single
2x7" - FOAD Records - FOAD 5 + FOAD 6 - 1988
Double pack consisting of the above two singles.


• Halo of Phlegm
LP - FOAD Records - FOAD 8 - unreleased?
K7 - FOAD Records - FOAD 8 - unreleased?
LP/CD - Big Chief Records - ??? - USA - unreleased?

Notes:
Announced for release on 1 September 1988 but this never came out, as far as I know. Big Chief Records is undoubtedly the same American label that released the Gorehounds "Semtex" compilation on LP/CD in 1989.



• Get Off The Map.. (City of Screams)
mini-LP - FOAD Records/Revolver - FOAD 1000 - 1988 - green vinyl + insert, also exists as black vinyl test pressing


• various artists - Comet Tape 3
K7 - Comet Records - COMTAPE 5 - IRL - 1988
See Compilations section for full track listing.


• various artists - ALF
LP - No Masters Voice - ??? - USA - 1989


• RAW
CD - Big Chief Records - ??? - USA - unreleased?
A compilation of Schizophrenia + I Will Wallow. Unreleased.


• Immature Recollections
K7 - FOAD Records - FOAD 9 - 1990


• The Dismal Abysmals - Illegitimate Targets
K7 - FOAD Records - FUKURMA 1- 1992
Another P.V. alter ego


• Tripping The Live Disaster
K7 - FOAD Records - ZERO - 1990?


• Politician EP
K7 - FOAD Records - FOAD2CH - 1991
Recorded at Sonic Studios, November 1991

Notes: The lineup is listed as John Brutal (guitar), Springy Dick (guitar), Mary Robinson (vocals), Brain Lenihan (vocals), Albert Reynolds (drums), Senator David Norris (bass), T.Shock (keyboards). NOTANX2NO1.



• various artists - Dirt Behind the Daydream Vol.1
K7 - FOAD Records - FOAD 9T1 - 1991
See Compilations section for full track listing.


• various artists - Dirt Behind the Daydream Vol.2
K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1991


• Bollox To Christmas
K7 - FOAD Records - ??? - 1992?


• After the Faction (Best Of)
CD - AX-S Records - AXS95CD001 - 1995
Distributed via Southern (UK), Cargo (US) and Sound Solutions (Germany).


• Live in Stab City
CD - AX-S Records - ??? - (1996) unreleased
Announced with UK and German distribution but I believe the label went bust.


• The Triangular EP (Home Sweet Hell)
2x7" - Wednesday Works - DAY 1 - IRL - 1996 - insert, one disc is a flexi
Archive recordings


• Outside In. The Vinyl Years 1986-1989
CD - Toxic Records - ??? - 2004


• Missing In Action EP
CD-R - 200?


• 40 Shades of Gangreen
CD-R - March 2007



Help!

We need your help to correct and/or complete this entry. If you can provide more information about this band, have scans, photos or any other memorabilia we can use, or spare copies of any releases, then please get in touch.


Last update: 9 September 2010.

Thanks to Wally Cassidy for use of his excellent photos.


See Also: Defoetus Attitude, Insane Youth

External Links: paranoidvisions.com


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