Description
A melodic yet powerful band from the fertile Warminster area, A-Heads were active between 1981 and 1985 and were an important and much appreciated cog in the local anarcho scene. Their founder member Jock took their name from a piece of graffito scrawled on a wall in Germany, where he was living at the time with his army parents. He found out in 1982 that the graffito had been daubed by the German punk group A-Heads, hence two bands in the early 80s with the same name.
The British A-Heads were tuneful and thoughtful, and shared stages, members and friendships with both Subhumans and Organised Chaos. Their debut 7″, Dying Man was a bitter rant about glue sniffing, which is right up there with ‘Suicide Bag’ in self-righteous indignation but equally appealing. Single #2 Forgotten Hero was another great tune, but their last year was dogged with lineup problems, and when they recorded it as an album in 1984 Vox Populi came out on cassette only and was their final release.
Original bassist Nigel later joined Dick Lucas in Culture Shock. Sadly, Nigel committed suicide in 1993. Singer Mel left Aheads went on to join Faction.
They have since reformed.
