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Soldier Dolls
12+ albums
punkrockpunk rockanarcho-punkunderrated
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Despite two very strong singles, the Soldier Dolls remain one of the more internationally obscure of the Welsh punk bands from the early Eighties, probably because they only played outside of Wales once – and that was their final show! The Soldier Dolls formed in 1981(after a short period under the unfortunate moniker of Animation), and played their first show in September of 1982 – a show they actually gatecrashed rather than were invited to play at. This seemed something of a trademark for the band, seeing as decent gigs were few and far between at the time. “None of us could play a note... and I really mean that, we couldn’t even tune our guitars,” laughs Fester, recalling those pre-Soldier Dolls endeavours. “We didn’t have a drum kit and both myself and Evo wanted to be the drummer, so we had a pact… whoever got their drums first would be the drummer and the other the singer! Thank god he got his kit first (mine came a few months later), so I ended up singing; he’s a fantastic drummer.” The original line-up of Andrew ‘Fester’ Mae – vocals, Dave ‘DKA’ Alderman – guitar, ‘Slow’ Bob Humphries – bass, and Dave ‘Evo’ Evans – drums, recorded two tapes, the ‘Ten Track Sampler’ and the ‘From The Cradle To The Grave’ demos, and it was apparent even from these earliest studio efforts that the Soldier Dolls had a lot of potential. “That original line up was, in my opinion at least, twenty years ahead of its time,” reckons Fester. “The music was a mix of hardcore, metal, and pure pun
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