This site, created in 1998, provides photos, lyrics, discographies, and other information on the UK and Irish punk rock bands that existed from 1980-1984. This site popularized the term "UK82" (taken from an Exploited song), but was never meant to define a genre. Bands of this period did not consider themselves to be "UK82" - they were simply the punk rock bands of this time and place, who happened to play music that was raw, simple, and pure.

This site does not include all bands from that era, not through deliberate omission, but due to a lack of content (and time to format and post it).

UPDATES

June 13, 2009:

Added lyrics for "New Breed" to the Demob page.

July 5, 2009:

Attak have found a lost demo tape and have made it available for a free download from their official site. Get it here, while it is available.

You can contact me via my page on myspace.com.