Reasons for Existence
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Reasons for Existence is the second extended play
released by the anarcho-punk
band Subhumans
. It was originally released on Spiderleg Records
in the spring of 1982, and also as part of the EP-LP release on Bluurg Records in 1985.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
released by the anarcho-punk
Anarcho-punk
Anarcho-punk is punk rock that promotes anarchism. The term anarcho-punk is sometimes applied exclusively to bands that were part of the original anarcho-punk movement in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
band Subhumans
Subhumans
Subhumans may refer to:* Subhumans , featuring singer Dick Lucas*Subhumans , featuring singer Wimpy Roy and bass player Gerry Hannah...
. It was originally released on Spiderleg Records
Spiderleg Records
Spiderleg Records was an independent record label founded by UK anarcho-punk band Flux Of Pink Indians in 1981.The band set up the label after releasing their first EP on the Crass Records label, which both taught them the skills necessary to run such a project and provided them with the seed cash...
in the spring of 1982, and also as part of the EP-LP release on Bluurg Records in 1985.
Track listing
- "Big City" - 1:48
- "Peroxide" - 1:50
- "Reason For Existence" - 2:30
- "Cancer" - 2:16
Personnel
- Dick LucasDick LucasDick Lucas is the British vocalist of the 1980s British anarcho-punk rock band Subhumans, whom he joined in September 1980, as well as the ska-punk band Citizen Fish, joined in 1990. Before that he had been vocalist in The Mental, from March 1979 to August 1980...
- vocals - Bruce - guitar
- Grant - bass
- Trotsky - drums
- Pete Stennet - producer